Re: Books

by eseiprahs Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:12 pm

I don't think I've ever read a Victorian Novel then.

by naruto'sramengirl Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:05 pm

Have you read anything Charles Dickens novels? Treasure Island and The Jungle Book are also Victorian Novels. A good bit of classic novels were written during the Victorian Era because novels were growing in popularity. They were serialized like comic books back then. Sherlock Holmes was written during the Victorian Era, although most of the Sherlock Holmes stories are short stories, but there are a few novels.

by eseiprahs Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:09 pm

I have heard of Charles Dickens but I'm not sure if I've read anything by him. I would like to read some Sherlock Holmes, those seem like they'd be really good.

by THAT1ANDONLY Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:50 pm

"ON KILLING"
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society.
Revised Edition by: Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman

A required read for Officers and Police Force. Recommended to me by my Sergeant. Smile

by Guest Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:52 pm

True. Victorian England was famous for long/descriptive novels. Charles Dickens had a gift with words and his work was episodic like naru said. You have to read at least one piece of his work.

by Stella Luce 333 Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:44 am

You're probbly alredy famler with at lest one of his books...Aftr all, thre are a ton of holdy specls basd on A Chrstms Carel...

by eseiprahs Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:42 pm

I loved that new Christmas Carol movie! But this is the Books thread...oh well, I felt like mentioning that anyway. [:

I need to start reading on a normal basis again...I used to read alot.

by naruto'sramengirl Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:30 am

I started reading Hunger Games, I think I'm going to like it. It seems like it's going to be dark with a lot of action and adventure in it. The society is completely messed up though.

by eseiprahs Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:26 pm

I've started that series as well, but I'm not very far in it.

by naruto'sramengirl Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:13 pm

I'm not either. I'm reading three novels at the same time, so I just got to chapter 3.

by eseiprahs Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:32 am

Dang, how can you read that many books at one time?

by naruto'sramengirl Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:45 pm

I read at least a chapter from each a day. But for Jane Eyre, I broke it up into segments of 14 pages (I have a set date to finish it for class so I have to make sure I finish it on time). I'm pretty busy, so all I manage is a chapter, but sometimes I try to plow ahead, and I end up getting in 3 or 4 chapters. It's not all that hard or confusing. If you can watch several TV series without getting them mixed up, you shouldn't get books mixed up either. But it does help to have another mind to carry the load.

by Coto524 Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:12 am

I've read the first two books of Hunger Games and part of the third...

by Heart of Lyoko Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:29 am

Has anyone tried a book from James Rollins? It's awesome~
I ~~like~~ love his Sigma Force series! Very Happy

by eseiprahs Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:16 pm

I think I've heard of him and that book. I need to catch up on my two books I'm reading. One is for school and the other is for my own entertainment.

by CodeXanadu25 Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:49 pm

Have any of you guys read The Animorphs(I've read every single book.My favorite ones are...The Forgotten,The Return,The Test,The Departure,The Revelation,The Beginning,and The Descision,not in that order though)?

by eseiprahs Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:27 pm

I've never read Animorphs but I have seen them. I always thought that the covers of the books looked really cool when I was little.

by naruto'sramengirl Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:39 pm

The Alex Rider has cool covers too. It's an awesome series too.

by eseiprahs Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:31 pm

Did you know that James Cameron is writing an Avatar book? I'm so excited to read it! (And I'm talking about the movie with the blue people.)

by **aelitaxwilliam** Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:25 pm

^ Oh my gosh, really? What. How come I never hear about stuff like this. ;a; Do you know when it's coming out?

Earlier, I was attempting to read The Last of the Mohicans earlier for extra credit in English. But even that isn't motivation enough for me to get through it. Like I know history-based books have the capability to be exciting, but nooope, The Last of the Mohicans just reads like a crappy textbook, but even drier.

I'd probably even prefer rereading The Catcher in the Rye to getting through this. And oh my gosh did I hate that book.

And this is really random, but was anyone else here really into Nancy Drew when they were younger? Because I remember having a full-on obsession with Nancy Drew books when I was like nine or ten. I have around fifteen of them since I wasn't allowed to buy that many, though I remember borrowing all the ones the library had.