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Posted by Animenewbie on 03.29.2011, 04:26 PM:

 

I've been reading 2 books in the past week;

Ranger's apprentice - Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
and
The Infernal City by Greg Keyes

Infernal City seems rather short. But I'm still looking forward to finishing it once I have some time to read.


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Posted by husky51 on 03.30.2011, 11:26 PM:

 

reading a collection of Jack London stories... Over 1000 pages long...eeek! And the type is smaller than usual.... hard on the eyes sometimes...


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Posted by fenkashi on 03.31.2011, 04:39 AM:

 

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin

Weird. But really good as well.


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Posted by arren18 on 03.31.2011, 05:22 AM:

 

Good choice!


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Posted by husky51 on 04.03.2011, 09:44 AM:

 

Still reading the Jack London stories, but giving my eyes a break for now. I can go back to that later, now I'm reading "The Jungle" by Clive Cussler


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Posted by Takuto on 04.03.2011, 01:09 PM:

 

Friend lent me the first book of the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series, can't wait to read it today


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Posted by foreignfilmfreak on 04.04.2011, 08:32 PM:

 

Rereading and doing enormous amounts of editing on my first novel. Next time I write something, it is totally going to be less than 500 pages on MO.

It's not... horrible. In fact, I like bits and pieces, but my writing style in the later half kind of clash with a bit of the first. But it's not bad. I'm fortunate the lead doesn't appear as angsty as I'd believed (phew), and I've done well on shelling out the other main character. Some parts I dreaded rereading weren't bad at all. ._.; I think it'll actually do well- yeah, right.

XD

I'm just happy to have done this. :3 So editing it and hopefully having it picked up mean a lot to me..


Posted by supertrf on 04.04.2011, 09:33 PM:

 

Well, I'm sorry that I don't know how to translate my reading works into English.
And also I'm a guy who dedicated in Light Novel and I can't have it no read everyday.
Em,every one in the world who can live without Light Novel today???!!!

Haaha

I only know the names of the books in Chinese(the language I read) and Japanese(for it is language for the original)...

So how can I communicate with you?
Please help me?
Should I use wikipedia?


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中国历史源远流长,泱泱华夏五千年。
文明圣火,千古未绝者,惟我无双;和天地并存,与日月
同光!
俺は宮崎駿監督のアニメーション映画が大好き!
スタジオジブリの映画が一番!
えど、アニメとライトノベルはお宅の精神食品が!
日本の文化は最高だ!
I love Chinese culture, Japanese culture and USA culture!
And I think animation is my best enjoyment in which Miyazaki Hayao's movie is the best!


Posted by supertrf on 04.04.2011, 09:55 PM:

 

Well , BTW, my recently read list is following(in Japanese and I try to translate it):
1、IS〈インフィニット・ストラトス〉
Infinite Stratos
2、お兄ちゃんだけど愛さえあれば関係ないよねっ
Even he is my brother I love him so there's no problem, isn't it?
3、この中に1人、妹がいる!
One of them is my younger sister...
4、ROOM NO.1301
5、碧陽学園生徒会議事録/生徒会の一存
The note of student union...?
6、涼宮ハルヒ (!!!!!!!!!!!)
Suzumiya Haruhi!!!


IF you have read them welcome to talk to me!!!


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吾热爱吉卜力,热爱宫崎骏,爱动漫爱映画!
中国历史源远流长,泱泱华夏五千年。
文明圣火,千古未绝者,惟我无双;和天地并存,与日月
同光!
俺は宮崎駿監督のアニメーション映画が大好き!
スタジオジブリの映画が一番!
えど、アニメとライトノベルはお宅の精神食品が!
日本の文化は最高だ!
I love Chinese culture, Japanese culture and USA culture!
And I think animation is my best enjoyment in which Miyazaki Hayao's movie is the best!


Posted by husky51 on 04.04.2011, 11:42 PM:

 

@ supertrf:
You do seem to know a lot of English words and most of your meaning comes through. As for translating the titles, there are translation sites online that could possible help. Or, as you say, Wikipedia...

Good luck.


