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Right now, I'm reading and highly enjoying The Bell Jar. :nod:

Thanks for the recommendation, Kimmy.
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the bell jar is really good :nod:
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Joey wrote:what do you mean scary?
so far it's not scary anyway


Hmmm ... I just read the description on amazon and it doesn't sound scary. I must have misread it in the shop or something.

And yay to the Bell Jar.
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.


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it's not scary but it's a little sad ...
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i'm in the processes of buying every Salinger book i can get my hands on.



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Post by michelleJMU »

Last book I read was "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. It's pretty cool. Though I bet it has been said.
"Perks of Being a Wallflower" is amazing. But I bet that has been said numerous times.
Uuuh. I'm reading "The KiteRunner" for a class now. I don't think I recommend it though.
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i just finished ann-marie mcdonald's "the way the crow flies" and it was definitely one of the best books i've ever read. i highly recommend this book. i can't put into words how much that book amazed me.

also, the book "the center of everything" by laura moriarty was pretty damn good as well .. definitely one of those books where you're upset when you get to the last page because you're not ready for it to end just yet.
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anyone picked up 'america: the book' from the writers of the daily show?
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NAKED EMPIRE! :drool:
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i just read Franny and Zooey by j.d Salinger


i don't care if you don't like Catcher, this was probably the best nine dollars i've spent in my life
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happeningfish wrote:NAKED EMPIRE! :drool:


Jeebus, you didn't just read that, did you?!?

I can't even remember most of the friggin' book!
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I bought "Naked Pictures of Famous People" last night.

What was really funny was when I checked it out, the woman flipped though the book and said "There arn't actually naked people in this, are there?" :lol:
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starseed_10 wrote:i'm in the processes of buying every Salinger book i can get my hands on.


JD Salinger :drool:

Without you I'm as good as
dead ...
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Random Name wrote:I bought "Naked Pictures of Famous People" last night.

What was really funny was when I checked it out, the woman flipped though the book and said "There arn't actually naked people in this, are there?" :lol:


Dammit! Better cancel my order from amazon.ca... :(
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No no, get it anyways.

Jonny is so worth it.

Just order some other random porn book as well. :nod:
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and by jonny, she means jon tesh.
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No no.

I mean you. Being the CM's hottie of the year has risen you to celebrity status.

And you look mightly fine in those pictures. 8-) :sugar:
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Take apart your head
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Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.

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but is it really me in the pictures?!? :GASP:
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Yes. :nod:




Unless it's Val. In which case, I want my money back.
-Sarah

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Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(and I wish I could inspire)
Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.

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wait a second- i thought i paid you :freak:
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