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posted at 16/9/2004 1:17 PM BST
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First post: 21/7/2004 Last post: 18/11/2007 |
Currently reading Bill Bryson - Short History of Nearly Everything. It's really good, but some of the bits about the universe and aprticle physics are hard to get your head round! Planning on reading Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials triology after that as I have been meaning to read those for ages! |
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posted at 16/9/2004 1:23 PM BST
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First post: 4/4/2003 Last post: 13/3/2008 |
I've nearly finished the third short novel in The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin - lent to me by Mr BF. Interesting books - not as gripping as say something by David Eddings, but much more thought provoking. |
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posted at 16/9/2004 4:25 PM BST
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Total posts: 119
First post: 21/1/2004 Last post: 31/7/2006 |
At the moment I'm reading Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Absolutely Everything' which I'm kind of dipping in and out of, and I also have 'The Bean Trees' by Barbara Kingsolver on the go, which I'm absolutely loving. I generally read at least a couple of books a week. |
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posted at 16/9/2004 4:35 PM BST
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Total posts: 1476
First post: 11/12/2003 Last post: 20/10/2009 |
This week I arr mostly reading 'The Rubicon' by Tom Holland. I'm going through a bit of a phase of being drawn to non-fiction, and history in particular, never having been remotely interested before, not sure what's happened there. This book is about the rise and fall of the Roman Republic - about which I know almost nothing - but as I've literally only just read 5 pages I can't say how I'm finding it. Hope I have the wit to keep up. I recently read '1215: the year of Magna Carta' which was quite fascinating - all about King John and his warring family, and about how people lived in the Dark Ages. On fiction, the last thing I read was the Da Vinci Code - NOT the kind of book I would ever pick up in a bookshop (I was ordered to read it by my secretary). Found the story fairly entertaining, but the writing was atrocious - clunking and clumsy, with every trick in the book employed to make you read just one more chapter - characterisation so thin you could read your newspaper through it and overuse of italics. Won't be reading any more Dan Brown I don't think.
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posted at 16/9/2004 6:08 PM BST
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Total posts: 58
First post: 16/9/2004 Last post: 14/2/2006 |
Just finished Notes on a Scandal and Kate Adie's autobiography (latter took a while 'cause I left it at the office so only got around to it on - rare - lunch breaks). Both excellent - both recommended. KA writes in a way that you really believe in her integrity - rare for a journalist. Or maybe I'm just gullible... (Probably my favourite part of the latter was when a female MP claimed that Kate had the troops searching for her lost pearl earrings in the Gulf War when they should have been doing Soldier Stuff. Complete drivel, but remembered with the wonderful line that never mind, said MP lost her seat at the next election while Kate still has the earrings.) |
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posted at 16/9/2004 6:15 PM BST
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Total posts: 2117
First post: 19/3/2003 Last post: 17/5/2006 |
Originally posted by Azelma When I was a kid the most treasured book in the family was the abridged copy my mum had when she was 9 - i loved the soppy pictures. Still got it. To my shame, i've still not read the original text. |
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posted at 16/9/2004 6:16 PM BST
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Total posts: 2117
First post: 19/3/2003 Last post: 17/5/2006 |
Originally posted by Chick Is this the dumbed down Umberto Eco rip off I think it's going to be? |
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