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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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#2492 31-03-2009 08:52AM

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yermin wrote: »

I just finished the first in the sandman series by Neil Gaiman, and it has reawakened my love for comics after many years of not touching them.
Started reading the first book of The Wheel of Time series for the second time, having got to the tenth and then stopping before the 11th for some reason. Damn I love those books though.
And this week , mostly, I are mostly reading The island of the day before by Umberto Eco. Which Is a bit of a struggle for me at times, but it's totally worth it so far.

I know what you mean about the wheel of time. I stopped after book 10 as well. Never bothered moving on to 11 and once I heard Jordan died and the book is to be finished by someone else I decided to give up on the series altogether!

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#2493 31-03-2009 09:56AM

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Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman.

I loved that book.

Currently reading A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. It is absolutely brilliant.

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#2494 31-03-2009 09:25PM

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Originally Posted by tHE vAGGABOND
Uncle Toms Cabin
Would you recommend it? Been on my bookshelf for years but never got round to it.

Im about 150 pages in after 2 days! Its brilliant..

Like all books from the middle of the 1800's it was written for chapter by chapter publishing, so each chapter is a story in itself, which makes it very readable indeed!

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#2495 31-03-2009 09:41PM

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Currently reading Shantaram:A Novel by Gregory David Robert.

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#2496 31-03-2009 11:04PM

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Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde.

I think I might be a fan.

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#2497 31-03-2009 11:15PM

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Had been trying to get through it for aaaages, but I finally finished Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" last night.

Maybe it's because it's still so fresh in my mind, but I thought it (and especially the last 100 pages or so) was some of the best and most powerful literature I've ever read.

It was my first Dickens book, and I thought he tied together the themes, characters and backstory in such an incredible way.

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#2498 01-04-2009 06:53PM

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Under Enemy Colours , s. THomas Russell, another british navy v's the French yarn , not bad but not Patrick O Brien either.

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The Brutal Art, Jesse Kellerman, not the kind of thing I'd usually read , detective novel with a bit of artiness thrown in, won't be making my top 5000 books of all time

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#2499 01-04-2009 08:44PM

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The Well of Lost Plots - Jasper Fforde.

Entertaining so far.

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#2500 03-04-2009 08:49AM

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China Melvile: Perdido St. Station

Had it for a while, tried a few times to get into it, and failed. I am really enjoying it now.

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#2501 03-04-2009 09:35AM

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A perfect mess : the hidden benefits of disorder by Abrahamson & Freedman

(i.e. why it is acceptable to ignore work's clean desk policy)

On growler's book choice, thanks for tip as an O'Brian reader as well.

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#2502 03-04-2009 01:56PM

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Around the world in 80 days by Jules Verne. Nearly finished it, taking my time. Small book and I think it was written for children back in the day.

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#2503 06-04-2009 01:14PM

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Kharn wrote: »

sorry, wanted to start a new thread

Anyway...
I are reading Magician by Feist

there are some interesting books in Persian language.
maybe somobody knows english translation ??

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#2504 06-04-2009 08:43PM

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Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

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#2505 06-04-2009 08:46PM

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Millroy the Magician by Paul Theroux and JPod by Douglas Coupland.

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#2506 06-04-2009 08:50PM

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Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift

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#2507 06-04-2009 11:52PM

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A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry

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#2508 10-04-2009 03:39PM

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Perley - The True Story Of A New England Hermit

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#2509 11-04-2009 11:08AM

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Ian Fleming Casino Royale

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#2510 12-04-2009 12:29AM

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Just read Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows again. Twas even better the second time, I think the first time I was so eager to find out how it ended I didn't really take it all in.

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#2511 12-04-2009 02:47AM

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A list of literary posers by various artistes

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#2512 12-04-2009 02:52AM

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The mammoth book of Jack the Ripper and because its true and freaks me out my bedtime book is John Rebus tooth and nail

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#2513 12-04-2009 11:16AM

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That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern

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#2514 12-04-2009 12:53PM

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Sartre - Nausea
Hilariously depressing, one gigantic moan-a-thon. I have Autofiction by Hitomi Kanehara sitting on my desk, and I've never read Japanese fiction, so I'm tempted to give up on Nausea and switch to it.

Denerick wrote:

...took on Catch 22. Around 250 pages in, fantastic book and can hardly keep away from it!

One of the best! It's a great book, makes you think.

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#2515 13-04-2009 08:16PM

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Reading At Swim - Two Birds at the moment and it's making me feel incredibly dumb. I can't make head nor tail of it. No; I just find the main character irritating. I'll give it time, although it's a hard slog.

Also flicking in and out of "Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling" by Barbara Holland. Massively informative, humourous and well-written, highly recommended.

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#2516 14-04-2009 12:54PM

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Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

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#2517 15-04-2009 07:04PM

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I am reading Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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#2518 15-04-2009 07:07PM

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I just finished The Book Thief

Now Im on to Misery by Stephen King

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#2519 16-04-2009 11:07AM

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Lush Life by Richard Price

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#2520 16-04-2009 12:17PM

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Tawfee wrote: »

That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern

Beautiful book.

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#2521 17-04-2009 03:18AM

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I'm currently reading At The Mountain of Madness and High Lord.

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