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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #650 on: December 01, 2008, 11:11:07 AM »

In Search of April Raintree.

Good book!
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #651 on: December 01, 2008, 01:55:39 PM »

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

Very good book. Kind of sad, but a very good story.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #652 on: December 13, 2008, 06:11:52 AM »

Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #653 on: February 16, 2009, 06:51:01 PM »

The Hitchhiker's Trilogy
P.S. 42
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #654 on: February 16, 2009, 07:19:47 PM »

Hey Jack.  The information in that post would go great in an introduction thread.  Wander over to the new person's section and make one.  You might like it.

And we'd probably like it too.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #655 on: February 17, 2009, 08:11:04 AM »

"Black Man" by Richard Morgan
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #656 on: February 17, 2009, 08:31:32 AM »

Racist.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #657 on: February 23, 2009, 10:40:49 AM »

At the moment I'm plodding through the last parts of The Book Of Lost Tales: Volume I.

It's a tough read, being essentially Tolkien's rough draft for what later became "The Silmarillion", but it's very insightful and is significantly different in areas and more detailed as well.

After this I'm moving on to Return Of The Shadow.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #658 on: February 26, 2009, 09:04:13 AM »

Well... I've started to read...

House of Leaves - by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - by Haruki Murakami
L’Étranger - by Albert Camus

.. but of course, I have no idea when I'll finish because of the work load at uni :oops:
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #659 on: February 27, 2009, 08:47:26 AM »


finishing up on the god delusion and starting pragmatic programmer.

Also reading Little Voice theatre script as I am playing the part of her mother.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #660 on: March 11, 2009, 02:03:18 PM »

I'm about halfway through Eldest by Christopher Paolini.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #661 on: May 26, 2009, 01:21:38 PM »

About to start "An Invitation to a Beheading" by Nabokov.
The guy who wrote "Lolita" ?
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #662 on: May 31, 2009, 07:44:12 AM »

I'm reading 'Brisingr' by Cristopher Paolini, but in French (my mother's tongue). I'm not good enough to read it in original version.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #663 on: September 14, 2009, 09:37:09 PM »

I'm reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #664 on: September 16, 2009, 04:11:34 PM »

I'm reading a few at the moment.

'To Kill a Mockingbird' for what is probably the fourth time (for English); 'Little Brother' for the second time because I wanted to re-read it and, as luck would have it, my World History teacher held up the book and asked who had read it, effectively reminding me of the title so I could get it in the library; 'Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Prisoner of Azkaban' for the one hundred and seventy-third time (trust me, I've been keeping count since I was, like, nine); and 'So Yesterday' because I found it in the school's library when I was searching for 'Little Brother.'

I recommend them all :)
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #665 on: September 16, 2009, 04:14:53 PM »

I'm reading Robert E. Howard's "Conan the Conqueror" at the moment, for the first time in probably 20 years.  I decided to go back to some of my fantasy roots, and Robert E. Howard is right there at the base of the tree for me.  I forgot how good a story teller he really was.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #666 on: October 03, 2009, 03:07:51 AM »

About to start "An Invitation to a Beheading" by Nabokov.
The guy who wrote "Lolita" ?

Nabokov is one of my favourite writers, he's good.

Currently I'm reading Model Tax Convention on Income and Capital by OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs, which is pretty sad, since it's what I'll have to read during whole wekends
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #667 on: October 04, 2009, 11:02:43 AM »

He's Just Not That Into You (by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo)
Startled by His Furry Shorts (by Louise Rennison)
Napalm and Silly Putty (by George Carlin - RIP)
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #668 on: October 09, 2009, 05:56:05 PM »

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (by Douglas Adams)
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #669 on: October 10, 2009, 12:33:58 AM »

Just finished A Circle of Time by Marisa Montes. It's a sweet book, but chilling. I definitely recommend it.

Now I'm moving on to Messenger by Lois Lowry.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #670 on: November 11, 2009, 08:45:54 PM »

I just got done reading "Upgrading and Repairing PC's 18th Edition", I am reading "Windows Lockdown" Right now (I do not read fiction).
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #671 on: November 12, 2009, 03:46:05 PM »

(I do not read fiction).

Your missing out on a universe of wonderful stories then.

From Homer to homoerotic A-Team fanfic, it's so much imagination!
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #672 on: November 12, 2009, 04:26:08 PM »

Homoerotic A-Team fanfic is not always fiction.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #673 on: February 12, 2010, 06:48:53 PM »

^^^ Le Bump ^^^

I'm reading Pretty in Punk on fanfiction.net :)
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #674 on: April 05, 2010, 01:53:56 AM »

I'm reading the Zombie survival guide by max brooks
its a great read its meant to be a comedy but it goes so in depth its scary the amount of detail and thought put into it is amazing.
id recommend it to anyone :)
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