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    The Harry Potter books are extremely fast reads- I took about as long as Rage2Fury did to read them, but I read the fourth book in one night (I was at a really boring dinner party my parents had dragged me to!)

    Right now, I'm working through Chaim Potok's The Promise, which is the sequel to The Chosen. I think I like the first book a lot better so far . . .
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    Well, I don't see many books beating The Chosen anyway. A very good read, I must say.

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    Yeah see I took the Fourth Book to my grandparents and I was hanging out with my uncle and aunt. I didn't get to read much. And when I was reading it I put it down for a little bit and then read some more. Oh well...
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    Teehee no need to excuse yourself, Rage2Fury! I just enjoy showing off

    I finished The Promise in three hours . . . it's like reading a screen play. I have to say, I was kind of disappointed . . . it wasn't nearly as deep as The Chosen . . . it was more like . . . more like . . . a story book, I guess. I don't know . . . I need to reread it again. I mean, I remember most of the stuff, but I can't figure out why I'm disappointed. Eh. Maybe I should start My Name is Asher Lev or something.
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    Neverheard of any of those, but ok...*smiles*
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    *jabs finger at Rage* read! now!!

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    Haha... I was going to put a line in there about me going to find those books and reading them. Maybe I will sometime in the future!
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    Im reading the Switcher trilogy at the moment. Switchers, Midnights Choice and Wild Blood. I'm on the last book, Wild Blood. Its quite cool. There only about one hundred and fifty pages each so it doesn't take long to read them. One of my favourite series was the Dragon Rider series by Anne Mccaffary. Very good.

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    Right now I'm reading the (first name) Covenant the Unbeliever series, they're ok I guess. I also just finnished the newest Anne Mcaffrey book. Woo hoo I love those books.
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    That would be The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliver by Stephen R. Donaldson. There are actually six books--in two series: The First and The Second Chronicles. I read all six when I was in the Hospital. Maybe it was the drugs they were giving me, but I thought they were excellent.
    That was a couple of years ago...but they are among the few books good enough to permanently grace my shelves.
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    Has anyone read the book Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton? Currently I am up and about The Three Muskateers by Alexandre Dumas; a glamour in full view.

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    Ethan Frome was required reading for my American Lit class last year . . . I thought it wasn't bad, but I didn't particularly like it.

    Currently, I am awaiting three books from Amazon.com
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    Say, for those reading Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' and 'American Gods' - any good? And are you Sandman fans?

    I'm just about finished with The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Really fascinating subject matter - the Knights Templar, secret conspiracies, etc. - but the characters and plot are just drek. Is it just me, or does it seem these days that 'Best Seller' means 'plots written for stupid people'. Ugh.

    About to dive into Grant Morrison's Animal Man series - I'm a huge fan of the Invisibles, and rather enjoyed The Filth, so a friend has lent me all his Animal Man books, and the Doom Patrol is next!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rage2Fury
    You are going to love them all. The books are just so fantastic and imaginative!
    Well, I just finished the fifth book yesterday. They are fantastic. Can't wait for the sixth.

    I didn't pickup the first book at the library until about the 20th. I finished it in one day. The second one I got on the 25th and I finished it in one day. Third one I finished on the 26th, and the forth I finished on the 1st (in one day, because I didn't get it until then.)

    Then some school tests hit me, and I was postponed until just recently to start on the fifth book, whith I finished in 2 1/2 days.

    They were very fast reads...simply because you couldn't put the thing down.
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    I just finished reading Bryce Courtenay's Power of One and now I'm starting on Peter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More. It's pretty dry reading so far, but it's not bad, since Ackroyd is a novelist, so he can make things seem pretty interesting.
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