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First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan.

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I´ve read the five a song of ice and fire books over the last couple of weeks. i´m usually not into fantasy but i quite enjoyed them. now i can only hope george r.r.martin does´t drop dead before he has finished the series.

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i can only hope george r.r.martin does´t drop dead before he has finished the series.

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Last To Die by Tess Gerritsen.

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In Between The Sheets by Ian McEwan.

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a travel guide to bali. now i´m really looking forward to our vacation in october.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver

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Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

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Oh, it's a good one.

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Continuing my noir kick (okay, bad word choice), Pike by Benjamin Whitmer. It's got so many great sentences I've lost count. Also, I'm imagining Sam Elliot as the protag. Ladies...

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I'm reading Pride and Prejudice for uni in September. I'm enjoying it, my brain is a bit muddled today so I'm just reading The Walking Dead volume 1 because it's easier to follow.

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So, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...

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Wow! I hadn't thought of that!

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The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell, and some bits of poetry on the in-between.

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I can't tell if Amii is being sarcastic or not....

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I wasn't, though I can see what you mean, it does sound sarcastic.

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I got an early copy of The Wrath of Angels by Jihn Connolly and it's great so far!

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*whew*

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Everything can sound sarcastic with dots after it...

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They are called ellipses! why do you people all keep calling them dots?

Respect the punctuation!

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Flashover by Gordon Highland.

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pepper wrote:
They are called ellipses! why do you people all keep calling them dots?

Respect the punctuation!

I know. I'm so sorry...

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Broken Piano for President was great! I feel like it deserved to sell as well as it did regardless of the controversy now. And that makes me really happy.

Starting The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury.

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Nachos, every day! Dying sounds great, I don't know why people get so upset about it.
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Starting The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury.

You're probably gonna love it, Pete.

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All the women in The Walking Dead are nymphomaniacs! It's so embarrassing, they're constantly after sex and seducing the guys. It's like a teenage boy wrote it. There are some pretty good zombie bits though and it's getting more interesting.

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Starting The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury.

You're probably gonna love it, Pete.


Yeah, I'm about 4-5 stories in and I really like the style. I saw on goodreads that you only rated it a 3. Why is that?
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Nachos, every day! Dying sounds great, I don't know why people get so upset about it.
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I'm very tight with my ratings. Most of the books I like get a 3. Books that captivate me and I find amazing get a 4, and a book has to really touch me to get a 5. So a 3 is a good rating, and I liked the book.

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i´m still knee-deep in the bali travel guide but still can´t decide at which place to stay.

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Irina Marina wrote:
I'm very tight with my ratings. Most of the books I like get a 3. Books that captivate me and I find amazing get a 4, and a book has to really touch me to get a 5. So a 3 is a good rating, and I liked the book.

Fair enough. Smile
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Nachos, every day! Dying sounds great, I don't know why people get so upset about it.
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Wow, y'all. You gotta read Flashover. That's a damn good book right there.

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I totally agree!

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Nachos, every day! Dying sounds great, I don't know why people get so upset about it.
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I approve of both of these statements as well. (and thank you!)

Hey, what's that advertisement doing in my signature line? I wonder what would happen if someone clicked on it...

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Wow, how convenient! huh!

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Living To Tell The Tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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Horns by Joe Hill. It's pretty good so far.

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Started Room, and I find it slow reading and not really my thing, but it's a hard transition after Game of Thrones. I'm gonna keep working on it though. I am half way done with Ender's Game, though. Smile Big

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The Walking Dead ended on a gut wrenching cliffhanger and now it's hard to carry on with my life! The next compendium doesn't come out until October. I knew I shouldn't have got involved.

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I am half way done with Ender's Game, though. :D

Why do you hate gay people, Fano? Just kidding buddy. Actually I've been thinking of reading that.

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Fucking christ I laughed at this.
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his nose can´t really be this red, no?

STOP BINGING OLD MAN AND FINISH THE FECKING SERIES !

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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

The title comes from Jeanette's mother's retort when Jeanette told her that she was in love with a woman.

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I knew that! Let me know if you like it, I haven't got round to reading this one yet.

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The Illustrated Man was awesome. Now I need suggestions for the next Bradbury I will read. Either - Something Wicked or The Martian Chronicles.

I started Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess. The movie was really good. David James Keaton recommended the book to me a while back.

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Nachos, every day! Dying sounds great, I don't know why people get so upset about it.
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Hey Pete, read The Neuromancer by William Gibson in the meantime.

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Pete, I really like 'The Golden Apples of the Sun', which is a collection of short stories, as far as Bradbury goes.

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Pete, try Bradbury's Dandelion Wine.

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