May 12, 01
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Books
Anybody got any good books that you'd like to recommend? I've stopped reading for the LONGEST time, but I just started up on a really good book, and I want to continue and make this a habit from now on. It just helps me escape from my life for a bit, and in a healthy way. Keeps my mind off crapola, and totally absorbs me.
I'll make 3 recommendations... Memoirs of a Geisha by ?...sorry, forgot! :024: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt and the book that I'm reading right now, which is now one of my fave books, if not my fave... Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member by Sanyika Shakur aka Monster Kody Scott...soooooo good. :051: 
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May 12, 01
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well i havent read a book in such a long time, but im a horror book freak... i just love them!
well some of my fav books r: hannibal by thomas harris red dragon by thomas harris.... most of the books by richard laymon ( i read those when i was younger, so they mite be a lil cheesy lol) the colour purple by alice walker umm thats all i can think of 4 now....
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May 12, 01
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I need need
I need to start reading more again..i read very less now adays want to read more books.. it makes you smarter..sorry erica i cant help you on this one..don tknow who writes good books.. lol
sweet valley high? the hardy boys? haha
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May 12, 01
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obviously my favorite is "Say cheese...AND DIE!" by RL Stein. that man is a genius. the whole goosebumps collection is simply priceless.
but on a more serious note: "long road out of hell" by Marilyn Manson read it (Twiggy Ramirez interviews EVERYWHERE) "the bell jar" by Sylvia plath...
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May 12, 01
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you know what's weird about that geisha book? a GUY wrote it
and the book is written in 1st person...and the main character is a little prostitute girl or something right? weirdness. my mommy's reading that right now.
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May 12, 01
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i like vc andrews books..sumwut sick and twisted in a weird incestous weird minded way....but interesting~...
i remember rl stein..i read sooooo many of his books... i also strangely like jean little and the person who wrote lil house on the priarie..i read all of that series..lil house in the big wood..(the first one)..is the best~ two of my fav books are "the quilt trilogy : a stitch in time" Ann Rinaldi "A ring of endless light" Madeleine L'engle
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May 13, 01
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"HELTER SKELTER" by Vincent Bugliosi
it's all about Charles Manson and the Manson Family. i love that book. Probably my favorite of all time!! (a few years ago, i emailed Sadie Mae Glutz after reading Helter Skelter) (sadie was part of the manson family. she killed Sharon Tate and Rosmary LaBianca....but she never responded to my email) look out! HELTER SKELTER!!! LOOK OUT!
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May 13, 01
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Yikes! Those books seem really creepy, but I'll check em out for sure! Definitely not 'my style.' I love Monster...it's about straight up bangin' between the Bloods and the Crips in L.A. Usually, I'm more into historical fiction books. I like to learn about the times 'back then,' and also about different places in the world and how it was.
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May 13, 01
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i love books about murderers and stuff. i love reading about their mindset and motivation. it totally intrigues me. perhaps i should go into criminal pyschology. i love finding out what makes people tick.
i'm currently reading "the misbegotten son" it's just a compilation of interviews with Arthur Shawcross (the Rochester strangler) very interesting.
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May 13, 01
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Sammy...we had this convo before. About being intrigued by those crime shows, where they pick apart crime scenes to find the suspects. I've thought about going into criminology, but I'm not much of a science person. But you know what would be the coolest? We should be side-by-side dectectives. You use your photography skills and take pix of the crime scene, and we'll be world famous together! We can do art with crayola markers on our breaks too!! How good does that sound?!?! :029:
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May 14, 01
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MWAHAHA!! GEEEEENIUS PLAN ERICA!
we have to come up with a name for our CRIME FIGHTING TEAM though...think think think... Crayola markers...I LIEK I LIKE....there's nothing better than washable crayola markers...i already told you this...but for everyone else: USE WASHABLE CRAYOLA MARKERS...and draw something...and then when you're done, get a wet paintbrush and just go over the lines on your drawing and the ink will BLEED and it'll look all fucked up. i like doing that when i'm bored. i draw my face in black washable crayola markers..and then i throw water on it and it makes me look all sad and fucked up. it's great!
