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Old 08-05-2009, 04:31 PM #1
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I really feel like reading a nice long book.. but I have no idea what book I should get.



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Uhm well currently i'm rereading Looking for JJ - forgot how good it was, i'd recommend it
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Ever read a book called Missing Abbey? Its good, not that long but really interesting.
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Revolutionary Road ... lots better than the movie ***** ( that's 5 stars... not a me swearing at you)
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Revolutionary Road ... lots better than the movie ***** ( that's 5 stars... not a me swearing at you)




O.K I thought something for a moment. loool




Thanks i'll look up on these books!!!


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Ooh speaking of movie adpations, The Reader is very good (the book I mean, though I enjoyed the film also).
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This Charming man. It's a bit trashy and all but it's good
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Ooh speaking of movie adpations, The Reader is very good (the book I mean, though I enjoyed the film also).
i read that in german next year
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American Psycho, just skip the part after he finds the rat
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Anything by Stuart MacBride
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Wicked by Gregory Maguire. It's a retelling of Wizard of Oz from the witch's perspective. It's quite a dark and adult book in places though.

Waiting by Ha Jinn. Not the most accessible book and it's not very long but it is good. It's about a man who wants to divorce his wife and marry another woman but due to the time and place (China back in world war times I think) He can't.

World War Z. A book about the world trying to recover after a zombie Epidemic. It's quite good

Lovely Bones By Alice Sebold. It's a great albeit sad and hard read at times. It's being turned into a film but it's a good book.
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Getting Rid Of matthew - Jane Fallon (tis really good)

The Shopaholic Series Of Books - Sophie Kinsella.
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Air Mail: Letters from the World's Most Troublesome Passenger



Possibly the most funniest book of all time in my opinion.
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The only book I've ever read and I loved it
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the twilight saga is a fab set of books reconmend it to anyone
i also love any of jodi picoults but the pact is my fav
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If you like chick-lit's these are really good

Entire Shopaholic Series-Sophie Kinsella(plus anything else by her)
A Hopeless Romantic-Harriet Evans
The Guy Next Door-Meg Cabot
The Sisterhood of Travelling Pants Series-Ann Brashares
Pillow Talk-Freya North

VERY sad but incredible is Before I Die-Jenny Downham
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Anyone who's into crime/thrillers, I'd recommend anything by James Patterson, Jeffrey Deaver and David Baldacci.

Particularly:
James Patterson - Along Came A Spider
and Jeffrey Deaver - The Sleeping Doll

If you're up for a real scary read, though, I recommend:
Stephen King - Salem's Lot

As for classics...
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange
and Chekhov - The Shooting Party

are ones I've enjoyed lately.
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Scarred Hearts By Max Bleecher.
Such an amazing, sad, hilerious, heartbreaking book. Just got translatedfrom french to English a the end of 2008. It's brilliant

Catcher In The Rhy By J.D. Salinger
A classic... just amazing.

The Bell Jar By Sylvia Plath
One of my favourite books ever, a must readfor EVERYONE.. Yey. LOL

Last... but UMG funniest book ever.. not least

The Unthinkable Thoughts Of Jacob Green By Joshuah Braff

Sooo dirty. LOL It is just amazig, heartbreaking, hilerious... Ahh I love it.
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If you're up for a real scary read, though, I recommend:
Stephen King - Salem's Lot
Best. Book. Ever.
Stephen King is simply a God.
Read "The Shining" if you're into a good spook as well. It kept me awake for days. lol.
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