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The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
Fantastic first novel, prequel - The Angels Game just come out. Two brilliant reads, highly recommended. |
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riding the storm ~ timmy murphy
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rustyboy
is correct. The Millenium Triology, starting with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - is brilliant. |
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the sympathetic vet - dr healey n hope.
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The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
Agree. Got it in remainder shop, great book. |
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the grapes of wrath, john steinbeck
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the bible - what a book
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fantastic mr fox, free with nesquik cereal :)
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak Simply outstanding book. |
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Animal Farm. Never trust a pig again!
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The Damage Done by Warren Fellowes, as recommended by Londis Lagerhound, bought it and read it in one sitting.
The little bro swears by the Sharpe Series by Bernard Cornwall. |
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Wheres Wally..
Darn hard to find that little creep |
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And Rogue Trader - Nick Lessons story
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A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Husseini
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has the superglue joke been done yet
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Celine. Death on the Installment Plan. {mort a credit}
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The Di Vinci Code - terrible book but a massive page turner which leaves you with a feeling of emptyness once you get to the end and realise what rubbish you ahve been reading!
Harry Potter books al also absolute npage turners as are a lot of books by Robert Harris. |
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last i read was
mister b gone by clive barker very good ,unusual story abourt a devil with two tails who is dragged up to our world |
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Palmer - The Kite Runner is a great book, if you liked that try Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry. Like TKR it is an insight into another culture.Got a great pulpy paperback at the car boot, but can't remember it's name I will report tomorrow if this thread is still up.
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Properties Of Helium
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Read "the damage done" by Fellows when it first came out.
Had a pal did 7 years in jail in Asia , his life story would be 5 times madder. |
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Down & Out in Paris & London
Four Iron to the Soul |
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The Road
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i've yet to find one to pick up
just something not able to do read a book |
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Papillon - gripping and stunning...
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Mitchell - if you're back today - sorry, just seen your post! They're kind of all about death really & people's pre-conceptions about the days leading up to death & what might happen after death. Tuesdays with Morrie is based on Albom's real-life experiences, while the other two are total works of fiction. All written in a very 'easy to read', gentle style. Plus, none of them are that long either :)
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Chasers & Hurdles each year.
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super glue manual - product recall batch 11564782
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a vagabond for beauty(everett ruess)
or into the widl(john krakower) |
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another splendid book is bambi, and im being serious, but i feel the greatest, most moving story, albeit quite short, is the selfish giant by oscar wilde, if u read it, and no tears appear, you simply have no heart.
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and btw u can now watch both the selfish giant and the happy prince on youtube, both fantastic
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Mr Nice - Howard Marks :o)
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A Small Death in Lisbon - Robert Wilson
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson Bel Canto - Ann Patchett The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy The Life of Pi - Yann Martel I'd recommend any of them. |
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The layer cake by JJ Connelly also film is a modern classic. . .
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The Godfather by Mario Puzo
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Shantaram
now thats a book... |
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any of Elmore Leonard's crime /dark comedy thrillers....
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The first two volumes of the 'Titus Groan' triology.Couldn't finish the final one.My understanding is that when he wrote it Peake had gone totally gaga followng his experiences of the Nazi death camps.
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slaughterhouse five kurt vonnegut
catch 22 joesph heller |