03-15-2013, 01:19 AM | #15916 |
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Used to be a fan of Mr Herbert myself. If you liked The Rats, you might also like Lair and Domain. Love those ratty rat rats.
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03-15-2013, 03:09 AM | #15917 | |
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Re-reading them as an adult was a whole different kettle of fish. 'A Tale of Two Cities' became one of my all time favorites (Silas Marner still bores me...) As SBGuy's mom said, I simply had no frame of reference in which to place what was going on in those books when I was 13. They didn't introduce me to great literature. They turned me off to it! Stitchawl |
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03-15-2013, 06:08 AM | #15918 | |
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P.S. I read the non simplified version of the novel at the age of 18 and it was completely different in terms of the language, format, the chapter titles and how they're divided. Reading the non-altered version made me feel that I'm really reading a classic. When I read the simplified version, I felt like I was reading a modern book that wasn't written a very long time ago. |
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03-15-2013, 07:33 AM | #15921 |
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3/4 in The Desert Spear, second book of Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett.
The book is great continuation of the first one (The Painted Man). It will probably get 4 stars from me. After that, I'm off to The Daylight War. I'm loving this series so much. http://www.goodreads.com/series/46817-demon-cycle |
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I loved Silas Marner, though I think I was in my twenties when I read it. I do remember reading Pride and Prejudice at school (now a favorite) but having no frame of reference (as someone else mentioned) for where this world was and how these people were living.
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03-15-2013, 09:51 AM | #15923 |
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I saw a preview for The Host when we went to see The Hobbit... it looked like an interesting concept until I saw that it was by Meyer and I lost all interest at all in it. I don't need to watch a teenage love story.
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Christina Dodd's Rules of Surrender, and Jennifer Kloester's Georgette Heyer's Regency World. That second one is for research purposes.
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