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Re: The Book thread

Postby dclizardking » Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:03 pm

Am busy reading a number of books on Carolingian Europe and in complete contrast 'Cultural Politics in Revolution' by Mary K Vaughan, which is even less fun than watching paint dry, but enormously useful to those interested in 20th century Mexican politics.

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Re: The Book thread

Postby NickBlake » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:30 pm

Currently reading:
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe
The Odyssey by Homer
Conference of the Birds by Attar
Vanity Fair by Thackeray
The L Shaped Room by Banks.
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Re: The Book thread

Postby eyesore » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:33 am

NickBlake wrote:Currently reading:
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe

never managed to get through more than a couple of pages.

Mikhail Bulgakov - The White Guard.

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Re: The Book thread

Postby Big D » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:53 am

I have a shelf laden with fresh library books and I can't bring myself to pick any of them up. I may be ill.

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Re: The Book thread

Postby lars_ulrichs_blister » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:06 am

Michael Crichton has died......... :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7711763.stm
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Re: The Book thread

Postby Big D » Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:01 pm

Currently wading through: Cheryl J Franklin: Tales Of Taormin. Hard work tbh.

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Re: The Book thread

Postby Big D » Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:00 pm

Currently halfway through: Jant Evanovich - Four To Score

Jersey Girl turned less-than-stellar Bounty Hunter is trying to track down a bailjumper who is leaving coded messages for her ex.
Quite entertaining.

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Re: The Book thread

Postby NightEyes » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:01 pm

The Wheel Of Time - Book 1 by R Jordan. Goodbye 3 months of reading other books, this series takes some good dam time to read.
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Re: The Book thread

Postby jamestomo » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:15 pm

Bought today, The World According to Clarkson

only read a bit of it so far but i'm really enjoying it, best and funniest book, ever. :D

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Re: The Book thread

Postby GaspodeTheWonderDog » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:45 pm

WorMzy wrote:Just finished Wintersmith.


Any good? I'm a big Pratchett fan, but have never read any of the Tiffany Aching books (even though they are sitting right there on the shelf :rolleyes: )


lars_ulrichs_blister wrote:Michael Crichton has died......... :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7711763.stm


I work for a chain of bookshops and we got an announcement on our intranet about this, quickly followed by "So now would be a good time to order extra stock of his titles". And fuck you if you were a fan. :rolleyes:

Oh yeah. Just finished Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko, and just started Necroscope 3: The Source - Brian Lumley.
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Re: The Book thread

Postby lars_ulrichs_blister » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:59 am

NightEyes wrote:The Wheel Of Time - Book 1 by R Jordan. Goodbye 3 months of reading other books, this series takes some good dam time to read.


Got the first 8 volumes and never read them, can u let me know how it goes??
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Re: The Book thread

Postby gumpy87 » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:48 am

lars_ulrichs_blister wrote:
NightEyes wrote:The Wheel Of Time - Book 1 by R Jordan. Goodbye 3 months of reading other books, this series takes some good dam time to read.


Got the first 8 volumes and never read them, can u let me know how it goes??


i have read all 11 of them twice and they are one of my favorite fantasy book series however robert jorden died before he finished the last one
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Postby toria-georgia » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:50 am

Cupcake Brow by Cupcake Brown.

A memoir. Ok, so it's about a woman growing up in the ghetto.
Boy, it's a great read though!
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Re: The Book thread

Postby GaspodeTheWonderDog » Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:41 pm

ish42 wrote:
GaspodeTheWonderDog wrote:
WorMzy wrote:Just finished Wintersmith.


Any good? I'm a big Pratchett fan, but have never read any of the Tiffany Aching books (even though they are sitting right there on the shelf :rolleyes: )


I actually just read his foreword for a report on dementia, made me laugh and cry at the same time.


Where was that? I saw his speech on youtube, about his donation, which was fairly upsetting.
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Re: The Book thread

Postby GaspodeTheWonderDog » Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:55 pm

ish42 wrote:
GaspodeTheWonderDog wrote:Where was that? I saw his speech on youtube, about his donation, which was fairly upsetting.


http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/downloads/ ... hadows.pdf


Much appreciated. :yes:

That's pretty much the speech he gave. Although you could see that he was having trouble reading it, and the audience didn't seem sure whether they were allowed to laugh or not.
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