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post #661 of 841
12/10/12 at 5:37pm
London:The Biography
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The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles.

That's a great pick!
This is a superb book - ethereal and utterly compelling
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post #662 of 841
12/10/12 at 8:19pm
Re-reading (for the dozenth time) Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
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post #663 of 841
12/11/12 at 8:35am
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That's a great pick!
This is a superb book - ethereal and utterly compelling

Cheers, Bartlebooth. Bowles was a remarkable author.
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post #664 of 841
12/11/12 at 8:55pm
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Re-reading (for the dozenth time) Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

Such a fun read Lady Grinning Soul!

I've finished Infidel by Ayann Hirsi Ali, and starting on a re-read of Confession by John Grisham. Not that I might normally re-read this type of book but was looking around the house and it was handy, it's a good one.
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post #665 of 841
12/12/12 at 4:48am
Just started the Auctioneer by Joan Samson
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post #666 of 841
12/16/12 at 4:00pm
White Noise by Don Delillo
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post #667 of 841
12/18/12 at 2:47pm
The Great Gatsby, for the second time.
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post #668 of 841
12/18/12 at 3:29pm
The Broker by John Grisham
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post #669 of 841
12/19/12 at 11:14am
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse ... So gooood.
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post #670 of 841
12/20/12 at 4:40am
The Man Who Was Thursday G.K.Chesterton.
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post #671 of 841
12/21/12 at 4:02am
Umbrella
Will Self
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post #672 of 841
12/21/12 at 4:19am
Death of King Arthur - Simon Armitage. Supposed to be a Christmas present, but had a bump in the car and SO let me have it early to cheer me up!
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post #673 of 841
12/21/12 at 5:15am
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... had a bump in the car and SO let me have it early to cheer me up!

Sorry to hear that, dc: Hope you're OK.

Will start Maugham's Of Human Bondage later today.
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post #674 of 841
12/21/12 at 7:46am
Hey, thanks G! Only a 'coming together', so nothing serious, just hurt pride and wallet.
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post #675 of 841
12/21/12 at 8:49am
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Sorry to hear that, dc: Hope you're OK.

Will start Maugham's Of Human Bondage later today.

I have been wanting to read Of Human Bondage for a while now - maybe I should make it my next book...
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post #676 of 841
12/21/12 at 9:45am
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White Noise by Don Delillo

Delillo at his best.
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post #677 of 841
12/21/12 at 10:17am
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I have been wanting to read Of Human Bondage for a while now - maybe I should make it my next book...

Let me know if you do. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on it.
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post #678 of 841
12/21/12 at 1:30pm
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Let me know if you do. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on it.

Will do - and same here :-)
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post #679 of 841
12/21/12 at 1:50pm
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Re-reading (for the dozenth time) Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

I love Pratchett, especially his Discworld series! He is a genius. My favorite is perhaps Witches Abroad.

I am reading Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China by Seagrave.
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post #680 of 841
12/21/12 at 3:58pm
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
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post #681 of 841
12/26/12 at 4:18pm
Black Hole by Charles Burns



A Christmas gift, I voraciously read it almost in one sitting, I'll finish it tonight. Gosh, someone should make this into a movie. David Lynch would be a good choice. Strangely beautiful.
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post #682 of 841
12/26/12 at 4:53pm
Just started "The Devil Colony" by James Rollins
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post #683 of 841
12/26/12 at 5:36pm
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post #684 of 841
12/28/12 at 2:56pm
Love Black Hole.

Currently reading The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe.
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post #685 of 841
1/3/13 at 11:53pm
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King.
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post #686 of 841
1/4/13 at 1:02am
John Dies @ the End by David Wong
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post #687 of 841
1/4/13 at 1:28am
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John Dies @ the End by David Wong

How far are you and how do you find it, fredrick? I read it around 2-3 years ago and I rather disliked it.
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post #688 of 841
1/4/13 at 2:25am
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How far are you and how do you find it, fredrick? I read it around 2-3 years ago and I rather disliked it.

Hiya

I'm about 100 pages in. I was intrigued to read this before I saw the movie. The trailer for the movie looked pretty good. I'm enjoying the authors sense of humor and insights. The story so far is a bit weak but the writing is excellent.

Gary
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post #689 of 841
1/4/13 at 3:02am
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Hiya

I'm about 100 pages in. I was intrigued to read this before I saw the movie. The trailer for the movie looked pretty good. I'm enjoying the authors sense of humor and insights. The story so far is a bit weak but the writing is excellent.

