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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #25 on: October 26, 2008, 01:27:20 PM »
Quote from: Detta on September 14, 2008, 09:45:57 AM
  • Wicked
  • The Summons by Grisham
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
  • Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
  • State of Fear by Crichton
  • Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
  • The Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling
  • The Last Juror by Grisham
  • War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer
  • The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
  • The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
  • The Rainmaker by Grisham
  • Monster by Walter Dean Myers
  • The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis

Now:  New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #26 on: November 03, 2008, 05:16:20 PM »
Quote from: Detta
  • Wicked
  • The Summons by Grisham
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
  • Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
  • State of Fear by Crichton
  • Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
  • The Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling
  • The Last Juror by Grisham
  • War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer
  • The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
  • The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
  • The Rainmaker by Grisham
  • Monster by Walter Dean Myers
  • The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis
  • New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Now:  Next by Michael Crichton

New Moon was not nearly as good as War and Peace by Dostoyevsky.  Bella was way more whiny and nothing happened until the end.  I hope they get better from here.
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #27 on: November 05, 2008, 05:07:04 PM »
:-( 

http://www.michaelcrichton.com/

He's passed away.
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #28 on: November 05, 2008, 11:56:10 PM »
I guess that first link isn't working...

Anyway; he died. Michael Crichton. Died of cancer.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_en_mo/obit_crichton

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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #29 on: November 06, 2008, 12:19:21 AM »
A Briefer History of Time (Stephen Hawking). Cos the other version was sooooo long.... :|
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #30 on: November 06, 2008, 05:13:35 PM »
Quote from: 12AX7 on November 05, 2008, 11:56:10 PM
I guess that first link isn't working...

Anyway; he died. Michael Crichton. Died of cancer.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_en_mo/obit_crichton

:-(

What??  SUCKS!!  Pissed.  Dammit.
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #31 on: November 06, 2008, 05:28:13 PM »
Yep
I know.
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #32 on: November 18, 2008, 05:54:34 PM »
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  • Wicked
  • The Summons by Grisham
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
  • Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
  • State of Fear by Crichton
  • Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
  • The Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling
  • The Last Juror by Grisham
  • War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer
  • The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
  • The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
  • The Rainmaker by Grisham
  • Monster by Walter Dean Myers
  • The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis
  • New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
  • Next by Michael Crichton

Now:  The Last Battle by CS Lewis  (I'm so sad that I'm on the last book.)

Next was merely ok.  It was all over the place, but came together at the end, finally.  I was glad for that.  Still love Michael Crichton.
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #33 on: November 19, 2008, 10:26:52 AM »
CS Lewis is a really good author.  I thought all the books in that series were really good.  I read them out of order...but I read them all.
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #34 on: November 19, 2008, 04:28:47 PM »
Quote from: Detta
  • Wicked
  • The Summons by Grisham
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
  • Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
  • State of Fear by Crichton
  • Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
  • The Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling
  • The Last Juror by Grisham
  • War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer
  • The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
  • The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
  • The Rainmaker by Grisham
  • Monster by Walter Dean Myers
  • The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis
  • New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
  • Next by Michael Crichton
  • The Last Battle by CS Lewis

Now:  A Time to Kill by John Grisham
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #35 on: November 19, 2008, 04:30:26 PM »
How much do you read, Detta?
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #36 on: November 19, 2008, 05:56:09 PM »
I don't actually read.  Haha!  I get the CD's and put them on my ipod.  I listen to the books in the car and when I cook and clean.  I love it!

