Taken from ACOR ( http://homepage.mac.com/mparker_46/ACOR ), here are the titles I read during October (you may recall that my TBR list at the beginning of the...
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kiwiflowa
Nov 4, 2002 8:56 am
im confused as to where everyone is? Lisa...
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Jean Diedrick
rad44050
Nov 4, 2002 3:53 pm
... I'm in the US. Where are you? Jean...
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hecon_99
Nov 5, 2002 3:17 am
Lisa: By the calendar, we just finished Clockwork Orange and are starting Catcher in the Rye. (I'll take a pass on this one myself, I read it some time ago and...
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Amanda H.
punkie4god
Nov 5, 2002 3:26 am
I just picked up both of these from the library and I hope to join in the discussions. -Amanda ... From: hecon_99 [mailto:no_reply@yahoogroups.com] Sent:...
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laughsandlaughs
Nov 5, 2002 4:24 am
Are we all ready to move on from Clockwork Orange to Catcher in the Rye? Just let me know....
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Jean Diedrick
rad44050
Nov 5, 2002 3:41 pm
... I've read Catcher several times at different ages. The book changes so much as one matures. Or I mean to say, one's interpretation of the book changes. On...
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Amanda H.
punkie4god
Nov 5, 2002 4:10 pm
Since I'm pretty new here, could someone please fill me in on the discussion format. Is there a set date where we start discussing? Are questions posted?...
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jason3778
Nov 6, 2002 2:57 am
I agree that reading Catcher in the Rye for the first time since high school (i'm 33 now) is a completely different experience. I'm thoroughly enjoying it and...
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winstonsmith_99
Nov 6, 2002 3:08 pm
I, too, have been unimpressed with _Catcher_ with both of my readings of it. Holden Caulfield is the most static, childish, and predictable character I've ever...
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jason3778
Nov 6, 2002 5:39 pm
Regarding your remark that Holden should just grow up, I think it's a funny aspect of the book itself in that he is grown up in his mind, but the world...
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winstonsmith_99
Nov 6, 2002 8:11 pm
Jason, I don't think I agree with you that "we are all more the person we want to be in our heads than the person we really are." I think most people realize...
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Jean Diedrick
rad44050
Nov 7, 2002 1:45 am
... That's how I read it as well. When I was a teenager, I found it horribly depressing. It was such a surprise later to find it so funny. Does the teenage...
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Jean Diedrick
rad44050
Nov 7, 2002 1:45 am
... I'd very likely agree with you. But don't you think it's a wonderful portrait of a static, childish, predictable character, the kind of kid any normal...
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winstonsmith_99
Nov 7, 2002 2:14 pm
Hiya, Jean! 1) "You don't like Jean Brodie either?? I agree with you there too. That seems to be the point. Here are these unpleasant people. Others like them...
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dimmi55
Nov 9, 2002 2:45 pm
Jason, the speech does remind me of A Clockwork Orange, not least because Holden also says "heighth" instead of "height". I can remember trying to read this...
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winstonsmith_99
Nov 22, 2002 1:44 pm
I want everyone to know that I did not post the previous two messages. Someone has somehow stolen my identity. I will contact Yahoo to see if anything can be...
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laughsandlaughs
Nov 22, 2002 7:13 pm
Those messages have been erased. Please let me know if this happens to anyone else....
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mtnwych
Nov 26, 2002 12:01 am
Hi everyone, I recently joined, and was wondering when the next book discussion will start. I noticed there's been a lull for a couple of weeks. Or should I...
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Kathy Vidovich
kamonkey2001
Nov 26, 2002 12:17 am
"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modernlibrary100greatestbooks/cal///,,,/group /modernlibrary100greatestbooks/YYY,36939/srt,1/?v=2&t=1038729600" According to the...
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Chris
mtnwych
Nov 26, 2002 12:49 am
Thanks Kathy, I missed that information. ... From: Kathy Vidovich To: modernlibrary100greatestbooks@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:32 PM ...
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belle571
Nov 30, 2002 10:57 pm
hello everyone! I am a relatively voiceless member of this group. I know we have some authors here on the list, which is a profession I would like to have...
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laughsandlaughs
Dec 2, 2002 6:16 am
hi all-- there hasn't been a lot of chatter about _catcher in the rye_...is anyone still reading it or interesting in further discussion or are we moving on?...
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hecon_99
Dec 2, 2002 1:10 pm
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winstonsmith_99
Dec 2, 2002 1:51 pm
Belle, I would be happy to help. Let me know what I can do. Winston...
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Amanda H.
punkie4god
Dec 2, 2002 5:53 pm
I really enjoyed _Catcher_. I know that there was some discussion about it being juvenile, but I thought that was an endearing quality :) -Amanda Do you like...
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laughsandlaughs
Dec 2, 2002 5:53 pm
thought you all may be interested in this article about one of our authors-- FBI Tagged Author Graham Greene as Anti-American Sun Dec 1, 9:12 PM ET LONDON...
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Chris
mtnwych
Dec 3, 2002 11:56 pm
Hi there, Is anyone yet reading the Wapshot Chronicles? I've started it, and it's pretty good. Chris [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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hecon_99
Dec 4, 2002 3:09 am
First, I apologize for the last message, which I somehow sent without the text I had added. Now for what I wanted t osay, which is that I just started Wapshot ...
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ytaddavis
Dec 8, 2002 11:44 pm
I just finished it. While I enjoyed the writing style (glad to have finally read some Cheever), I didn't find that it added up to a novel. Too episodic. ...
