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18 Sep 2016, 12:04 am

^thanks. the book was handed down to me, and I had been intrigued by the story. it's hard to put it down, but admittedly, a bit challenging. I will, likely, put it aside after I read a few more pages, tonight. Have you read anything by the author? Although, I'm an avid reader, the way the book is written is somewhat, too complex. I read aloud, for the most part, as I have a severe visual processing delay. I want to stick with it, but I don't think I can. Perhaps, at some point in the future I will pick it up, again. rambling.



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18 Sep 2016, 12:11 am

Britte wrote:
^thanks. the book was handed down to me, and I had been intrigued by the story. it's hard to put it down, but admittedly, a bit challenging. I will, likely, put it aside after I read a few more pages, tonight. Have you read anything by the author? Although, I'm an avid reader, the way the book is written is somewhat, too complex. I read aloud, for the most part, as I have a severe visual processing delay. I want to stick with it, but I don't think I can. Perhaps, at some point in the future I will pick it up, again. rambling.

admittedly, eco is way above my pay grade. maybe it would be profitable if you found a cliffnotes versions someplace? he was chock full of wisdom but he was not good at imparting that wisdom to mere mortals, only to his fellow gods.



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30 Sep 2016, 2:13 pm

"A Very Fine Line", by Theodore Draper. Its about the Iran Contra scandal of the Reagan administration. A bit dry, but very interesting, especially if you are also reading "Gideon's Spies: A Secret History of the Mossad" by Gordon Thomas.



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02 Oct 2016, 12:03 pm

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs



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02 Oct 2016, 1:09 pm

the lovely bones - it's engaging.



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03 Oct 2016, 6:49 am

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn



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03 Oct 2016, 12:15 pm

dendrite wrote:
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn


I can still remember that from my high school days.


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03 Oct 2016, 2:31 pm

mee too. there was a movie made from that also.



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05 Oct 2016, 6:58 am

The legendary - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley



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05 Oct 2016, 6:31 pm

^^^welcome to WP :) I last read that book in 1977. :bigsmurf:



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05 Oct 2016, 6:59 pm

Jesting Pilate, also Huxley.

his travel diary through India and Burma. Obnoxiously snooty racism to the point it's funny. (If you can laugh about that in a hundred year old book)

The chapter about Kashmir and its scholars (pandit....-> pundit) begins with the line
"The Kashmiri pandit has a more than Spanish abjection to manual labour"


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06 Oct 2016, 10:40 pm

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08 Oct 2016, 12:24 am

Jonathan Kellerman - Bad Love

I've only just started it and it's been good so far.



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10 Oct 2016, 2:18 pm

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I first tried to read this book in high school after borrowing it from someone, but unfortunately my dog at the time ate the book before I had a chance to finish it. It's pretty impossible to find in a store, so I eventually managed to find a used copy on Amazon, and it's been nice to read the book again (and it will be even nicer to finally read the end lol). It's very imaginative, and it's illustrated by Alan Aldridge, which is also pretty cool imo.


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12 Oct 2016, 3:47 pm

One of the best revenge stories "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexander Dumas



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16 Oct 2016, 12:09 pm

Storm Front by Jim Butcher, the first book in the Dresden Files series.

It's about a wizard named Harry Dresden who works as a P.I., and specializes in paranormal crimes. "Harry Potter for adults" is kind of how I'd describe it. Definitely not for kids.