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jj
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# Posted: 7 Jun 2006 13:12
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It's that time when many of us are taking summer vacations... So help a brother or sister out -- what are some good reads to take along for the trip?
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kady
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# Posted: 7 Jun 2006 18:53
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What age range are you looking for a reading list for?
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citron
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# Posted: 8 Jun 2006 16:22
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I believe the question is more of a what are you reading this summer?
Lots of people have a summer reading list? Anything on your list?
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candyshop
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2006 15:02
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This is my Summer reading list.
"The Color Purple" - Alice Walker - Finished! was very good, couldn't put it down...
"The Kitchen God's Wife" - Amy Tan - currently reading, half way finished
"Slaughter House Five" - Kurt Vonnegut (I know I spelled that wrong, but I'm lazy and dumb)
"The mother knot : a memoir" - Kathryn Harrison
"The Gospel According to Jesus Christ"
"The Grapes of Wrath" - John Steinbeck
"Go Down, Moses" - William Faulkner (this one is supposed to be good)
"Richard III"
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demonvamp
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2006 16:56
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I don't have time to read much anymore  sad, but true. Maybe it's time I dusted off some of my old books, so I don't feel the urge to rush and find out what happens. Maybe Mercedes Lackey *though I'm high fantasy'd out* or my old standby, Dragonsinger.
It's hard to read when you're writing, I try not to or I get sidetracked
QD
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candyshop
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# Posted: 17 Jun 2006 05:49
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well I work in a library so I see all these books I want to read... plus since I've been skipping lunch I tend to read on my lunch hour.
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citron
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# Posted: 17 Jun 2006 12:50
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Aleka, I've had that problem too *l* hence why I have 30 books out right now.
But for summer, I've got a huge list of things to read. They're mainly classics, things I've always heard about, but never read (not even for school).
A list:
Sun Tzu - Art of War
Nietzsche - Beyond Good and Evil
The Histories of Herodotus
Machiavelli - The Prince
Tolstoy - War and Peace
Dante's Inferno
Arthur Miller - The Crucible
Virgil - The Aenid
The list goes on 
But, so far? I've read 0 of them *lol* Oops
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candyshop
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2006 09:01
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The Inferno of Dante (or Dante's Inferno depending on which translation you pick up) is a fantastic book, you just have to dive into it.
The Crucibe is very very good, you'll like it, I also reccomend Death of a Salesmen by the same author, something you can relate more to in modern times.
I finished the Kitchen God's Wife and am half through with Slaughter House five.
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