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Post by Dominique on Apr 4, 2011 3:30:34 GMT -5
Over the past week or so I've finished: Delirium by Lauren Oliver which was fantastic. The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown which I started off really liking, but then thought it was just ok, which was annoying because I had expected to love it.
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Post by pia on Apr 5, 2011 5:55:53 GMT -5
I finished The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen last night. Unfortunately I could only read little bits at a time, but I really enjoyed it!
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Post by Isa on Apr 5, 2011 9:42:59 GMT -5
I'm with the Band, by Pamela Des Barres. Interesting stories, and it was a surprisingly uplifting book! I wouldn't trade my life with hers, but I have to admire her lust for life and positive philosophy
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Post by Lu on Apr 6, 2011 14:48:44 GMT -5
I finished The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen last night. Unfortunately I could only read little bits at a time, but I really enjoyed it! I really want to read The Corrections! It's on TBR list but it looks like I never get around reading it. I recently finished Signorsì, Sofonisba a children book by an italian writer (I can't remeber the name), the librarian asked me to read it. It was ok, Sofonisba the witch was funny but I found the narrator a bit boring.
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Post by Kristie on Apr 6, 2011 19:36:26 GMT -5
I finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett this past Sunday. I really liked it!
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Post by unnormahl on Apr 7, 2011 8:24:48 GMT -5
I finished Mrs. Dalloway last night, it was really good.
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Post by pia on Apr 7, 2011 11:58:27 GMT -5
I finished The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen last night. Unfortunately I could only read little bits at a time, but I really enjoyed it! I really want to read The Corrections! It's on TBR list but it looks like I never get around reading it. I hope you will though sometime! And let me know what you think about it then I just finished Die Leiden des jungen Werthers by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. I didn't really like it that much.
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Post by Lu on Apr 9, 2011 5:06:39 GMT -5
I'm not a big fan of The Sorrow of Young Werther either. I recently read a graphic non-fiction book about Ilaria Alpi (an italian journalist killed in Somalia in 1994, while she was following a case of toxic waste traffic and weapon), the book is really well done. I already knew the story but it was a very interesting read.
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Post by unnormahl on Apr 9, 2011 6:02:33 GMT -5
I finished Fame by Daniel Kehlmann yesterday. It was an easy read and a good one, too.
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Post by pia on Apr 9, 2011 12:33:19 GMT -5
I just finished The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and I loved it!
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Post by Lu on Apr 10, 2011 14:21:17 GMT -5
I really want to read Hunger Games. I heard such good reviews. I've finished An Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire today, I like Arundhat Roy's essays. Well, I also liked her novel.
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Post by Isa on Apr 12, 2011 7:51:04 GMT -5
"The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan. I enjoyed it, probably the oldest action-type novel I've ever read.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2011 8:17:08 GMT -5
I finished La solitudine dei numeri primi By Paolo Giordano. I read it in english, but I just remembered it's original title. I liked it a lot.
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Post by Lu on Apr 12, 2011 14:40:55 GMT -5
I finished La solitudine dei numeri primi By Paolo Giordano. I read it in english, but I just remembered it's original title. I liked it a lot. I didn't like La solitudine dei numeri primi much but I'm glad to hear you did. There was such hype surronding that book and I probably had too high expectations (also, the title really intrigued me).
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Post by godstar on Apr 13, 2011 12:19:24 GMT -5
Just finished Feast of Crows by George R.R. Martin, great book.
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