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Old 04-10-2011, 08:13 PM   #3381 (permalink)
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I'm reading Children of Men by PD James. Fantastic, so far.
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Old 04-10-2011, 09:31 PM   #3382 (permalink)
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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It's awesome.
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Old 04-12-2011, 07:26 PM   #3383 (permalink)
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I just finished book III Wastelands today. It was a good read, not really digging the ending with the cliff hanger. I also got wizard and glass today looking forward to reading it.
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Old 04-18-2011, 10:47 AM   #3384 (permalink)
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Old 04-18-2011, 01:40 PM   #3385 (permalink)
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Finally finished it. Gotta say, it was a bit of a chore. He's obviously an insanely talented writer but the style here was a bit difficult to get through. He explains it at the end of the book, seeing as how it's a historical fiction novel, he had to make a compromise between staying true to the period he writes about and being legible.

Other than that, I can't say I'm really that drawn to the Japanese culture, especially from 2 centuries ago. :\

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Old 04-18-2011, 01:42 PM   #3386 (permalink)
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I finished PD James' Children of Men. It was an excellent commentary on many modern social issues (birth control, eugenics, etc) and had a fantastic plot, but the ending felt very unrealistic (within the context of the world that James created, that is) and rushed. Overall I'd say it was a 4/5, good read for anyone interested in Science Fiction.
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Old 04-18-2011, 02:18 PM   #3387 (permalink)
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John Irving's, "Last Night at Twisted River"
I started it months ago.
Hoping to have time over Spring Break to finally finish.
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Old 04-18-2011, 04:39 PM   #3388 (permalink)
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Just finished this one:

Gotta say, while this book was pretty good, I think I enjoyed the movie a little more. They are almost exactly the same, word for word in alot of spots, however the ending of the movie was much more fulfilling.

About to start this one back up again:
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Old 04-19-2011, 12:03 AM   #3389 (permalink)
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Greg Egan's Luminous - hard science-fiction short stories, some of which the science is merely speculative

no desire to finish the book like Gravity's Rainbow quickly so I'm taking it at a lesiurely pace
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Old 04-23-2011, 08:19 AM   #3390 (permalink)
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"Adrian Mole: The Prostate Years" by Sue Townsend. I reccomend reading all the books back to back starting with when he is 13 up to the present 39 if you really want to understand the most current book (You almost feel like you are Adrian Mole sans airplane stuck to your nose ). Just an absorbing series.
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