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| #91 | Posted: 02/22/2012 01:48 | Post subject: |
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| Mr. Shankly wrote: | | I'm reading Shantarum by Gregory David Roberts. Excellent! |
Oh I loved Shatarum - it took me about three weeks to read (which is a HUGE amount of time for me) but it was definitely worth it... a real pot boiler (but in a good way) 
I am currently reading 'Far To Go' by Alison Pick. Only just started so am not so sure how it will be yet (but it has started well!)
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| #92 | Posted: 02/22/2012 08:28 | Post subject: |
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My year 9 students are reading Z For Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien.
Year 12 will be reading That Eye, The Sky by Tim Winton. They just finished Donnie Darko as a film analysis.
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| #93 | Posted: 02/22/2012 12:11 | Post subject: |
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| harkan wrote: | My year 9 students are reading Z For Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien.
Year 12 will be reading That Eye, The Sky by Tim Winton. They just finished Donnie Darko as a film analysis. |
Well, a coincidence! I started Z for Zachariah recently.
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| #94 | Posted: 02/23/2012 01:11 | Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I've been reading a lot recently. Going through the classics. Really liking William Faulkner. The man is simply genius. |
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| #95 | Posted: 02/23/2012 01:27 | Post subject: |
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| Seanzey B Goode wrote: | | Yeah, I've been reading a lot recently. Going through the classics. Really liking William Faulkner. The man is simply genius. |
You know, I read Light in August in college years ago and have been meaning to read more Faulkner for years, but never got around to it. What else would you recommend? Are you a Steinbeck fan too? He's probably my favorite author. |
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| #96 | Posted: 02/23/2012 02:39 | Post subject: |
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| harkan wrote: | My year 9 students are reading Z For Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien.
Year 12 will be reading That Eye, The Sky by Tim Winton. They just finished Donnie Darko as a film analysis. |
I read Z is for Zachariah when I was about that age... Not for school, but I can see how it fits. I'm actually quite impressed to see what's on the reading list for the Alberta Language Arts curriculum - real classics by Salinger, Vonnegut, Steinbeck, Lee, etc... and some great Canadians like Findley, Atwood, and Coupland.
Right now, I'm reading Player One by Douglas Coupland - it's starting slow, but I have hope. I've really enjoyed his books that I've read (Generation X, Gum Thief, Hey Nostradamus, Eleanor Rigby) |
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| #97 | Posted: 02/23/2012 02:40 | Post subject: |
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| Seanzey B Goode wrote: | | Yeah, I've been reading a lot recently. Going through the classics. Really liking William Faulkner. The man is simply genius. |
Meh, I'm kinda sick of him. Possibly because I had to read As I Lay Dying seven-or-so times last week. He's really just a poor man's James Joyce.
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| #98 | Posted: 02/23/2012 02:55 | Post subject: |
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| #99 | Posted: 02/23/2012 03:02 | Post subject: |
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| junodog4 wrote: |
Right now, I'm reading Player One by Douglas Coupland - it's starting slow, but I have hope. I've really enjoyed his books that I've read (Generation X, Gum Thief, Hey Nostradamus, Eleanor Rigby) |
If you like Coupland - give 'Girlfriend in a Coma' a go... it is probably my favourite of his! 
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| #100 | Posted: 02/23/2012 03:07 | Post subject: |
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| mancsoulsister wrote: | | junodog4 wrote: |
Right now, I'm reading Player One by Douglas Coupland - it's starting slow, but I have hope. I've really enjoyed his books that I've read (Generation X, Gum Thief, Hey Nostradamus, Eleanor Rigby) |
If you like Coupland - give 'Girlfriend in a Coma' a go... it is probably my favourite of his! |
I wanted to mention this earlier, but this seems like a good place as well. I read Generation X, and or something similar by Coupland years ago and found his writing to be really pretentious. |
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