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Old 09-28-2007, 08:39 AM   #161 (permalink)
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The End Of Faith; religion, terror and the future of reason - Sam Harris.


awesome book, proper eye opener about religion and the world in general.

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Old 09-29-2007, 05:30 AM   #162 (permalink)
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I just started Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
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Old 09-29-2007, 08:56 AM   #163 (permalink)
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Mark Frankland-Red Zone.
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Old 09-29-2007, 08:57 AM   #164 (permalink)
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Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger.




highly overrated.
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Old 09-29-2007, 09:09 AM   #165 (permalink)
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Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger.




highly overrated.
I just finished that a couple of days ago. I do agree it is highly overrated, but it is still a great book. I really like how Holden calls everyone else a phony yet he is just as phony himself. Not to mention J.D. Salinger is a hermit and watches over the publishers shoulder to see when his next pay check will be.

Anyways I am now reading Moby Dick and I am going to read Paradise Lost after I finish it.
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Old 09-29-2007, 10:05 AM   #166 (permalink)
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Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger.




highly overrated.
I can see where you would think that, cause there are definitely better books out there. But I wouldn't discredit it just because there are huge fanatics out there.
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I can see where you would think that, cause there are definitely better books out there. But I wouldn't discredit it just because there are huge fanatics out there.
I'm not doubting it's value as a work, I'm merely saying that I was mislead as to how good it would be.
I definately see some of myself in Holden, especially the qualities that exemplify a general disdain for all mankind.
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I'm not doubting it's value as a work, I'm merely saying that I was mislead as to how good it would be.
I definately see some of myself in Holden, especially the qualities that exemplify a general disdain for all mankind.
almost everybody sees themselves in Holden. In my English class this year we did an exercise in which everybody wrote down what character out of school required literature we most related to. 95% of the class put down Holden. It was ridiculous.
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almost everybody sees themselves in Holden. In my English class this year we did an exercise in which everybody wrote down what character out of school required literature we most related to. 95% of the class put down Holden. It was ridiculous.

We have to read Catcher, and write a psychoanalytical report about him, with full diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment recommendations.


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Old 09-30-2007, 03:38 PM   #170 (permalink)
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We have to read Catcher, and write a psychoanalytical report about him, with full diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment recommendations.


i was like
lulzwut!??!?
I think the only treatment Holden needed was medicine for hypocrisy and immaturity. Other then that he was perfectly fine.
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