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[05 Aug 2006|10:59am] |
Hey everyone. Just to let you know, I'm selling some books right now. Click here.
There's mostly college textbooks and a few other books for sale as well.
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[12 Apr 2005|09:18am] |
*poke*
Anyone home at allll?????
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[24 Jan 2005|09:09am] |
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anyone in here still alive????? ready to move on to the next book?
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[09 Dec 2004|12:00am] |
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is anyone alive out there?
we should vote for a book to read over this "vacation" thing we've got coming up.
just a suggestion tho!
=)
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| Update. |
[02 Dec 2004|11:51pm] |
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Hey everyone. Seems like we've all been so busy reading the books that no one has posted! Haha
Anyway, I did some changes to the user info and layout. The layout is whatever-y so please tell me what you like, what you hate and what you want to see done. Thanks for the input! :)
P.S: Are we all reading the books? How do you like them so far? I haven't gotten through much of House of Leaves, but I love it and its wierdness.
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| greetings |
[09 Nov 2004|12:12pm] |
Hello fellow readers . . .
My name is Henry and I am a sophomore/junior at South Campus. I'm in SPC and Homecoming, and when I'm not busy with that and my other job, Waldenbooks, I read.
Some of my favorite authors/books include:
Robert Jordan (wheel of time series)
James Clavell (asian saga) includes Shogun,Tai-pan and others
1984 (Orwell)
most literature
fantasy
mr norrell and johnathan strange by susanna clark
frankenstein (shelley)
i'm up to chatting on aim :wolfinger29
and i'd like to know what happened at the meeting... everyone disappeared after the supposed date
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| Important Updates... |
[22 Oct 2004|10:12am] |
There has been a lot of confusion as to which day our first meeting will be. It is very important that you vote in this poll as it will be the final determination for when our meeting will be.
Which days can you make it to our meeting? PLEASE CHECK ALL THAT APPLY as we will choose the day that most people can make it to.
THIS SATURDAY, October 23rd
7(18.9%)
THIS SUNDAY, October 24th
7(18.9%)
NEXT FRIDAY, October 29th
8(21.6%)
NEXT SATURDAY, October 30th
7(18.9%)
NEXT SUNDAY, October 31st
8(21.6%)
After we choose a day, we will make another poll or have a discussion to choose where, which restaurant and which movie we will be going to. I know there has been a lot of wishy-washyness but we want to make sure that everyone can make it and all the members are happy.
Also, has anyone talked to SOC about our becoming an official club?
And lastly, I'm working on a new, spiffy layout, and that will be up soon. :)
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| Weekend Meeting Poll |
[18 Oct 2004|10:18pm] |
Do you have any objections to having the get-together on Sunday (instead of Saturday)?
If your answer is YES, please comment to say WHY. Thanks!
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| Poll results |
[18 Oct 2004|09:09pm] |
Total for each book (CX+CY):
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. 12.
From Hell by Alan Moore. 9.
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. 5.
God: A Biography by Jack Miles. 2.
looks like the winners are House of Leaves and From Hell. read one. read both. whatever.
enjoy.
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| "Get F'd in the A on Saturday" -Southpark |
[18 Oct 2004|08:06pm] |
Alright everyone,
Saturday is the first official meeting of FIU's unofficial book club. Since a few of you are plans for later that night, I think that we should meet at TGI Fridays at Dolphin Mall in the early afternoon (2ish-3ish). We'll have lunch/dinner (linner?) and get to know each other. Feel free to invite your friends, but make sure not to bring along any midgets.
After that we can head over to Barnes and Nobles and make the official decision on the book. After that, if you guys want, we can head over to see Team America: World Police, here are the showtimes:
(shit, there are no showtimes for Saturday yet. I'll update this post when they become available.)
If you guys have any problems, let me know. You can e-mail me at [email protected] or just AIM me. My AIM name is "LuisNinSuperstar".
If you guys have problem with the time, just let me know, we'll see what we can do.
