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Post by Meh on Aug 5, 2009 8:32:38 GMT
^ Yes I love that one. Set in Razkavia! Jim is such an amazing hero in that one...and I love that he and Adelaide got together Lol I think its real!!
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Post by jeffica on Aug 5, 2009 8:43:46 GMT
Is it?? Haha my geography is not the bestest... I looked on a globe and couldn't find it, but honestly knowing my sense of direction I was probably looking in the middle of the Pacific or something
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Post by Meh on Aug 5, 2009 8:56:51 GMT
You wont find it on there cause it is indeed a made up country. I think it was based on Prague or something? I said I think its real because I take the story in and feel like its happening in real life rather than the country being real...sorry if I confused you
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Post by jeffica on Aug 5, 2009 9:06:19 GMT
Haha no problem, thank goodness for that, I was half expecting someone to post saying "excuse me, I'm from Razkavia " which would have been a bit awkward. It was an awesome imaginary country all the same!! Even better than Genovia (for anyone who was a Princess Diaries fan...)
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Post by errylou on Aug 5, 2009 9:08:55 GMT
I would definitely recommend the Claire and James Fraser series...
Cross Stitch (Outlander) Dragonfly in Amber Voyager Drums of Autumn The Fiery Cross A Breath of Snow and Ashes
I DARE you not to fall in love with Jamie...
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Post by timgrw on Aug 5, 2009 10:05:29 GMT
Wow, thanks guys for all the tips. That John Lennon one is deffo on my hitlist
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Post by Freebird on Aug 5, 2009 10:46:44 GMT
i read Audrey Niffenger - the time travellers wife - i really liked it. i also like Janet Evanovich her books are really funny!
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Post by Meh on Aug 5, 2009 11:08:49 GMT
Has anyone read Rik Mayall’s ‘autobiography’ - 'Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ'? It’s completely insane but a funny read (if you can understand it!).
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Post by errylou on Aug 5, 2009 11:50:49 GMT
'The Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold. It's an imaginative story and really gets you thinking. and her other two books 'lucky' and 'the almost moon' 'lucky' is her autobiography...
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Post by timgrw on Aug 5, 2009 13:14:11 GMT
Has anyone read Rik Mayall’s ‘autobiography’ - 'Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ'? It’s completely insane but a funny read (if you can understand it!). Oh I love Rick Mayall. I'm always watching re-runs of Bottom, it craics me up! My travel book (I'm addidicted to travel books too) on Nashville arrived today. Can't wait to get stuck in to it
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Post by razzthekid505 on Aug 5, 2009 14:23:58 GMT
'Touching From a Distance' Deborah Curtis' biography of Ian Curtis' life. I thought it was an amazing read
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Post by fertd (Anna) on Aug 5, 2009 18:40:18 GMT
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is an awsome book and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón,tho it's a little hard to read in the beginning but it's worth it
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Post by MollyMcFearless on Aug 5, 2009 19:07:23 GMT
Ooh, since you like biographies, timgrw, I recommend the memoir 'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls if you haven't already read it. It is one of my all-time favorite books. I guess my favorite series ever will always be Harry Potter. Of course, I recommend them to everyone in the entire world. I'm reading my summer reading right now. I've finished 'The Joy Luck Club' by Amy Tan. It was a really great book once I got into it. And now I'm reading 'The Color of Water' by James McBride which is also a good book. I'm very happy I've picked them. Some of my other favorites are 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' by Mark Haddon and 'The Host' by Stephanie Meyer. (Personally, I think it's a lot better than Twilight, no offense to any hardcore Twilight fans ) I'm reading 'The Joy Luck Club' right now for my english class. So far, I like it. But, I wish I hadn't seen the movie first ...
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Post by MollyMcFearless on Aug 5, 2009 19:08:53 GMT
'Touching From a Distance' Deborah Curtis' biography of Ian Curtis' life. I thought it was an amazing read I've read that book twice. It always breaks my heart. Another great bio, but possibly a little biased...'John' by Cynthia Lennon
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Post by autobusas on Aug 5, 2009 22:53:48 GMT
my favorite book ever is "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" it's by Stephen Chbosky I read that book five times a few years ago
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Post by ron on Aug 6, 2009 0:09:49 GMT
'Touching From a Distance' Deborah Curtis' biography of Ian Curtis' life. I thought it was an amazing read I got that free when I bought Control. The book was much better. In Control they portrayed Curtis as a total negative ever hour of the day. He was supposedly good craic to be around most of the time. The Joy Division documentary is excellent though. The whole thing was just tragic
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Post by MollyMcFearless on Aug 6, 2009 0:43:13 GMT
'Touching From a Distance' Deborah Curtis' biography of Ian Curtis' life. I thought it was an amazing read I got that free when I bought Control. The book was much better. In Control they portrayed Curtis as a total negative ever hour of the day. He was supposedly good craic to be around most of the time. The Joy Division documentary is excellent though. The whole thing was just tragic Agreed. Joy Division was a great band.
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Post by Neon on Aug 6, 2009 1:11:17 GMT
I'm really enjoying the biographies of Alexai Maximovich Peskhkov at the moment (better known by his pen name, Maxim Gorky). Their split into 3 books - My Childhood, My Apprenticeships, and My Universities. Gorky's the only one of the great Russian pre-WW2 writers who was a true peasent. The stuff this guy went through as a lower-class peasent orphan growing up in Tsarist Russia is incomprehensible - and he re-tells it all in the most amazing way. Once I finish on it I'm going to start on some of his novels, depending on how hard it is to get my hands on them.
Other then that - I'm a fan of classics, and rarely read anything printed in the last few decades. I'll recommend the same one's I always do when a new book thread pops up - my favourite book - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (although I love all his books), On the Road by Jack Kerouc, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (don't underesimate his other work though - particularly his short stories), D.H. Lawrence, Bukowski, Tolstoy, etc.
The only contemporary writer I occasionally read is Stephen King - almost entirly for his writing style, which is the best around by a country mile. It's a good thing too - his storylines are terrible, they drag out leading nowhere for ages, and then the endings are so bad you wonder if he just ran out of steam and gave up entirly.
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Post by viv on Aug 6, 2009 5:57:46 GMT
AH! I love this idea for a thread...here are a few I absolutely LOVED 1. Bright Shiny Morning- James Frey 2. Running With Scissors, Possible Side Effects, A Wolf At The Table- Augusten Burroughs 3. Middlesex- Jeffrey Eugenides I've also been wanting to read: 1. Hidden Faces- Salvador Dali 2. The Screwtape Letters- C.S. Lewis Any recommendations based on the above?!
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Post by youtometoyou on Aug 6, 2009 7:26:38 GMT
The Hotel New Hampshire...Very weird but I love it. 'The Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold. It's an imaginative story and really gets you thinking. I loved reading it!
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