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Postby Caoimhin » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:18 am

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.

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Postby Dr. Sticks » Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:33 am

what's the word for that? two different things that are not the same.
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Postby Dr. Dos » Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:38 am

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Postby Angstwolf » Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:01 pm

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.

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Postby Dr. Sticks » Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:12 pm

That, and To Kill a Mockingbird is a boring concept.
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Postby Arloest » Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:49 am

Reading Marley & Me. Not because of the movie coming out. Not going to see it. Jennifer Aniston can diaf.
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Postby Doc Sigma » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:39 am

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.

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Postby osprey » Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:33 am

Nation by Terry Pratchett. Cracking into the books I got for xmas.
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Postby Gecko » Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:08 am

A Lifetime of Secrets, the 4th collection of these.

It's quite an experience.
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Postby Jakkal » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:20 am

That's what I'm reading now

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Postby nickspoon » Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:31 pm

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.

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Postby Tom Flapwell » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:02 pm

The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words by Peter Bowler. So far, it's funnier than the third.
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Postby C.Cat » Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:41 pm

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."


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