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- Les Misérables
- The Sylph
- Lorna Doone
- The White Cat
- Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana (whew!)
- Cybele's Secret
- The Bell Jar
- The Three Musketeers
- The History of Tom Jones
- Inkdeath
- Clarrisa
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Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
War and Peace
Crime and Punishment
..... the list goes on.
~I'm so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I'm saying.~ Oscar Wilde
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Spent 2 hours in Waterstones, Trafford Center today and even when i tried to restrain myself i added the following books to my TBR list:

Black House (King)
10 Secrets of Success at Work
Sister
Mammoth Book of Hauntings
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I guess I'm just one of the few who hasn't read popular series like The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter and The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. Would go for The Chronicles of Narnia first. :)

I'd also read On Writing and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as soon as I find a copy of them... :wink:
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Every single Newbery Award winner.
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Borges - Aleph & Ficciones
Cartarescu
Eliade
Dostoevsky
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ParanoidIdealDodo wrote:I guess I'm just one of the few who hasn't read popular series like The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter and The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. Would go for The Chronicles of Narnia first. :)

I'd also read On Writing and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as soon as I find a copy of them... :wink:

I got my copy as a gift, but I'd suggest searching your local flea markets, yard sales, and any used book store in the area. If that doesn't pan out, try ebay, found one for only $8.00!
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El_greco wrote:Borges - Aleph & Ficciones
Cartarescu
Eliade
Dostoevsky
If you are going to read Dostoevsky, may I suggest the Brothers Karamazov first. I just loved it!
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Mairin wrote:
El_greco wrote:Borges - Aleph & Ficciones
Cartarescu
Eliade
Dostoevsky
If you are going to read Dostoevsky, may I suggest the Brothers Karamazov first. I just loved it!
I'd rather recommend Crime and Punishment for the first book of his. Brothers Karamazov are great but it's a bit hard in the first half of the book.

Anyway, I'm going to read The Possessed of Dostoyevski in the next year. I know I will get it for Christmas.
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GotThatSwing wrote:
Mairin wrote:
El_greco wrote:Borges - Aleph & Ficciones
Cartarescu
Eliade
Dostoevsky
If you are going to read Dostoevsky, may I suggest the Brothers Karamazov first. I just loved it!
I'd rather recommend Crime and Punishment for the first book of his. Brothers Karamazov are great but it's a bit hard in the first half of the book.

Anyway, I'm going to read The Possessed of Dostoyevski in the next year. I know I will get it for Christmas.
I have not read Crime and Punishment yet, but it is on my TBR list. The first of Dostoevsky that I read was The Devils, but I found it hard to follow. My husband says that Crime and Punishment is also a good starter for Dostoevsky. I'll just have to bump it up on my list.
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Bought a load of books today in The Book Centre using my vouchers, spent over 90euro! Some of the books include:

Relentless by Dean Koontz
The Complete Collection of Edgar Allen Poe
USA Travel Guide by Eye Witness
Terror at 20000 feet by Various

A mixed bag of books to keep me reading well into 2011 :D
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Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
War and Peace
Crime and Punishment
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Got 2 books from a voucher today- The Town by Chuck Hogan and Soundings, a republished book of poems. Wanted to get Skippy Dies but its out of stick for at least a week. :D
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'Fall of Giants' .... just as soon as I can get a big strong man to take it off the shelf for me. It's some tome for a wee lassie.
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Next on my TBR list is Life of Pi by Yann Martel, sounds like a very intriguing concept and i look forward to getting stuck into it. :D
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