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Selecter  #227190  Sun, 29 Apr 07 11:11 PM
My current goal is to read "Lord of the flies" (in english). It's kind of a challenge for me. There's not much to say about it when I am on page 7 with numerous underlined words.
  
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CaRpE_dIeM  #227194  Sun, 29 Apr 07 11:20 PM

Hey Selecter, have you planned to look those underlined words up in the dictionary?Smile [:)]

  
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Selecter  #227198  Sun, 29 Apr 07 11:26 PM
 CaRpE_dIeM wrote:

Hey Selecter, have you planned to look those underlined words up in the dictionary?Smile [:)]



Sure. I do it by one page at a time. It's better that way.
  
CaRpE_dIeM  #227202  Sun, 29 Apr 07 11:31 PM
Why don't you try getting the meaning of the words just by the context?Wink [;)] Otherwise you will get lost!Wink [;)]
  
Selecter  #227211  Sun, 29 Apr 07 11:54 PM
 CaRpE_dIeM wrote:
Why don't you try getting the meaning of the words just by the context?Wink [;)] Otherwise you will get lost!Wink [;)]


It's hard to understand the meaning correctly sometimes.

Besides, I like words in literature. When I am lazy and don't translate some of the words, the story is not so clear in my imagination. I don't want to miss details reading a book or watching a good film. Every emotion, face expression or word is precious to me. Of course, it is not the case when it comes to poor and meaningless art.
  
Raven  #257195  Thu, 06 Sep 07 07:01 AM

Just finished Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet. The book was so big, sometimes I thought the author has forgotten about his chracters.

  
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Nyla  #257399  Thu, 06 Sep 07 08:19 PM
I'm reading "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown..it's annoying until now,he does not know the map of Rome,streets and roads are wrong,italian names are ridicolous,there's a lack of precision,but he has a quite good style..let's see the end!
  
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Golden Girl  #257655  Fri, 07 Sep 07 03:32 PM

I am reading "The Yearlling" by Marjorie Rawling. Here is the summary of the book:     

"An instant bestseller when it was released in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize winner has been read and loved by school-age children across the nation for more than fifty years. In this classic story of the Baxter family and their wild, hard, and satisfying life in remote central Florida, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has written one of the great novels of our times. A rich and varied tale - tender in its understanding of boyhood, crowded with the excitement of the backwoods hunt, with vivid descriptions of the primitive, beautiful hammock country, written with humor and earthy philosophy - The Yearling is a novel for readers of all ages. Its glowing picture of a life refreshingly removed from modern patterns of living is universal in its revelation of simple courageous people and the beliefs they must live by." This edition, complete with a new introduction by author Ivan Doig, will be cherished for years to come and will make a welcome addition to any booklover's shelf.   

http://www.literarytraveler.com/books/the_yearling.aspx

  
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Adomi  #264719  Sat, 29 Sep 07 04:42 PM
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