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Posted by Kemi on 04.06.2011, 01:43 PM:

 

I've become very interested in English Tudor history because of this beautiful tv series 'The Tudors' which I am *slightly* addicted to

To feed my interest, I am now reading the English-languaged biography of Mary Tudor (princess/queen Mary I a.k.a. Bloody Mary) by Anna Whitelock.
She researched her life very well.

Mary had a turbulent and difficult life full of struggles. Very interesting to read about her and her path, she killed hundreds of 'heretics' (people who were protestant) at the stake. She had two phantom pregnancies, she was in an unhappy marriage with the king of Spain, Philip and she also rivalled with her brother Edward and sister Elizabeth I. She died at age 42 (I thought so) because of some sort of cancer, unwanted, hated and alone.


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Posted by supertrf on 04.08.2011, 12:25 PM:

 

quote:
Originally posted by husky51
@ supertrf:
You do seem to know a lot of English words and most of your meaning comes through. As for translating the titles, there are translation sites online that could possible help. Or, as you say, Wikipedia...

Good luck.



Oh,thanks. I really need to use Wiki.

Sometimes when I read the light novel I may have sth that I can't understand because they're Japanese culture's knowledge or NETA of Japan.
At that time I often think even Chinese culture resembles Japanese but I can't get sth known, anyway, for the US reader or other countries reader how can they make sense of those narrow knowledge???


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吾热爱吉卜力,热爱宫崎骏,爱动漫爱映画!
中国历史源远流长,泱泱华夏五千年。
文明圣火,千古未绝者,惟我无双;和天地并存,与日月
同光!
俺は宮崎駿監督のアニメーション映画が大好き!
スタジオジブリの映画が一番!
えど、アニメとライトノベルはお宅の精神食品が!
日本の文化は最高だ!
I love Chinese culture, Japanese culture and USA culture!
And I think animation is my best enjoyment in which Miyazaki Hayao's movie is the best!


Posted by Kemi on 04.09.2011, 04:52 PM:

 

About my last post, the Mary biography, I don't think I will finish it. The English is of a very high level, I can't keep up Too difficult


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Posted by Takuto on 04.09.2011, 06:46 PM:

 

I finished reading The Bad Beginning (from A Series of Unfortunate Events), such clever writing! What's especially amusing is, at the end, Lemony devotes an entire page to explaining how the fate of the children isn't quite as merry as we all expected, then resumes. Not too crushing, but a bit sad.


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Posted by Yay! Kiki on 04.10.2011, 12:28 AM:

 

A Fraction of the Whole which is absolutely hilarious.


Posted by supertrf on 04.10.2011, 01:02 AM:

 

quote:
Originally posted by Yay! Kiki
A Fraction of the Whole which is absolutely hilarious.



What's this? Is that light novel?


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吾热爱吉卜力,热爱宫崎骏,爱动漫爱映画!
中国历史源远流长,泱泱华夏五千年。
文明圣火,千古未绝者,惟我无双;和天地并存,与日月
同光!
俺は宮崎駿監督のアニメーション映画が大好き!
スタジオジブリの映画が一番!
えど、アニメとライトノベルはお宅の精神食品が!
日本の文化は最高だ!
I love Chinese culture, Japanese culture and USA culture!
And I think animation is my best enjoyment in which Miyazaki Hayao's movie is the best!


Posted by husky51 on 04.11.2011, 09:42 PM:

 

I imagine that it is, supertrf...

me...
"One of Our Thursdays is Missing" by Jaspar FForde (that IS correct, 2 F's)

obviously a mystery...


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Posted by fenkashi on 04.11.2011, 10:19 PM:

 

The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart. Seriously the best Merlin fiction out there. I love it to pieces!


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Posted by Yay! Kiki on 04.12.2011, 02:11 AM:

 

@supertrf
It's... sort of light. It's about 500 pages though.

Mostly it's a comedy, but then it has moments where it isn't as much. But those moments are still really really good.

@fen
Is it really that good? I have the whole series because my grandma gave them to me for my twelfth birthday. I started them then and decided they were lame. But seeing as I'm not twelve anymore, I may have to try them out. XD


Posted by fenkashi on 04.12.2011, 06:17 AM:

 

Lol it's not something I'd give to a twelve year old, but yes, it's really good. ^^ Mind you, you have to like that genre to get into it at all.


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