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DeletedAccount69

July 19th 2011 03:53 PM

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When a reclusive, 38-year-old writer hires a near-illiterate young woman as an assistant at his suburban home in Carmel Heights, near Rochester, N.Y., he's unaware that a vehement anti-Semitism seethes beneath her tattoo-branded exterior. Renowned for The Shadows-his great early success, a novel based on his grandparents' experiences in Germany during the Holocaust-Joshua Seigl confuses his friends and sparks the anger of his hypomanic sister, Jet, when despite their objections he refuses to fire the young woman. A full portrait of the amiable, disillusioned Seigl emerges as he translates Virgil's The Aeneid, makes excuses for his failing health (he has recently been diagnosed with a debilitating nerve disease) and interacts erratically with his concerned friend, Sondra. Meanwhile, the mentally hollowed-out Tattooed Girl comes to seem a more realistic victim of persecution than any character in Seigl's historical fiction. Her soft, fleshy skin is defaced with ugly tattoos burned beneath her eye and on the backs of her hands by a mysterious group of abusive males. With scarcely a shred of self-esteem, she mumbles "Alma" to those who ask her name, "as if she had no surname. Or her surname wasn't important, as Alma herself wasn't important." She continually tries to impress her abusive, Jew-hating boyfriend, Dmitri, with little treasures stolen from her employer. Yet as she learns more about Seigl and his heritage, she can no longer ignore the dignity and respect with which he treats her

Verità

July 20th 2011 01:49 AM

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Gingerbread Latte

July 20th 2011 05:01 PM

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Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells, but also metal forests, dilapidated cities, and vast wilderness. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, has no memory of his childhood and is sure that he came from Outside Incarceron. Very few prisoners believe that there is an Outside, however, which makes escape seems impossible.

And then Finn finds a crystal key that allows him to communicate with a girl named Claudia. She claims to live Outside - she is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, and doomed to an arranged marriage. Finn is determined to escape the prison and Claudia believes she can help him. But they don't realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye, and escape will take their greatest courage and cost more than they know. Because Incarceron is alive.

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July 21st 2011 02:41 AM

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Now I'm reading The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd because I have to do summer schoolwork on it.

Gingerbread Latte

July 22nd 2011 07:40 PM

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I've already read the two previous books to this but I wasn't even aware of a third one until I came across it by accident in my library the other day :p

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Post-Chaos 2029. Adam, Sarah and Mia are living together, struggling with the fame of seeing numbers - the dates when people will die. But something is about to tear them apart. During The Chaos Mia swapped her number for another. Suddenly her powerful new ability makes her a terrifying target. Everyone wants to live for ever.

Ashes2493

July 23rd 2011 02:32 AM

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http://larryfire.files.wordpress.com...pg?w=299&h=475

Just started today.

Just finished yesterday.
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Verità

July 24th 2011 11:25 PM

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Heretic

July 27th 2011 05:15 AM

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The Enemies of Rome

It's a catalogue of all of the enemies and invading forces against the Roman Empire from its founding all the way to its dramatic collapse throughout the 400s A.D.

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July 27th 2011 05:55 AM

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Now I've just started Impulse by Ellen Hopkins. I've found every book I've read of hers to be brilliant so far.

MegaMadness

July 27th 2011 09:56 AM

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The Lovely Bones thankgod Im almost finnished it XD

DollFace

July 27th 2011 12:01 PM

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Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Read it once now Im reading it again, its a really good book.

Anomaly

July 27th 2011 12:59 PM

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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ptF3o0cIsT...our%2Blife.jpg
Not usually my type of read, but I was suggested it.

Evanesco

July 28th 2011 09:35 AM

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http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/mas_ass...7832_file.jpeg

It's difficult, but it's a good read.

Troubled_Heart

July 28th 2011 09:49 AM

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DeletedAccount69

July 28th 2011 02:59 PM

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LlamaLlamaDuck

July 28th 2011 07:18 PM

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I'm currently re-reading Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. And loving it. As usual. :D

http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/i...n11/n56931.jpg

ShesNotThere

July 28th 2011 09:08 PM

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Push, for the second time. It makes me really want to see the movie Precious.

DeletedAccount69

July 29th 2011 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ~CourageousSurvivor~ (Post 692342)

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Still reading this book but also reading:

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Stargazed.

July 29th 2011 10:54 PM

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Philomath

July 30th 2011 05:11 AM

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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hussein and Frankenstine by Mary Shelley. I'm reading them for AP Literature and Composition. I like both books though A Thousand Splendid Suns is very sad and sometimes hard to listen to.

Gingerbread Latte

July 31st 2011 08:40 PM

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I'm going to start this some point soon :)
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Jean Honeychurch hates her boring name (not Jean Marie, or Jeanette, just . . . Jean). What's worse? Her all-too-appropriate nickname, Jinx. Misfortune seems to follow her everywhere she goes even to New York City, where Jinx has moved to get away from the huge mess she caused in her small hometown. Her aunt and uncle welcome her to their Manhattan town house, but her beautiful cousin Tory isn't so thrilled. . . .

In fact, Tory is hiding a dangerous secret one that could put them all in danger. Soon Jinx realizes it isn't just bad luck she's been running from . . . and that the curse she has lived under since the day she was born may be the only thing that can save her life.

DinestyX

August 1st 2011 02:06 AM

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DeletedAccount31

August 1st 2011 10:13 PM

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Harmony♥

August 1st 2011 10:29 PM

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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Magic.

August 1st 2011 11:01 PM

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I'm re-reading Great Apes by Will Self. SUCH an interesting read :)
Along with Fighters for Life by Michael Rosen, which is a collection of poems, also very good.
For uni I'm readin various gender and sexuality texts which are recommended for a class, they're so interesting so I've been reading ahead :P

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August 2nd 2011 12:39 AM

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I'm reading By The Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters. It's so good.

craz33me

August 2nd 2011 05:54 AM

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I'm re reading the marked series, so I can read awakened.(I just now got a copy of it.)

I'm gonna start reading The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks afterwards.

Harmony♥

August 2nd 2011 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by craz33me (Post 695850)

I'm re reading the marked series, so I can read awakened.(I just now got a copy of it.)

I'm gonna start reading The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks afterwards.

The Rescue is a great book <3

I'm not reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

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August 2nd 2011 08:30 PM

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Now I'm reading Jay's Journal by Anonymous.

DeletedAccount31

August 3rd 2011 05:34 PM

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Chuuya

August 7th 2011 08:53 PM

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I'm reading the Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine :P
It's really good ^_^

forfrosne

August 8th 2011 05:38 PM

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My dad just got a Kindle but doesn't much like it, so it's basically mine now haha.

I've actually been reading the three Assassins Creed novels. I want to know more of the back story and details of the AC universe, and i was surprised at how good the novels actually are. He does tend to gloss over important events and but I don't think that's a huge issue as they're always events you can actually play and understand in the official games, thankfully he spends a lot of time detailing the parts you can't play in the books. Have to say I'm really impressed with them, and I also feel like a total bro knowing everything there is to know about Assassins Creed xD Eg. Altaïr was born on 11th January 1165 to a Christian mother and a Muslim father, Umar, who sacrificed his life in return for a captive of the Crusaders. I am so cool xD

ertyuio

August 8th 2011 08:51 PM

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg and http://www.neebo.com/Content/CoverIm...0486414485.jpg along with about 15 other things along those lines. xD

daisyduck

August 8th 2011 08:53 PM

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My Antonia, by Willa Cather... it's for school.

Verità

August 9th 2011 01:32 AM

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