If you're planning on going to the event make sure to RSVP by commenting on this post.
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[18 Oct 2004|02:23pm] |
Hey peoples.
My name is John, 23yrs old, books are my passion. I can whiz thru books like most people drink water. Im a senior at south campus. My major is International relations and I would have posted an introduction earlier but my computer is busted. My favorite authors include Terry Goodkind, RA Salvatore, Orson Scott Card, David Eddings, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, and many others cant think of their names. I spend most of the time in high school reading the librarian who was always yelling to everybody was really nice to me.
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| Intro's... i dont know why, but here goes |
[16 Oct 2004|12:51pm] |
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Hello everyone.
I read when i am bored. I have staved off most other forms of pop communication to this end as well and thus made reading my sole connection to pop culture, news media, political propaganda, and the world in general. Before i go off topic and describe why i did this, let me proceed with what i read. I tend to stick with fiction, reading for me is an escape from the mundane simplicities of every day life, i seek adventure and intrigue through books and not political or social drama which can be found in countless other facets of every day life for me and likely you as well. I just finished Dan Brown's Deception Point (same day i started it), and quite frankly i liked it infintely more than his Davinci Code or Digital Fortress. I tend to tear through books when im interested and here is my current pile of books to read, in this order:
Justine - Lawrence Durell
The Doom Books (All 4 of em)
The Fall - Albert Camus
The Gunslinger - King
Men Are from Mars, Women are from Venus - Gray
Merrick - Anne Rice
I started the latest book by opening the file and starting to read while bored at work, then finished it off because i was already 30 chapters in. Most of you mentioned authors names i am familiar with so reading the suggested should be easy work. Some of you may also know my terrible humor and often offensive wit, i'll try and keep myself in check for the sake of us all =).
Finally i am all about libraries and thus practically refuse to buy a book or frankly anything that can be otherwise obtained, for me it adds to the personal value if i didnt buy it (I'll spare you further explanation). My name is Mark, you can check my LJ info for contact and interest details.
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| Introduction |
[16 Oct 2004|02:30am] |
Hi, I'm Mercy :) I'm 19 and I'm on my second semester here at FIU but I think I have sophomore standing. I'm an Art major (focus on Photography) and while I would've preferred to do English, I can't stand all the assigned reading and the analyzing.
( favorite books and authors...Collapse )
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| POLL |
[15 Oct 2004|06:03pm] |
Many thanks to  pinkie_kat for volunterring to help moderate. Just for the record, the moderators are catfishgirl, pinkie_kat and tokyoghoststory.
Now, on to the poll. Here are the suggestions results:
Danielewski, Mark Z. House of Leaves. (4)
Moore, Alan. From Hell. (4)
Roth, Philip. The Plot Against America. (1)
Miles, Jack. God: A Biography. (1)
Since nobody else is adding suggestions and people are getting impatient I think we should vote.
Please choose a book you prefer to read. We'll call this "CX", for Choice X.
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
7(50.0%)
From Hell by Alan Moore.
4(28.6%)
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth.
2(14.3%)
God: A Biography by Jack Miles.
1(7.1%)
Please choose a book you prefer to read. We'll call this "CY", for Choice Y.
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
5(35.7%)
From Hell by Alan Moore.
5(35.7%)
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth.
3(21.4%)
God: A Biography by Jack Miles.
1(7.1%)
Happy Polling.
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[15 Oct 2004|04:59pm] |
Hey everyone. Another introduction....
My name is Kathleen (or Kat or Kathy, whatever you like). I'm a freshman and double-majoring in information technology and mass communications (though which communications route I'm unsure of).
I love to read as much as I can. It makes me feel like I'm helping my brain rather than shrinking it with TV. I like to read because it makes me see the world in different ways, and I want to be able to understand my surroundings as much as I can.
I have a big problem though--I have a short attention span! Many times I'll be completely captivated by a book and halfway through it I just stop and start reading another one! Hopefully this club will help me with that.
