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Hope wrote:we finished lord of the flies and now we are reading... Catcher in the Rye.
OOhh...Lord of the Flies is evil!!!
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I am rereading the windsinger the first in a trilogy by WILLIAM nicholson.
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ILoveRichardMaxwell wrote:
Hope wrote:we finished lord of the flies and now we are reading... Catcher in the Rye.
OOhh...Lord of the Flies is evil!!!
i didnt even read the whole book because we watched the movie and it went right along with the book... catcher in the rye isnt that much better... we are supposed to be done with it by monday and be on like chapter 21 and i am only on chapter 6 :D
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Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
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Hope wrote:
ILoveRichardMaxwell wrote:
Hope wrote:we finished lord of the flies and now we are reading... Catcher in the Rye.
OOhh...Lord of the Flies is evil!!!
i didnt even read the whole book because we watched the movie and it went right along with the book... catcher in the rye isnt that much better... we are supposed to be done with it by monday and be on like chapter 21 and i am only on chapter 6 :D
The book is actually okay, but the Lord of the Flies movie takes the themes of the book and distorts them...

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/\ Good book.
Anyway, I am reading no book right now! \:D/
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Eulalia! by Brian Jacques. My library finally got it. \:D/
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COWBOY OF TEXAS wrote:
Hope wrote:
ILoveRichardMaxwell wrote:
Hope wrote:we finished lord of the flies and now we are reading... Catcher in the Rye.
OOhh...Lord of the Flies is evil!!!
i didnt even read the whole book because we watched the movie and it went right along with the book... catcher in the rye isnt that much better... we are supposed to be done with it by monday and be on like chapter 21 and i am only on chapter 6 :D
The book is actually okay, but the Lord of the Flies movie takes the themes of the book and distorts them...
I'll second that. I mean, sure, the movie is ok, but I liked the book a whole lot better.

I'm still reading a lot of textbooks -_-; A month and a half til school is done ^_^

I'm also currently reading a story by a friend of mine (a six part mini-series type thing, I'm currently on part six). And once that is done I will start proof-reading said friend's first novel.
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The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Laroux (I had to look up that one.)
Men's Secret Wars by Patrick A. Means.

I love The Phantom! It's a very good book. Men's Secret Wars is blagh and stupid. It's all emotional healing and much mumbo jumbo. Not appreciated by this reader. (Hey, it was $.99 and promised a good insight to emotional healing viewpoints.)
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Jonathan wrote:
COWBOY OF TEXAS wrote:
Hope wrote:
ILoveRichardMaxwell wrote:
Hope wrote:we finished lord of the flies and now we are reading... Catcher in the Rye.
OOhh...Lord of the Flies is evil!!!
i didnt even read the whole book because we watched the movie and it went right along with the book... catcher in the rye isnt that much better... we are supposed to be done with it by monday and be on like chapter 21 and i am only on chapter 6 :D
The book is actually okay, but the Lord of the Flies movie takes the themes of the book and distorts them...
I'll second that. I mean, sure, the movie is ok, but I liked the book a whole lot better.

I'm still reading a lot of textbooks -_-; A month and a half til school is done ^_^

I'm also currently reading a story by a friend of mine (a six part mini-series type thing, I'm currently on part six). And once that is done I will start proof-reading said friend's first novel.
I've never seen the movie, but I wouldn't call the book evil. A tad scary maybe.. :anxious: Reminds me of Animal Farm/1984 :p

I'm reading The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck. Just started it today.. :-
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I finished Sushi for One? Now I'm reading Redemtion--a series by Karen Kingsbury and Gary Smalley
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I am reading:

"I Would Die For You" by Brent and Deanna Higgins. Yes, I'm still reading this one, and I can't ever put it down. It has gained a new title: My Permenant Fixture. Literally, I take it EVERYWHERE with me! I'm nuts, seriously.

"Six Months To Live" by Laurlene McDaniel, in the Dawn Rochelle Series (the very first book). I'm getting good info, but I'm peeked in the book so much, I just rather skip the whole first book, maybe it all. I felt like reading though.

"Please Don't Die" by Laurlene McDaniel, in the One Last Wish Series. It's okay, but I would go for the other books in her One Last Wish Series.

"Circle of Honor" by Carol Umberger, a scottish tale, which is so good!

"Black" by Ted Dekker, the first book in the Circle series, and I LOVE THIS BOOK! Ah! Can't wait to get the rest of the series, and his other books. What have I been missing?


I just finished "Someone Dies, Someone Lives" by Laurlene McDaniel today, and that was a very good book. I got it on Friday and just kept reading through the weekend. I have other books to read, though, as you can see.

That would be it... my money's worth for the day...
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I finished A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman yesterday, a shame it took me so long to read it. It was very good. I have started A Lady of Hidden Intent by Tracie Peterson, it is the second book in her Ladies of Liberty series. Very good so far.
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I'm reading Skin by Ted Dekker. I can't put it down. Which is bad, because I happen to have other things to do...
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I just finished Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress" which I picked up at the airport. Currently, I'm halfway through "The Bourne Legacy" which, in all honesty, doesn't hold a candle to the original Ludlum series.
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To Kill A Mockingbird.
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I just finished "A Gown of Spanish Lace" by Janett Oke yesterday. You guys ought to read it, its really good.
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That's my all-time favourite Janette Oke book, Abigail! \:D/

I'm currently reading "A Pagan's Worst Nightmare" by Ray Blackston. It's fiction, and quite amusing so far!
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