December 17th, 2007, 04:54 PM
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I already own the collected works of Kafka in English, so any of his books sound good to me. I have most of Dostoyevski's works (in Greek, but it shouldn't matter, since we'd all be reading a translation anyway).
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December 17th, 2007, 06:03 PM
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The Confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron 1967. ( Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, 1968.)
I have this damn book right here and have never read it.
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December 17th, 2007, 10:26 PM
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Didn't The Little Children book club read Madame Bovary?
I totally want in and I would like to put my insanity behind Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted.
Oooh and I've been trying to ready Dostoevsky's The Possessed for forever... this would ummm give me motivation to really read it.
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December 18th, 2007, 02:41 AM
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What is the "Little Children" book club? It's not really a book for children, IMO.
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December 18th, 2007, 04:13 AM
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lol 'little children' is a movie with kate winslet.
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December 18th, 2007, 04:18 AM
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Me, me, me! I'm in!
I don't mind what the book choice is, just as long as it doesn't have huge complicated words. I iz nt vry cleva 
GR book club FTW! 
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December 18th, 2007, 04:45 AM
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You have to nominate a book or AO will spank you
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December 18th, 2007, 05:06 AM
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Oh yeah - check out my avatar LOL
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December 18th, 2007, 09:15 AM
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lol 'little children' is a movie with kate winslet.
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It was a book first... the character played by Kate is in some book club and they read Madame Bovary.
How about the Ramayana?
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December 18th, 2007, 09:17 AM
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^^
true. didn't read it though, just saw the movie.
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December 18th, 2007, 10:04 AM
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I saw this book today while skiving off college, it looks cute, witty and funny -
The Great Big Glorious Book for Girls(there one for boys too!)-
Synopsis
Homemade scones, pom-poms, daisy chains. . . The Great Big Glorious Book for Girls will take women back to a time when we made cup cakes with our grandmothers, when girls weren't obsessed with all things pink, when they didn't wear ‘hot to trot’ t-shirts aged eight and when a bit of sticky-backed plastic and a tissue box could be the answer to your dreams!
Perfect for mothers, grandmothers, aunts and godmothers (as well as daughters, granddaughters, nieces and goddaughters, of course), this is a book for all women who secretly, or not so secretly, loved playing French elastics, dream of making elderflower cordial and need reminding of how to play cat’s cradle.
Probably not to everyones taste but it looks fun!
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December 18th, 2007, 11:29 AM
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I'll throw something else out there just to expand the pool a bit - "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez
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Laurent-NO! I found it utterly tiresome. The lady at the bookstore said she did too BUT it wa translated into english & was so much better in the original Portugese, I think she said. How about something more perky-like Fanny Hill? I know we'd all love that one-or Tom Jones!
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December 18th, 2007, 11:31 AM
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^^^
the original's in spanish, not portuguese. garcía márquez is from colombia.
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December 18th, 2007, 11:38 AM
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^ sputnik, I know this is off topic but who is that in your avatar? He's so handsome and reminds me a bit of a less weird looking andy warhol.
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December 18th, 2007, 11:49 AM
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How about something more perky-like Fanny Hill? I know we'd all love that one
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Spicy! 
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