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| suturawberii |
 Posted: Feb 29, 2008 5:46 am |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
Posts: 220
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momentum wrote: i think they talk about marriage only in the 3rd book. Belle wants to become a vampire coz its dangerous for her to be human, what with every bad vampire after her, but edward doesnt want her to be one coz edward thinks he's lost his soul after he became one, and doesnt want belle to lose her's as well, so edward wants belle to marry him before he agrees to let belle become a vampire. the 2nd book is mostly about how edward tries to turn her life back to normal by leaving her, only to make it worse.
ooh~ ok thankyou for the explenation 
i have to wait to read New Moon, cuz they don't have it in the library right now 
i think i'll buy it..
i think everyone already knew this, but if someone didn't;
THERE'S GOING TO BE A TWILIGHT MOVIE
ooooooohhh~!!!! i'm so exciteddd XD
but i'm a little disapointed about the actor that's going to play Edward... 
aanndd there's going to be a FOURTH BOOK called Breaking Dawn
Quote: Breaking Dawn, the final book in the #1 bestselling Twilight Saga, will take your breath away.
seen on http://www.stepheniemeyer.com  |
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| spyseries.com |
| Posted: Mar 05, 2008 3:29 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 05 Mar 2008
Posts: 3
Location: canada
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| right now i am reading Consent To Kill by vince flynn |
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| suturawberii |
| Posted: Mar 24, 2008 3:53 pm |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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saturday, i bought New Moon by Stephenie Meyer... i already read almost half of it. I'ts so sad, i really can't stop reading  |
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| AiiR |
| Posted: Mar 24, 2008 5:22 pm |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Posts: 269
Location: Canada & Taiwan
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| I'm currently reading The Diary of Ann Frank just because our teacher forces us to read it....I find the last novel study was much more interesting than this book. That book is called "The Catcher in the Rye" Any one heard of this book? It's a really wild book yet I really enjoy it and very much! |
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| sakuraangel |
| Posted: Mar 24, 2008 8:40 pm |
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SMILY
Joined: 10 Feb 2007
Posts: 427
Location: Canada
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I'm reading the English translation of "Be With You" aka Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu by Takuji Ichikawa. I am determined to finish the book once and for all. Last time I picked it up was in December and the beginning was always too slow for me. But I've finally hit the interesting part, so hopefully I can finish this before I get 1 Litre of Tears (which I finally found the book for in English off Amazon JP).
After that hopefully I can get back to "Fifteen Days" by Christine Blatchford (a Canadian journalist whom has experiences the front lines of this current war -- on a journalistic level) which is a non-fiction book about Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan (I had to put it down because the military lingo in the book was getting to be heavier than I expected). |
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| shoko |
| Posted: Mar 26, 2008 5:42 pm |
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Happy Days
Joined: 15 May 2007
Posts: 135
Location: Paris, France
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AiiR wrote: I'm currently reading The Diary of Ann Frank just because our teacher forces us to read it....I find the last novel study was much more interesting than this book. That book is called "The Catcher in the Rye" Any one heard of this book? It's a really wild book yet I really enjoy it and very much!
He he, I've read both. The Diary of Ann Frank is a great book ~ The Catcher in the Rye is good too.
As for me; I'm currently reading Twilight, so, I try to avoid spoilers here xD;;; |
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| octocoffee |
| Posted: Apr 01, 2008 10:42 pm |
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ユメクイ
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 1005
Location: USA
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| I just finished reading All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque for class. This book is amazing. The story paints a vivid picture, and things are shown just as they are, not how people want them to be. I'd agree with anyone that said this was one of (if not the best) war novels of all time. |
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| bumble.bee |
| Posted: Apr 03, 2008 9:27 am |
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金魚花火
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Posts: 159
Location: Vienna
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know i'm reading: " Darum nerven Japaner." im not realy able to translate it in english but if you want you can use a dictionary ^^ and it's pretty good and really funny  |
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| Jester |
| Posted: Apr 10, 2008 11:16 pm |
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フレンジャー
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Posts: 806
Location: Canada
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| Right now I'm reading a rather lengthly book called Winter's Tale. Not to be mistaken with the play by William Shakespeare - although they have their fare share of similarities - this book is about thieves, a mysterious city, love, life, and the search for the ultimate truth, I'm about 5/7 through and it's an amazing read! |
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| octocoffee |
| Posted: Aug 04, 2008 10:43 am |
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ユメクイ
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 1005
Location: USA
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Ooh, I gotta post here I'm so in love with these books right now and I need to ramble a bit.
