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B Stieg

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8. I used to read The Lord of the Rings trilogy each summer...

Reply to dawg day (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2019, 12:19 PM

Aug 2019

eventually adding The Hobbit and Silmarillion.
But nowadays, the irony of being an English phd student is that you really don't read literature.
Instead, it's all theory, all the time!

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What is a book you loved in the past and re-read recently? [View all] dawg day Aug 2019 OP

I enjoy re reading the books I loved as a teen iwillalwayswonderwhy Aug 2019 #1

"The Shipkiller" PJMcK Aug 2019 #2

"Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy Mike 03 Aug 2019 #3

"Reading" Frankenstein - Mary Shelley. Actually listening to it this go around JDC Aug 2019 #4

The Shell Seekers. LakeArenal Aug 2019 #5

Gone With the Wind CountAllVotes Aug 2019 #6

Susan Howatch is a great writer. uberblonde Aug 2019 #7

I used to read The Lord of the Rings trilogy each summer... B Stieg Aug 2019 #8

Tales of the City CurtEastPoint Aug 2019 #9

the only book.... quickesst Aug 2019 #10

"The Count of Monte Cristo", by Alexandre Dumas. n/t Mister Ed Aug 2019 #11

Very new here at DU... Zaphod42 Oct 2019 #12

Not so much with reading Aquaria Dec 2019 #13

We do have so much choice now-- dawg day Dec 2019 #14