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May 14, 01
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Azn here's a list you would like
if you like historical fiction then check out
Mary Queen of Scotts i think its by Reah Tannahil, who also wrote King Henry the eighth. I'm reading both of them right now and can't put either of them down. I read monster and loved it. I've also read Memoirs of a Geisha and really like that too. A couple of books that everyone should read: Even Cowboys get the Blues by Tom Robbins....thankyou drew for making me read it 1984 by Aldous Huxley (same guy who wrote animal farm) Demon Box by Ken Kesey - this doodes a genius. also wrote Electric Acid Kool-Aid test. Another incredible book for anyone whos ever done drugs. Soul on Ice by Eldrige Cleaver. Who also was an incredible genius and put alot of things into perspective for me. Once an LA gang member, he wrote this book while in prison for serving a sentance on 2 counts of rape. He followed it up with a book called Soul on Fire, which i havent read yet but will soon. EVERYONE SHOULD READ THESE BOOKS!!!!!
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May 17, 01
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my all time fav book is
"the dog who wouldn't be" by Farley Mowat another good book that is a fucked up story about this guy who's kinda dysfuntional..becomes a jigelow and gets all caught up wit drugs and stuff..it's sweet called "the midnight cowboy" by James Leo Herlihy it's a good book...and i like that name...i think i mite steal it..ehhehe Sammy.. are u talkin about the crayolas that u could use in the bath and shit...u could write all over the walls and then wash them off...i have some..my ex bought them for cause i missed them so much from when i was a kid..and trust me..theyr'e just as sweet as ever... corrie
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May 17, 01
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hahaha corrie, naw that's not what i meant but HMMMMM I WANT SOME OF THOSE TOO!!!
wundergirl...didn't Orwell right 1984 and Animal Farm? George Orwell i think...something Orwell
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May 18, 01
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we jus read 1984 in english class...that book was really good...especially the last 150-100 pages...the whole time he's being held in the in the ministry of love of something...i don't wanna ruin it for anyone but i found it a lil depressing...but that was one of the reasons i liked it because i was so into it that i actually felt for winston...i think thats what his name was...
i should also suggest the entire collection of star wars novels...theyre sweet..especially ones that involve alot of luke skywalker and other force capable beings..so cool...the force is the shit... corrie
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May 18, 01
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i've only read one book by orwell..."Animal Farm"
I also like reading books of fucked up poetry...like Sylvia Plath and Eaven Boland and stuff... Pablo Neruda is also pretty cool..he wrote most of his shit during the Ecuadorian Revolution and it shines through in his work. good shit.
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May 18, 01
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OH MY GOD
i am a fuckin retard. Twig-E yes. you are correct. I am misquoting the author's name of two of my favorite books, because I am a retard.
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May 18, 01
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haha dude you're not a retard!
i do the same thing ALLLLLLLLL the time! :022:
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May 18, 01
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haha. the worst is when i call my friends by names that arent theirs. =)
they'll be like who's sam? i dont even know anyone named sam HAHA! and oh ye.s i am a retard. anybody know what aldous huxley wrote then??? oh yeah and has anyone read The Chrysalids??? that was a really good book when we read it highskewl :X *smoochies* to my F&Ker's!
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May 18, 01
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Breezy: a couple canadian authors come to mind...
Margaret Atwood...she wrote the book "The Handmaid's Tale" and she also has a new book out that's won countless literary prizes and awards. Micheal Ondaatje or whatever? The guy who wrote The English Patient. he was born in Sri Lanka (i believe) but he's considered a Canadian author because he's lived most of his life here.
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May 18, 01
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Though it's nothing like how females here live their lives...it's seems like we can relate to it so well...(well, me and my step sis and step mom anyway):029: I definitely recommend it....just don't rush it..that was my mistake. i read over half of it in one night because a report was due on it the next day.:002:
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