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Mademoiselle Lola. 23-10-2010 12:28 PM

I bought yesterday A scanner darkly by Philip K Dick in romanian.I have it in English too,but it's too complicated.

crazykat 23-10-2010 12:42 PM

Behind Closed Doors-Jenny Tomlin

Spoons 25-10-2010 10:20 PM

im currently reading 'the Buddha and the borderline'- Kiera Van Gelder.
my therapist recommended it, its actually quite good so far but im only a few chapters in.

nowhereman 25-10-2010 11:34 PM

You Can't Hide by Karen Rose

PaleMoon 26-10-2010 07:51 PM

Katharine of Aragon by Jean Plaidy

Dreaming. 26-10-2010 08:33 PM

still almost finished Wild Swans, but now almost finished A Winter in Madrid too. It's good - it's got a pretty Seb. Fawkes feeling, but it's not quite that quality; the characters just feel slightly too fake, and the connections that they're picking up on are slightly too... Unreal to grasp you completely. But I am enjoying it.

HopeRises 27-10-2010 12:56 PM

Finished I heart paris, now going to read 'young wives tales' by Adele Parks.

Laura2.0 27-10-2010 11:47 PM

finished the year of the rabbit
now reading the catcher in the rye

mybloodysweetheart 28-10-2010 02:03 AM

The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan...or trying, anyways X=

Dreaming. 28-10-2010 05:00 PM

Finished Winter in Madrid. About ten pages away from finishing Wild Swans and have started reading Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs; I love the TV series that's based (very, very loosely) on KR, so thought I'd read the books too.

one_step_closer 29-10-2010 04:39 PM

The Saddest Girl in the World - Cathy Glass.

Athiri 29-10-2010 08:07 PM

Finished Cancer Ward by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn last week. I would definitely reccomend it, amazingly engaging and not as depressing as one would think considering its set entirely within a cancer ward.
Now moved onto Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Its been so long since I've read any of his books, I've missed him :')

Rodolphus 30-10-2010 07:16 PM

I just finished Annie by Lynda Page for the second time, and Through Rose Tinted Glasses by someone who I can't remember now (It was one of my Nana's library books, haha. In fact, both were my Nana's :P) and enjoyed them both =]

Currently reading Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella for the third time, for something easier on the mind to read. I'm also half way through Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend. I'm going to start the Medici Secret by Michael White in the next couple of days.

I can't just read one book at a time xD

lovelovelove 04-11-2010 07:29 AM

Just finished reading Shadow Wave - Robert Muchamore.

In between books, at the moment.

Dreaming. 04-11-2010 10:18 AM

Finished Wild Swans. Totally really very recommend it.
Trying to read Trainspotting at the moment.

Xscapeply 04-11-2010 03:25 PM

I'm reading Sebrapiken (The Zebra Girl) by Sofia Åkerman :3

Master spy avenger 04-11-2010 06:29 PM

I just finished the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and I'm halfway though the Reformed Vampires Support Group by Catherine Jinks. Both are awesome, if you're looking for something good to read (:

However, if you want to get the Hunger Games from the library, I suggest you take some pepper spray. There were no copies on the shelf when I went, so I stole one from another girl's pile. I quickly checked it out, and ran from the library, with her hot on my tail. She was shaking her fist and waving a pistol, saying the she would get me some day. Somehow, she figured out my address, and spray painted "WATCH YOUR BACK" on my garage door, and I had to sleep with a baseball bat that night.

And none of that story is true ;p

Siouxsie 05-11-2010 04:39 PM

I'm reading Her Fearful Symmetry.
Brilliant so far.

RainbowsAndButterflies 05-11-2010 05:11 PM

Going to start reading tonight

Mummy told me not to tell. :)

Mademoiselle Lola. 05-11-2010 05:16 PM

I'm reading Rouge et Noir (Red and Black) by Stendhal.I've been reading for 2 years or more only modern books.I should have started with the classics first.

Kiss Me Furfrog 05-11-2010 05:55 PM

Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler.
I've read it twice before, but it needs another reading to fully take it in and understand.

Marie Musique 05-11-2010 10:41 PM

Don Quixote, Son of a Witch (Gregory Maguire,) and A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini.) Don Quixote is for school, though, so I'm primarily focusing on that one.

consequential 05-11-2010 11:40 PM

Yeah i took an easy choice this time but well enjoyed :The truth by peter James .He always delivers

Queen Crabbit 05-11-2010 11:44 PM



Just finished. Absolutetly amazing.

& before that I read


one_step_closer 06-11-2010 08:58 PM

In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an A&E Doctor - Nick Edwards.

nowhereman 07-11-2010 11:15 PM

Just finished Witch Child by Celia Rees, now reading the sequel Sorceress.

The War Doctor 08-11-2010 06:32 AM

Just finished The Waves by Virginia Woolf. I read the last 30 pages or so in one sitting. In any other book, this would be easy enough. But this, being one of the great modernist novels, is one challenging bloody book. If Ulysses is challenging on an intellectual level, then The Waves is difficult on a sensory level (almost to the point of bringing the reader to a state of sensory overload). The sheer never-ending onslaught of images and sounds and even tastes and smells is staggering, and by the time I finished I was begging for mercy.

And I f*cking loved it.

