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Old 18-11-2012, 04:50 AM #26
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The Lorien Legacies are worth a read. Its the I Am Number Four series.


I just read the most recent one this month. I thought it was gonna be the last one though, I hate waiting to see what happens.
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I want to get into that series some day Ben

I went with The Great Gatsby and The Bell Jar on Amazon, though I asked Jen for help LOL
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You really should Shaun. The Gunslinger is a bit slow but it builds up for the rest of the series.
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I went with The Great Gatsby and The Bell Jar on Amazon, though I asked Jen for help LOL
..The Great Gatsby is brilliant Shaun..one of my all time favourite books...
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I went with The Great Gatsby and The Bell Jar on Amazon, though I asked Jen for help LOL
Both very good. Also, if you're a Salinger fan, try out Franny and Zooey, if you haven't already. It's better than Catcher in the Rye, IMHO, and may be my fav of all time, not a "top 10 or top 50." I don't know you as a close friend, but what I *do* know of you says this would be a book you would very much enjoy.
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And East of Eden by Steinbeck. <goes off to sort out the Asimov novels>
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Yeah! I loved them! I read them when I was younger, but I've re-read them in the past few months. A lot of it was difficult to grasp when I first read them. But now I'm older I understood, and enjoyed them even more the second time around.

The only thing that's weird about them is the language of the books. It's set in an alternate universe so a lot of everyday things have alternate or archaic names (like 'anbaric' for electricity).

They're definitely worth a read. They're fantastically written and the plot is gripping too.
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