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The Varied Readings of SK.
Subtle Kisses	#21 Posted on 18-07-2009 14:56
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	199) Nisa: the life and words of a !Kung woman - Majorie Shostak It was kind of interesting in the end Better than I thought I guess. Now reading The Godfather "It's the Opheliac in me"


Subtle Kisses	#22 Posted on 25-07-2009 18:17
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	200) The Godfather - Mario Puzo Very good book - very good film too, but a good book in it's own right Going to read Alice in Wonderland next "It's the Opheliac in me"


Subtle Kisses	#23 Posted on 14-10-2009 19:45
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	201) Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll 202) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey <3 I've read a few others but I can't think of them off the top of my head hehe "It's the Opheliac in me"


Subtle Kisses	#24 Posted on 02-12-2009 07:48
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	203) Dracula - Bram Stoker 204) Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut Now reading Persuasion. My goal is to read one pre-20th century classic, then a modern classic etc. Vonnegut's work was amazing <3 "It's the Opheliac in me"


Annieca	#25 Posted on 02-12-2009 23:42
Fusioneer Posts: 1311 Joined: 20.03.09	Good luck with Persuasion! I have tried reading it before and I couldn't get into it - despite my loving anything Austen. But since my History Day project is on her, I'm going to have to read it. Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.


Subtle Kisses	#26 Posted on 03-12-2009 22:30
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	Well I've never read her... ashamed face and it's my mum's favourite so I thought I'd give it a go. I'm not really a romantic person so Persuasion is possibly the best chance I've got at getting into her "It's the Opheliac in me"


Annieca	#27 Posted on 03-12-2009 22:31
Fusioneer Posts: 1311 Joined: 20.03.09	I just read an article on CNN (for History Day) that said that Persuasion is a darker novel of her's... mostly because she was dying of TB/Addison's disease/ lymphoma But you should read it. If you can't get through Persuasion I would try reading Lady Susan, it's short sweet and very Austen in her early years. Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.


Subtle Kisses	#28 Posted on 04-12-2009 22:40
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	Thanks I'm doing okay with Persuasion, but my friend has just bought me 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' which I fear may get read first XD "It's the Opheliac in me"


Subtle Kisses	#29 Posted on 09-12-2009 21:38
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	Picked up Vonnegut's 'Breakfast of Champions' today at College because I felt terrible and didn't want to work. Read it in just over three hours 205) Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut Still reading Persuasion. Have decided that next year I will attempt to read a book a year Should be doable. "It's the Opheliac in me"


Annieca	#30 Posted on 09-12-2009 21:54
Fusioneer Posts: 1311 Joined: 20.03.09	A book a year? That shouldn't be too difficult. teases I think you mean a book a week don't you? Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.


Subtle Kisses	#31 Posted on 10-12-2009 12:08
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	Oh yeah XD headdesk Although knowing how slow I read at times a book a year may be a more manageable goal "It's the Opheliac in me"


Subtle Kisses	#32 Posted on 01-01-2010 21:09
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	Persuasion - Jane Austen Wasn't that bad ^^ I was expecting more of a climax but still quite sweet in a way. Now reading 'How I Live Now' by Meg Rosoff. Very nice "It's the Opheliac in me"


Subtle Kisses	#33 Posted on 08-01-2010 21:22
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff Fantastic book. "It's the Opheliac in me"


Subtle Kisses	#34 Posted on 20-03-2010 09:57
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	208) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain 209) Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller 210) In the Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami (twisted book hehe) "It's the Opheliac in me"


Subtle Kisses	#35 Posted on 11-06-2010 18:48
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	211) Blindness - Jose Saramago 212) The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett As tempting as it is to list all my textbooks here (as they've been my only reading material recently) I will resist the urge "It's the Opheliac in me"


misaditas	#36 Posted on 11-06-2010 20:01
Site Admin Posts: 740 Joined: 20.03.09	I love Pratchett Website \| Blogspot \| Twitter "If you take the shackles off your imagination, you can go anywhere with science fiction. It's not earthbound. There are no conventions, other than the ones you want to break, and that's why it's so exciting." ~ Lani Tupu


Subtle Kisses	#37 Posted on 11-06-2010 21:18
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	I'd read Good Omens and loved it - always meant to pick up his Discworld novels, but never got round to it. I'm currently using silly fantasy and general casual stories to counteract the big-beefy modern lit things I'm reading. Because there is nothing casual about a book that doesn't use speechmarks Glares at Blindness "It's the Opheliac in me"


Subtle Kisses	#38 Posted on 16-06-2010 22:47
Veteran Member Posts: 753 Joined: 20.03.09	213) Libra - Don DeDillo 214) My Shit Life So Far - Frankie Boyle "It's the Opheliac in me"

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