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BittenBuggy
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Location: Busy Being the Queen Of Everything.. And Trying to Catch the Yoda-Copter
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Everyday is one of those days for me 
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queenoftheshire
Joined: 03 Dec 2003
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Location: Catching Birds with a Pool Skimmer
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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True, true 
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I'm coming for you..
I'm the shadow in the corner of the room.
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I'm the panic attack, at the end of the day.
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Gwenevere
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
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Location: United States
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I am also re-reading several books. I've only read a few Jane Austen books (I'll re-read those) so I'm going to read the rest her novels. Barnes and Noble is having a sale on the 'classics' so I bought some of those (Count of Monte Cristo and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to name a few). I need to finish Dorian Grey. I must have at least 15 books stacked up on my floor waiting for me, too. In short, I have a long summer of reading ahead of me! Yay! 
Sorry about the abbreviated titles- I'm a lazy person  . |
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Hathor
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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Location: Lancashire, England
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Going through a bit of a Vampire Phase, so fingers crossed I'll make my merry way through the Vampire Chronicles (I know, I know, they get slowly more crap, and by the time we get to The Vampire Armand, who is my favourite character, she just concentrates on the sex and the velvet... never mind) by Anne Rice. Same is true of Dracula, which I will finish by tomorrow (I hope!)
I want to read The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time because it looks fabby.
The same, again, is true of Vernon Godlittle.
Also would like to read Clockwork Orange as I have to study the film next year for media classes.
Dorian Grey like almost everyone else. Well, it looks fun.
The Science Of Discworld: The Globe because I enjoyed the first one and it made me feel briefly intelliectual. Apparently Pterry hads another one coming out this summer with Ankh-Morpork as the centre, so yay! I miss the Moden!Morpork books, weirdly enough.
Finally... The Brentford Chain Store Massacre. I've read the other four in the trilogy (long story) so I'd like to finish it off properly!
There's a lot more, but they're the main ones... I've just finished all my end of year exams, so I can start making trips to the fiction section of the library rather than the history and politics section!
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sindohte
Joined: 13 May 2003
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Location: Rubbing up against an Elf
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I have to agree with you about Anne Rice. As a long time fan, the quality of her books have been going downhill. I still have not been able to make it through Blackwood Farm  The Vampire Chronicles (up through Queen of the Damned), The Mayfair Witches, and the Beauty series were the best books that Anne wrote. All of these other spinoffs from the Vampire Chronicles are just pale imitations of her best work. Interview with the Vampire continues to be one of my all time favorite books.
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Hathor
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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Location: Lancashire, England
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I've only read up to Queen Of The Damned, which I really enjoyed.
Ah well. I'll read it anyway - I'll just rant angrily about it later!
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Gwenevere
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
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Location: United States
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| How odd, Hathor! I think I'll finish Dracula by tomorrow too! I must admit that now that I'm almost finished, I am kind of on a vampire kick! Just thought I'd share with the class . |
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queenoftheshire
Joined: 03 Dec 2003
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Location: Catching Birds with a Pool Skimmer
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The Vampire Chronicles sounds pretty good. I've heard alot about Queen of the Damned and wasn't sure what exactly it was so thanks! 
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||Lex||Yoda||Sooker||
I'm coming for you..
I'm the shadow in the corner of the room.
I'm the reason you feel sick in the morning.
I'm the panic attack, at the end of the day.
I loved you.
And now you're gone. |
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Hathor
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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Location: Lancashire, England
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| Gwenevere wrote: | | How odd, Hathor! I think I'll finish Dracula by tomorrow too! I must admit that now that I'm almost finished, I am kind of on a vampire kick! Just thought I'd share with the class . |
Vampire kicks are fun. Nice to know it's not just me on one!
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SilverMoonLady
Joined: 14 Jul 2003
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Location: Breaking in a Brandybuck... *wicked grin*
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Must agree completely on the Anne Rice comments above, after Queen I couldn't quite push myself to go on... On I used to be such a fan I went looking for her house in New Orleans when I lived there...  The Mayfair set though is pretty tops, so is The Feast of All Saints, a stand alone novel set in Louisiana. These are the books that made going to school there such an appeal. Oh yeah, and the booze of course:) childish, but it was a fun part of life:)
I'm definitely going to attack the Silm once again, some fanfics here have intrigued me into it.
I'm trying to get my hands on a french translation of LotR, for comparison and to possibly translate a few of my own pieces (my stepdad can't read english, so my mom asked... ack! wouldn't do it if his opinion didn't matter so much, he's quite cool and very well read)
I'm afraid that's the most of my list, as far as planned is concerned, since I'm completely swarmed with plot bunnies and am obsessively writing all this happy nonsense during all the hours I used to spend reading. 
Oh, and I'm about to start rereading HP, alone and by myself and bedtime out-loud edited HP for the kiddies (we've just finished LotR).
Last summer before my dd goes to 'real school'... Gotta make it a good one:)
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