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The 'what are you reading now' thread

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ah i see, lol

    when you get nearer the end of the book, you'll see how many liberties the filmmakers took :yes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    An interesting e-book on the Ishmaelian Assassin cult. Can be downloaded for free at http://www.accampbell.uklinux.net/assassins/ I never knew, until I read this, that Rashid al Din Sinan was the first animal rights activist.
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    **helen****helen** Deactivated Posts: 9,235 Supreme Poster
    Just finished reading Case Histories by Kate Atkinson - it was excellent - recommend to anyone who is fascinated by characterisation.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    **Helen** wrote:
    Just finished reading Case Histories by Kate Atkinson - it was excellent - recommend to anyone who is fascinated by characterisation.
    Is the office really that quiet today? :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My Sister's Keepers - Jodi Picoult
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i am currently reading sylvia plath - the bell jar.
    i've been reading it for about a year, lollzz.

    i also read the bridget jones's diary 1 and 2 by helen fielding.
    they were funnyyy.
    and i read 'the little prisoner' by jane austin.
    that was okay.

    i hope you liked my in depth and articulate reviews of them.
    ahem.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Right, time to blow the dust off this thread I think.

    I finished the Count of Monte Christo, all 850 pages in size 8 font. :yeees: It was good, the beginning was amazing, but in the end it just dragged on and on, and the ending was waaay too farfetched.

    Now I am halfway through Stuart by Alexander Masters. It is about a drug addicted homeless man's life backwards. So far it is very hardhitting, and engaging. Although the antagonist, and he is literally an antagonist in this case, has been a total shit throughout his life, and a lot of the stuff he did was inexcusable, for some reason he makes me feel quite pathetic towards him. Good style of writing too.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Am I the only one that reads anything???

    Just finished Stuart by Alexander Masters. Damned good biography of a drug addict/ alchoholic violent nice guy and what made him go 'bad' turned out he had been sexually abused and raped : by his brother ; his babysitter ; his teacher ; his care home 'brothers' ; his secondary teacher ; in prison...... and people say that there is no reason for drug abuse and violence in our society. AND he had muscular dystrophy.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Seventy-Two Virgins - Boris Johnson
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    as usual I'm reading a couple of books at the same time :o

    The Basque History of the World by Mark Kurlansky
    England's Dreaming: The Sex Pistols and punk rock by John Savage
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I finished Arturo Pérez-Reverte's The Club Dumas this afternoon (was supposed to be cleaning, ha). I was gripped right until the end and just loved it; though can't say the same about the film.

    Next up I've got True Tales of American Life, which is a collection of listeners' stories submitted to their National Public Radio's All Things Considered programme. Should be good. :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm reading Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything for the umpteenth time, and it is an absolutely wonderful book.

    I've also been thumbing through Melvyn Bragg's The Adventure of English, which is also brilliant.

    Read both of them NOW.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    *Stacey* wrote:
    My Sister's Keepers - Jodi Picoult

    My sister bought this for me an its what im reading now :yes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I finally started reading again last night. Hope to finish it within a couple of days so I can move on!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Now I am onto the Cider House Rules by John Irving. Dont read it if you are against abortion. Or addiction to ether. Or pornographic ponies :yuck: but it is very good. I really liked his other book 'Life according to Garp' - one of the best satires i have ever read.

    I am also reading 'Human Knowledge - It's scope and Limits' by Bertrand Russell. It is surprisingly easy to read (started this afternoon and I am on pg 180 already) it is an unusual mix of science, psychology, and philosophy.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    talia wrote:
    Now I am onto the Cider House Rules by John Irving.

    I despise that book.

    I'm still dipping in and out of my American short story collection, started to re-read Murphy by Samuel Beckett. :thumb:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Why do you despise it?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter. It's modern retellings of folk tales. Stuff like Beauty and the Beast, Puss in Boots. Lots of blood and sex.


    Then it's onto Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    talia wrote:
    Why do you despise it?

    I thought it was boring at first and predictable and disappointing at the last. Technically it was as good as you would expect from Irving, but still my least favourite of his without a doubt.

    But A Prayer for Owen Meany...? now you're talking. :heart:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Funny, because a lot of the books people seem to find boring i find really interesting - lovely bones is another. Have to say, I think the thing I most admire about Irving is his technical ability. Maybe I am in awe, and disillusioned as to the quality of the storyline :)
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