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This week, I are mostly reading....

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    #1982
    theCzar
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    Ionian Mission - Patrick O'Brian


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    #1983
    Andy-Pandy
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    The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon


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    #1984
    jackbhoy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭jackbhoy


    Andy-Pandy wrote: »
    The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon


    Finished that last week, pretty good. Moved on to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay now, really enjoying it.


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    #1985
    randomguy
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    jackbhoy wrote: »
    Finished that last week, pretty good. Moved on to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay now, really enjoying it.

    The Yiddish Policeman's Union is one of my favourite books of the last few years. Great book. Seemingly going to be made into a film by The Coen Brothers, which should be at least interesting.
    Kavalier and Clay was good, but not as good, I thought.

    Reading Strumpet City at the moment. Enjoyable (and interesting to see how the past was viewed in the more recent past).


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    #1986
    AJG
    Registered Users Posts: 348 ✭✭AJG


    'The Birds' - Tarjei Vesaas.


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    #1987
    AJG
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    'Labyrinths' - Jorge Luis Borges.


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    #1988
    StevenMorrissey
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    To be honest, this website

    www.petermusgrove.com

    Discovered it last week. Some very good stuff on it. Same writers as collaborate on 'Have I got News for You'.


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    #1989
    crotalus667
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    The Amber Spyglass,


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    #1990
    crotalus667
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    "None Shall Devide Us" Micheal Stone

    As far as a bio goes it jumps about a bit too much


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    #1991
    Silent Partner
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    Currently reading "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm about 150 pages in and it's pretty graphic.


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    #1992
    AJG
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    'Of Love and Other Demons' - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.


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    #1993
    sheesh
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    The Great Shark hunt. hunter s thompson (Again).


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    #1994
    vivadeadponies
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    jackbhoy wrote: »
    Finished that last week, pretty good. Moved on to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay now, really enjoying it.

    several people told me i'd love that kavalier and clay book.

    what other books are similiar to it?


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    #1995
    nicardgr
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    the black jewels trilogy (anne bishop) again


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    #1996
    AJG
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    'Memories of My Melancholy Whores' - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.


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    #1997
    AJG
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    'Les Onze Mille Verges or The Amorous Adventures Of Prince Mony Vibescu' - Guillaume Apollinaire.


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    tHE vAGGABOND
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    The Kite Runner - one of the best stories I've ever read tbh, brilliant

    [not seen movie - any good I wonder?]


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    #1999
    BurnsCarpenter
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    Just started into The Windup Bird Chronicles by Murakami, enjoying it so far.


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    #2000
    Steak
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    A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson


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    #2001
    biZrb
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    Capote A Biography - Gerald Clarke

    tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »
    The Kite Runner - one of the best stories I've ever read tbh, brilliant

    [not seen movie - any good I wonder?]

    I thought the movie was really good, as soon as it was finished I wanted to watch it again. A Thousand Splendid Suns is also worth a read.


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    #2002
    AJG
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    'Two Serious Ladies' - Jane Bowles.


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    #2003
    jenmcd
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    Day - A.L. Kennedy


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    #2004
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Battlestar Galactica - from the original TV series


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    #2005
    Red Hand
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    Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne. Quite funny so far in it's meandering style.


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    #2006
    MooseJam
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    I'm still reading the skeleton crew by Stephen King, been picking it up now and again for ages, it's short stories


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    #2007
    Keano
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    tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »
    The Kite Runner - one of the best stories I've ever read tbh, brilliant

    [not seen movie - any good I wonder?]
    That was the last book I read - Excellent read

    Just started McMafia


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    #2008
    Silent Partner
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭Silent Partner


    Steak wrote: »
    A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

    A great read. I finished it recently. Any Bill Bryson is good.


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    #2009
    Hermy
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    MooseJam wrote: »
    I'm still reading the skeleton crew by Stephen King, been picking it up now and again for ages, it's short stories

    Got that book as a Christmas present many years ago. Really enjoyed it.
    Horror/ Science-fiction really lends itself to the short-story idiom!

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    #2010
    Delirium
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    Alarums by Richard Laymon

    If you can read this, you're too close!



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    #2011
    BaZmO*
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    Finished Vernon God Little last night, great book but it has it's flaws. I found it particularly hard to get into at first but it picks up the pace midway and then holds you until the end. It tends to meander in writing style too, but I thought that impression might be just down to the fact that I was reading it in fits and starts but I'm not the only one that felt this way.

    Read a few reviews online and apparently I'm not the only one that found it hard to get into. Wiki says "Out of 4,000 Britons polled, 35% who started reading this book did not finish it"
    It's definitely worth sticking with.


    Next up is The Yiddish Policemen's Union


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