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03-16-2007, 10:30 AM
|  | Highly Allergic | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Enjoying the acoustics in the bathroom.
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Originally Posted by bort  I studied Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice at school as a 16/17 year old boy, and enjoyed them both thoroughly. Particularly Jane Eyre, which was a fair bit more insane and over the top. The longest book I've ever read more than once. | "Because," he said, "I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you -- especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous Channel, and two hundred miles or so of land come broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, -- you'd forget me."
*sigh*
romance as its best.
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03-17-2007, 07:01 AM
|  | have trigger, will travel | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Meadow of ~*Great Sparkle*~
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Originally Posted by lickitty "Because," he said, "I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you -- especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous Channel, and two hundred miles or so of land come broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapt; and then I've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly. As for you, -- you'd forget me." | 
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03-17-2007, 07:05 AM
|  | Phil Goff | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Westport, New Zealand
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Originally Posted by Desiderata | Seconded.
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03-17-2007, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Desiderata | le sigh.
does this explain my older guy fetish??
if only we could all find our Mr Rochester. |
03-17-2007, 09:43 AM
| | Phil Goff | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Westport, New Zealand
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| | | Speaking of which, has anyone read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys? I searched high and low for a second hand copy, and in a University town with an abundance of second-hand bookshops, but couldn't find a one. Only overly expensive new copies. I'd love to read it.
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actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter |
03-17-2007, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by bort Speaking of which, has anyone read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys? I searched high and low for a second hand copy, and in a University town with an abundance of second-hand bookshops, but couldn't find a one. Only overly expensive new copies. I'd love to read it. |
it's MUST READ.
I almost don't want to say anything until you've read it.
out of loyalty to Jane Eyre, i'll have to say it comes a close second... but the story is terrifying, insane. It's best to view it as a stand alone book, I think, cos if you're looking for some more material to feed your Mr Rochester mania (lol or it could just be me) you'll be disappointed...but i guarantee you, after you've read WSS the next time you read J.E, you'll shiver every time Bertha is brought up... she won't just be that nameless crazy woman in the attic anymore... it lends an incredible richness to Jane Eyre.
BTW i tried to find WSS oline as an e-book but couldn't. don't know if you have access to buying online cos Amazon has some cheap listings. if not...keep hitting those second hand bkstores, i'm sure you'll find a copy soon, it's worth it.
here's Jane Eyre though for anyone who hasn't read it : http://www.bronte.netfury.co.uk/jane-eyre/
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03-17-2007, 06:14 PM
| | have trigger, will travel | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Meadow of ~*Great Sparkle*~
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Originally Posted by lickitty le sigh.
does this explain my older guy fetish??
if only we could all find our Mr Rochester. | Did you see the recent BBC adaptation? Mr Rochester was looking very fine indeed. 
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03-17-2007, 08:09 PM
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| | | i'm always suprised to learn people prefer Jane Eyre over Wuthering Heights, both are great but imo WH is in a different class. |
03-17-2007, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by requiem Anything by Francesca Lia Block | Yes yes yes yes yes.
Especially the Dangerous Angels quartet and Violet and Claire.
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03-18-2007, 03:01 AM
| | Phil Goff | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Westport, New Zealand
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Originally Posted by lickitty
it's MUST READ.
I almost don't want to say anything until you've read it.
out of loyalty to Jane Eyre, i'll have to say it comes a close second... but the story is terrifying, insane. It's best to view it as a stand alone book, I think, cos if you're looking for some more material to feed your Mr Rochester mania (lol or it could just be me) you'll be disappointed...but i guarantee you, after you've read WSS the next time you read J.E, you'll shiver every time Bertha is brought up... she won't just be that nameless crazy woman in the attic anymore... it lends an incredible richness to Jane Eyre. | I'm very eager to share in your enthusiasm. I just need a bloody copy! I guarantee there isn't a store within 4 hours' drive that has a copy. I'll have to wait.
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03-19-2007, 01:18 AM
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| | | Someone please help me lol! I'm sixteen and I really just want a REALISTIC portrayal of teenagers ... And when I say this, I think people assume I mean a book like the Outsiders or the like ... But I don't necesarrily want a book where everyone's doing drugs or what not because that's not how ALL teenagers are.
I just want a really cool novel that also acknowledges gay people. I mean let's face it, the world is full of gay/bi/lesbian/whatever (I'm one of them, I'm just saying). I want one where parents aren't necesarrily perfect or whatever, too. So if anyone at all catches my drift, please send me a reccommendation. |
03-19-2007, 01:26 AM
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| | | Do you mind if they have alien infestations in them?
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actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter |
03-19-2007, 01:31 AM
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| | | No, that's cool. |
03-19-2007, 01:36 AM
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| | | When I was a teenager I read a book called Damaged Goods by Russell T. Davies (creator, among other things, of the UK Queer As Folk, but don't let that put you off). I loved it, although it is part of an ongoing series, and I don't know how it would work for people who didn't know a bit of background. And might be hard to get hold of in the USA. But I really liked it.
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actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter |
06-07-2007, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by oonalyl
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
| I am 23 and this book is scaring me so much I can only read it during the day!  I was going to say, as a consequence, not a great book for the young uns, but actually at that age I was a lot braver.... |
06-07-2007, 09:19 PM
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| | | S.E. Hinton is a must - aside from others mentioned, I really like Tex a lot.
Ironman - Chris Crutcher
Go Ask Alice - "Anon"
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Lord Of The Flies - William Golding
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
The Illustrated Mum - Jacqueline Wilson
Those are just a few that I really loved, and read when I was under 16.
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06-10-2007, 07:38 PM
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| | | Anything by Kurt Vonnegut
Everything by S.E Hinton Is perfect for that age group**
Anything by George Orwell
Of Mice and Men
The Diary Of Anne Frank
The Phantom Toll booth (More for 13 year olds) |
06-10-2007, 08:00 PM
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| | i think 16 is the age to read 1984, i'm making my brother read it and another of my friends who is that age.
also i second one flew over the cuckoos nest.
definitely oscar wilde.
tim winton stuff.
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
im not especially literate though 
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06-10-2007, 08:05 PM
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