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-Londonistan by Melanie Phillips; highly recommended and eye opening.
-Obsessed by Ted Dekker; very good so far (not finished with it yet)
-Devil In the White City by Erik Larson; one of the most well written non-fiction books I've ever read

I've got about 5 other books on standby waiting for me to pick up and read.

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Sabrina Fleur

I just finished Lord of the Flies, william golding.
personally..i find that it was prejudice, had chauvinistically ideal favoritisms and had predictably typical outcomes: The quiet one was the devil in disguise (Roger), the main character had to be the blonde and the leader(Ralph), the irish had to be the hot-headed aggressor-oppressor (jack), the fat character had to be weak, vulnerable and unhealthy ("Piggy" -.-). But aside from that..no DUH ppl are gonna lose their heads when theyre like..STRANDED on an island.

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Krim

Reading Lord of Light by Zelazny. Fucking amazing. Great prose (mostly), great characters, great Buddhist discussions, great action.

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"A terrible energy and strength began to grow in him. It grabbed his emotions and forged them into a solid bar of anger with one word stamped on it: revenge." - Eragon by Christopher Paolini, an international bestseller

almostfamous1286

The last book I read was called "Catch Me When I Fall" by Nicci French. I picked it up at an airport after I finished the last Harry Potter book for the sixth time...
It was incredible. It was a psychological mystery...It kept me guessing until the end.

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Aurora Asha Ila

oh im now reading "the Catcher in the Rye" which is good so far as i can tell. Im wondering right at this moment why it was given as the reason for the murder of John Lennon... however i am not yet very far through it, so im sure the answer will become apparent later.

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Rob

Last novel I read was The Dying Animal by Philip Roth. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

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writingkeys

Let's see, just finished up One for the Money by Janet Evanovich and also Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.

One for the Money is absolutely hilarious, probably a new favorite series. I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

Peter and the Shadow Thieves was also reallly well written and entertaining (if you like YA novels). Props to Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.

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Olly Buckle

The utility of force by Rupert Smith

If you are interested in what is going down in the world today this is dry but informative and perceptive, the author was Deputy supreme allied commander nato in Europe, in a command position in Kosovo and commander of motorised forces in the first gulf war. His basic thesis is that we have moved from industrialised warfare to what he calls war amongst the people.

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Maul Twilight

Recently finished reading Everything's Eventual by Stephen King - short stories are brilliant, but damn he can make a 'short story' seem frigging long.
Of course reading a collection of short stories leads you to have a favourite...and mine is the initial one "Autopsy Room Four."
I had goosebumps while reading.

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Voodoo

Best one in that was Little Sisters of Eul. in my opinion.

Blade

Just read Key Witch by Robert Tacoma and it was hilarious. I bought it yesterday. I've been savoring Top Dead Center by Kevin Cameron for a week or so. On the slow shelf is One Hundred Years of Solitude in Spanish (already read it in English), and that one will take me months to read.

Brxan

I just finished reading Conn Iggulden's Emperor: The Gates of Rome. The book wasn't that bad and even though it is suppose to be about Julius Caesar I found him to be a cardboard character, most of the other characters in the novel were just a little more interesting but the story itself was good.

I wouldn't recommend this book to most people. Only if you are interested in the Roman Empire. I did end up picking up the second book to this series today and if it is better then the first one then I will probably finish the series out.

The Hooded One

The last book I read was "A Feast For Crows" by George R. R. Martin

it was very good though I was a little disappointed that half the characters were not in this one.

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The Hooded One

I recommend Colleen McCullough's "Masters of Rome" series. "First Man in Rome" is the first book and though a little hard to get into I was hooked after 50 pages. One of the best books on historical fiction I have ever read highly recommended

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Mike C

Just finished volume 2 of JG Ballard's collected shorts, and it makes me feel physically sick that I'll never, ever, be able to write like he does.

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