What's the first one called? I'll check it out. I'm currently reading about four different books right now, but there's always room for one more.
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 02:17 PM
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 02:26 PM
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first one. Once you get the fourth and fifth book you mind will be blown by how amazing the whole series becomes. |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 02:56 PM
Awesome. I'll head on over to Barnes & Noble and pick it up. I'll probably be in there for two hours and leave with four or five others, too. It seems like I can never buy just one book. Hell, maybe I should just buy the whole damn series and be done with it. |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 03:00 PM
I'm also excited for the last book to come out..so Harry Potter-mania will start dwindling down. Read the 1st one. No thanks.
Science friction burns my fingers. |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 03:17 PM
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 04:37 PM
I, for one, love that this has turned into the "What Are You Reading Thread." In order of when I started them, I'm currently making my way through:
I'm kicking myself for not getting around to Confederacy sooner. -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 04:41 PM
I read Confederacy myself last year. I couldn't put it down. —drummer-Lava Rats |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 07:22 PM
I just finished As relevant today as it was when first written. Scathingly funny. Very dark humor. Twain was not a fan of the human race at the end of his life. —Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 07:47 PM
I second Jake's assertion about the 4th and 5th books. Number four (Goblet of Fire) is the standout of the series, IMHO. Unlike you others, I'm not a book slut, and only read one at a time (unless it's for school). I guess I could be called "serial monogamist" of books. In the last month I've read: I'm currently reading On the Road for what is somewhere between the eighth and tenth time. It'll be done by tomorrow at midnight. ~B~ |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 09:33 PM
what a great book........................... another book i've just re-read that's a little odd is 'little america' by rob swigart — |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 10:18 PM
Yes, books are worse than potato chips in some ways, and a lot more expensive. After years of fending off the the B&N membership discount I finally went with it, and I believe I actually do save enough to make it worth while. Which is a bit frightening. |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 10:42 PM
I always buy used when I can. I have an addiction to anything classical, that being Roman or Greek. |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 10:44 PM
I may eventually read the HP series. I read alternate chapters of alternate books aloud to my kids, over the years, which made them wear a bit, but they seem OK. The pseudo-Latin annoys me a bit. Tolkien's good, too, but has its own weaknesses. Anyone out there like "Patrick O'Brian's" Aubreyad? Might appeal to a history major, or it might not ... It's fairly aquatic, but not at all surfy. With anything like this you have to get into it to make it work. Actually, I've never been able to really enjoy "serious" fiction, but history is good and in some ways twice as real. |
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Posted on Jul 19 2007 10:49 PM
Rowling's pseudo-latin is brilliant. It cannot be taken as actual Latin, but then again Church, and other modern, Latins cannot either, but Rowling's pseudo-latin has hopefully forged a love of etymology for future generations. Does it annoy me? Oh god yes. However, I hope somebody will take Latin one day as a result. |
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Posted on Jul 20 2007 02:17 AM
In dubitabile mente. |
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Posted on Jul 20 2007 02:19 AM
I guess it's post Classical, but occasionally I read Byzantine history compulsively |
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Posted on Jul 20 2007 01:05 PM
I like the idea of a what are you reading thread. Right now I'm reading: Are We Rome? - Cullen Murphy It's kind of a jumble, I know. I really try to read just one at a time, but that rarely works for me. |
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Posted on Jul 20 2007 01:24 PM
I'm reading: Desert Solitaire - Edward Abbey —Science friction burns my fingers. |
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Posted on Jul 20 2007 01:35 PM
I really liked that one, but I wouldn't put it in his top tier, which for me is Cat's Cradle, Sirens of Titan and Mother Night. -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
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Posted on Jul 20 2007 01:48 PM
I'm relatively new to Vonnegut's books, and I haven't read those ones yet. My favorite so far has been Slaughterhouse Five. I found A Man Without A Country really entertaining, too. I read it in one sitting the first time, then again over a two day period. |
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