What are you reading?

Josie · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:43 pm Post subject:

Educating Rita, which is a play by Willy Russell. I'm really enjoying it, it's very entertaining Very Happy

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sprite · Camper Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 110 Location: Dreamland

I just finished Marie, Dancing, by Carolyn Meyer. almost, not quite but almost a tear jerker. Anyone heard of the French painter Degas? Well, he did a wax statuette called Petite danseuse de quatorze ans, or Little Dancer aged fourteen. This story is told from the point of view of the model, Marie van Goethem. It is bynot means a happy story, but it is beautiful, amazing, great, brilliant...

Read it!

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Seano · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:18 am Post subject:

I just finished the dark tower series by stephen king. It was an awsome series with some really crazy plot twists, especially at the end! You all should read it

Gaia · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:05 am Post subject:

I'm in the middle of reading Alyzon Whitestarr by Isobelle Carmody which is pretty good. I also read The Obernewtyn Chronicles series by the same auther. I really liked them besides a couple of bits.

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Supermarez · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject:

I'm reading lots of interesting stuff for uni at the moment

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Seano · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:37 am Post subject:

I'm reading the shakespearian play Othello for school right now..

Zoe · Ibis Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 316 Location: Fairyland

Gaia wrote:

I'm in the middle of reading Alyzon Whitestarr by Isobelle Carmody which is pretty good. I also read The Obernewtyn Chronicles series by the same auther. I really liked them besides a couple of bits.

OMG i just finished Alyzon Whitestar! If you liked it as much as i did then you will have too! What did you think of it Gaia?

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Amy · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject:

I'm reading An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski; Racism, Ethnicity and the Media by Jakubowicz et al and Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris by Shaun Charles.
Rio Saki's an amazing play actually. Not so sure about Charles himself though.

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Gaia · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject:

Zoe wrote:

OMG i just finished Alyzon Whitestar! If you liked it as much as i did then you will have too! What did you think of it Gaia?

Yeah i thought it was great. Imagine having extended senses like that Very Happy

I liked the characters although i found Seranity's character very unsettling. Overall i think it was a great story. It was a good mixture and i would read it again.

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Zoe · Ibis Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 316 Location: Fairyland

yeah, Serenity was kinda disturbing but i have a younger sis who is going through that moody stage so i could relate Razz

reading it was a reminder to me to tune in to peoples body language and subtext more cos we seldom say what we mean. And she became so sensitive to little things like that... amazing.

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Supermarez · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject:

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe it's awesome!

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Gayatri · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject:

I am nearly finished reading Non-Violent communication: a language of life, by marshall B Rosenberg. Brilliant! I have done lotsa communication type stuff in the past with lotsa reflective listening etc but this is another step on...he does heaps of peace and reconciliation work around the world and the stories he gives for examples are amazing in themselves, as he works in war zones and prisons and poverty stricken countries.
This arvo I read the chapter on anger and he writes and explains so well how we do anger and why and why it doesnt work and how we can choose to sort out issues with love and compassion and understanding for everyone.

Here is the summary:
"Blaming and punishing others are superficial expressions of anger. If we wish to fully express anger, the first step is to divorce the other person from any responsibility for our anger. Instead we shine the light of consciousness on our own feelings and needs. By expressing our needs, we are far more likely to get them met than by our judging, blaming, or punishing others.
The 4 steps to expressing anger are: (1) stop and breathe: (2) identify our judgmental thoughts, (3) connect with our needs, and (4) express our feelings and unmet needs. Sometimes between steps 3 and 4 we may choose to empathize with the other person so that he or she will be better able to hear us when we express ourselves in step 4."

Anyway Richard and I are doing a workshop this weekend on compassionate communication , which is its other name, so we will be very good at it by next camp! Laughing

I totally recommend this book and process. Love from GJ

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Seano · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:59 am Post subject:

I'm reading Frankenstein for english extension....it starts really slow

Gaia · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject:

I'm reading The Sevenwaters Trilogy by Juliet Marillier. I'm on the last book and i think this series is definately among some of the best i've read so far.
You should see the list of books i want to read, its HUGE. Laughing

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Seano · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:23 am Post subject:

yea same theres like a cue of books waiting to enlighten me Very Happy

<?Melanie!!> · Cricket Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 211 Location: in a hole

I have just finished Chinese Cinderella. I read it in two days Rolling Eyes

Seano · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject:

is it written in chinese!?! I'm reading nightmares and dreamscapes by stephen king. Lotsa creepy short stories. Very well writter(as is everything by stephen king.)

Zoe · Ibis Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 316 Location: Fairyland

oh I've been meaning to read Chinese Cinderella (it's in English btw) I lent it to my friend to read when she went to south Africa and her dad dropped it in a dam there... so now my book has a history and i have to read it...
I've just read the secret life of bees and i recommend it to everyone!

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Seano · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject:

I also read heart of darkness recently. I think it's really insighful and well written, but Mary disagrees with me there, dont you Marez?

Zoe · Ibis Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 316 Location: Fairyland

Everyone who has finished Harry Potter number 7 say aye...

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Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening.
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