What(book, poem, short story) Are You Reading?

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therealjcm 3077 cr points Send Message: Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/19/13 George_z wrote: Currently reading Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb I really liked her at first, but somewhere between the second assassin series and the shaman series I gave up on her ever writing a male character that isn't a worthless wimp.
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akamarulover2 49886 cr points Send Message: 19 / F / San Diego, Califo... Online	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/19/13 The Epic of Gilgamesh TT^TT
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theGreatDisapointment 166 cr points Send Message: 20 / M / Swden Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/19/13 "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern. Such a colourful and intimately romantic marvel. I recommend it to anyone who hasn't finished a book that left them with the feeling of being in love.
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Shrapnel893 27202 cr points Send Message: 17 / F / Venice Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/19/13 Re-reading The Spearwielder's Tale and starting Gunslinger Girl Manga
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theGreatDisapointment 166 cr points Send Message: 20 / M / Swden Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/19/13 therealjcm wrote: George_z wrote: Currently reading Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb I really liked her at first, but somewhere between the second assassin series and the shaman series I gave up on her ever writing a male character that isn't a worthless wimp. What makes her novels so personal and captivating is that her characters are actual people. They are born and raised by other people. They love, they hate, they suffer, and they struggle through life, like any another human being, and they rise through it all, eventually... Her characters aren't universal soldier´s, they are underdogs, compromised and manipulated by their upbringing via politics and human relationsships. No one relates to superman, for he is not human. Unlike so many others, Robin Hobb has managed to obliterate that invisible, magic umbrella that would otherwise have made her characters invincible. Invincibillity is boring, implausibillity is entertaining.
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sjcinnymon 1642 cr points Send Message: 15 / M / Planet Zero Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/19/13 The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
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therealjcm 3077 cr points Send Message: Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/19/13 theGreatDisapointment wrote: therealjcm wrote: George_z wrote: Currently reading Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb I really liked her at first, but somewhere between the second assassin series and the shaman series I gave up on her ever writing a male character that isn't a worthless wimp. What makes her novels so personal and captivating is that her characters are actual people. They are born and raised by other people. They love, they hate, they suffer, and they struggle through life, like any another human being, and they rise through it all, eventually... Her characters aren't universal soldier´s, they are underdogs, compromised and manipulated by their upbringing via politics and human relationsships. No one relates to superman, for he is not human. Unlike so many others, Robin Hobb has managed to obliterate that invisible, magic umbrella that would otherwise have made her characters invincible. Invincibillity is boring, implausibillity is entertaining. I agree that superman characters are unsympathetic and bland. Plenty of authors have flawed heroes. Some authors even manage to make misfits, losers, and cowards interesting. On the other hand, Hobb's characters never grow. They go from weakness to weakness - never making any decisions, being pushed around, bullied, and manipulated. I loved Fitz, but I loved him best when he had finally wised up and realized that those people would never stop using him. And then it takes about 30 seconds to reverse that...
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thekevin4 17646 cr points Send Message: 23 / M / your mind Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/19/13 The Book Of Bob
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tehstud 9210 cr points Send Message: 18 / M / Delaware Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/19/13 The Power of Habit
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filmscene300 3574 cr points Send Message: 36 / M / MA, USA Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 3/22/13 Warren Oates:A Wild Life by Susan Compo. Lee Marvin: Point Blank by Dwayne Epstein.
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Tipsyyy 4344 cr points Send Message: 22 / F / USA Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 3/22/13 theGreatDisapointment wrote: "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern. Such a colourful and intimately romantic marvel. I recommend it to anyone who hasn't finished a book that left them with the feeling of being in love. LOVED THIS. It was so good.
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kritter09 7977 cr points Send Message: 22 / F / Thibodaux, Louisiana Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 3/22/13 "Tail of the Moon" manga
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radioactivepanda 6056 cr points Send Message: Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 3/22/13 "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens Been meaning to pick this one up for a while now. Once I finish this one it's gonna be "The Collective Works of Edgar Allen Poe" and then "Les Misérables"
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kamaitachi5587 1699 cr points Send Message: 25 / M / Ringworld Online	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 3/22/13 Go Rin No Sho...again and Walden.
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ChaosGuardian 10351 cr points Send Message: 24 / M / The nearest gravi... Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 3/22/13 The complete anthology of the Grimm fairytales
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