Of Mice and Men, I read it about 3 times a year!
Stephen King -The Stand gets a regular airing.
LOTR gets read once a year.
I re-read most of Sebastian Faulks works on a regular basis too, even when the stories are crap, his command of the English language is beautiful, the same with Ian McEwan.
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"Of Mice and Men, I read it about 3 times a year!
Stephen King -The Stand gets a regular airing.
LOTR gets read once a year.
I re-read most of Sebastian Faulks works on a regular basis too, even when the stories are crap, his command of the English language is beautiful, the same with Ian McEwan.
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I would agree with you about Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong is a stunning book. |
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"Of Mice and Men, I read it about 3 times a year!
Stephen King -The Stand gets a regular airing.
LOTR gets read once a year.
I re-read most of Sebastian Faulks works on a regular basis too, even when the stories are crap, his command of the English language is beautiful, the same with Ian McEwan.
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Of mice and men has been on my list a while so that is a definite must read this year! |
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"Of Mice and Men, I read it about 3 times a year!
Stephen King -The Stand gets a regular airing.
LOTR gets read once a year.
I re-read most of Sebastian Faulks works on a regular basis too, even when the stories are crap, his command of the English language is beautiful, the same with Ian McEwan.
Of mice and men has been on my list a while so that is a definite must read this year!"
It's only 130 pages, you can read it 3 times in a day  |
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"Martina cole...I love her books
I've only just discovered her, read one of her books over Christmas and loved it!"
Her early work is far better....try reading one of her first books that she brought out... |
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"Cloud Atlas, if you want to read a complete head fuck of a book, chapters that end mid sentence, and are completed about 100 pages later!
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I can easily get through 6 books a week so many so little time,i rarely reread |
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Depends.
Amy Hempel - Reasons to live. Short stories, nicely written, bitter sweet.
Donna Tartt - Secret History. The story was pretty good but because it is one of the best written books I have read.
For just general easy reading I go for Chuck Palahniuk because I just like how dark and twisted this books are. |
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"Depends.
Amy Hempel - Reasons to live. Short stories, nicely written, bitter sweet.
Donna Tartt - Secret History. The story was pretty good but because it is one of the best written books I have read.
For just general easy reading I go for Chuck Palahniuk because I just like how dark and twisted this books are."
Donna Tarts new one the thrush is very good |
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"Depends.
Amy Hempel - Reasons to live. Short stories, nicely written, bitter sweet.
Donna Tartt - Secret History. The story was pretty good but because it is one of the best written books I have read.
For just general easy reading I go for Chuck Palahniuk because I just like how dark and twisted this books are.Donna Tarts new one the thrush is very good"
I shall check it out, thanks!  |
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"Depends.
Amy Hempel - Reasons to live. Short stories, nicely written, bitter sweet.
Donna Tartt - Secret History. The story was pretty good but because it is one of the best written books I have read.
For just general easy reading I go for Chuck Palahniuk because I just like how dark and twisted this books are.Donna Tarts new one the thrush is very good
I shall check it out, thanks! "
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I'm a huge Terry Pratchett fan - I own all the Discworld novels and could read them again and again. Also love Harry Potter, had another re-read over Xmas.
I've just finished reading Ack-Ack Macaque and its follow up, Hive Monkey, by Gareth L Powell - both about a sentient fighter pilot monkey
If you like Shaun of the Dead, I recommend Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan - hilarious, and you can read it in a day.
Chick-lit, I would have to say Sophie Kinsella's hilarious 'Shopaholic' novels - I am a bit Becky Bloomwood!
Right now I'm reading book two of Ben Aaronovitch's 'Rivers of London' series, called Moon Over Soho |
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I'd go for George RR Martins series a song of ice and fire, better known as Game Of Thrones.
Lord of The Rings is always one to read again, To Kill a Mocking Bird a classic piece of literature. Or The Hannibal Lector Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs or Hannibal apart from Hannibal Rising it's really bad. |
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By *ee VianteWoman
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"Laurell k hamilton..Anita Blake series mmmmmmm"
That's great up until around Obsidian Butterfly then she seriously started to lose the plot and she got worse and worse.
My new favourite author became Kelley Armstrong. I love her Women of the Otherworld series.
Kim Harrison's 'The Hollows' series is good too. And Patricia Briggs's 'Mercy Thompson' and 'Alpha and Omega' series. And Jennifer Estep's 'Elemental Assassin' series. |
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Heart of Darkness -Conrad. Probably read it 10+ times, always something new in a comparably short book.
Down and Out in Paris and London - Orwell. Again a re-reader, an insight into a world so far away in time now as to be almost unrecognisable, yet still resonates with todays version of poverty.
The Twelves Caesars - Seutonius. Just cos I feel like being a smart arse. And one of the more readable books from the period, a rare piece of relatively contemporary writing of the rulers who arguably created the western world as we know it.
The Forums - work in progress. 'nuff said  |
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Alexander Child Of A Dream, Valerio Massimo ManfredI. Factual account of the young Alexander but written very beautifully
Elizabeth R by Starkey.
Bill Bryson anything - for laughs
Red Dog -Louis de Bernier. Cried for a solid hour on a bus |
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