Now I'm going to read something easy. A Discworld book maybe.

consequential 11-11-2010 11:55 PM

I bought David Mitchells new book today ,The Thousand Autumns of jacob de Zoet .

akita 12-11-2010 12:48 AM



I've only read 7 chapters and it's quite good so far.

one_step_closer 13-11-2010 08:47 PM

Diary of an On Call Girl - WPC E. E. Bloggs.

5thmovement 15-11-2010 10:01 AM

I'm reading "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" by Carrie Ryan which is apparently about zombies (did not know when picking up). I'm only about half way done but I already love love love it. Its been awhile since I've read a great book, all the books I've seem to pick up turn out way to Twilighty (no offense to fans, but I hates it) but this book reminded me why I like reading.

Last book I read was "Halo" by Alexandra Adornetto and it sadly went pretty Twilight with Angels but I still recommend it. It was beautifully written so it gets points. Though my opinion my be biased with that cause I love Angels and the fact that the writer knew her Heaven Hierarchy made me extremely happy. What can I say, Angels are my vampires.

Coffeemate 17-11-2010 07:28 PM

I just finished three related books by the same woman, Jennifer Worth; Call the Midwife, The Workhouse and Goodbye to the East End.

Fabulous pieces of social history and very moving. I read it and part of me struggles to believe this was only 50, 60, 70 years ago.

Pretty.Reckless 18-11-2010 12:15 AM

The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse....my friend suggested it....not that far into it but seems good, pretty funny.

Hobbes 18-11-2010 04:32 PM

Atomised - Michel Houellebecq

RadioActiveCheezPuff 19-11-2010 12:33 AM

The Year It Rained - Crescent Dragonwagon
An amazing book! :)

KeepLosingMyWay* 20-11-2010 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffeemate (Post 2569409)
I just finished three related books by the same woman, Jennifer Worth; Call the Midwife, The Workhouse and Goodbye to the East End.

Fabulous pieces of social history and very moving. I read it and part of me struggles to believe this was only 50, 60, 70 years ago.

I love thesetoo! I think 'Call the Midwife' was my fave. The first two chapters of 'The Workhouse' moved me to tears.

At the moment i'm reading 'The Other Family' by Joanna Trollope, nearly at the end.

The War Doctor 22-11-2010 12:59 AM

Last read: The Long Walk by Stephen King (writing as "Richard Bachman"). It was pretty much an affirmation of why I love King's work, and it made my legs ache just reading it.

Currently reading: Roadwork by Stephen King (again, as Richard Bachman). I haven't read enough of it to get a good idea of it.

Also reading: 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade. I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to sex, but Sade goes too far. In every direction, all at once. But I'm loving it anyway. It's a self-imposed challenge; can I read it without getting sick?

consequential 22-11-2010 02:35 AM

I really want to read that Marquis de Sade book ,id say its very disturbing though

The War Doctor 22-11-2010 02:47 AM

It really is... in Sade's mind, nothing is taboo (sadism is named after him for a reason). Every kind of sexual deviance and sex crime you can possibly imagine is described in explicit (and loving) detail. It's well worth reading though, if only to test the strength of your stomach. Just don't read it in public; people might get the wrong idea about you.

consequential 22-11-2010 03:23 AM

Yeah I could imagine.S and M aint my cup of tea but it is a book I will read at some point.I also want to read Alister Crowleys books ,not something that I will be showing off down the local cafe either.I like Sades ideas of like physical tortue and the bounderies of the human mind in relation to it .It was explored in Coelhos 'Eleven minutes ' and it was very intersting ,bearing in mind a much milder exploration.

Steel Magnolia 22-11-2010 09:56 PM

Just started 'never let me go' by Kazuo Ishiguro.. I like it so far :)

Swompt 24-11-2010 11:08 AM

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

crazykat 24-11-2010 11:29 AM

Not Alone-Jenny Tomlin

Dreaming. 25-11-2010 10:32 AM

Finishing Trainspotting and half way through Her Fearful Symmetry. Trainspotting, I think I'm more just glad that I'm almost finished than anything else! Just found it ridiculously hard to read, and whilst I'm sure reading it aloud would help, I normally read it on trains so I can't really, haha. I have enjoyed it though.

Her Fearful Symmetry? It's not a masterpiece, but then, I didn't think it would be, haha. It's perfectly pleasant to read; it's easy and quite a nice idea, although I've only been reading it for a day and I'm already half-way through, haha. I think next I'm going to read The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

makedamnsure 25-11-2010 04:40 PM

Prozac Nation - for the 3rd time.

one_step_closer 26-11-2010 05:47 PM

Nee Naw: Real Life Dispatches From Ambulance Control - Suzi Brent.

beautiful_seclusion 27-11-2010 05:05 AM

Hot Zone. Actually a true story about deadly viruses. yeah i'm a nerd

marilynnrose 27-11-2010 08:26 AM

"White Oleander" My favourite... As well as "We need to talk about Kevin" Lionel Shriver. It's incredible. A deep read for sure...

nowhereman 28-11-2010 05:22 PM

Just finished Cover Up Understanding Self Harm by Joan Freeman. Reading The Fledglings Handbook by Pc Cast now (vampyres)

one_step_closer 28-11-2010 08:10 PM

A Can of Madness - Jason Pegler.


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