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I own a Penguin publication of War & Peace and Anna Karenina. I have both on the bottom of my TBR pile. War & Peace is going to take a good two months to read, and I don't have two months to spend on one book. I am taking three literature classes this semester and I need leisure reading books I can snap through. I have always had a tough time getting through Russian novels for some reason. It took me a month to finish Hadji Murad and that book is only like 170 pages depending on the publication you have.

I voted for contemporary fiction, though I don't like to hold myself to one particular genre. As for recently, I have been buying a lot of classics. Majority of my book collection is filled with contemporary fiction, and I enjoy reading historical fiction.

I had a southern accent. I was born in North Carolina. Once I left to move up north to Illinois it slowly faded. I am pretty weak for all accents.

Illinois, USA. I really like living in the central part of the United States.

I found this forum through searching around on Google. I wanted to find a nice book forum, and I found one.

I guess I am not much of a reader since I refuse to read anything by Jane Austen. Hamlet by William Shakespeare I have read this play twice. This deals heavily with character. If you can understand the characters of this play, I feel you can handle any character you come across in any piece of literature that you come across next. Oedipus The King by Sophocles Talk about DRAMA! Sorry I couldn't come up with any novels.

My favorite reading place is my room on my bed. I shut the door and block out the rest of the world.

I can't say that I am really managing it. I am constantly adding books to it and randomly selecting books out of the pile to read. My TBR pile is a plum mess.

I woke up at 2:30 AM US central time to watch the match between Rafael and Roger. Though I enjoyed the match, it wasn't as exciting and intense as the match between Rafael and Fernando was. The match with Roger, I found myself muting the TV and read a book between the second to the fourth set. I can't wait for the French Open. Nadal is sick on clay courts.

The match between Rafael and Fernando was intense. Here in the central part of the US the match was on in the early hours of the morning. I was almost late for school watching it. It was finally over around 8:15 AM.

I have two bookmarks from India that were given to me by someone who had just returned from a trip there. I tend to use those a lot. My most favorite bookmark though is a red one that says "The road to knowledge begins with the turn of the page."

I only like basketball and tennis. My favorite basketball team is the Boston Celtics, which I have been a fan of and following for two years. My favorite tennis players are Ana Ivanovic, Maria Sharapova, and Rafael Nadal.

Since Ivanovic lost in the third round I stopped watching the women's matches of the Australian Open. I have been rooting for Rafael Nadal now. He has a major chance of winning it this year. He's been winning all his matches in three sets.

I guess you're right. People have to make their own decisions when they read a book and take from it whatever they want. It's just the position of women and how they are represented in music, television, and books interest me. I am very touchy and passionate on that topic as well. I can't expect every woman to be the same.

But a character like Bella shouldn't be introduced to young girls between the age of 12-17 to read about. That's the most vunerable age of women's lives and I am shocked Stephenie Meyer, being a women herself, would create a character like Bella. Meyer has the power to write books empowering these young girls, but don't. It's like no one else sees this but me.

Stephenie Meyer so I can ask her why she painted the women in her book so weak and dependent when it is a book wrote for young girls of the new millennium.

I usual order my books online only from Barnes & Nobles or Amazon. As of recently though, I have been going to Waldens (Borders) or Barnes & Nobles store and buying my books. I like to walk around and look through the books. I tend to buy more that way.

I was wondering, do anyone have a book they'll keep close to them for the rest of their life. A book that where the characters still haunt your house, and you find yourself thinking about that book even when you're reading a different book? A book that you'll find yourself reading many times over. Tell us the book(s) and why. Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger I have a lot of Holden in me. I find myself thinking like him in certain situations. Many things in life are "phonie". The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisnero I feel heavy for the women in this book. I related to every woman in this book. I come across women just like them in my daily life on a regular. I have never read a book without my mind coming back to this one.

If a book hasn't caught my attention 3-6 pages in, I give up. If I go further than that, I don't give up on it no matter how horrible the book is. I finished Marley & Me and I thought that was one of the worst books I ever read.

I have been avoiding Wuthering Heights, but I promised myself to read that after I am done with Eclipse.

The Twilight Saga - I have major issues with this series, but I can't deny it has been a fun read for me.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte I got three pages in, but it wasn't catching my attention. I haven't had any desire to re-pick it up again. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Just because I am enjoying the Twilight saga doesn't mean I am going to enjoy every vampire book I come across. This was recommended to me, but I have a feeling I am not going to like it, so I have been avoiding it, and grabbing other books around it on my book shelf. War & Peace and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy I had picked up Anna Karenina, but put it down again. I still don't know why I can't bring myself to open this book. Plus, I have no time to read these books. Leo Tolstoy is someone to can't fly through like you can with other fun reads. The way he does characters in his books, you really need your full attention of his books.