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What book are you reading atm??

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    #2852
    Eroticplants
    Registered Users Posts: 1,551 ✭✭✭Eroticplants


    Emma by Jane Austen.


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    #2853
    Ten of Swords
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,695 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ten of Swords


    The Whisperers: Private life in Stalin's Russia

    It is an amazing book about the lives of ordinary people under a dictatorship. It's source material is thousands of personal documents, letters, memoirs and photographs discovered and collated by a team of university researchers.

    Surviving family members and relatives were located and interviewed by the researchers to put context and history to their stories.

    Moderator: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender, Vegan & Vegetarian

    Category Moderator: Social & Fun



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    #2854
    MOC88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭MOC88


    BunShopVoyeur. wrote: »
    House of Leaves.

    It's messing with my head.

    It does that - you may be looking over your shoulder when alone for... the rest of your life :(

    One of my favourite books of all time! :D


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    #2855
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Finished 'This Boy's Life' (Tobias Wolff), which I enjoyed.

    Starting 'The Rum Diaries' (Hunter S Thompson)


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    #2856
    Barna77
    Registered Users Posts: 3,272 ✭✭✭Barna77


    I kind of left Under the Dome aside for a while. RTÉ keeps spoiling it :mad: so I finally started American Psycho.


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    #2857
    Ice Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Ice Storm


    Barna77 wrote: »
    I kind of left Under the Dome aside for a while. RTÉ keeps spoiling it :mad: so I finally started American Psycho.
    The TV series is very different from the book. It's really only loosely based on it from what I've seen.


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    #2858
    7ofBrian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭7ofBrian


    "Seeds of Corruption". Its the 4th book in "The Awakened" series by Jason Tesar. Really good imho.


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    #2859
    blue note
    Registered Users Posts: 4,518 ✭✭✭blue note


    The Long Walk - Stephen King.

    Excellent.


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    #2860
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    A good bit of the way through " long walk to freedom" Nelson Mandela's autobiography. Excellent so far.


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    #2861
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Dr Sleep, couldn't wait to get it, so far not disappointed!


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    #2862
    baron von something
    Registered Users Posts: 743 ✭✭✭baron von something


    just finished the first law trilogy by joe abercrombie.amazing books.apparently book1 is also out in graphic novel form.must check that out

    now i'm finally reading The Republic of Thieves - Scott Lynch.the publication date kept getting pushed back and pushed back.anyway,what am i doing here. i'm away to finish it


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    #2863
    rosb
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭rosb


    Brooklyn by Colm Toibin - just finishing, excellent

    Starting next Notes from an exhibition by Patrick Gale

    Over weekend read The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan


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    #2864
    BlurstMonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭BlurstMonkey


    baron von something wrote: »
    just finished the first law trilogy by joe abercrombie.amazing books.apparently book1 is also out in graphic novel form.must check that out

    now i'm finally reading The Republic of Thieves - Scott Lynch.the publication date kept getting pushed back and pushed back.anyway,what am i doing here. i'm away to finish it

    Wait. What. Really? I was waiting so long for that I forgot about it. It had better be a country mile better than the second installment. That thing read like bad fan fic, it was a shocking decline after the quality of Lies.

    If you liked the First Law then you'll definitely enjoy Best Served Cold. It's better again.

    Currently reading Neal Stephensons Baroque cycle. Pretty god damn magnificent.


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    #2865
    Pang
    Registered Users Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭Pang


    The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin. I watched the movie years ago and never realised it was originally a book until I saw in the bookshop.


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    #2866
    Chancer3001
    Registered Users Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    Doggggggg the bounttttty hunt-aaaaaaa's book.

    Entertaining


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    #2867
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,090 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Just finished shadow of the hegemon


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    #2868
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    The Rocky Road - Eamonn Dunphy
    (biography)

    A Long Walk with Lord Conway - Simon Thompson
    (an exploration of the Alps and an English adventurer)


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    #2869
    Means Of Escape
    Registered Users Posts: 1,897 ✭✭✭Means Of Escape


    Ice Storm wrote: »
    The TV series is very different from the book. It's really only loosely based on it from what I've seen.

    In what way?(no Wikipedia now)


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    #2870
    saltyjack silverblade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 480 ✭✭saltyjack silverblade


    Reading Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.
    Haven't got anything new to read so had to reach into the bookshelves for an oldie.


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    #2871
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Renegade by Robyn Young. Book 2 of a historical fiction trilogy based on the Life of Robert the Bruce. This one is heavily based in Ireland so far funnily enough.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #2872
    Ihatecuddles-old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles-old


    Dont know whether to read Atonement or extremely loud and incredibly close!


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    #2873
    Whatsernamex33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 843 ✭✭✭Whatsernamex33


    Dublin 4 by Maeve Binchy.
    Great Expectations, Charles Dickens.


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    #2874
    Kersh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭Kersh


    The True Story by Everett True.

    About the Seattle music scene c. 89 and onwards, focusing on Sub Pop, Nirvana et al.


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    #2875
    Miss Lockhart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭Miss Lockhart


    Ghosts and Lightning by Trevor Byrne. Half way through. Not much happens but I'm really enjoying it.


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    #2876
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,464 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Ihatecuddles wrote: »
    Dont know whether to read Atonement or extremely loud and incredibly close!

    Atonement is an absolute chore.

    Maybe women would enjoy it, but I found it monotonous and boring.


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    #2877
    FouxDaFaFa
    Registered Users Posts: 6,850 ✭✭✭FouxDaFaFa


    "Egghead" by Bo Burnham and "Zombie Spaceship Wasteland" by Patton Oswalt. Comedy kick.


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    #2878
    thomur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 279 ✭✭thomur


    Stone Mad by Seamus Murphy. Story of a stonemasons life in Ireland in the early 20th century. Every time I pass a church now I think of all the work that went into the stonework


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    #2879
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Downturn Abbey - Ross O'Carroll-Kelly. I still love these books :)


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    #2880
    DenMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,970 ✭✭✭DenMan


    The Transformation of Ireland - 1900-2000 by Diarmaid Ferriter. Great read!


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    #2881
    weetiepie
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭weetiepie


    diomed wrote: »
    The Rocky Road - Eamonn Dunphy
    (biography)

    A Long Walk with Lord Conway - Simon Thompson
    (an exploration of the Alps and an English adventurer)

    Would you recommend eamon dunphys book??


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