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    #242
    p1akuw47h5r3it
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    The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy... Tis pretty good


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    #243
    yerayeah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 804 ✭✭✭yerayeah


    I finished Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas this morning instead of going to lectures:pac: I enjoyed it but maybe it wasn't quite as good as I hoped. Has anyone seen the film? How do they compare?


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    #244
    Crumble Froo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,196 ✭✭✭Crumble Froo


    bah, finished the galaxy at the end of the universe. wasn't half as good a read as hitchiker's guide, up until the very last chapter, i was starting to really get into it and then...nope. gone. over. *puff*


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    #245
    Mushy
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    Reading a book for sociology essay I've to do, Its called 'Quest for Excitement:Sport & Leisure in the Civilising Process'. If you have an interest in sport and history, this is a really good book, although as its aimed for moe academic reasons, that may detract from it.


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    #246
    Professey Chin
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    yerayeah wrote: »
    I finished Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas this morning instead of going to lectures:pac: I enjoyed it but maybe it wasn't quite as good as I hoped. Has anyone seen the film? How do they compare?
    Ive never read the book but buggery I do love the film. Johnny Depp is a legend in it :D


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    #247
    Neverwhere
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    Stephen King -- Tommyknockers


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    #248
    KeyLimePie
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    Gossip Girl - You know you love me
    And
    Beowulf - Seamus Heany Translation :)

    they cancel each other out really


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    #249
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
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    Ultimate Chin wrote: »
    Ive never read the book but buggery I do love the film. Johnny Depp is a legend in it :D

    I think they complement each other quite well actually, the whole drug thing is something that's really well expressed visually, but at the same time Thompson's an amazing writer. That bit about the wave breaking is done very well in the film


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    #250
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
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    KeyLimePie wrote: »
    Gossip Girl - You know you love me
    And
    Beowulf - Seamus Heany Translation :)

    they cancel each other out really

    Ah yes, debit and credit reading, I'm on Caleb Williams and some crappy PD James murder mystery myself :D


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    #251
    Crumble Froo
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    the celestine prophecy - an adventure.

    a mate gave it to me. apparently, a few years ago, he moved out to the australian bush living pretty rough, and a combo of that and this book changed everything for him.

    so he gave it to me.

    aaaaaaaaaaaand it's starting to really really affect the way i think and the way im viewing my life. it's intriguing and kinda scary but im loving this book.


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    #252
    Jesus Juice
    Registered Users Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭Jesus Juice


    Im reading Fight Club By Chuck Palahunik..well i think thats how you spell it!?
    and World War Z By Max Brooks which is one of them books that i dont wont too end!


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    #253
    Crumble Froo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,196 ✭✭✭Crumble Froo


    paluhniuk? something silly like that :pac:

    i loved his lullaby one, and dammit, i know there was another one i read before i left the library...


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    #254
    TheCardHolder
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    I have been reading less and less lately, need to get back into the flow of things.

    Anyone got any good books to recommend, I enjoy anything containing humor/suspense/plot twists/ philisophical


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    #255
    Fad
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    I'm gonna try and read An Béal Bocht this week end.

    Should be "Fun"


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    #256
    Pigwidgeon
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    i really should get around to reading the grass is singing... seeing as the leaving is getting quite close... i'll try over easter, it's just so damn depressing!


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    #257
    Jesus Juice
    Registered Users Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭Jesus Juice


    TheCardHolder wrote: »
    I have been reading less and less lately, need to get back into the flow of things.

    Anyone got any good books to recommend, I enjoy anything containing humor/suspense/plot twists/ philisophical

    You would love Fight Club then!!..contains all of the above!


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    #258
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
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    Theft by Peter Carey, one of the best books I've read in a long while, highly reccomend it to all you lovely people.


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    #259
    TheCardHolder
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    Jesus Juice wrote: »
    You would love Fight Club then!!..contains all of the above!

    Chuck Palahnuik just so happens to be my favourite author.
    Fight club is one of his best,although they are all great.


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    #260
    RHRN
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    Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and goin back after a failed attempt to Neal Stephenson's Anathem


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    #261
    english4490
    Registered Users Posts: 665 ✭✭✭english4490


    juno and juliet by julien gough! not the kinda book i read but it has been cracking me up, i am also reading the polican brief at the moment... bit of a strange mix!:rolleyes:


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    #262
    Jesus Juice
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    I'm reading A Short History Of nearly Everything By Bill Bryson.Recommended to me by Cautioner in the library!


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    #263
    frizzle-frazzle
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    norwegianwood wrote: »
    richard adams-watership down

    one of the greatest books ever :D

    I'm currently reading two books:

    "Magician" by Raymond E. Feist, recommended by my bother. It's really good.

    "Please Understand Me" by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates. It's about character and temperament types, and very interesting :)


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    #264
    Professey Chin
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    Dracula
    I'm looking for tips. The vamps are everywhere


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    #265
    Dj Stiggie
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Dj Stiggie


    Dreams From My Father - Barrack Obama


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    #266
    giggsy664
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    Nothing. Reading is for NERDS!!!

    By giggsy664


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    #267
    Insect Overlord
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    giggsy664 wrote: »
    Nothing. Reading is for NERDS!!!

    By giggsy664

    How charmingly ironic...


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    #268
    p1akuw47h5r3it
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    A thosand splendid suns by Khalid Houzzeni, finished it and it is class.

    At the moment readin The Kite Runner by the same fella


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    #269
    Jesus Juice
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    giggsy664 wrote: »
    Nothing. Reading is for NERDS!!!

    By giggsy664
    Yeah?
    Well,a nerd will probably be your boss when your older.


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    #270
    p1akuw47h5r3it
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    Jesus Juice wrote: »
    Yeah?
    Well,a nerd will probably be your boss when your older.

    Taht's the funny thing about school. The "Nerds" always go further in life then the "mad ladz".


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    #271
    norwegianwood
    Registered Users Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭norwegianwood


    Callen Dirty Traffic wrote: »
    Taht's the funny thing about school. The "Nerds" always go further in life then the "mad ladz".


    Amen to that!:cool:


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