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Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:18 am
by Caoimhin
Night is nonfiction I believe. It's based on his actual experiences in concentration camps.
Kinda hard to compare something like that to To Kill A Mockingbird seems like two different concepts to me.

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:33 am
by Dr. Sticks
what's the word for that? two different things that are not the same.

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:38 am
by Dr. Dos
Freakonomics owns.

I learned you have a higher chance of survival in death row in Texas than as a crack dealer in the Chicago projects.

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:28 pm
by Segovia
Wow so that means I'm in a safe place, doesn't it.

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:01 pm
by Angstwolf
Night is nonfiction I believe. It's based on his actual experiences in concentration camps.
Kinda hard to compare something like that to To Kill A Mockingbird seems like two different concepts to me.
Yeah. They're not really comparable. But I do agree that Night is way more interesting. That probably has a lot to do with my interests, though.

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:12 pm
by Dr. Sticks
That, and To Kill a Mockingbird is a boring concept.

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:49 am
by Arloest
Reading Marley & Me. Not because of the movie coming out. Not going to see it. Jennifer Aniston can diaf.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:39 am
by Doc Sigma
Reading a book I got for Christmas, don't even remember what it's called. Some sort of mystery/drama set in the tobacco industry. Pretty good so far.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:33 am
by osprey
Nation by Terry Pratchett. Cracking into the books I got for xmas.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:43 am
by simon
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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:08 am
by Gecko
A Lifetime of Secrets, the 4th collection of these.

It's quite an experience.

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:20 am
by Jakkal
That's what I'm reading now

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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:31 pm
by nickspoon
Nation by Terry Pratchett. Cracking into the books I got for xmas.
Got that for a friend recently, he loved it.

1984 is one of the best books I've read. And yes, whilst To Kill A Mockingbird has an ostensibly boring concept, the writing itself makes up for it - and fits it - incredibly well. I agree that you can't compare TKAM and Night.

Still reading House of Leaves. Did I mention that it's huge?

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:02 pm
by Tom Flapwell
The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words by Peter Bowler. So far, it's funnier than the third.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:41 pm
by C.Cat
I started reading A Comfort of Cats by Doreen Tovey today, and I was rather upset to find out that she'd died recently.

"Sadly, Doreen Tovey died in 2008, aged nearly ninety. She had thousands of fans of all nationalities and was surrounded by good friends and of course her two cats, Rama and Tiah, who were with her almost to the end. Over fifty years since her first book was published, she has delighted genberations of owners of Siamese cats."