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Post by veela on Sept 4, 2007 11:25:02 GMT -5
I just finished The Mistress' s Daughter by A.M. Homes. I was really drawn in by it. It's her personal story of being adopted and the emotional journey as she meets her birth parents. She's an interesting writer - brings up varied and intense emotions. that sounds interesting! i just started the memory keeper's daughter last night. what is it with all the books with titles of so-and-so's daughter or wife???  |
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Oct 8, 2007 18:44:00 GMT -5
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
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Post by mana on Oct 9, 2007 13:23:12 GMT -5
The Tree of Life by Christian Jacq.
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Post by Aims on Oct 9, 2007 21:25:09 GMT -5
Still working my way through the Sandman series.
SO need to get a new book to bring to work to read at lunchtimes. aggh.
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Post by Aims on Oct 14, 2007 3:34:58 GMT -5
Dracula - Bram Stoker
A friend solved my "what to read?" problem by suggesting this, seeing as halloween is just round the corner.
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Post by ♣Miranda♣ on Oct 14, 2007 23:35:03 GMT -5
Dracula - Bram Stoker A friend solved my "what to read?" problem by suggesting this, seeing as halloween is just round the corner. Oh, yay! I love that book. |
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Post by Aims on Oct 15, 2007 0:05:44 GMT -5
I'm only up to chapter 3 but am so hooked!  |
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Post by veela on Oct 26, 2007 10:40:49 GMT -5
haven't been on this site in ages!! thought i'd pop on in...
finally have a chance to read for pleasure again. sort of. i should really be doing other things but i'm sneaking in some reading time when i can.
currently reading khalid hosseni's new book - "A Thousand Splendid Suns"
he's such a great writer
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Post by naomi on Oct 31, 2007 4:32:51 GMT -5
at the moment i'm reading how the light gets in didnt expect much from it but really enjoying it now. read the memory keepers daughter a few months back but i didn't really get into it.
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Nov 2, 2007 16:59:41 GMT -5
I'm going to start re-reading The Cider House Rules. I tend to re-read stuff when my concentration is shot.
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Post by Aims on Nov 4, 2007 2:18:13 GMT -5
The Picture of Dorian Gray
not very far in yet, only like page 17..
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Post by elizabeth on Dec 20, 2007 16:30:10 GMT -5
I'm looking for something to read...I know I'm getting a book by the author of Morvern Callar (a great book,btw) for Christmas but I don't know what to read till then.
I was smiling at the comments about Wuthering Heights...it can be confusing, I don't even remember the details, but it seems she was one of the first to write in that modern style of a story being told by different narrators, so it was probably not too smooth.
i also read A Thousand Splendid Suns and it was very good.
Maybe I should read trainspotting/
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Post by naomi on Dec 20, 2007 18:14:53 GMT -5
morvern callar is a great book the films good too, do you know what book it is your getting for xmas i've read a couple of his other books. I'm just re-reading the blind assassin until xmas theres a big amazon box in my boyfs room and i know its a book, i cant wait.
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Post by elizabeth on Dec 21, 2007 15:44:07 GMT -5
yes, the film is great,too. I also like Lynn Ramsey's other film, Ratcatchers. I'm getting The Sopranos by Alan Warner, it's supposed to be about teenaged girls so I thought it might be like Morvern. I can't wait to read it!
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Post by Aims on Dec 22, 2007 17:17:52 GMT -5
Maybe I should read trainspotting/ YES. Do it. *nod* ;D *loves that book* |
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Post by Aims on Dec 22, 2007 17:20:15 GMT -5
My book life is a mess right now - not reading enough, am trying to remedy that over the summer holidays... the book I was reading is turning out to not mesh well even though my sister and dad both loved it. Waiting for something I ordered online to arrive and trying to resist the urge to just start reading LOTR instead.
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Post by naomi on Dec 23, 2007 9:06:30 GMT -5
yeh the sopranos is excellent i wont say anymore tho dont want to spoil it for you but i'm sure you'll love it if you liked morvern caller.
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Dec 23, 2007 12:22:37 GMT -5
I'm reading the AA Big Book, which I suppose will be a life-long thing...
I just finished A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving and would recommend it to absolutely everyone. It's now one of my favorites.
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Post by Aims on Dec 26, 2007 1:49:49 GMT -5
I like the idea of someone called Owen Meany. hehe
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Post by elizabeth on Jan 8, 2008 16:46:05 GMT -5
yeh the sopranos is excellent i wont say anymore tho dont want to spoil it for you but i'm sure you'll love it if you liked morvern caller. It is excellent-I loved it much. |
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