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Haha, yeah I would definitely say that translation makes a HUGE difference, a friend of mine is also reading Anna Karenina but doesn't enjoy it as much because it's the translation they use in public schools and is way toned down from the version I have, none of it reads similarly.

I am definitely a fan of the Russian Literature Bender! I have always wanted to read Gogol's stuff.

I will definitely look for the American Gods discussion! Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, I really love this site!
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I'm reading "Foundling" by D.M. Cornish. :)
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I'm reading "Slaughter-House-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut. I just finished reading another book by him called "Player Piano" and have also read his book "Sirens of Titan". I really like Kurt Vonnegut's books. They really get me thinking.
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Vonnegut is fantastic! Slaughter house and Cat's Craddle were my two favorites but I own almost all of them! haha
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I'm reading Hemingway...again. No one writes like him. My fav is Old Man and the Sea.

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Always on my nightstand: Still Life With a Woodpecker
The Hitchhiker's Guide
Lord of the Flies
James and the Giant Peach
Welcome to the Monkey House (I am also a huge Vonnegut fan)
also on my nightstand: Say You're One of them
And Another Thing...
Brave Story
In my purse or stashed in my car: American Gods
The Draining Lake
Twilight Watch
On my ipod: The Lightning Thief
Dream Catcher: a Memoir

I should probably have some Howard Zinn in there as well...but a girl can only take so much, you know?
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Wow! You have one big nightstand!
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actually, my nightstand is a pile of books. I set my glasses on top of them all when I go to sleep!
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I guess I'm like the usual book junkie I have several going:
The Bible
Faith & Courage - Joe Wheeler
Every Patient Tells A Story - Lisa Sanders
If You Want To Write - Brenda Ueland
Chesnutt: Stories, Novels and Essays - A Library of America Book
IBM & the Holocaust - Edwin Black
The Passion of the Western Mind
Enoch Arden - Tennyson
A Reel Of Rainbow - F.W. Boreham

And I have a bookmark in a few others as well!!!
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President Camacho wrote:Right now I'm reading:

Naked Economics by Charles Wheelen - that copy is at work and I read it on breaks. I've FINALLY got around to it.

A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway - that copy is by my bed

and I'm also reading An Illustrated Guide to the American Economy as a supplement to the Wheelen book. That's also next to my bed.


I have 1776 but I haven't had time to read it. The reviews on the book were once good and now they seem to have turned really sour. Several reviewers on Amazon.com say the book jumps around a lot and isn't very well written. They also say it romanticizes Washington's role. I dunno - my copy has all the cool letters and stuff in it and I'm sure I'll get around to reading it one day.
I'm about a year late,(i'm just a newbie still) but in case you haven't read 1776 yet :D it is excellent. Of course I am a McCullough junkie but he is an excellent writer!
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