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rabid reader
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books ive read this year

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books ive read this year.any comments?eyes of the overworld,by jack vance.whip hand,victor canning.old friends,simon n garfunkel.cugals saga,vance.gone 2 ground,john harvey.murder on the orient xpress,u no who.the gunslinger,s king.rhialto the marvellous,vance.tell no one,harlen coben.killing floor,lee child.drawing the three,king.red dragon,thomas harris.frankenstein1,koontz.silence of the lambs,harriss.frankenstein2,koontz.the alchemist,paulo coelho.shadow of the wind,carlos ruiz zafon.sharpes escape,u no who.no second chance,coben.the reality dysfunction which ive just started by peter hamilton.hope its good
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Post by jtothero »

So far:

Shogun, James Clavell
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
The Stranger, Albert Camus
Ishmael, Daniel Quinn
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Story of B, Daniel Quinn
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People, autobiography by Lenny Bruce
rabid reader
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Post by rabid reader »

howd u like shogun?must b 15 years since i read and all i remember is loving it.may hav to give it another go soon
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1. Revolution Road by Richard Yates
2. Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
3. Last Convertible by Anton Myrer
4. Jim Morrison biography by Stephen Davis
5. Columbine by Dave Cullen
6. Hunting Eichmann by Neal Bascomb
7. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
jtothero
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Post by jtothero »

rabid reader wrote:howd u like shogun?must b 15 years since i read and all i remember is loving it.may hav to give it another go soon
I thought it was an awesome story and it was cool how much Japanese culture and history I learned from reading it (not to mention a little of the language). I'm about to start reading the rest of Clavell's "Asian Saga" soon.
rabid reader
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Post by rabid reader »

yes i loved all his books and like u say they really seem 2 take u away.king rat is an excellant little prisoner of war story.i wana read them all again now but ive already got so much i,m lookin 4ward 2 reading.enjoy your clavell
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Post by sharon.gmc »

twilight saga
harry potter and the deathly hallow
Anne Frank
confessions of a shopaholic
San1968
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Post by San1968 »

So far this year:
1. Julius Caesar by Philip Freeman
2. The Baroque Cycle (all 3) by Neal Stephenson
3. Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
4. Vintage Stuff by Tom Sharpe
4. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
5. The Butt by Will Self
6. The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
7. The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
At present I am reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman
jtothero
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Post by jtothero »

jtothero wrote:So far:

Shogun, James Clavell
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
The Stranger, Albert Camus
Ishmael, Daniel Quinn
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Story of B, Daniel Quinn
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People, autobiography by Lenny Bruce
Update!

Tai-Pan, James Clavell
Animal Farm, George Orwell
My Ishmael, Daniel Quinn
Notes From the Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky

by the end of the week I'll have also finished

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Tales of Adam, Daniel Quinn
sarascareermail
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Post by sarascareermail »

Laurel K. Hamilton:
The Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series
The Merry Gentry Series

Sunny:
The Monere Series
The Lucinda, Demon Princess Series

Charlaine Harris:
The Sookie Stackhouse Series (This is way better than the tv series)

Stephanie Meyers:
The Twilight Saga
The Host

Philippa Gregory:
The Constant Princess
The Other Boelyn Girl
The Boelyn Inheritence
The Queen's Fool
The Virgin's Lover
The Other Queen

P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast:
The House of Night Series

Anna Godbersen:
The Luxe Series

Melissa de la Cruz:
The Blue Bloods Series
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Post by akl »

1. A Street Car Named Desire- T. Williams
2. White Noise- Don DeLillo
3. Mumbo Jumbo- Ishmael Reed
4. Tomas Rivera- Y no se lo trago la tierra
5. The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan Kundera
6. Flight- Sherman Alexie
7. The Absolutely True Diary- Sherman Alexie
8. The Grass Dancer- Susan Powers
9. The Time Traveler's Wife- A. Niffeneger
10. The Host- S. Meyer
11. My Horizontal Life- Chelsea Handler
12. David Copperfield- C. Dickens
paulineee
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Post by paulineee »

wow saraacareermail . thats a lot! lol

ok i cant remember the books i read before school ended so ummm so far this is wat ive read this summer:

1. A Child Called "It" - Dave Pelzer

2. Pick me Up - Zoe Rice

3. This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen

4. Before I Die - Jenny Downham

5-8. The Twilight Saga - Stephenie Meyer

9. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella

10. The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella

11. Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
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Post by archanadevi »

sorry. I am going to start this year only.

Thanks.
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Sorry, I can't list all the books I have read this year! I have read about 150-200 already and it is only May in a few days. My most recent has been two series by Chloe Lang and Tara Rose.
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I write down every book I have read or want to read. I think I'm around 100 books in?
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