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Newbie (again)

tedeza wrote in rapidreaders Aug 29, 2005 23:12

Name: Teresa
Age: 22
Location: Spain
Website: My LJ, basically.
Favorite Book: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.
Favorite Author: Isabel Allende, probably but I'm more plot-oriented than author-oriented.
Top 5 suggested books: (I will skip recently recced ones ;))
* The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.
* Sophia's World by ( Read more... )

New member survey

nipi wrote in rapidreaders Aug 29, 2005 21:41

Name: Reyes ( Read more... )

New member

suzler wrote in rapidreaders Aug 29, 2005 17:38

Name: Suze ( Read more... )

Another newbie survey

jencaro wrote in rapidreaders Aug 29, 2005 11:10

Name: Jennifer ( Read more... )

New member survey

buckysprplmonke wrote in rapidreaders Aug 29, 2005 11:13

Name: Charissa ( Read more... )

September Polls

rabidpixie wrote in rapidreaders Aug 27, 2005 07:13

Voting ends at noon on Wednesday, the 30th. Results will be posted Wednesday night. If you just can't wait to find out what we're reading next and I'm not here to post the results, just look and see which books are winning and assume those will be the chosen ones. That should be self explanatory, I know, but just a reminder.

1st book of ( Read more... )

Hellooooooooooooooooo

rabidpixie wrote in rapidreaders Aug 27, 2005 07:04

So what is this? NOBODY is reading our 2 books of the month or just nobody that has anything to say? C'mon people I'm the one that's slacking. I need you guys to keep reading and fill me in on what I've missed! I can't believe we have over 300 people in this community and nobody has anything to comment on! The community is only as good as its ( Read more... )

hurricane katrina

Still Behind

rabidpixie wrote in rapidreaders Aug 19, 2005 21:06

I'm still stuck on Don Quixote. The story is cute and funny, but at times it seems tedious and like it's not going anywhere. I'm only on Chapter XV. I have the Walter Starkie translation. I don't know why I'm finding it so hard to get through...maybe it's the tiny print. I like the short chapters though ( Read more... )

Angela's Ashes

rabidpixie wrote in rapidreaders Aug 08, 2005 21:38

I rented the movie version of Angela's Ashes tonight and it really follows the book well. You just can't imagine the depth of their poverty until you see it for yourself (well, on the screen). Having lived in America or just in this day and age really and never experiencing anything like it, one can't visualize how disgusting and dirty their ( Read more... )

Another Mysterious Skin post

bingsy wrote in rapidreaders Aug 04, 2005 09:38

Just one more before I stop. I wasn't feeling brave enough or ready for a commentary or review, and it didn't occur to me until now that I could instead post things of this nature - about the book.

if you've finished the book: ( Read more... )