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nomadicfollower · 07.07.2006, 10:05 AM

I might read Huck Finn then, thanks.
I've read two chapters in Scarlet Letter and already I'm bored. Nothing really happens. Hawthorne is being descriptive, but it's like he's not describing anything....can't really explain it. Hope it gets better, though.

pao-lino · 07.07.2006, 10:08 AM

now I'm reading paul auster's mr. vertigo... but hmm... don't like it that much honestly...

gmku · 07.07.2006, 10:24 AM

The Skills to Pay the Bills: The Story of the Beastie Boys

& Locas (the graphic novel)

Gookid · 07.07.2006, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by nomadicfollower

I might read Huck Finn then, thanks.
I've read two chapters in Scarlet Letter and already I'm bored. Nothing really happens. Hawthorne is being descriptive, but it's like he's not describing anything....can't really explain it. Hope it gets better, though.

Huck Finn is excellent. Better than Tom Sawyer.

chuck norris · 07.12.2006, 12:22 PM

Kusheisi - The Buddha Of Suburbia
J. Joyce - Dubliners
S. Bellow - Herzog
and a biography of Iggy Pop (Gimme Danger) which is no fun.

touch me i'm sick · 07.12.2006, 12:25 PM

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A Clockwork Orange

good book. i'm reading breakfast of champions

gmku · 07.12.2006, 12:58 PM

Paul Has a Summer Job by Michel Rabagliati

nomadicfollower · 07.12.2006, 09:35 PM

Finally finished Scarlet Letter. It took much longer than it should have.
Tomorrow I'll begin Fathers and Sons by Turgenev, which I'm looking forward to and hope it's a good read.
I'm also on and off with Waldan and Leaves of Grass - Whitman is becoming my favorite poet.

acousticrock87 · 07.12.2006, 10:20 PM

I don't understand why everyone hates the Scarlet Letter. I didn't think it was that bad. I thought it was pretty engaging compared to other high school reading. On the other hand, I thought To Kill a Mockingbird was boring as hell. Whatever. I don't generally like Americana at all. Scarlet Letter seemed to have a relatively "exotic" feel to it that kept me from classifying it as such, I guess.

krastian · 07.12.2006, 10:23 PM

I just don't like Hawthorne because everything is a fucking metaphor.

gmku · 07.13.2006, 09:06 AM

Next up: David Boring & Lost Girl

nicfit · 07.13.2006, 09:09 AM

^^daniel clowes??

Pookie · 07.13.2006, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by krastian

I just don't like Hawthorne because everything is a fucking metaphor.

I loved Scarlet Letter, it's just so DARK. I think it makes a difference if you are forced to study a book at school, I read Scarlet letter through choice.

Bunbury · 07.13.2006, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by pao-lino

now I'm reading paul auster's mr. vertigo... but hmm... don't like it that much honestly...

i remeber getting all excited to read austers new york trilogy, but it was quite the let down as well.

gmku · 07.13.2006, 09:33 AM

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^^daniel clowes??

For David Boring, yes.

Lost Girls is by an English artist by the name of Nabiel Kanan.

jheii · 07.13.2006, 09:39 AM

I'm reading Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein.

nomadicfollower · 07.13.2006, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by krastian

I just don't like Hawthorne because everything is a fucking metaphor.

I agree. And in whole pages nothing seemed to happen. I would find myself skipping a whole page and Hawthorne would still be describing the same scene or person - not just that, but hte same feeling the person was having. I found that pretty irritating. It wasn't complete shit, though.
To Kill a Mockingbird was my least favorite book school's required so far. I might have been, though, that at the time the book was assigned, I was reading the Brother's Karamazov, and I just found TKAMB dull in comparisn.

gmku · 07.13.2006, 09:48 AM

"There is no there there."

Stein's a fun read.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 07.13.2006, 03:50 PM

Carlos Castaneda "The Second Ring of Power"

foldback · 07.14.2006, 01:44 AM

Edward Abbey, "The Monkeywrench Gang." Very cool so far...

07.07.2006, 10:05 AM	#221
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	I might read Huck Finn then, thanks. I've read two chapters in Scarlet Letter and already I'm bored. Nothing really happens. Hawthorne is being descriptive, but it's like he's not describing anything....can't really explain it. Hope it gets better, though.
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pao-lino bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 200	now I'm reading paul auster's mr. vertigo... but hmm... don't like it that much honestly...
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	The Skills to Pay the Bills: The Story of the Beastie Boys & Locas (the graphic novel)
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07.12.2006, 12:22 PM	#225
chuck norris bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 141	Kusheisi - The Buddha Of Suburbia J. Joyce - Dubliners S. Bellow - Herzog and a biography of Iggy Pop (Gimme Danger) which is no fun.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Paul Has a Summer Job by Michel Rabagliati
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07.12.2006, 09:35 PM	#228
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	Finally finished Scarlet Letter. It took much longer than it should have. Tomorrow I'll begin Fathers and Sons by Turgenev, which I'm looking forward to and hope it's a good read. I'm also on and off with Waldan and Leaves of Grass - Whitman is becoming my favorite poet.
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07.12.2006, 10:20 PM	#229
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I don't understand why everyone hates the Scarlet Letter. I didn't think it was that bad. I thought it was pretty engaging compared to other high school reading. On the other hand, I thought To Kill a Mockingbird was boring as hell. Whatever. I don't generally like Americana at all. Scarlet Letter seemed to have a relatively "exotic" feel to it that kept me from classifying it as such, I guess.
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	I just don't like Hawthorne because everything is a fucking metaphor. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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07.13.2006, 09:06 AM	#231
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Next up: David Boring & Lost Girl
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	^^daniel clowes?? __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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07.13.2006, 09:39 AM	#236
jheii bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 224	I'm reading Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein. __________________ "In the room the women come and go With Vodka-mixed orange Jello"
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07.13.2006, 09:48 AM	#238
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	"There is no there there." Stein's a fun read.
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SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Carlos Castaneda "The Second Ring of Power" __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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07.14.2006, 01:44 AM	#240
foldback bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 119	Edward Abbey, "The Monkeywrench Gang." Very cool so far... __________________ http://www.staticandfeedback.com
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