MrsRobertPlant Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I just finished the Great Gatsby and now I'm reading Le Petit Prince [en francais!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedZepChick Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I just read: Marilyn Monroe Private And Undisclosed-Michelle Morgan Losing It-Valerie Bertinelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarlaxle 56 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 The last book I read was "God is Not Great." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alinds Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 My last completed book was of a similar vein..."The God Delusion" by everybody's favourite evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. Am currently reading: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllisonAdler Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Mircea Eliade's The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structures of Alchemy. Really excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suz Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Damn, you guys are brainy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarlaxle 56 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I've also read The God Delusion, I thought it was a really well researched book, a lot of good information there for someone wanting to learn about religiosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRobertPlant Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Great read! I'm fond of Vonnegut, everyone reads SlaughterHouse-Five Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE Book Two THE UNKNOWN BOOKS OF THE ESSENES The Original Hebrew and Aramaic Texts Translated and edited by EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I just finished the Great Gatsby and now I'm reading Le Petit Prince [en francais!] I always wanted to get good enough with French to read Le Petit Prince. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I just finished the Great Gatsby and now I'm reading Le Petit Prince [en francais!] That's a wonderful book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRobertPlant Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 (edited) ^ I really like it more than I thought! It makes me a bit sad at some parts but content with trying to understand whats important in life. "I ought to have judged by deeds and not by words. She cast her fragrance and radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her...I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little strategems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her..." I always wanted to get good enough with French to read Le Petit Prince. I enjoy reading it in French, but you know if you google the title, one of the first sites has the whole book on there separated by chapters in English Edited March 9, 2008 by MrsRobertPlant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I know you can get it in English, but it was the fact that if I could read it in French, I'd now enough of the language to get by, you know? I got a C in 2nd year French in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRobertPlant Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I know you can get it in English, but it was the fact that if I could read it in French, I'd now enough of the language to get by, you know? I got a C in 2nd year French in high school. Hehehe!, did you go any higher? I'm taking AP French next year and I'll be reading insane literature. By the way, whats the speak book about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllisonAdler Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 ^AP French is a breeze, I'm sure you'll do well. It's fun stuff you get to read next year, too (at least I thought so when I did it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRobertPlant Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 ^ I hope its a breeze since I'm taking other APs too, but I know even native speaking French people don't do so well on the exam, so I must make sure I can excel Also reading Burmese Days by George Orwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllisonAdler Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 ^ I hope its a breeze since I'm taking other APs too, but I know even native speaking French people don't do so well on the exam, so I must make sure I can excel Also reading Burmese Days by George Orwell I think native speakers don't do as well because it's very grammar-driven, and you don't always think about grammar rules when it's your native language. Burmese Days is a great read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRobertPlant Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 That makes perfect sense actually! And I'm enjoying Burmese Days, who would you say is a common day Orwell, I've been trying to find someone with a similar writing style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I've never even heard of Burmese Days! I've read Animal Farm and 1984's on my "to do" list.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRobertPlant Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 (edited) MANDY!!! Read 1984 immediately, I read that book in 2 days (it wasn't one because it was too good to read too quick) and no book has topped that one for me yet. I'm currently looking for one that does. I'll read it again soon, since its been about about a year since I've seen it last. Animal Farm is great, by Orwell I read "Why I Write" and I liked that too. Its not a book, but just some of his ramblings and essays. War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength Edited March 9, 2008 by MrsRobertPlant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarlaxle 56 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 If you want to read Orwell's best non-fiction book, go for The Road To Wigan Pier, that book *really* taught me a lot about Socialism, and the great thing is that it's very easy to read, but nonetheless still a really complex book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) I've got to finish the one on my coffee table first! LOL (which I keep meaning to work on today...but you guys are entertaining me) Edited March 10, 2008 by manderlyh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I'm reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It's a young adult book that I highly reccommend to all high school students. I just finished readingthis book. I am planning on buying multiple copies so I can allow students to read it. This was oneof the BEST books I've read in a LONG time. (I started it yesterday and just finished it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.