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Tianyan Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 6:02 PM |
SamuraiSandy wrote: Has anyone read The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffinegger?
ohh...you should! it's sooo good! i think i've been talking about this book for a while now, but i would really suggest it...it's a fast read!
Yes, I have...high praise indeed. Personally, I thought that it was alright...I got a bit bored during the middle and so stopped reading after the loss of their 3rd child. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't reading I Capture the Castle simaltaneously...that I LOVED! |
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Tianyan Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 6:06 PM |
| Boiling a Frog...that is what you should read...it's brillant if you are into political satire. It is also surreal at moments and excessively funny...HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! |
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Tianyan Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 6:07 PM |
| Boiling a Frog...that is what you should read...it's brillant if you are into political satire. It is also surreal at moments and excessively funny...HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 6:10 PM |
| you don't like french ppl ? |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 6:10 PM |
| you don't like french ppl ? |
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Tianyan Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 6:11 PM |
AbsolutPurple wrote: you don't like french ppl ?
Me? No...whatever gave you that impression? Is confused... |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 6:13 PM |
Tianyan wrote: AbsolutPurple wrote: you don't like french ppl ?
Me? No...whatever gave you that impression? Is confused...
Boiling a frog !
Brits call us Frogs |
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Tianyan Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 6:17 PM |
AbsolutPurple wrote: Tianyan wrote: AbsolutPurple wrote: you don't like french ppl ?
Me? No...whatever gave you that impression? Is confused...
Boiling a frog !
Brits call us Frogs
Oh...hahah! No, an actual frog! Though the author did write something at the front of the book saying that no such event took place...Sorry, my mistake, let me clarify..."Frog" in the literal sense of the word and not a sort of slur against the Fench...
You sensitive about such things? Heheheh |
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isma Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 7:34 PM |
Dance dance dance - Haruki Murakami
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harry potter Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 7:56 PM |
thanks everyone for your suggestions, i've written them all down. however today i went with 2 books -
"the ginger man" by j.p. dunleavy
"tom bedlam" by george hagen
hurrah for reading.
thanks a million again for the suggestions. |
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SamuraiSandy Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 8:42 PM |
Tianyan wrote:
I got a bit bored during the middle and so stopped reading after the loss of their 3rd child. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't reading I Capture the Castle simaltaneously...that I LOVED!
Huh?? are you sure? i don't remember that at all...are you sure you didn't mix up the two books? |
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ricv64 Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 8:44 PM |
rockin down the highway by Paul grushkin , history of music & cars
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Tianyan Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 8:46 PM |
SamuraiSandy wrote: Tianyan wrote:
I got a bit bored during the middle and so stopped reading after the loss of their 3rd child. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't reading I Capture the Castle simaltaneously...that I LOVED!
Huh?? are you sure? i don't remember that at all...are you sure you didn't mix up the two books?
No, I am pretty sure...don't you remember that they found it really hard to have children...him being a time traveller and all, so his genetic makeup was pretty fucked up, hence diminishing the chances of successful reproduction. She kept on having miscarriages...I think so anyway.
Besides, I Capture had nothing of the sort...the most promiscuous act being a kiss. Time traveller's wife...sex all the way |
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SamuraiSandy Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 9:07 PM |
Tianyan wrote:
No, I am pretty sure...don't you remember that they found it really hard to have children...him being a time traveller and all, so his genetic makeup was pretty fucked up, hence diminishing the chances of successful reproduction. She kept on having miscarriages...I think so anyway.
Besides, I Capture had nothing of the sort...the most promiscuous act being a kiss. Time traveller's wife...sex all the way
oh. sorry...i thought you meant grown children...i did forget about the miscarriages! sorry! |
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nats Posted Wed 11 Jul, 2007 9:14 PM |
whatever you can get of saramago(gospel according to jesus christ is good but hard reading)
mankell inspector kurt wallander is a great character |
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