What are you reading? - Page 3

**Ophelia** · 12-13-2007, 08:49 AM

I'm not ready anything really, I have many checked out and some are overdue but I've had to come up for air for a week or so. Maybe I'll start something today, but I would prefer baking. The holidays make me want to cook.

**MissyO** · 12-13-2007, 05:44 PM

^ Same here. I'm all literatured out for the moment. I've all these great books, but nothing is right.

12-13-2007, 06:30 PM

I'm all out of faith..
this is how I feel..

NOTHING'S RIGHT!
.. nothing's right...

mmm...

Nothing's right, I'm torn.
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel.
I'm tired and I am cold and I am naked and alone!
All is coming down, spun between these tears.
Everything is angry! I am angry! I am torn.
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel.

THIS IS HOW I FEEEEEEEL!

Come here, Missy. Firm embrace!

**Jocasta** · 12-14-2007, 01:27 PM

Stephen Fry, The Liar. Is there nothing this man can't do?!

**Ophelia** · 12-14-2007, 03:41 PM

^ I really need to try him.

I just started a Young Adult book called Looking for Alaska by John Green. He's a very good writer, and Looking for Alaska won the Prinz literary Prize in 2005

From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up—From the very first page, tension fills John Green's Michael L. Printz Award-winning novel (Dutton, 2005). Miles Halter, 16, is afraid that nobody will show up at his party because he doesn't have many friends. He loves to read biographies and discover the last words attributed to famous people. He's particularly intrigued with the dying words of poet Francois Rabelais: "I go to seek a great perhaps." Miles is leaving his loving Florida home for the "great perhaps" of the same Alabama boarding school attended by his father. Ominous chapter headings (40 days before, 10 days after) reveal that something tragic may happen. At school, Miles is accepted by a brainy group of pranksters led by his roommate and Alaska Young, a smart and sexy feminist. The teen becomes captivated by his new friends who spend as much energy on sex, smoking, drinking, and cutting-up as they do on reading, learning, and searching for life's meaning. As the school year progresses, Miles's crush on Alaska intensifies, even after it becomes evident that her troubled past sometimes causes her to be self-destructive. This novel is about real kids dealing with the pressures of growing up and feeling indestructible. Listeners will be riveted as the friends band together to deal with the catastrophic events that plague their junior year, and rejoice at their triumphs. Jeff Woodman clearly delineates the voices for each character in an age-appropriate, smart-alecky manner, injecting great emotion while managing not to be overly sentimental.

**Jocasta** · 12-14-2007, 04:51 PM

I'm intrigued by that summary, I might look out for that, maybe my daughter would like it.

The Liar is a masterpiece of comic writing. The narrator, the wonderfully flamboyant and decidedly camp Adrian Healey, is a wit and a wilful dissembler, unable to see the world as anything other than his own personal theatre. Healey reserves the right to play any number of parts in order to mask his essential hollowness of spirit.

**MissyO** · 12-18-2007, 02:49 PM

Norwegian Wood. It's pretty friggin fabulous.

**Plastic Flute** · 12-18-2007, 07:40 PM

The Rum Diary,Blood Red, and another paperback. I think i have book ADD

**Ophelia** · 12-18-2007, 08:20 PM

^cool... I can't read more than one book at a time - its a tic. The John Green book was very good. Now, I think I will read After Dark by Murakami. I am monkey see monkey doing on missyo.

**Plastic Flute** · 12-18-2007, 08:38 PM

Im jealous of her lilac applehead

JenniferNoble · 12-27-2007, 06:22 AM

'Het huis van de moskee,' Kader Abdolah

darko. · 12-27-2007, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissyO

Norwegian Wood. It's pretty friggin fabulous.

of course it is. i told you to read it didnt i?!????!?!?!

DARKO RIGHT AGAIN

**Ophelia** · 01-03-2008, 08:28 PM

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabrth Gilbert. It rocks.

**Plastic Flute** · 01-04-2008, 03:05 PM

^ Bless you my dear.

**MissyO** · 01-04-2008, 05:41 PM

About to start in on To Have and Have Not by Hemingway.

I've still got a few books lying around half read, but I need some damn Hemingway right now.

**Ophelia** · 01-04-2008, 11:50 PM

After I finish Eat, Pray, Love. I will read After Dark. It's phucking overdue.

**MissyO** · 01-05-2008, 09:37 AM

^ Dang. You'll finish it quickly, so don't worry too much.

**Plastic Flute** · 01-05-2008, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ophelia

After I finish Eat, Pray, Love. I will read After Dark. It's phucking overdue.

You cant cuss in the same sentence that you you say youre going to pray. Gheeeeeez. Youre lucky you have me to watch over you.

**Ophelia** · 01-06-2008, 10:31 AM

^I didn't say I was going tp pray, I said I was reading a book about a chic who prays. Phuckin get it right beeyyaaaatch.

**Plastic Flute** · 01-10-2008, 04:45 PM

That is my goal for 2008. To get something right. So far im losing.

