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Old 02-22-2007, 09:23 PM   #16
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The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley was a very good read. It's from the women's point of view, so I don't know how you'd like it, but I absolutely loved it.
I'll give that one a shot also. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Old 02-22-2007, 10:27 PM   #17
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Has anyone read Trainspotting? It almost killed me. First ten pages and that book's down in my trashbin.
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Has anyone read Trainspotting? It almost killed me. First ten pages and that book's down in my trashbin.
Yes, and Irvine Welsh's other works. Throwing it in the bin is a terrible sin.

It is a brilliant novel, albeit hard to read until you get into the dialect.
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