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    gunter1976gunter1976 Posts: 587
    Fuckness, by Andersen Prunty
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    rriversrrivers Posts: 3,693
    The Woman in Black- Susan Hill
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    MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,633
    A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
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    afroannnieafroannnie Posts: 12,995
    Finished up Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox...
    Deciding what to read next...
    The Case of the Frozen Addicts, Under the Dome, or World War Z (although this probably will make my zombie dreams worse...)
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,815
    afroannnie wrote:
    Finished up Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox...
    Deciding what to read next...
    The Case of the Frozen Addicts, Under the Dome, or World War Z (although this probably will make my zombie dreams worse...)

    World War Z was a great read!
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    afroannnieafroannnie Posts: 12,995
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    afroannnie wrote:
    Finished up Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox...
    Deciding what to read next...
    The Case of the Frozen Addicts, Under the Dome, or World War Z (although this probably will make my zombie dreams worse...)

    World War Z was a great read!

    Thanks!! I've heard it's pretty good...is it scary?
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
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    rriversrrivers Posts: 3,693
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    afroannnie wrote:
    Finished up Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox...
    Deciding what to read next...
    The Case of the Frozen Addicts, Under the Dome, or World War Z (although this probably will make my zombie dreams worse...)

    World War Z was a great read!

    I've thought about picking it up a bunch of times, but I am really over the zombie thing. They are everywhere. I still watch "The Walking Dead" even though it is a piece of crap now. I mainly just watch it to see how bad it is.
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    7 Types of Ambiguity - Elliot Perlman
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
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    EnkiduEnkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo. Life in a Mumbai slum. Really really good.
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    vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,083
    "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens

    Why, oh why haven't I been reading Dickens all these years? This is truly a wonderful book and I'm only about 240 pages in. Fantastic. A+ recommendation.
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    vant0037 wrote:
    "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens

    Why, oh why haven't I been reading Dickens all these years? This is truly a wonderful book and I'm only about 240 pages in. Fantastic. A+ recommendation.


    i say this without shame:

    i have never read dickens.. EVER. i have however seen a muppet christmas carol. :mrgreen:
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    EnkiduEnkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    vant0037 wrote:
    "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens

    Why, oh why haven't I been reading Dickens all these years? This is truly a wonderful book and I'm only about 240 pages in. Fantastic. A+ recommendation.

    I agree. I didn't read Dickens until I was at least 30. I was shocked - who knew? David Copperfield is fab and Great Expectations is amazing, too.
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Enkidu wrote:
    vant0037 wrote:
    "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens

    Why, oh why haven't I been reading Dickens all these years? This is truly a wonderful book and I'm only about 240 pages in. Fantastic. A+ recommendation.

    I agree. I didn't read Dickens until I was at least 30. I was shocked - who knew? David Copperfield is fab and Great Expectations is amazing, too.


    and what was it that made you read dickens?
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    madtowndavemadtowndave Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,012
    Next up on my list is Dog's Blood by David Moody
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,815
    catefrances wrote:
    Enkidu wrote:
    vant0037 wrote:
    "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens

    Why, oh why haven't I been reading Dickens all these years? This is truly a wonderful book and I'm only about 240 pages in. Fantastic. A+ recommendation.

    I agree. I didn't read Dickens until I was at least 30. I was shocked - who knew? David Copperfield is fab and Great Expectations is amazing, too.


    and what was it that made you read dickens?

    Skip 'Bleak House' - b-o-r-i-n-g!
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,815
    afroannnie wrote:
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    afroannnie wrote:
    Finished up Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox...
    Deciding what to read next...
    The Case of the Frozen Addicts, Under the Dome, or World War Z (although this probably will make my zombie dreams worse...)

    World War Z was a great read!

    Thanks!! I've heard it's pretty good...is it scary?

    Nah. Last time I was 'scared' by a book was Jaws. Going back year and years!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    Enkidu wrote:
    I agree. I didn't read Dickens until I was at least 30. I was shocked - who knew? David Copperfield is fab and Great Expectations is amazing, too.


    and what was it that made you read dickens?

    Skip 'Bleak House' - b-o-r-i-n-g!


    shouldnt be too diffciult to do... ive skipped them all so far. :lol:
    hear my name
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    photogirllizphotogirlliz Posts: 2,491
    I just finished the last book of The Hunger Games trilogy. I'm about to start Ghosts of Mississippi?
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    rriversrrivers Posts: 3,693
    catefrances wrote:
    Enkidu wrote:
    vant0037 wrote:
    "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens

    Why, oh why haven't I been reading Dickens all these years? This is truly a wonderful book and I'm only about 240 pages in. Fantastic. A+ recommendation.

    I agree. I didn't read Dickens until I was at least 30. I was shocked - who knew? David Copperfield is fab and Great Expectations is amazing, too.


    and what was it that made you read dickens?

