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I am a huge fan of Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield myself
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I am a Ryouga fan xD |
I had a freaky dream about 1984 last night. X__X Unnghh...bad English Class. |
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I really should start the book I got. I just saw it.. the author is Keith Ablow.. I read the summary on the back when I got it.. something about a doctor killing people =w= |
Dresden Files, Something From the Nightside, Secret Histories, Night Angel. I'm such a sci-fi/noir/fantasy fan
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I like fantasy, but not horror.
I did read 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and Animal Farm just to see what they were about, though. |
I...read ABOUT 1984 I've been too busy to actually read it, but my teacher is freaking big brother
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Animal farm I had to read for school some time a few years ago, 1984 I think I'm going to have to read by the end of this year. >.<
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I lucked out I had a lazy english teacher and never had to read any of those books. My sister didn't like animal house though it might be a good book my tastes are totally differnt then her's.
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Be glad that those books are short, though. XD You could have been assigned Jane Eyre or Great Expectations.
I like reading manga. I should do some of that on-line since I don't have enough money to buy lots of them. |
heh most of my cash goes to feed my book or video game habits
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Most of my cash goes to feed my avatar habit. XD
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my cash feeds my manga and video game habbit
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My cash goes to getting out the house. o.o
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I like Jane Ayre it's one of my favorite stories ever but I am not good at reading those old books. Someone needs to translate them into modern english. I would like to read Great expectations as well thats my favorite Dickon's story out of all the ones I have watched I have never read any. The only old enlish books I have read are Jane Ayre and Tess of the Derberville's
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I need to get the Huckleberry Finn book before the edited prints are put out D:
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Oh yeah I forgot that they were replacing the Huckleberry Finn books.
Glad I already snagged myself a copy. >.< |
I keep forgetting! D:
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What are they doing to Huck Finn???
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They are replacing it with an edited version more appropriate for schools.
I don't think they should, but they are. >.< |
They should not edit it..
By changing it.. its like they are trying to hide and cover up historical mistakes >< |
I think editing the book to make it "more appropriate" is stupid. Yes, it's a bad word, etc. But the entire book is a piece of satire. It sort of like...ruins the satirical part if you change it to that much of an extent. It's like having to explain a joke and the joke isn't funny anymore. If kids can't handle the word used in context like that, then parents need to do a better job teaching them maturity. |
That or the teachers need to explain the american history better... It happened.. its not going away.. and there are books written with that time setting in them. Words in that time setting are needed to make the readers feel as if they can see the image and pain!
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That loud, incessant thudding you hear is Mark Twain rolling over in his grave. -.-
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I bet.. and his Bio is coming out soon too.. 100 years after his death like he wanted..
He censored that book to the best of his abilities back then! and they want to censor it more D< |
THere's just so much wrong with society today, and this certainly isn't helping. -__- I can just say that I'm glad that I read the book before the censorship. |
I never got to read it.. my 7th grade class read Tom Saywer book instead ;-;
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Heh, I read the divine comedy this year (of my own accord >.>) Thought it was amazing!
btw, DANCING KIRBY <(0.0<) (>0.0)> (^0.0^) |
DX they can't just edit a book! thats evil!
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xDD Dancing Kirby!
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Mark Twain's family should totally sue D<
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Raise the roof kirby, raise the roof indeed. As to the current conversation, Political Correctness is striking school libraries everywhere like the plague, we simply must endure it my fellow bibliophiles
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._. It's not right.
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Hey guys ^^ I finally bought The Last Unicorn today <3 I adore the movie, but have never read the book. I have one other book to finish first, but I can't wait to start it. I just hope I don't blubber like a baby at the end of it, like I do with the movie, lol.
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The Last Unicorn?? o.o
...Is it really about a Unicorn? Or is it's title mislead? >.< |
Hey, Kira! We're in the no shoes club.
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Nope, it's exactly what it sounds like. ^^ A unicorn discovers she's the last unicorn left in the world and sets out to find out what happened to rest. It's a beautiful animated movie and, I'm sure, a even more beautiful book. I've read excerpts and what I've read is beautifully written. I've been wanting to read it for years.
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Funk - Yes! No shoes is awesome! I think just about all my avis on the websites I'm on go mostly barefoot. xDD
Ana - Awe! That sounds adorable! I will have to put that on the list of things for me to read. |
You should. ^^ It's not a cutesy kids book though. It's more like a fairy tale. <3
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❧ ❤ ✸ ❤ ❖ ✬ ❖ ❃ ❖ ✬ ❖ ❤ ✸ ❤ ❧ Ana you have to let me know how the book is when you finish it. I'm obsessed with unicorns and that is a book I wanted to get. ❧ ❤ ✸ ❤ ❖ ✬ ❖ ❃ ❖ ✬ ❖ ❤ ✸ ❤ ❧ |
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