purple_heaven
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Am halfway thru cloudstreet by tim winton - its good
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The 2nd "What are you reading now" thread
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Beth
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- Jun 18, 2004
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If you like your horror with a little intelligence/homour/pathos try Handling The Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist who wrote Let the Right One In. Started it yesterday morning, will finish it by tomorrow, its that good.
rayven
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I read breath the only Winton book i've picked up , no book ever took me on a ride like that one: thumbsu:
I have been meaning to do it for a while, but i have started getting into Lee Child and I have grown to have a bit of a man-crush on Jack Reacher. Can see myself getting through alot of Lee Child's 'Jack Reacher' books.
Worth quoting because it is 100% true. Havent read it in years, forget most of what happened in it, but just remember the feeling I had while and after I read it.
A must read!
sydney eagle
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"Death's Daughter" by Amber Benson. An amusing little read so far.
Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.
I'll avoid spoilers, and only about a quarter through so far, but it's strange to 'hear' two characters talk about a year together and realise it's 15 odd years in the 'real world'. I feel old thinking how many on BF weren't even Born when I started reading The Wheel of Time
I'll avoid spoilers, and only about a quarter through so far, but it's strange to 'hear' two characters talk about a year together and realise it's 15 odd years in the 'real world'. I feel old thinking how many on BF weren't even Born when I started reading The Wheel of Time
My copy's on order. Waiting for it to arrive.
Although I'll have to finish Sanderson's Mistborn before I get onto it.
Although I'll have to finish Sanderson's Mistborn before I get onto it.
Im reading..."The Other Side Of The Night" -The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic was Lost.
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Stab in the dark - Lawrence Block
Steadily working my way through the Matt Scudder series. Crime fiction gold.
Steadily working my way through the Matt Scudder series. Crime fiction gold.
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"Closing Time" by Joseph Heller. It's the sequel to "Catch-22" and it's very good.
The Winner Stands Alone by Coelho
Dagless
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The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster
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Nice. Auster's a gem.
Dagless
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Got through City of Glass already. I liked it, thought not entirely sure on my ACTUAL thoughts as of yet. I love the way the mystery and existentialism is hidden within a detective story, though writing himself into the story was a bit wanky I thought on initial reaction. Might enjoy Ghosts and The Locked Room a bit more, but I'm definitely on the look out for any of his other books.
I bought that a few months ago, along with 3-4 of his other most recent books, and haven't yet got around to reading them yet. TWSA looks like a good one though.
Am in between reads at the moment, uni texts aside. Have got a sh1tload of novels on standby though for once uni finishes on Friday. Over the past few months I've bought, and have promised myself I would read, a stack of classical books/texts in the area I am studying (psych), but the problem is I also have a mountain of other classics that I have yet to read and are looking pretty tempting. Too many books, not enough time. Might take a break from the psych texts first up and have a crack at Crime & Punishment, which I've been putting off for years.
Not going to give it away...but I thought it was a bit different compared to the other books of his I've read.
NQlionnut
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Surface Reality - Ian M Banks
The new culture novels only about 150 pages in but good so far, seems to be a bit more linear than the last one.
The new culture novels only about 150 pages in but good so far, seems to be a bit more linear than the last one.
Equus
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The Chronicle of The Black Company - Glen Cook.
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Super-Freakonomics
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Just finished The New York Trilogy and moving onto
Hyperion - Dan Simmons
Hyperion - Dan Simmons
Easily one of my favourite books, along with it's sequel.
