take a picture and describe the last book you read
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It's about an elder man heading out to sea in hopes of catching a big fish after not having caught anything in years. He seems almost hopeless, and you can't help but feel bad for him. Yet he has such a fire inside of him; true dedication.
Jul 09, 2010 17:48 by pensandpencilsgalore -
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a fail i'm afraid. Whilst my assembly language is reasonable, my C just wasn't good enough to keep up with the author.
Jul 09, 2010 15:54 by a_noob-
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We have that book in our library I always wanted to check it out but I too suck at C
Jul 09, 2010 17:21 by superc0w.
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Young girl from Chile runs away in search of her lover who has legged it to california in search of GOLD, along the way she meets some pretty bland characters...
Jul 09, 2010 13:55 by coco-tidan -
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KURT FTW. It's a collection of some of Vonnegut's short stories, and they were all really interesting. For example, the short story from which it takes its name, "Welcome to the Monkey House" is about a futuristic dystopia in which the human population is around 17 billion, and "ethical birth control" is now mandatory. (Ethical birth control basically numbs you from the waste down). A criminal known as Billy the Poet, known for writing women poems before raping them, is loose and after the main character, Nancy. (I'm pretty sure I just described the story in the worst way possible, but really, it's rather thought provoking). Other stories range from survivors of an airplane crash, forced to fight for their lives via chessboard, to radio transmittable euphoria. I highly recommend this book.
Jul 09, 2010 13:09 by ltperson-
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I found KVj when I was around 14 or 15. Totally changed the way I see the world. Breakfast of Champions was my first book, then Welcome to the Monkey House.
Jul 09, 2010 19:01 by saxchik. -
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Cool. I just gave this book, last night to my friend to read as an intro to KVJ. He is from, or spent a lot of his life in cape cod, where I am from kind of. There was a Howard Johnsons in Hyanis, which is in one of his stories.
Jul 09, 2010 21:52 by discomeg2.
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this book is about what is says. It talks about the drinking habits of Poe, Hemingway and a couple other guys. Sadly there is no women in the book which kind of pissed me off. Still a fascinating read. Hemingway was the most insane. They all pretty much were though on some level.
Jul 09, 2010 11:35 by discomeg2-
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That looks like an awesome read
Jul 09, 2010 13:28 by superc0w.
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I finished reading this book a few days ago. It was actually one of the books that was suggested to me as a result of the 6/25 mission.
http://tweaktoday.com/missions_accomplished/2010/6/25
This was the first Vonnegut book I've read and I thought it was pretty interesting. It reminded me a lot of movies that focus on two completely opposite characters that eventually come together in the end although the end result isn't necessarily a happy ending.
Jul 09, 2010 08:47 by thebradymachine-
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I love this book very much. I wrote my thesis on it. It is a happy ending. KVJ frees Trout. I love it.
Jul 09, 2010 11:33 by discomeg2. -
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WHOOO KURT VONNEGUT YEAH!
Jul 09, 2010 13:09 by ltperson.
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Speak is a novel by Laurie Halse Anderson about a teenager named Melinda Sordino who is an outcast as a high school freshman. A few weeks before her freshman year of high school, Mel and her group of friends are invited to a high school party. Due to reasons later revealed in the book, Mel phoned the police. The police broke up the party for underage drinking, arresting some of the kids. She tells no one what happened in the following weeks, and as a result, all her friends and the party goers are angry with her for getting them into trouble. As Melinda's depression worsens, she begins to skip school, withdraws from her parents, and aspires to do nothing more than take a nap...
Jul 09, 2010 05:39 by sayuri-
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Ooh very good book, love the symbolism in it. Very sad though too.
Jul 09, 2010 13:10 by ltperson.
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I just re-read this to dermis I hated it as much as I thought I did. The first time I truly hated it. I refused to see the movie because I didn't like the book. That was 10 years ago. This time I actually enjoyed it. Dark, depressing, no happy ending, but quite well written. I plan on reading Shutter Island next (same author)
Jul 09, 2010 01:06 by jenaissance from iphone-
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Ooh Shutter Island I really liked in the theatre, thought it was great. Hope that means good things for the book!
Jul 09, 2010 09:27 by shannonsfchef.
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The Harry Potter series is one of my favorite series of books, ever. I have been in a Harry Potter mood for the last week and this is the only Harry Potter book I could find in the black hole that is my room. :) It also happens to be one of my favorite in the series. :D
Jul 09, 2010 00:19 by sarastarrr-
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Yay! We have all the books in hard cover and have a standing date to see every movie as they come out. We watched the first movie tonight with the kids, my 3 and 5 year olds LOVE Harry.
Jul 09, 2010 01:07 by jenaissance. -
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BEST. SERIES. EVER. 6th one's my favorite though
Jul 09, 2010 13:10 by ltperson.
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