I don't have one favorite book. Everytime I read a new one, it becomes my fravorite. Some of the ones I enjoyed the most, though, are Catcher in the Rye, Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Fountainhead (half of it :( ) and the Mysterious Stranger.
Right now I'm reading Love at Goon Park and A Seperate Peace.
I like to own every book I read, but with Amazon, I get all my books for a buck and that's great! :D
I also like to write and am hoping to become part of the Beacon staff. 'Tis all. Bye!
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[15 Oct 2004|04:42pm] |
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So, what's the verdict? Have we decided on where we're having the dinner? And a time? Just curious...
Well I started reading Incubus Dreams by Laurell K. Hamilton today, and I haven't put it down. I think I'll be done in a week. But then I'll have nothing to read, so we better pick a book soon!
::back to reading::
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[15 Oct 2004|02:35pm] |
oh right
I"m also in the anime club and a total anime fan
though I'm an even bigger Manga fan(cause I get to read it you see) and I'm rather into video games too so I'm an all around geek ^_^ and proud of it.
and when I"m not totally geeking out, I also like to dance salsa, go to clubs, play pool, and long walks on the beach :P
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[15 Oct 2004|02:28pm] |
Hi everyone, I'm Angel and Mel's the one who showed me this, so blame her :P
I Love to read and I read at a crazy rate, it's normal for me to clear books in a day or less so
it makes reading an expensive habit for me, I'm normally big into fantasy, George RR martin, Fiest, David eddings, chris rowely, RA Salvatore, JRR Tolkien, and many many others,
I just finished reading cloud of sparrows which takes place right before the meji revolution in japan and I high recommed the book to anyone ^_^
I"m 26 and an IT major, I've got anohter year or so to graduate since I've taken some time off from and I dont' go full time as it is :/ one day as they say,
not much else to say, you can aim me if you want [email protected] anytime, I love to talk to people, and I"m up for meeting and having dinner next week.
I look forward to reading with you all :)
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| For Writers |
[15 Oct 2004|01:48pm] |
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I do know some people both read and write, so I would like to offer up some writing fun that will be taking place next month.
Nanowrimo!! (national novel writing month)
NanoWrimo.org
for the month of november, participants will write a 50,000 word novel from start to finish. It's more or less about actually sitting down and writing than writing something amazing. also networking with friends and such is amazing. i encourage all writers to try it out and if anyone wants, i'm sure i'll share whatever i've worked on.
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[15 Oct 2004|01:21pm] |
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Hello friends, i'm Melissa Malice (yes, you can call me that -- no,it's not my real last name.) and i'm nearly 21. I live here at lovely fiu south. (oh! delicious!) and also am the public relations officer for the anime club we have on campus.
i'm a loud...silly...dork!
ok! i'm an english and women's studies major and i hope to something i'm almost done with school. i read and write both fiction an poetry. i'll read anything as long as it's not terribly boring. at this moment i'm a large fan of cyberpunk novels and am in the midst of reading Neuromancer by William Gibson. i'll be moving onto Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson after that. I do have problems with concentrating on things sometimes, but recently i've been in the reading zone, so i'm going to run with that.
some of my favourite books are perks of being a wallflower, catcher in the rye, good omens, the billy chaka series (tokyo suckerpunch, hokkaido popsicle, dreaming pachinko and soon to be kinki lullaby when my signed copy arrives *squeaks*), bloodsugar and dogrun. authors would be arthur neresessian, issac adamson, neil gaiman and poets would be nicole blackman and ts eliot.
someone mentioned manga, well yes -- i'm probably one of the largest manga nerds ever. at the moment my favourite is death note even if it's not available in the us. i will give you this lovely link: http://elev.ru.orebro.se/ru0364/dn/ to gather some for yourself if you're interested in that.
my aim name is HERBLOODYREMAINS ; i'm sorry if i don't respond, i have the bad habit of moving away from the computer. feel free to add me to your friends list or im me and such. i'm always up for making friends.
edit: i'll also try and make us a really sweet icon. let me know if anyone has any ideas!
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