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This week, I are mostly reading....

Shiminay · 1999-05-04 02:03:00

sorry, wanted to start a new thread Anyway... I are reading Magician by Feist

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#62 15-07-2004 12:56PM

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currently reading similliarion by tolkien. about 4th time now. still excellent.

but prior to this was
hegomeny of survival - Noam chomskiy. eye opener, can be a bit dificult to read but very interesting.

and tawny man series books 1-3 by robin hoob. i luved them, especially as i borrowed the 3 books together so no waiting . im a big fan of his work.

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#63 15-07-2004 09:39PM

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Originally posted by Justice
his work.

Her work

thought the ending was a bit disappointing and too many loose ends in my book. Still v good tho.

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#64 15-07-2004 09:42PM

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Alex Garland - The Coma.

Good enough i guess. Bit short though. Nothing he has done lately has come near The Beach though

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#65 16-07-2004 09:55AM

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oops. ta squirrel.

i thought the ending was fine, twas a relief really, i read to many "inbetween" books that an end of series book was much more fufilling that it should really be

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#66 17-07-2004 05:25PM

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Currently reading A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. If they taught science like this in school we'd have all wanted to become scientists

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#67 19-07-2004 11:50PM

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Things my Girlfriend and I Argue About
Mil Millington.

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#68 20-07-2004 12:43AM

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Garth Nix - Abhorsen:
Very nice fantasy book. Not the best I've read but certainly very readable.

Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot:
I must admit, I'm finding this heavy going. It won't be a book I'll keep. I think I'll release it through bookcrossing.com

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#69 20-07-2004 11:32PM

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I'm reading Dostoevsky too - the Brothers Karamazov - this particular translation as I do not know any Russian, alas.

It's really well translated - very lively and hilarious in parts. I've read it before in a different translation (don't remember which) but this one seems far more direct.

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#70 20-07-2004 11:35PM

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The translation I've got is very good, you wouldn't even know it was written in Russian the English flows so well. But for some reason the story just doesn't click with me and there's not a single character I even remotely care about.

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#71 23-07-2004 11:59PM

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Das Boot.Great book and the tension created throughout is fantastic.

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#72 24-07-2004 01:38PM

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The Girl at the Lion D'Or by Sebastian Faulks and also rereading The Sandman by Neil Gaiman.

Lion D'Or is lovely slow-paced and quite simple but powerful and The Sandman is of course just brilliant.

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#73 24-07-2004 07:03PM

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the bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
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Shantaram by Gregory Roberts

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#74 24-07-2004 07:09PM

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Empire of the Sun - J.G. Ballard

A good read, I think the best one of his I've read is "HighRise", which is a book I'd easily slip into my top ten.

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#75 26-07-2004 11:06PM

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Stephan Grundy - Attila's Treasure.

Uplifting.

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#76 27-07-2004 12:28PM

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Originally posted by Xerxes
Das Boot.Great book and the tension created throughout is fantastic.

You might also enjoy "the Cruel Sea" by Nicholas Monsarrat, if you have not already read it. Similiar story but from the point of view of the submarine hunters.

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#77 27-07-2004 12:40PM

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Originally posted by pork99
You might also enjoy "the Cruel Sea" by Nicholas Monsarrat, if you have not already read it. Similiar story but from the point of view of the submarine hunters.

The Cruel Sea kicks ass. I'll never forget the reference to our own country. Three Corvettes is another fine work

I am currently reading Scimitar SL2 by Patrick Robinson

There are seven books in the series at the moment, all related to submarines. Each one a great read.

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#78 27-07-2004 03:10PM

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Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood.

A good read, if held together by some fairly average sci-fi. I've heard her other books are much better.

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#79 27-07-2004 03:14PM

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The Dumas Club - Arturo Perez-Reverte

Was made into the film the Ninth Gate (johnny depp)

Good film
Good book (so far)

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#80 29-07-2004 06:10PM

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I'm reading John Gray's Straw Dogs

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#81 04-08-2004 01:34PM

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Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.

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#82 04-08-2004 02:43PM

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The Dilbert Future by Scott Adams

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#83 04-08-2004 11:00PM

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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
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Dipping in and out of The Complete History of Everything by Bill Bryson

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#84 04-08-2004 11:06PM

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SprostonGreen wrote:

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.

Snap. Got the complete trilogy! in Cardiff last week for 6 quid sterling. I have not read it in a long time, however this must be my 30th time to read it and it is still as good as ever.

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#85 05-08-2004 08:56PM

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just started a clockwork orange by anthony burgess

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#86 06-08-2004 04:40PM

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lullaby by chuck "fight club" palahnuick

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#87 08-08-2004 12:51AM

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#88 09-08-2004 12:47PM

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Almost finished Wolves Of The Calla - Stephen King, and just bought Song Of Susannah, so I'll be straight into that. Love The Dark Tower books.

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#89 09-08-2004 12:52PM

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Dr. Loon wrote:

Almost finished Wolves Of The Calla - Stephen King, and just bought Song Of Susannah, so I'll be straight into that. Love The Dark Tower books.

They're both really good but a tad self indulgent on King's part. I won't spoil anything for you though . Looking forward to the last one, should be out sometime soon I think.

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#90 10-08-2004 08:42AM

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just finished a clockwork orange yesterday morning, animal farm farm yesterday evening and like water for chocolate this afternoon. all very good. and now i need some new books.

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#91 10-08-2004 08:44AM

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lilo moo wrote:

just finished a clockwork orange yesterday morning, animal farm farm yesterday evening and like water for chocolate this afternoon. all very good. and now i need some new books.

(re)read Catch 22 and join in the book club discussion starting September 1st!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=178605

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