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    Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    rrivers wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    Enkidu wrote:
    I agree. I didn't read Dickens until I was at least 30. I was shocked - who knew? David Copperfield is fab and Great Expectations is amazing, too.


    and what was it that made you read dickens?

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    EnkiduEnkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    catefrances wrote:
    Enkidu wrote:
    vant0037 wrote:
    "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens

    Why, oh why haven't I been reading Dickens all these years? This is truly a wonderful book and I'm only about 240 pages in. Fantastic. A+ recommendation.

    I agree. I didn't read Dickens until I was at least 30. I was shocked - who knew? David Copperfield is fab and Great Expectations is amazing, too.


    and what was it that made you read dickens?

    For me it was a friend who said "What's wrong with you, you never read Dickens?" And he pointed out they were mostly (I guess) written serialized so the chapters would end and you'd have to wait a day (a week?) to read the next chapter. So they were exciting. Like I said to my daughter, you have to get past the old fashioned language, but once you do that... (she doesn't believe me).

    Bleak House and Oliver Twist were not my favorites. I adore Great Expectations. I liked Dombey and Son too.
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    vant0037vant0037 Posts: 6,083
    catefrances wrote:
    Enkidu wrote:
    vant0037 wrote:
    "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens

    Why, oh why haven't I been reading Dickens all these years? This is truly a wonderful book and I'm only about 240 pages in. Fantastic. A+ recommendation.

    I agree. I didn't read Dickens until I was at least 30. I was shocked - who knew? David Copperfield is fab and Great Expectations is amazing, too.


    and what was it that made you read dickens?

    I'm not sure to be honest; I had read other books where "David Copperfield" was mentioned, but nothing in particular. It doesn't take much for me to pick up anything by "classic" authors and I had never read Dickens, so that plus my interest in that particular book made it an easy choice.

    Highly recommended so far.
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    thanx everybody for the feedback.

    ive managed to hold off from reading dickens.. his books never seemed to jump out at me past the whole theyre classics thing.. which with me isnt necessarily a good enough reason. anyhoo a month or so ago i was reading an article on dickens it mentioned a statue of him that is in one of our parks and i thoguht a little weird then i went on to read of hiss apparent affinity with australia... which made the statue make more sense. and being australian i found it all very interesting.. especially considering he never managed to make it down here.. its so very far away. :mrgreen: anyhoo i thought hmmmm maybe.. then last week i was watching the tv and they were talking about dickens and someone said great expectations wasnt that difficult a read. i decided perhaps i should give him a go... and so i will.. but maybe not bleak house.. i heard its B-O-R-I-N-G. :lol:
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    take a good look
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    javis el errantejavis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,136
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    gunter1976gunter1976 Posts: 587
    Zerostrata, Andersen Prunty
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,815
    catefrances wrote:
    thanx everybody for the feedback.

    ive managed to hold off from reading dickens.. his books never seemed to jump out at me past the whole theyre classics thing.. which with me isnt necessarily a good enough reason. anyhoo a month or so ago i was reading an article on dickens it mentioned a statue of him that is in one of our parks and i thoguht a little weird then i went on to read of hiss apparent affinity with australia... which made the statue make more sense. and being australian i found it all very interesting.. especially considering he never managed to make it down here.. its so very far away. :mrgreen: anyhoo i thought hmmmm maybe.. then last week i was watching the tv and they were talking about dickens and someone said great expectations wasnt that difficult a read. i decided perhaps i should give him a go... and so i will.. but maybe not bleak house.. i heard its B-O-R-I-N-G. :lol:


    It is!

    I liked many but Bleak House was poor!
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,815
    photogirlliz wrote:
    I just finished the last book of The Hunger Games trilogy. I'm about to start Ghosts of Mississippi?

    I read those recently as well. I was shocked to find I liked them. I read Twilight before the first movie came out to see what the buzz was about (I like how some books will hook a bunch of non-readers into becoming readers so I try to check them out) and I quickly saw how Twilight was just never going to work for me. Not for a 30-40 year old guy!
    But Hunger Games was actually pretty cool. Just enough Sci-Fi and Action/Intrigue to offset the background love story. Interested to see the movies.
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    rriversrrivers Posts: 3,693
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    photogirlliz wrote:
    I just finished the last book of The Hunger Games trilogy. I'm about to start Ghosts of Mississippi?

    I read those recently as well. I was shocked to find I liked them. I read Twilight before the first movie came out to see what the buzz was about (I like how some books will hook a bunch of non-readers into becoming readers so I try to check them out) and I quickly saw how Twilight was just never going to work for me. Not for a 30-40 year old guy!
    But Hunger Games was actually pretty cool. Just enough Sci-Fi and Action/Intrigue to offset the background love story. Interested to see the movies.

    Yeah that's what I did with Twilight. I struggled to get through the first book and there was no way I was reading more.

    I read the first Hunger Games and enjoyed it, but haven't had a desire to read more.
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