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  1. Sartoris

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    Just completed The House of the Seven Gables a little while ago. This was my second Hawthorne novel, after Blithedale Romance, and think I liked it more [though the latter could use a re-read at some point.]
     
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    Fan of Gothic/Dark Romanticism fiction? :slight_smile:

    Reading The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek, at the moment. The book is a satire and depicts the uselessness of war.
     
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    Actually no, or at least not especially. Just a fan of Hawthorne, as well as trying to read more pre-twentieth cent. literature in general. :slight_smile:

    While I don't know much about it, I've heard of that novel before. How are you liking it so far?
     
    #743 Sartoris, Sep 16, 2012
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    I've read the graphic novel version. It was :thumbsup:
     
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    I read Paper Towns by John Green today. Because my reading list was driving me insane and I needed to read a book I love.
     
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    The Satanic Verses. I'm trying to read every book on the top 25 most banned books list. Ive already read To Kill a Mockingbird and A Clockwork Orange, reading Leaves of Grass and trying to obtain American Psycho.
     
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    Leaves a banned book??? :***: [Facepalm.]
     
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    I've just finished reading The Eye of the Red Tsar for the 3rd time, I don' know why, but I just can't read like I used to, I've lost my enthusiasm
     
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    I'm liking it a lot actually. It's hilarious. The novel is about a soldier, Svejk, who gets drafted into World War I, but never gets to the front lines, thanks to his endless ways of getting into trouble, while trying to get there.
     
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    I just finished The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. LOVED IT!
     
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    Dostoevsky: The House of the Dead
    I'm reading Kafkas' short stories now...
     
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    Mangas are also books I think
    The Scent of apple blossoms 1
     
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    Osamu Tezuka's Apollo's Song, which is really a graphic novel, but what the heck?
     
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    Neither one's a book, but since I'm taking a, temporary, break before starting my next book:

    - Roger Malvin's Burial, Hawthorne
    - Self-Reliance, Emerson
     
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    Just finished The Hammer of Eden recently, moving on to The Pillars of the Earth, both by Ken Follett.
     
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    finally got around to reading the first book of the hunger games trilogy. waiting to get paid to buy the other two for my kindle.
     
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    I just finished reading The Evolution of Ethan Poe. An excellent read.
     
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    A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood. It was really good. A bit depressing, but it was still a good book.
     
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    Read another Hawthorne short story yesterday, Egotism; or, the Bosom-Serpent. It was a bit unsettling how, in a way, it seemed applicable to my own circumstances. :confused: In any case, would like to read some more before starting my next novel.

    Glad you enjoyed, if that's the right word (Haha,) it. :slight_smile: I've been interested in reading this and, if I'm not mistaken, have read it's considered one of Isherwood's best works.
     
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    The last book I read was for my English class, Beowulf.

    My next book is hopefully still at the library, Boyfriend Material.
     
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