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Post by Stacey on Oct 23, 2007 12:19:46 GMT
I recently finished The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho which I didn't particularly like. I'm now reading Eleven Minutes by the same author.
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Post by Katie on Oct 23, 2007 12:22:16 GMT
Started Che Guevara's motocycle diaries but having to stop that to start Emma and Pride and Prejudice for English
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Post by Chloe on Oct 23, 2007 19:00:29 GMT
I'm now reading Eleven Minutes by the same author. some of it's a bit odd... coelho and s&m are a bizarre combo. i'm re-reading 'one hit wonder' by lisa jewell and remembering how much i love her books.
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Post by homeforsummer on Oct 23, 2007 19:06:09 GMT
Finished reading The Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman recently.
It really is an excellent book and I have an overwhelming urge to get my motorcycle test done and do a trip like that some time in the future.
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Post by Rach on Oct 23, 2007 19:09:19 GMT
I'm re-reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt for the umpteenth time, I love that book so much.
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Post by Chloe on Oct 23, 2007 19:09:26 GMT
if you enjoyed that i highly recommend charley boormans book about his attempt to do the Dakar. i also recommend the dvds of both, i have the long way round dvd if you'd like to borrow it? drop me a pm.
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Post by Clare on Oct 23, 2007 19:15:30 GMT
Finished Long Way Down the other night, can't wait for Sunday now!
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Post by TheAlex Equivalent Battenberg on Oct 23, 2007 20:44:31 GMT
Hmmmm...let's see what books I'm 'reading' at the moment:
The Chronicles of Narnia (re-reading in some cases) Speak: A Short History of Language Photos That Changed the World Scotland: The Wild Places and another book of short stories by Ursula le Guin (most famous for the Earthsea trilogy)
I say 'reading' as I seem to be dipping in and out of all of them...
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Post by Katie on Oct 24, 2007 12:12:30 GMT
Pride and Prejudice is boring the crap out of me
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Post by SanSiroBird on Oct 24, 2007 12:41:49 GMT
Pride and Prejudice is boring the crap out of me BEWDIFUL! It's one of my 3 favourite books.
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Post by Katie on Oct 24, 2007 12:42:58 GMT
I am struggling to understand it, i have seen the film so i have a rough outline but i am really not getting it. There are way too many characters i can't keep track. I'm only on page 30
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Post by SanSiroBird on Oct 24, 2007 12:59:28 GMT
Many ones??
I hope they will never force you to read something like 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel García Márquez!!!!!
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Post by Katie on Oct 24, 2007 13:04:26 GMT
I have dug out my study guide and it has a detailed analysis of each chapter so i will start to read them and then read the chapter, may help!
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Post by Stacey on Oct 24, 2007 17:53:48 GMT
I'm now reading Eleven Minutes by the same author. some of it's a bit odd... coelho and s&m are a bizarre combo. It is a bit odd but i quite like it.
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Post by ludicrouslouisa on Oct 25, 2007 4:59:08 GMT
Started Che Guevara's motocycle diaries but having to stop that to start Emma and Pride and Prejudice for English Blah Pride and Prejudice is a bit florid and all over the place, but it's got much more of a story than bloody Emma where barely anything happens. This woman raves on about baked apples for about 4 pages! AARGH
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Post by Stacey on Oct 30, 2007 13:20:47 GMT
Finished Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho. I quite enjoyed it despite the s&m. It does come across as being his attempt at chick-lit (with added prostitution for good measure) at times though.
Just started Chocky by John Wyndham.
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Post by nancepants on Nov 7, 2007 14:36:26 GMT
I just finished A Fine Balance, which was great but deceptively long.
and now i'm reading Atonement by Ian McEwan.
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Post by Chloe on Nov 19, 2007 18:32:51 GMT
just started reading schindlers list
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Post by Stacey on Nov 19, 2007 18:37:23 GMT
I started New Europe by Michael Palin.
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Post by Clare on Nov 19, 2007 18:41:33 GMT
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by.... can't remember.
Boom boom!
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