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| Irishaddict |
My last 5 are:
Levitt and Dubner - Freakonomics
Khaled Hosseini - Kite Runner <--- soooo good
James Frey - A Million Little Pieces
Brett Easton Ellis - Less Than Zero
Vincent Bugliosi - Helter Skelter
Am now reading Cormac McCarthy - The Road
reading ftw :toothless |
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| adi26 |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
I call bull!!! :p |
heheheehe....I second that!!
Lisa I was guessing more on the lines of partying on the beach...But the combination works too...:):) Congrats on ur graduation, great feeling ain it... |
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| adi26 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Irishaddict
My last 5 are:
Levitt and Dubner - Freakonomics
Khaled Hosseini - Kite Runner <--- soooo good
James Frey - A Million Little Pieces
Brett Easton Ellis - Less Than Zero
Vincent Bugliosi - Helter Skelter
Am now reading Cormac McCarthy - The Road
reading ftw :toothless |
lolzz....the number of books you have read, you must be super intellectuall....:nervous:
omg..Freakonomics is such an entertaining book, which was your favorite story in the book???? |
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| Irishaddict |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi26
omg..Freakonomics is such an entertaining book, which was your favorite story in the book???? |
Sumo wrestlers |
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| MarcMitchell |
Currently reading a book called Blink - The power of thinking without thinking.
It's a very interesting read I can't put it down even as I type this!! I'll be finished easily tomorrow if it's a nice day out.
I'll be reading The Kite Runner next. I'm quite pleased to see someone say it is a good read. I heard so many good things about it so I just had to pick it up.
My last few reads are:
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
White Mischief by Tim Madge
Bingo by Roger Caron
Contract Killer: The explosive story of the Mafia's most notorious hitman Donald Frankos by William Hoffman
Go Boy! by Roger Caron
The Roger Caron books are really good and based on his life. |
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| slingshot |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi26
omg..Freakonomics is such an entertaining book, which was your favorite story in the book???? |
head. |
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| MKpacha |
Stumbling on Happiness- Daniel Gilbert 
note: this is NOT a self help book, it is a cognitive research book on peoples perceptions of happiness. |
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| yankeeBaby |
| quote: | Originally posted by Refinnej
The last book I read was Night by Elie Wiezel (Holocaust Survivor). It is a short book and you can read it easily in 3-4 hours. Probably one of the best books I've read in a long time and one that stayed on my mind for a few days after. I am now reading "The Torment of Others" by Val McDermid..this is a crime book and really like how the author goes into the mind of a murderer. |
You weren't forced to read this in middle school? I had to read tht book like 3 times. And I used forced only because I read it three times....I actually love the book.
anyone know of any good auto/biographies? I have an urge to read one, but when I went to Barnes and Noble I got really overwhelmed by the selection LOL.
I love sick and twisted too, just for any extra recommendations!!
So excited to graduate and FINALLY read for pleasure. lol :D :D :D :D |
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| psyrel |
I'm a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, it's at book #6 now. Historical fiction, the series starts in Scotland, Bonnie Prince Charlie and all of that and then moves to colonial America. Vivid detail, strong characters and it immerses you completely.
Fans of Jean Auel would like these. |
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| Irishaddict |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
anyone know of any good auto/biographies? I have an urge to read one, but when I went to Barnes and Noble I got really overwhelmed by the selection LOL.
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Susanna Kaysen - Girl, Interrupted |
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| DJ Chrono |
I recommend any book by Haruki Murakami.
Over the past half year or so I've read 12 or so of his books (all but the two latest, waiting for paperbacks), and I have to say he's the greatest author ever.
I rarely get into books. Actually practically never, but after I picked up Wind Up Bird Chronicle.. I couldn't stop reading everything he's ever written.
The stories are completely spontaneous and impossible to predict.. they jump around in narrative voice, time, and location, reality mixes with fantasy (but always strangely believably so), writting style has a nice dose of dry humour.. and they are the most entertaining, thought provoking novels I've evr read.
So.. top recommends by him are:
Wind Up Bird Chronicle
Wild Sheep Chase
Norwegian Wood
Kafka on the Shore
Hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world |
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| way2hi |
| 'war and peace' is perhaps my favourite of all time. 'anna karenina' is wonderful as well. Dostoyevsky's best is 'Brothers K'. For those who enjoyed 'oliver twist' and enjoy political commentary, i would suggest Dostoyevsky's 'devils'. Personally, I'll be reading 'Bleak House' and 'David Copperfield' this summer. I'm currently reading a brief history of Rome. (I was an english/history major if you didn't guess). |
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