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| k@tie |
| quote: | Originally posted by St_Andrew
i will be more or less without internet from the beginning of july to the 22nd tho, so if you need anything, tell me before that i guess :) |
yeah when I'm in Montreal from June 22-July 22 I will not have the internet at the apartment.....ima add you to my msn list :) |
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| Jem_hadar |
Oh man, I've reading a load already this early summer....
Just finished reading these novels in the last month:
STATE OF FEAR - by Michael Crichton [Fiction] <<< OMG, AMAZING novel!!! MC is my FAVOURITE author though!!!! <33333333333333
THE ELDER GODS (Book 1 of the Dreamers) - by David & Leigh Eddings [Fantasty] <<< best fantasy writer in incorporating politics into his fantasy worlds
THROUGH THE DARKNESS (Book 3 in the Darkness saga) - by Harry Turtledove [Fantasy] <<< its like almost exactly the Second World War but taking place in this world of Derlavai and with magic back and
THE SECOND CHAIR - by John Lescroart [Legal Thriller] <<< better than Grisham's novels, this guy's novels are!
And I'm about to go to Chapters on Sat. and buy a load more of novels, as I'm almost through my pile I had building up since late winter.
Next on the list which I already own are:
THE LAST JUROR - by John Grisham [Legal Thriller]
THE TEASURED ONE - by David Eddings [Fantasy] and
RULERS OF THE DARKNESS (Book 4 of The Darkness saga) - by Harry Turtledove [Fantasy] <<< so complicated these novels are with a MILLION key viewpoint characters to be familiar with
And then i plan to buy:
BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (Book 2 in the Runelords series) - by David Farland <<< wow! Conceptually, the idea they've introduced here for acquiring power is insane! <333333333 it!!
THE JAWS OF DARKNESS (Book 5 of The Darkness saga) - by Harry Turtledove
and a whole LOAD of novels by JOHN CASE that I've fallen behind in reading in the past 2-3 years:
The Syndrome, Trance State, The Eighth Day, The Murder Artist, and Dance of Death [these are all some type of suspenseful and extraordinarily intriguing fiction]
OH!! And plus my buddy STRONLY recommended i pick up and read as soon as possible the fantasy series A GAME OF THRONES (Book 1 of the A Story of Ice and Fire series) - by George R. R. Martin. So I gotta buy that novel too! :)
I think that's all the I plan on reading at this point for the next month or two.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeee, I love reading! Novels pwn me (only softback though!!! I HATE hardbacks.... will ONLY make the exception and read a hardback if a) it's a Michael Crichton novel--and therefore I can't wait the year to read the novel until it comes out in softback... which of course I'll proceed to buy as well--or b) if it's the latest novel in the SWORD OF TRUTH series by Terry Goodkind--my favourite fantasy series ever.... it's better than THE WHEEL OF TIME by Robert Jordan even!!!!)
~Jem~
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omg, how could I forget the latest novel in The Sword of Truth series, CHAINFIRE........ id been putting it off since back in feb. when it came out, didnt have the $$$ to buy now, now i totally can tho!!! Mark that one down toO! |
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| The Highroller |
| quote: | Originally posted by amb_
"Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda" by L.Gen. Roméo Dallaire.
This book has touched me more than any other in a long time. Well worth the read. More gruesom and enthralling than any fiction you can imagine...
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/AS...9594388-8789626 |
I haven't read it, but I've done a lot of reading about it, and about Gen. Dellaire. I've heard many great things about that book.
Right now I'm reading The Wealthy Barber. |
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| smuncky |
| quote: | Originally posted by St_Andrew
hehe, im doing that 4U english crap too :p read several good pieces, Crime and Punnishment, MacBeth, some Kafka stuff, and the Great Gatsby.
I must say they are all truly masterpieces, but i wouldnt really recomend them for relaxing reading (i would never have read them if i didnt have too, but i guess if you like books you might do it). The great gatsby i would actually recomend tho, great book, and easy to read! :) |
im in the same group with u guys also. finishing up eng 12u and so far ive read the novel, The Incomparable Atuk by Mordeciai Richler, the play, On The Job by David Fennario, short story, A Doll's House, and now were reading Hamlet. On the Job is a good play to read but The Incomparable Atuk i did not enjoy so much.