Right now, I buy the books used and then donate them to the high school library for a big tax deduction.  I've asked for a membership to an audio book rental club for my birthday though.  Kind of like netflix for audio books.  That's more cost effective for the amount I listen to.
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #37 on: November 20, 2008, 11:59:15 AM »
Okay.  That seems a lot better.  I did not think a teacher, such as yourself, would have enough time to read through all of that material.
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #38 on: December 05, 2008, 04:08:08 PM »
Quote from: Detta
  • Wicked
  • The Summons by Grisham
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
  • Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
  • State of Fear by Crichton
  • Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
  • The Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling
  • The Last Juror by Grisham
  • War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer
  • The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
  • The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
  • The Rainmaker by Grisham
  • Monster by Walter Dean Myers
  • The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis
  • New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
  • Next by Michael Crichton
  • The Last Battle by CS Lewis
  • A Time to Kill by John Grisham

I loved A Time to Kill.  Spoiler alert:  Carl Lee is not guilty!!

Now:  Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #39 on: December 10, 2008, 12:16:26 AM »
The Best Sci-Fi Book on the planet?

Women are from Venus, Men are from Mars...I almost read the whole thing - and almost belived the bit bit I did read.

Bah!
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #40 on: December 11, 2008, 03:06:10 PM »
How many of those are from your Senior English class?  I think we read 3 of those Senior year but another three of those during Freshman and Junior years.
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #41 on: December 12, 2008, 01:37:15 AM »
I heard The Owl call My Name, is a good prescribed school book.

We still do Macbeth, and surprisingly, it captivates even the kids of today, here on the tip of Africa - all backward, poor and diseased...
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #42 on: December 14, 2008, 05:11:38 PM »
I haven't been keeping track the entire year, so books I've read in the past two months:

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential by James Moore and Wayne Slater
Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
Elsewhere by Will Shetterly
NeverNever by Will Shetterly
Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans - Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild by Greg Palast
The Silenced by James DeVita
Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch by Jim Norton
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Meditations of First Philosophy by Rene Descartes
Plato's Republic
The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir

and I'm now reading:
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Greg Palast


Say, are we going to make a new thread for 2009?
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #43 on: December 14, 2008, 05:52:24 PM »
Yup, complete with goals and numbered lists!!
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #44 on: December 15, 2008, 01:58:11 AM »
Wasn't Shakespeare also supposed to have worked as a government spy??? Records in London show that he was an actor and playwright, but records from his hometown show that he sold grain and stuff.  Nowhere in his hometown records is there evidence that he was a dramatist/writer. There's supposedly no record of his education or of him writing plays. Even his monument next to his grave in Trinity Church, is an 18th century fake - allegedly. Obviously there's more to this, I dont know it all though...

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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #45 on: December 16, 2008, 09:49:36 AM »
Quote from: RubberFingerStan on December 15, 2008, 01:58:11 AM
Wasn't Shakespeare also supposed to have worked as a government spy??? Records in London show that he was an actor and playwright, but records from his hometown show that he sold grain and stuff.  Nowhere in his hometown records is there evidence that he was a dramatist/writer. There's supposedly no record of his education or of him writing plays. Even his monument next to his grave in Trinity Church, is an 18th century fake - allegedly. Obviously there's more to this, I dont know it all though...

Did you seriously just say that?
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #46 on: December 16, 2008, 07:24:56 PM »
Well he at least typed it.
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #47 on: December 17, 2008, 04:43:31 AM »
Are you serious?
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #48 on: December 17, 2008, 01:17:38 PM »
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  • Wicked
  • The Summons by Grisham
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
  • Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
  • State of Fear by Crichton
  • Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
  • The Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling
  • The Last Juror by Grisham
  • War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephenie Meyer
  • The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
  • The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
  • The Rainmaker by Grisham
  • Monster by Walter Dean Myers
  • The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis
  • New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
  • Next by Michael Crichton
  • The Last Battle by CS Lewis
  • A Time to Kill by John Grisham
  • Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher


Now:  Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
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Re: What are you reading in 2008?
« Reply #49 on: December 17, 2008, 07:11:32 PM »
Quote from: RubberFingerStan on December 17, 2008, 04:43:31 AM
Are you serious?

Nope, you must have me confused with Dangermonk
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