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    This week, I are mostly reading....

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    • #1892
      xxLillyxx
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      'what is the what' by dave eggers
      and 'the secret'


    • #1893
      nerdysal
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      I are reading "All Summer" by Claire Kilroy. Really enjoying it, she really has a way with words.


    • #1894
      AJG
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      'Collected Stories' - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.


    • #1895
      Acid_Violet
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      Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
      made for puzzled looks from teachers, relatives, classmates amongst others

      And a bit o' The Secret every now and then


    • #1896
      John
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      Do Animals Have Rights? by Alison Hills


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    • #1897
      TequilaMockingBird
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      Blood River by Tim Butcher.


    • #1898
      nerdysal
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      Woman of Substance- Barbara Taylor Bradford


    • #1899
      YogiBear
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      Acid_Violet wrote: »
      Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
      made for puzzled looks from teachers, relatives, classmates amongst others

      And a bit o' The Secret every now and then

      A great book imo! Lolita!!


    • #1900
      Acid_Violet
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      Tis indeed, but it's getting just a bit too creepy now (I'm on the second part of the book now.)


    • #1901
      AJG
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      I must have been one of the few who didn't really like it. Nothing to do with the subject matter just the writing. Maybe we should start a new thread/poll for it.


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    • #1902
      YogiBear
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      Chicken Soup for the Soul - Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen.

      Also reading bits here and there of

      The Ancestor's Tale - Richard Dawkins.


    • #1903
      Jello
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      No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy


    • #1904
      emkey
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      Northern Lights - Philip Pullman. I've read on some other board that "Golden Compass" is one of the worst adaptations ever, so out of curiosity I decided to check it out.


    • #1905
      Chumpski
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      kraggy wrote: »
      The Shadow of the Wind

      Great book, enjoy. I read it a few years ago and i have re read it a couple of times since. Barcelona is a fantastic city as well.
      sueme wrote: »
      Blood River by Tim Butcher.

      Taking a break from fiction and starting this next. Are you enjoying it?


    • #1906
      emkey
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      emkey wrote: »
      Northern Lights - Philip Pullman. I've read on some other board that "Golden Compass" is one of the worst adaptations ever, so out of curiosity I decided to check it out.

      it wasn't bad but still far from good.

      This week I are moving into main stream: "The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum" by Heinrich Boll.


    • #1907
      AJG
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      'Stories of Five Decades' - Hermann Hesse.


    • #1908
      Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
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      tad williams - shadowplay

      i remember loving the first one, but there are a few things that are annoying me about this offering.. maybe it's just that I remember so little of the story.


    • #1909
      JackieChan
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      Just read The Road (Cormac McCarthy). Quick read(300 pages in large font).
      I like these post-apocalyptic novels and I'll enjoy reading it again. Reminded me a bit of Falling from Cars

      Now on to No country for old men.


    • #1910
      Karlusss
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      Ernest Hemingway - Fiesta

      Not what you would call "major Hemingway" but entertaining enough all the same.

      Edit: Wikipedia tells me that "most critics" think it's his best novel - there's me stung then.


    • #1911
      greatscott
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      I really liked Fiesta too.

      Just finished "Engleby" by Sebastian Faulks.. loved it, thought it was more enjoyable than Birdsong, though very different.


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    • #1912
      ZorbaTehZ
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      greatscott wrote: »
      I really liked Fiesta too.

      Same, brilliant book to be honest, one of my favourites. :)


    • #1913
      John
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      David Lynch The Air is on Fire

      A collection of his art with commentaries and interviews. Pretty cool.


    • #1914
      Joe Cool
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      Just finished 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey.

      Starting 'Shakespeare Never Did This' by Charles Bukowski.


    • #1915
      iFight
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      Just finished H.P Lovecraft's Whisperer in Darkness, from a recommendation on here actaully. Loved it.


    • #1916
      tHE vAGGABOND
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      Lady Gregorys complete irish mythology

      Not too bad at all...


    • #1917
      AJG
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      'Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue' (Scenes from the Non-Christian World) - Paul Bowles.


    • #1918
      owlwink
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      The Ticket that Exploded by William S. Burroughs.

      worth a look


    • #1919
      randomguy
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      AJG wrote: »
      'Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue' (Scenes from the Non-Christian World) - Paul Bowles.

      Any good? I really liked The Sheltering Sky, but haven't read anything else by him.


    • #1920
      Serpentine
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      Bret Easton Ellis Lunar Park


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    • #1921
      FruitLover
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      Currently on Murakami's 'Noruē no Mori' ('Norwegian Wood').
      ShagNastii wrote: »
      Filth- Irvine Walsh

      I enjoyed this - I really like Welsh's style. I think I also read Porno straight afterwards, which is an interesting read for fans of Trainspotting.


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