12-13-2007, 06:30 PM	#43 (permalink)
Avis Phlox Posts: n/a	I'm all out of faith.. this is how I feel.. NOTHING'S RIGHT! .. nothing's right... mmm... Nothing's right, I'm torn. I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel. I'm tired and I am cold and I am naked and alone! All is coming down, spun between these tears. Everything is angry! I am angry! I am torn. I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel. THIS IS HOW I FEEEEEEEL! Come here, Missy. Firm embrace! Last edited by Avis Phlox : 12-13-2007 at 06:31 PM.

12-13-2007, 08:49 AM	#41 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,155 My Profile	I'm not ready anything really, I have many checked out and some are overdue but I've had to come up for air for a week or so. Maybe I'll start something today, but I would prefer baking. The holidays make me want to cook.

12-13-2007, 05:44 PM	#42 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,168 My Profile	^ Same here. I'm all literatured out for the moment. I've all these great books, but nothing is right.

12-14-2007, 01:27 PM	#44 (permalink)
Jocasta Joshtopian Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 18,021 My Profile	Stephen Fry, The Liar. Is there nothing this man can't do?!

12-14-2007, 03:41 PM	#45 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,155 My Profile	^ I really need to try him. I just started a Young Adult book called Looking for Alaska by John Green. He's a very good writer, and Looking for Alaska won the Prinz literary Prize in 2005 From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up—From the very first page, tension fills John Green's Michael L. Printz Award-winning novel (Dutton, 2005). Miles Halter, 16, is afraid that nobody will show up at his party because he doesn't have many friends. He loves to read biographies and discover the last words attributed to famous people. He's particularly intrigued with the dying words of poet Francois Rabelais: "I go to seek a great perhaps." Miles is leaving his loving Florida home for the "great perhaps" of the same Alabama boarding school attended by his father. Ominous chapter headings (40 days before, 10 days after) reveal that something tragic may happen. At school, Miles is accepted by a brainy group of pranksters led by his roommate and Alaska Young, a smart and sexy feminist. The teen becomes captivated by his new friends who spend as much energy on sex, smoking, drinking, and cutting-up as they do on reading, learning, and searching for life's meaning. As the school year progresses, Miles's crush on Alaska intensifies, even after it becomes evident that her troubled past sometimes causes her to be self-destructive. This novel is about real kids dealing with the pressures of growing up and feeling indestructible. Listeners will be riveted as the friends band together to deal with the catastrophic events that plague their junior year, and rejoice at their triumphs. Jeff Woodman clearly delineates the voices for each character in an age-appropriate, smart-alecky manner, injecting great emotion while managing not to be overly sentimental.

12-14-2007, 04:51 PM	#46 (permalink)
Jocasta Joshtopian Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 18,021 My Profile	I'm intrigued by that summary, I might look out for that, maybe my daughter would like it. The Liar is a masterpiece of comic writing. The narrator, the wonderfully flamboyant and decidedly camp Adrian Healey, is a wit and a wilful dissembler, unable to see the world as anything other than his own personal theatre. Healey reserves the right to play any number of parts in order to mask his essential hollowness of spirit.

12-18-2007, 02:49 PM	#47 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,168 My Profile	Norwegian Wood. It's pretty friggin fabulous.

12-18-2007, 07:40 PM	#48 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13,212 My Profile	The Rum Diary,Blood Red, and another paperback. I think i have book ADD

12-18-2007, 08:20 PM	#49 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,155 My Profile	^cool... I can't read more than one book at a time - its a tic. The John Green book was very good. Now, I think I will read After Dark by Murakami. I am monkey see monkey doing on missyo.

12-18-2007, 08:38 PM	#50 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13,212 My Profile	Im jealous of her lilac applehead

12-27-2007, 06:22 AM	#51 (permalink)
JenniferNoble Lovely Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 4,649 My Profile	'Het huis van de moskee,' Kader Abdolah

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01-03-2008, 08:28 PM	#53 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,155 My Profile	Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabrth Gilbert. It rocks.

01-04-2008, 03:05 PM	#54 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13,212 My Profile	^ Bless you my dear.

01-04-2008, 05:41 PM	#55 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,168 My Profile	About to start in on To Have and Have Not by Hemingway. I've still got a few books lying around half read, but I need some damn Hemingway right now.

01-04-2008, 11:50 PM	#56 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,155 My Profile	After I finish Eat, Pray, Love. I will read After Dark. It's phucking overdue.

01-05-2008, 09:37 AM	#57 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,168 My Profile	^ Dang. You'll finish it quickly, so don't worry too much.

01-06-2008, 10:31 AM	#59 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,155 My Profile	^I didn't say I was going tp pray, I said I was reading a book about a chic who prays. Phuckin get it right beeyyaaaatch.

01-10-2008, 04:45 PM	#60 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13,212 My Profile	That is my goal for 2008. To get something right. So far im losing.