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This week, I are mostly reading....

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    #1772
    missmatty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭missmatty


    'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' by Jonathan Safran Foer.

    Excellent :)


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    #1773
    John
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    Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy


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    #1774
    Ho-Hum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 313 ✭✭Ho-Hum


    The Man In the High Castle - Philip K Dick


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    #1775
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,382 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Over Christmas I read Margrave of the Marshes, John Peel's autobiography followed by From There to Here, Brendan Fannings book describing the transition of Irish rugby to professionalism and I'm currently reading Brandenburg by Glenn Meade. I had previously got stuck in a rut half way through Closing Time, the sequel to Joeseph Heller's masterpiece Catch 22, and rather than start it all over again, I decided to take a break from it altogether and read my Christmas presents instead. Blessed relief.:rolleyes:

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    #1776
    Joe Cool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 324 ✭✭Joe Cool


    Just finished 'A Scanner Darkly' by P.K. Dick and now starting into 'Breakfast of Champions' by Kurt Vonnegut.


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    #1777
    Valmont
    Registered Users Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭Valmont


    Jack London - White Fang. Call of the Wild was absolutely brilliant. I was this close to tearing off into the forest.


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    #1778
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    Gallipoli by Alan Moorehead.
    A real classic. Gripping account of the battle and figures involved in it.


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    #1779
    Karlusss
    Registered Users Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Karlusss


    Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie

    I hesitate to call anything "minor" anyone, because of The Squid and the Whale, but this has not impressed me like Midnight's Childrens, Moor's... and Satanic Verses all consistently did.

    MINOR RUSHDIE.

    Sorry.


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    #1780
    Kur4mA
    Registered Users Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Kur4mA


    I just started reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King, which is Volume 1 of The Dark Tower. Loving it so far. :)


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    #1781
    Tar.Aldarion
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    Yeah, I love the start.


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    #1782
    BurnsCarpenter
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭BurnsCarpenter


    theCzar wrote: »
    Ghostwritten by somebody mitchell... its good!

    David Mitchell. Read Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green, loved both of them. Must have a look at that.

    Reading World War Z by Max Brooks at the moment. It's a bit silly but enjoyable for anybody with a passing interest in zombies.


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    #1783
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    Just finished Shalimar the Clown 5 minutes ago... wasn't impressed at all! So this week I thought I'd go with ''We Need To Talk About Kevin'' by Lionel Shriver.


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    #1784
    slinky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭slinky


    Ian McEwan: Amsterdam (disappointing)
    The Comfort of Strangers (very disappointing)
    On Chesil Beach (I enjoyed this very much)
    Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses


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    #1785
    GhostInTheRuins
    Registered Users Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    Bogmail - Patrick McGinley


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    #1786
    ZorbaTehZ
    Registered Users Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭ZorbaTehZ


    The Once and Future King - TH White


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    #1787
    Jack Sheehan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭Jack Sheehan


    Nearly Finished Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, from there I'll move on to Regeneration by Pat Barker.


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    #1788
    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men


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    #1789
    ZorbaTehZ
    Registered Users Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭ZorbaTehZ


    Jack Sheehan wrote: »
    Nearly Finished Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.

    Opinions on it? (If you don't mind :))


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    #1790
    AJG
    Registered Users Posts: 348 ✭✭AJG


    'Tales Of Mystery And Imagination' by Edgar Allan Poe.


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    #1791
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,382 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    ZorbaTehZ wrote: »
    Opinions on it? (If you don't mind :))

    My thoughts exactly.:)

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    #1792
    GhostInTheRuins
    Registered Users Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    The Red Men by Patrick McGinley.

    I finished 'Bogmail' by him a few days ago and thought it was quite good, I hope this is too :D


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    #1793
    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭MooseJam


    The little drummer girl - John Le Carre


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    #1794
    arbeitsscheuer
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    Jack Sheehan wrote: »
    Regeneration by Pat Barker.
    One of my favourite books. Absolutely brilliant. Film adaptation does it justice as well, Pryce is brilliant as Rivers.

    Anyway, currently reading Terry Pratchett's Jingo.


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    #1795
    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Julian Cope Japrocksampler


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    #1796
    BossArky
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭BossArky


    Total Immersion - Terry Laughlin

    It is helping to improve my swimming technique.


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    #1797
    Tar.Aldarion
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    Read Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce yesterday.
    Reading Wolk-speaker by Tamora Pierce today.


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    #1798
    metrovelvet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,376 ✭✭✭metrovelvet


    Read On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan in one sitting the other night. Wow. It stalks me.


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    #1799
    Karlusss
    Registered Users Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Karlusss


    metrovelvet wrote: »
    Read On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan in one sitting the other night. Wow. It stalks me.

    I read it in one sitting as well, back in the summer. Really good stuff I thought, better the way it was than it would have been strung out into a proper novel.

    "It is exquisite, and leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?"


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    #1800
    monkey9
    Registered Users Posts: 20,337 ✭✭✭✭monkey9


    Notes From A Coma - Mike McCormack


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    #1801
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Mid way through no country for old men and Im lovin it;


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