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12.05.2010, 18:48 quote

whysoserious1983
whysoserious1983 Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 3629 Location: United Kingdom, England, Gloucestershire
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I finished the beach not too long ago, it was pretty unputdownable. Going to read Moby Dick by Herman Melville next, it's a rather embarassing oversight that I've not managed to read it as of yet.
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15.05.2010, 13:25 quote

grooveme
grooveme Joined: 24 Aug 2008 Posts: 1532 Location: United Kingdom, Scotland, Glasgow
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Just finished Leaving The World by Douglas Kennedy and just started The Last Child by John Hart.
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16.05.2010, 09:12 quote

handsel
handsel Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Posts: 2254 Location: United Kingdom, England, West Midlands
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Memoirs of John Evelyn (Vol I)
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19.05.2010, 11:17 quote

oakman
Joined: 07 Jun 2009 Posts: 1437 Location: United Kingdom, England, Surrey
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Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

 

19.05.2010, 12:37 quote

sc0ttie

Just got a book and started reading it last night,

The Real Oliver Twist by Robert Blincoe

 

25.05.2010, 20:17 quote

baggiebhoy
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Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 1. Its awesome, collecting all the Dredd strips from the very early days.
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26.05.2010, 05:49 quote

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A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut, though it really isn't a book so much as it is a collection of letters and articles he wrote for the magazine he was working for at the time of his death. I fell in love with Vonnegut as a freshman in high school and I retain that devotion today.

Also I am fascinated with War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Edward Tick. Pretty amazing book. Talks about disassociating the soul from the body due to terror or traumatic circumstances. Has quite a few studies of veterans of the Vietnam war. Though it deals with patients and their stories it is an easier read than any of Freud's books. It has quite a few interesting facts about the various beliefs about the soul. In the beginning we hear the story of a Vietnam veteran who fought at Khe Sanh. He believed that when the Viet Cong were gaining ground and his company was retreating that his soul fled his body in terror and refused to come back. Obviously it is not for everyone, but it is kind of a brilliant read to me.
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29.05.2010, 09:38 quote

oakman
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I, Shithead: A Life in Punk by Joe Keithley

 

07.06.2010, 19:50 quote

baggiebhoy
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I'm currently switching between two: I'm re-reading Watchmen, and I'm reading Kevin Smith's My Boring-Ass Life for the first time.

Watchmen is still great, while the other is exactly what it says on the cover...boring.
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13.06.2010, 17:28 quote

grooveme
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The Secret Life Of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
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13.06.2010, 18:51 quote

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I found that Freud's introduction into Psychoanalysis is really have great ideas and findings, which were proved by other authors, Still Freud's ideas regarding man/woman relationships are very actual for this website. Wink Exclamation

 

13.06.2010, 19:47 quote

yankeechick
yankeechick Joined: 28 Jul 2009 Posts: 809 Location: USA, Ohio, Crestline
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Today I'm reading Remember When by Nora Roberts. A two-part book that incorporates her classic romantic mystery style in the first part and her futuristic mystery series in the second. Great for relaxing after the stressful couple of weeks I've had leading up to my sister's wedding.
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15.06.2010, 20:44 quote

baggiebhoy
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Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 3
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16.06.2010, 14:04 quote

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Today and most of this week I've been reading the braille versions of some manuals for a manufacturer of equipment I associate with before a private trade show in liverpool/

this is really really really driving me dotty. *braille joke lol)

lew

"Who ever said Woodwork would be fun snould be embraced and awarded a life peerage."

 

19.06.2010, 12:25 quote

oakman
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1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke

 
 
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