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Tangent

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belgarath the sorcerer - david and leigh eddings

it took about 20 pages to finally be interested in it, but it was well worth it
its going to even better when i re-read it, because then ill be able to understand all the damn references
 

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Yesh yesh, very good. David and Leigh Eddings live up to their reputation. All the references at the start are abit annoying, im like wth are they talking about?????? but once you get into it, tis very engaging. Good uses of humor aswell (youll know what i mean when you read it)
 

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I'm reading Secret Histories: Finding George Orwell in a Burmese Teashop.

I found it at a second-hand bookshop and it is a pretty interesting book. It's non-fiction and explains how Orwell based much of Nineteen Eighty-Four on the years he spent in Burma. The more I read, the more the similarity between 21st century Burma and Nineteen Eighty-Four blows my mind.
I also recommend it, if you can find a copy.
 

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Most favourite book from her. Anybody read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith yet? I bought it, but haven't read it yet, but telling from the first chapter I read, it's pretty funny. Any reviews?
 

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wanted to read 'Farewell but not Goodbye' by Sir Bobby Robson.. there was none at the library.
so I went to find 'Shantaram' but it was really really thick n doesnt fit in my bag so i was like meh.

So now I'm ready James Dean's biography...
 

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Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller) and a translation of Oedipus the King (Sophocles)

Both for uni - programming a unit of work on tragedy. I am surprised at how much I am enjoying the latter...ancient/classical plays have not usually been my thing but it's pretty good (I have what looks like a pretty modern translation though).
 

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Jane Eyre - Charlotete Bronte. Perhaps one of the best romance novels I have ever read. Ill recommend it to anybody.
 

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"DA VINCI CODE" - Dan Brown
 

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In a skin of a lion by Micheal Ondaajte
How i escaped the exclusive Brethen by David Tchpatt*
Hes just not into you by Grey__ and Lizzie__*
 

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Rehashing the Lovecraft addiction I developed in Year 11 Extension 1, specifically Colour out of Space and Rats in the Walls.

On a longer, true novel level: Neil Gaiman's American Gods. Basically Part 2 of every myth you have EVER heard of, drawing interesting parallels with contemporary society. Highly recommend it.
 

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