Did u guys also do novels/plays written by canadians??? |
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| jrmacca |
haven't had a chance to read in a bit, but i hope to start up soon.
in the past, i've enjoyed this author: katherine kerr. she writes fantasy. her main series is about celtic myths. her writing drew me into, honestly, this new world. next thing i knew, i was dreaming about sword fighting against a dragon.
sooo kidding ;) |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by jrmacca
haven't had a chance to read in a bit, but i hope to start up soon.
in the past, i've enjoyed this author: katherine kerr. she writes fantasy. her main series is about celtic myths. her writing drew me into, honestly, this new world. next thing i knew, i was dreaming about sword fighting against a dragon.
sooo kidding ;) |
Best female artist ive ever read for fantasy is JENNIFER FALLON... her series THE HYTHRUM CHRONICLES... first book is MEDALON... and OMG! WOW!!! Just bloody amazing plot and characters! The world is fantastic too!!!
I love how the gods walk oftentimes with the ppl of the land! Her is amazing! Strongly recommend it...
Fantasy is my key genre I read... other than that, its only certain renowned authors that I'll read.
-jem- |
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| St_Andrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by smuncky
im in the same group with u guys also. finishing up eng 12u and so far ive read the novel, The Incomparable Atuk by Mordeciai Richler, the play, On The Job by David Fennario, short story, A Doll's House, and now were reading Hamlet. On the Job is a good play to read but The Incomparable Atuk i did not enjoy so much.
Did u guys also do novels/plays written by canadians??? |
nope, did you? my school is obsessed with shakespeare (perhaps because we are in stratford? :p), so we really spent most of the time reading macbeth... which wasnt bad but it would have been cool to do some other stuff :) |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Highroller
Right now I'm reading The Wealthy Barber. |
Rich Dad, Poor Dad |
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| jrmacca |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
Best female artist ive ever read for fantasy is JENNIFER FALLON... her series THE HYTHRUM CHRONICLES... first book is MEDALON... and OMG! WOW!!! Just bloody amazing plot and characters! The world is fantastic too!!!
I love how the gods walk oftentimes with the ppl of the land! Her is amazing! Strongly recommend it...
Fantasy is my key genre I read... other than that, its only certain renowned authors that I'll read.
-jem- |
awesome..thanks for the suggestion! i will check this out :) |
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| Irishaddict |
OMFG I am half English major..this could take a while! :D
I absolutely LOVE reading! It's hilarious that you mentioned that Jack the Ripper book by Patricia Cornwell because I read it last summer and LOVED it. As far as some good reads go:
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
All Families are Psychotic - Douglas Coupland
American Psycho (kinda disturbing :nervous: ) - Brett Easton Ellis
1949 - Morgan Llewelyn
Deterring Democracy - Noam Chomskey (basically ANYTHING by this man is such brain food..haha I'm sucha geek :p )
The Corporation - Joel Bakan
There's so many more that I would recommend but it's just gonna get tedious from this point :rolleyes:
OH! and the new Harry Potter comes out July 16th! :D ahahahaha you can all make fun of me for that I don't care - those books are so damn entertaining! |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Irishaddict
OH! and the new Harry Potter comes out July 16th! :D ahahahaha you can all make fun of me for that I don't care - those books are so damn entertaining! |
Ill give you the "entertainment" factor. they're "fun" reads i suppose ;), but as far as fantasy novels go, those are so child-fantasy! :D
-jem- |
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| smuncky |
| quote: | Originally posted by St_Andrew
nope, did you? my school is obsessed with shakespeare (perhaps because we are in stratford? :p), so we really spent most of the time reading macbeth... which wasnt bad but it would have been cool to do some other stuff :) |
yeh we did, that was the "theme" for this year
btw, in our school, we read a shakespeare play every year
this year its hamlet
last year was macbeth
and before that was romeo and juliet |
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