Gary

Oh, there's a movie coming out? I wonder how true to the book it'll be, probably quite different considering how unusual the story is. I'd be surprised if it came out close, though!

Hmm. Thanks for the info. I enjoyed the start quite a lot, but the humor started to seem very immature and lost me as the book went on. I don't think the plot improved, either, but perhaps I'll give reading it another try.
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post #690 of 841
1/4/13 at 3:56am
Cabinet of Curiosities - Lincoln & Child
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post #691 of 841
1/4/13 at 4:45am
Just started "The Shooter" by W.E.B. Griffin
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post #692 of 841
1/5/13 at 6:45am
Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano (1947).
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post #693 of 841
1/9/13 at 4:35pm
Finished White Noise. Loved it! It's beautiful and intriguing.

Now into Collections of Nothing by William Davies King and Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks.

Starting classes again on Monday, so I'm soaking up some pleasure reading before becoming immersed in schoolwork.
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post #694 of 841
1/9/13 at 4:50pm
"Honor Bound" by W.E.B. Griffen
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post #695 of 841
1/9/13 at 4:54pm
No Easy Day
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post #696 of 841
1/13/13 at 9:17pm
The Hunger Games Trilogy and the Stieg Larsson Trilogy. Now I can get the movies to enjoy, too.
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post #697 of 841
1/13/13 at 9:52pm
I started reading "White Nights" back when school was in session, but I sort of fell off during vacation. I'll pick it back up soon enough.
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post #698 of 841
1/14/13 at 4:36am
The Poet by Michael Connelly
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post #699 of 841
1/14/13 at 4:49am
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The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
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post #700 of 841
1/14/13 at 2:08pm
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
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post #701 of 841
1/14/13 at 2:10pm
X'ed Out by Charles Burns



So weird.
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post #702 of 841
1/15/13 at 10:11pm


Luv it.
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post #703 of 841
1/16/13 at 2:51am
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Luv it.

I really ought to visit this thread more.

Manumission by Matthew Lewis (*not* the guy who plays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter movies....)

(January 21, 2013) Updated to include link to Mr. Lewis' website from which one can download either .azw3, .mobi, or .epub. Also, I forgot to warn people that it's kinda got some.... risque?... scenes in it. But nothing like the tampon scene in 50 Shades of Grey.
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post #704 of 841
1/16/13 at 2:42pm
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos
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post #705 of 841
1/16/13 at 2:52pm
The Magician King by Lev Grossman



I was a big fan of the first book ('The Magicians') so I am really enjoying this one also.
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post #706 of 841
1/19/13 at 7:14am
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post #707 of 841
1/19/13 at 7:44am
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Bitter Brew

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post #708 of 841
1/19/13 at 7:45am
"Severe Clear" by Stuart Woods
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post #709 of 841
1/21/13 at 5:28am
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (free online, but one of many awesome stories from his Welcome to the Monkey House. My other favorite is "All the King's Horses.")

I didn't know he was a Jr. til today. I also didn't know until recently that his son is a doctor.
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post #710 of 841
1/21/13 at 10:56am
"Rod, the autobiography". What a man, what a life.
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post #711 of 841
1/22/13 at 5:48am
"Double Cross" by James Patterson
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post #712 of 841
1/24/13 at 10:40pm
Finished reading "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy. Started "gone with the wind"
This is not the first time I am coming back to these books.
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post #713 of 841
1/26/13 at 11:07pm
Just started "Private Berlin" by James Patterson
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post #714 of 841
2/1/13 at 12:22pm
Light Saturday reading while sunbathing - The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
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post #715 of 841
2/1/13 at 12:27pm
Just started "Kill Me if you Can" by James Patterson.
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post #716 of 841
2/4/13 at 4:05pm
Currently reading One Second After by William R. Forstchen, but I'm looking forward to getting back to Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series.
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post #717 of 841
2/4/13 at 5:30pm
Cormac Maccarthy Blood Meridian
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post #718 of 841
2/6/13 at 9:10am
Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet

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post #719 of 841
2/6/13 at 9:18am
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Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet

Oh! I loved „A Thief's Journal” very much.
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post #720 of 841
2/7/13 at 8:09am
A Wanted Man by Lee Child
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