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Old 11-20-2003, 04:41 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I haven't read a lot of books but Animal Farm, A Time to Kill, 1984 and Catcher in the Rye have to be up there.
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I haven't read a lot of books but Animal Farm, A Time to Kill, 1984 and Catcher in the Rye have to be up there.
those are all excellent books. A Time to Kill doesn't belong to the same class as the others but a good book still.
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Sacred Hunger was a good book...
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Old 11-20-2003, 06:22 PM   #21 (permalink)
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well i just read the first book ive read since i was 10 years old and it was a great book. The Marijuana Growers Handbook: The Indoor High Yield Guide
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well i just read the first book ive read since i was 10 years old and it was a great book. The Marijuana Growers Handbook: The Indoor High Yield Guide
Is that the one by Lamar Odom?
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Old 11-20-2003, 07:11 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Is that the one by Lamar Odom?
Foreword by Damon Staudamire, too I think.
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Old 11-20-2003, 07:15 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Is that the one by Lamar Odom?
haha. funny
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nah, that book was written for lamar odom.
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I thought you'd say "a clockwork orange"
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The Outsiders.. I think thats about the only book I read
haha..i remember that book, we read it in class lst year...with the Soc's (never knew how to pronounce that one ..is its soCKs? or soCHs?) and the greasers...haha...that was a good one
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I thought you'd say "a clockwork orange"
It's a favorite, but not THE favorite.

Have you read any Asimov? Check out his robot series. (If you're into sci-fi).
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