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Old 15-06-2008, 12:35 PM #1
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Not sure if many of you enjoy reading but if so,do you know of any good books you could suggest?Im going on holiday (not til sept) for two weeks and i need some reading material lol.


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The Virgin Suicides,
The Time Traveler's Wife,
The Rules Of Attraction,
Mysterious Skin,
The Picture of Dorian Gray,
My Horizontal Life,
A Life Backwards,
Carrie,
The Ripley Series.
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thanks both of you,i will have a look into those suggested
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Oh yeah, i need a some new books!
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Before I Die-Jenny Downham
Pillow Talk-Freya North
Marshmellows for Breakfast-Dorothy Koomson

I got something like 30 books for Christmas and those 3 are reeally good.
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1984 geoge orwell, thats wot got me interested originally in big brother, then i saw fit birds and i was hooked!
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i read moslt andy mc nab type books

recently brought 'From banghdad with love'
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I could reccomend some scripts/plays if you want? I dont usually read books, but i read plays.
- The Importance of being Earnest
- Death of a salesman
- The Crucible
- The talented Mr Ripley
- Educating Rita
- Teechers
- Confusions
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I suppose it depends on what you are looking for in a book as to what you might think of as good.

I like James Patterson if I am looking for a bit of crime/detective reading

Terry Pratchet - Good Omens thats so funny yet has a big story to it

Linwood Barclay - No time for goodbye - a really cool story to it

Terry Brooks - fantasy type books

Also look for the 2 for 3 offers in Waterstones you can pick up some decent books that way.
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I suppose it depends on what you are looking for in a book as to what you might think of as good.

I like James Patterson if I am looking for a bit of crime/detective reading
Same! I just finished "Double Cross" by him. It was brilliant Only one of his I've read though, so I'll have to find more.

If you're a fan of thriller/horrors, then Stephen King is the man you need. Recently read "Cell" and am in the process of reading "Blaze" (by his ghost name Richard Bachman) and "Salem's Lot". But he's most well-known for 'The Shining'.

Erm...I also read politics-related books, but I doubt you're interested in that, lol...

Don't read 'A Clockwork Orange'. It's so difficult As is Leo Tolstoy.
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The Twilight series, before the film comes out.
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Jamaica Inn is really interesting aswell!
I will have a look at a great book I read ages ago, as I cant remember the title
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The Twilight series, before the film comes out.
Ohh, are they good?
I have a friend who's obsessed with them, lmao.
She said they were good but I've never given them much thought.
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I suppose it depends on what you are looking for in a book as to what you might think of as good.

I like James Patterson if I am looking for a bit of crime/detective reading
Same! I just finished "Double Cross" by him. It was brilliant Only one of his I've read though, so I'll have to find more.

If you're a fan of thriller/horrors, then Stephen King is the man you need. Recently read "Cell" and am in the process of reading "Blaze" (by his ghost name Richard Bachman) and "Salem's Lot". But he's most well-known for 'The Shining'.

Erm...I also read politics-related books, but I doubt you're interested in that, lol...
Don't read 'A Clockwork Orange'. It's so difficult As is Leo Tolstoy.

Just read a fantastic series of his 1st to die right up to 7th something or other! I have also just read dont step on a crack. I have a lot of his books, buy them Shaun do it, do it now you will love them.
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