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thatgirlsylvia wrote in undead_authors Jan 10, 2006 12:22

So I guess I'll post my list of books I'd like to read this year.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust
I just finished reading the Sorrows of Young Werther and I absolutely loved it. Faust is about the devil or something. I'm not actually too positive, I'm just interested in the author.

Susan Sontag - On Photography I got this book for Christmas, ( Read more... )

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ladywhisp wrote in undead_authors Jan 05, 2006 22:58

PeacefulBeauty did an amazing list of the books she wants to read next year. Mine isn't quite as impressive, but here we go all the same:

Henry James - Portrait of a Lady

Colm Toibin's 'The Master' was so tender and reverent, it just inspired me. Knowing some of the background of the book just makes me more desperate to read it.Carlos Ruiz Zafon - Shadow of ( Read more... )

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Books I want to read this year

peacefulbeauty wrote in undead_authors Jan 03, 2006 11:10

Here are some books that I want to read this year. they are not in any specific order ( Read more... )

Resolutions

ladywhisp wrote in undead_authors Jan 03, 2006 13:29

As an English Lit student, I've quickly found that I'm lacking any real background in 'classic' literature. Luckily, it doesn't matter all that much, but I would like to get more of a grounding in modern literature - 20th and 21st century writing ( Read more... )

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Happy New Year!

ladywhisp wrote in undead_authors Jan 03, 2006 13:20

Happy new year, bookmonsters!

I was looking back at the books that have really established the trend of what I like to read. It's not all strictly undead authors, but it's pretty much all modern literature. So, before this years books come out, here's my top ten:

( top ten books that established what I love in literature )

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confused

peacefulbeauty wrote in undead_authors Jan 02, 2006 21:32

I am reading currently A Small PLace by Jamaica Kincaid

I really don't know what to do about this community. There is such potential but it doesn't keep itself active. I (or another maintainer) needs to be around to encourage activity. I just don't have the time to do that.

So i don't know.

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Midnight's Children

no1inthehoodg wrote in undead_authors Nov 02, 2005 22:09

I just finished today. I thought it was a fun way to go through a century of Indian history in an efficient way.

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midnight's children

peacefulbeauty wrote in undead_authors Oct 25, 2005 13:50

Has anyone started Midnight's Children ? It is taking so much of a time commitment for me to even make a dent in it.

how do you feel so far? Have you decided not to read this one, or haven't gotten it yet?

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ladywhisp wrote in undead_authors Oct 19, 2005 13:13

penlo_deuph, I couldn't fit my children's books recommendations into a comment, so they're behind this cut!

( do you think I have a passion for kids' books? )