What are yall reading? volume 2 :) - Page 3
Originally Posted by archangel003 hippie I just finished On the Road.......
Originally Posted by archangel003 hippie I just finished On the Road.......
08-30-2006, 02:48 AM
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| One American Family at a Time.  Idealist The OC, California 
| Originally Posted by archangel003 
 I just finished On the Road.... | ||||
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08-30-2006, 02:52 AM
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| One American Family at a Time. Idealist The OC, California
| Originally Posted by thomez I don't know. I think sometimes I get a better grasp of learning about a historical period or event by reading the fiction of that era, than I do just reading a history book.
I feel like I can relate to the time period better when I can personalize it to myself in feeling like I went through it with someone. I read this book a long ass time ago about a woman who fled Vietnam during the war, and came to America, and it was about her trying to adapt to America, and marrying a white man, and how hard her life was, and it made me feel like I understood the plight of Vietnamese immigrants better than just knowing a number of how many of them came here. When I read the Narrative of a Slave Girl this summer, I feel like I learned more about slavery than I did just the history book side of the issue and who was for it, and against it. Fiction can make it personal. And sometimes when it's personal, it hits you harder.....  | ||||
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08-30-2006, 02:53 AM
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| One American Family at a Time. Idealist The OC, California
| Now I'm reading Robinson Crusoe.... And also starting Invisible Man by Ralph Emerson... | ||||
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09-02-2006, 09:22 AM
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| Yeah, that guy.  Progressive Oregon
| Amazon.com: From Beirut to Jerusalem (Updated with a New Chapter): Books: Thomas L. Friedman Just finished From Beirut to Jerusalem (see above). Now working on 1776. Amazon.com: 1776: Books: David McCullough | ||||
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09-02-2006, 12:08 PM
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| Pinko Commie Bastard  Communist Moscow
| I'm currently working on finishing "The World is Flat" before starting 1776, which is also sitting on my bookshelf.  | ||||
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09-02-2006, 12:12 PM
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| Banned  Conservative Government is another way to say Better Than You
| Originally Posted by IminWonderland that's a good one
beginning of the beatnik movement | ||||
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09-02-2006, 10:45 PM
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| One American Family at a Time. Idealist The OC, California
| Originally Posted by ballz2wallz It was good! I enjoyed the discussion about it!
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09-07-2006, 11:49 PM
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| interwebberus professionalus  Independent
| Originally Posted by IminWonderland fucking kerouac - can't stand him. i read dharma bums and found myself throwing it at the wall from time to time; it just came across as pretentious. though i really should give him another crack, as it was several years ago.
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09-07-2006, 11:51 PM
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| I'm reading a book called "Preventing Miscarriage"  I also just picked up "raising ophelia" or something along those lines. | ||||
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09-07-2006, 11:56 PM
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| Pinko Commie Bastard Communist Moscow
| does "preventing miscarriage" give diet guidelines with bland foods  | ||||
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09-08-2006, 12:08 AM
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| Originally Posted by thomez I'm not that far into it yet.
 All it's talked about so far is recognizing when you are having a miscarriage, the different types of miscarriage, recognizing what risk category you are in and the importance of bedrest. | ||||
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09-08-2006, 12:19 AM
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| where the porn at?  Realist Englewood, CO
| im actually reading "fear and loathing in las vegas" very funny | ||||
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09-08-2006, 02:00 AM
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| One American Family at a Time. Idealist The OC, California
| Originally Posted by imind
Awe, it's just the Post Modern Movement...they all think they are SOOOO smart...LOL Give it another shot...I think listening to Bob Dylan while reading it helped... | ||||
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09-08-2006, 02:01 AM
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| One American Family at a Time. Idealist The OC, California
| Originally Posted by SICKGUY HELLZ YEAH!!!
After this semester I want to read RUM DIARIES by Thompson. I know he had a hand in the film, like a large one, and I love the dialogue, and the depiction of the drug experience, because I think it's quite accurate. He was ingenious. | ||||
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09-08-2006, 04:13 AM
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| Pinko Commie Bastard Communist Moscow
| just finished "The World Is Flat" !!! and it is 3AM what in the fuck am I doing up at this hour  tomorrow I think I start "A Brilliant Solution: Inventing America's Constitution" - I would do 1776 but I have it in the mail, and the other is from the library  | ||||
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09-13-2006, 02:47 PM
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| One American Family at a Time. Idealist The OC, California
| Update: I am now reading Lolita by Nabokov, Pamela by Richardson, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, as well as my weekly reading of John Milton... | ||||
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09-13-2006, 02:51 PM
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| Pinko Commie Bastard Communist Moscow
| I am almost done with "A Brilliant Solution: Inventing America's Constitution", I'll probably finish it today. I have no idea what time I finished reading last night, I know I did 2 chapters, and I didn't wake up til noon, so it must have been pretty late | ||||
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09-13-2006, 02:54 PM
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| Member  libertarian New York City, New York
| Nothing ATM but I'd like to read the "Debunking 9/11 Myths" book put out by Popular Science. | ||||
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09-13-2006, 02:57 PM
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| For those about to rock...  libertarian Atlanta, GA
| Originally Posted by beez It was a book? I've only read the articles (which you can find online quite easily)
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09-13-2006, 03:28 PM
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| Member libertarian New York City, New York
| Originally Posted by Ardentfrost They put out a book in August that expands on the original material and answers questions submitted in response to the original article.
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