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This week, I are mostly reading....

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    #2342
    monellia
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    I've just started Border Crossing by Pat Barker, and I'm also re-reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. I love that book.


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    #2343
    Messy Missy
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    I'm currently alternating between "The Gifts of the Jews" by Thomas Cahill and "The Autograph Man" by Zadie Smith.


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    #2344
    Messy Missy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 106 ✭✭Messy Missy


    monellia wrote: »
    I've just started Border Crossing by Pat Barker, and I'm also re-reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. I love that book.

    I love Gabriel García Márquez. Both "Leaf Storm" and "The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor" were required reading material back in high school. At first I thought they were complete crap but then I couldn't put them down. Ahhhh, the ignorance of youth!


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    #2345
    orangecake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭orangecake


    Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood


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    #2346
    Quality
    Registered Users Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭Quality


    the time travellers wife. audrey neffenegger


    Its a nice read..


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    #2347
    BurnsCarpenter
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    Just finished the Hyperion omnibus by Dan Simmons. Good read.
    His novel The Terror was probably the most enjoyable thing I read last year.

    Onto The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski now.


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    #2348
    JStand
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    Just starting Liars Poker by Michael Lewis

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Liars-Poker-Hodder-Great-Reads/dp/0340839961/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232043534&sr=8-1


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    #2349
    tangerinepuppet
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    This week I are re-reading Down by the River and In the Forest by Edna O'Brien. Great stuff.


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    #2350
    Blush_01
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    Currently Your Cheatin' Heart, Annie McCartney. Not bad, definitely better than the cover led me to believe.


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    #2351
    Red Hand
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    BurnsCarpenter wrote: »
    Just finished the Hyperion omnibus by Dan Simmons. Good read.
    His novel The Terror was probably the most enjoyable thing I read last year.

    I liked The Terror too, great book.


    Rereading Cat's Eye by Magarete Atwood. Giving an interesting view into the world of girls.:pac:


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    #2352
    taibhse
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    Just started Walden by Thoreau, interesting so far


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    #2353
    af_thefragile
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    Once i'm finished with my exams, i'm gonna get back to completing The House of Leaves.
    Which would be sometime next week...
    That book is beyond amazing!!


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    #2354
    theCzar
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    The Stand, Stephen King. First time, got it for Christmas after so many people hereabouts raved about it, I'm about 2/3s through it, terrific stuff.


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    #2355
    Shryke
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    Just about to finish Cats Cradle by Vonnegut. Good, but Slaughter House 5 is a much superior work.


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    #2356
    Tar.Aldarion
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    Knight of Knives - Ian Cameron Esselmont


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    #2357
    john77
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    Tour de Force by daniel Coyle


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    #2358
    finalfantasist
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    This week I am mostly reading:

    The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (I have read the other books in this series, but I didn't find this book in the shop until a couple of days ago)

    The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (first book in a series, second book comes out earlyish this year I think)

    Shadows Edge by Brett Weeks (second book in a series of 3)


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    #2359
    andrewie
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    Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs.


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    #2360
    Thnx4theGum
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    The December Boys by Michael Noonan


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    #2361
    Blush_01
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    Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »
    Rereading Cat's Eye by Magarete Atwood. Giving an interesting view into the world of girls.:pac:

    If you haven't read it, and you like Cat's Eye, try The Robber Bride. It's similar and very enjoyable.

    Currently reading The Zahir - Paulo Coelho. I really like his writing style, simple and effective.


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    #2362
    Tar.Aldarion
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    Soul music - pratchett


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    #2363
    yerayeah
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    The Appeal by John Grisham and The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat by Oliver Sacks.


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    #2364
    Dibble
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    Redemption Falls by Joseph O'Connor.


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    #2365
    orangecake
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    Just starting The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Was very sad to finish the excellent Alias Grace...


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    #2366
    IronMan
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    Reading Black Mass by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill. A true story of the alliance between the Boston FBI and criminal James "Whitey" Bulger. Compelling story of crime and corruption.


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    #2367
    manicmonoliths
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    Just finished The Road by McCarthy, creepy stuff. Moving on to The Time Traveler's Wife which has been great so far, nice contrast between those 2 books haha. Hoping to move on to Fahrenheit 451 soon enough, continuing my obsession with dystopia.


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    #2368
    BroomBurner
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    Just finished Jesse Kellerman's Brutal Art. He's the son of John and Faye Kellerman and, to be honest, while the story is actually a good one, there is a feeling of laziness to it. The ending in particular is unbelievably lazy and a real let down.

    Now, where's my Mitch Albom...


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    #2369
    Tar.Aldarion
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    Return of the Crimson Guard - Esslemont.


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    #2370
    Thnx4theGum
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    The Missing - Thomas Eidson


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    #2371
    Ian C
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    Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov


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