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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2070 on: August 03, 2009, 08:24:26 PM »
The Dark Room by Minette Walters- really good mystery author.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2071 on: August 05, 2009, 04:41:32 PM »
Finished The Secret life of Bees, which was AMAZING!

Now on Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2072 on: August 05, 2009, 11:14:25 PM »
So I'm on a bit of a weird kick at the moment, I just finished "do androids dream of electric sheep" about 2 hours ago and I finished "Brave new world" over the weekend.

I'm currently about a chapter into "Atlas Shrugged".

It all started with "man in the high castle" which was incredible, I've re read it about 5 times in the last month. I had to say to my boyfriend "I must finish this book, please go out for an hour" as I was so gripped :)

I'm going orwellian next, I've read 1984 before but not for awhile and I never got around to Animal farm, so that's on order from Amazon.

I've also got catch 22 to re-read and depending how I get on with Atlas, I might go for the Fountainhead.

I appreciate that the FBI is probably now bugging my phone lines :D

On the classics side, I've polished off Persuasion this week which I've never bothered with before and I'm thinking about Crime and punishment.

I've also got "the corner" which is the follow up to Homicide: A year on the killing streets i.e The Wire. And so far, it's great, but slow going :D
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2073 on: August 06, 2009, 03:41:51 AM »
I have a few books going. I'm still reading the Jeeves book, just got to a certain point and am now having a hard time finishing it.

I had some free credits to Audible.com when my ex and I bought our GPS last year and couldn't ever use the audio books on my old phone, but I bought an iPhone and am listening to them now on that. Right now I'm listening to American Wife, but I also have a Kathy Reichs and Emily Giffin book on there next.

My mom is letting me borrow her Kindle because she's trying to get through her paper books, so I'm reading Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy on that.

Any other devices that are good for reading that I should add to the mix? I think I have just about every format covered!  ;) It's good, though, since I hadn't done much reading so far this summer.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2074 on: August 06, 2009, 05:19:20 AM »
 Cheesebiscuit, if you are on a bit of a dystopian kick, may I suggest Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury? (If you've never read it before, that is:D...I'm sure most everyone read it a long time ago, but I just recently got it and loved it)

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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2075 on: August 06, 2009, 11:52:18 AM »
Quote from: dangerface on August 06, 2009, 05:19:20 AM
Cheesebiscuit, if you are on a bit of a dystopian kick, may I suggest Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury? (If you've never read it before, that is:D...I'm sure most everyone read it a long time ago, but I just recently got it and loved it)



I haven't read that actually :) I have seen the film though.
Ta - I'll add it to the amazon pile, it's probably easier to carry around than Atlas shrugged :)

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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2076 on: August 06, 2009, 12:32:31 PM »
Quote from: cheesebiscuit on August 06, 2009, 11:52:18 AM
I haven't read that actually :) I have seen the film though.
Ta - I'll add it to the amazon pile, it's probably easier to carry around than Atlas shrugged :)




Also We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel)

I loved that one.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2077 on: August 06, 2009, 05:01:04 PM »
Grace notes by Bernard MacLaverty.  I plucked it off E's shelves before we left along with an Amy Tan I hadn't read.  She had too many books to keep so most went to Oxfam.  I took Grace notes because it's about Northern Ireland.  But its also about a woman musician/composer, about mother-daughter relationships, religion, about being depressed ...  It all resonates.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2078 on: August 06, 2009, 09:26:11 PM »
Quote from: cheesebiscuit on August 05, 2009, 11:14:25 PM
I appreciate that the FBI is probably now bugging my phone lines :D

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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2079 on: August 06, 2009, 11:45:31 PM »
The Virgin Suicides- Jeffrey Eugenides
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2080 on: August 07, 2009, 09:56:19 AM »
Quote from: Mort on August 06, 2009, 12:32:31 PM


Also We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel)

I loved that one.

:D
Added to the list, although I'm starting to get "the Road" style bad dreams now!
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2081 on: August 07, 2009, 11:51:15 AM »
Quote from: Navie on August 05, 2009, 04:41:32 PM
Finished The Secret life of Bees, which was AMAZING!

Now on Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

Ooooh, I LOVED Water for Elephants... it was sooo good!  ;D

Quote from: Legs Akimbo on August 06, 2009, 11:45:31 PM
The Virgin Suicides- Jeffrey Eugenides

Loved this book as well, though I had already seen the film, and the film was nearly exactly the same as the book (Sofia Coppola is awesome), so it was a bit hard for me to get into the book. Wish I had read it first...
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2082 on: August 07, 2009, 12:58:07 PM »
Quote from: cheesebiscuit on August 06, 2009, 11:52:18 AM
I haven't read that actually :) I have seen the film though.
Ta - I'll add it to the amazon pile, it's probably easier to carry around than Atlas shrugged :)



To go along with your theme, you'll also want to add:
1984- Orwell
Animal Farm- Orwell
Anthem- Rand
The Handmaid's Tail - Atwood

But I think I will be pulling some books from your comments hehe!


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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2083 on: August 07, 2009, 05:00:32 PM »
Quote from: cheesebiscuit on August 07, 2009, 09:56:19 AM
:D
Added to the list, although I'm starting to get "the Road" style bad dreams now!

Dystopian stuff is my genre.  Let me know if you run out of things to read.
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Re: What ya reading
« Reply #2084 on: August 07, 2009, 05:17:38 PM »
Quote from: Navie on August 07, 2009, 12:58:07 PM
Anthem- Rand


Argh, skip that. It's like Objectivism for Dummies.
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