So I just finished up three fantastic books. The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Critic as Artist by Oscar Wilde and The Curious Incident of the Dog at Nighttime by Mark Haddon. All three books were really fascinating, and I loved them all.
The Critic as Artist was a play and it's the dialogue between two men who simply converse about art, and critics. However, the opinions Wilde has are just so....they're great. Really great. There's a reason this guy is so famous after all. I wish I could explain it better, but I lack the eloquence Wilde has. It's a bit of a difficult read for me, because this was written late 1800s and the dialogue is quite intense in terms of vocabulary and all that.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is quite famous, so I don't think I need to explain the plot.  I loved the darkness of it though. And it's a bit obvious which side Wilde would take in a nature vs nurture argument xD But the transformation of Dorian is thrilling and the end...the end is fantastic. I was completely surprised. And I have a feeling that it's more than just a suspense thriller...It was much easier to read that The Critic as Artist, because I think Critic is supposed to be much more intellectual-sounding. I say sounding because The Picture of Dorian Gray is by no means not intellectual.
The Curious Incident of the Dog at Nighttime (not sure if I have the title right, it's so long!) is about autistic fifteen-year old Christopher Boone and his attempt to write a mystery novel about who killed the neighbor's dog. But it develops into something much, much more interesting than that. In reality, it's like more like this boy's journal. I loved it. It's realistic, and touching. It's my summer reading, and so far everyone I know doesn't like it, because Christopher is a bit bratty, but...hey, who isn't? He just shows it a different way.
Up next is Twilight. --sigh- I'm not really keen on this, but my friends are insisting I read it...
EDIT:  Wow, I rambled A LOT. |
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| Jester |
| Posted: Aug 08, 2008 2:14 pm |
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フレンジャー
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Posts: 806
Location: Canada
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^ Yeah, my sister is pushing me into the whole Twilight thing too. I think resistance is futile.
I'm big into Chuck Palahniuk lately. I just finished Survivor and Lullaby. For the record, I loved them both. Palahniuk's style just captivates me. He uses repetition so effectively and the plots are always drenched in attitude. I'd give you my own synopsis but it's so much easier to right what's on the back of the books and they'd do a better job anyways.
Survivor:
"Tender Branson - last surviving member of the so-called Creedish Death Cult - is dictating his life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is all alone in the airplane, which will crash shortly into the vast Australian outback. But before it does, he will unfold the tale of his journey from an obedient Creedish child and humble domestic servant to an ultra-buffed, steroid - and collagen-packed media messiah."
Lullaby:
"Ever heard of a culling song? It's a lullaby sung in Africa to give a painless death to the old or infirm. The lyrics of a culling song kill, whether spoken or even just thought. You can find one on page 27 of Poems and Rhymes from Around the World, an anthology on the shelves of libraries across the country. When reporter Carl Streatnor discovers that unsuspecting readers are reading the poem and accidentally killing their children, he begins a desperate cross-country quest to put the culling song to rest and sae the nation from certain disaster. Written with a style and imagination that could only come from Palahniuk, Lullaby is the latest outrage from one of our most exciting writers at work today." |
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| Akamori |
| Posted: Aug 30, 2008 11:49 am |
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Happy Days
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Posts: 92
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I read a TON.
Normally the books are romance/fantasy based.
I'm currently reading The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima. I guess its the second in a trilogy or something...?
I dunno. 
I bought it at a local grocery store for something to occupy my time till I buy a new book.
I haven't opened it in a couple of days.
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| Crystallas |
| Posted: Sep 07, 2008 7:09 am |
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金魚花火
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
Posts: 164
Location: Germany
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Totally I'm reading "McTiger - Ein Highlander auf Samtpfoten" . It's a really funny Book and it's fun too read it. The english translation would be: "McTiger - A Highlander on Velvet paws". I translate it by myself, So I don't know the correct Translation  ... The book is about a killed cat which haunt in a old scotthish castle which is modified in a hotel. The wrider of the Book is Andrea Schach .
I really suggest this book  ... |
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| Crystallas |
| Posted: Sep 07, 2008 7:12 am |
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金魚花火
Joined: 29 Apr 2008
Posts: 164
Location: Germany
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@Bumble Bee:
The correct Translation would be "That's why japanese people are bugging" ! The Idea of the book is simiular interesting, but the wrider can't write very good... |
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| HilaryDuffFanboy |
| Posted: Oct 24, 2008 2:04 am |
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CHU-LIP
Joined: 10 Oct 2005
Posts: 1753
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| I was reading a Jodi Picoult book but put it on hold because of exams... I REALLY want to read My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, everyone's been saying it's so good and it actually does seem to peer into a controversial issue in an interesting yet disturbing manner. |
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