What Are You Reading Now.

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  1. PrincessGarnet

    PrincessGarnet New Member

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    I'm reading 'selling Olga' - it's a book on human trafficking, mainly focusing on eastern europe and the UK, some really sad stories. I don't know how people can treat others that way....
     
  2. Long Gone

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    Two Women - Martina Cole

    I hate that everyone says Martina is woman's fiction. I have to buy hardback so I can slip my Tom Clancy cover over it :p
     
  3. Amor

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    I'm reading "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, for the second time...
     
  4. Sugar N. Spice

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    Now I'm reading "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice.
     
  5. MarcG

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    As a Man Grows Older by Italo Svevo. Nearly as good so far as Zeno's Conscience, but that seems to be the fault of the translator. Whoever translated Zeno's did a wonderful job.
     
  6. CDRW

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    I'm reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It's really good.
     
  7. Oasis Writer

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    I'm looking for a play to read right now. :)
     
  8. Lemex

    Lemex That's Lord Lemex to you. Contributor

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    I'm giving Misery by Stephen King a second try.
    I think I was a little harsh on the novel last time and having not actualy finnished it, I got bored of it halfway though and want to give it a re-reading.
     
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    I've just finished reading, "The House At Riverton" by Kate Morton. I thought it was brilliant - it's the first book that has captured my imagination for ages, and I was pleased to find that I couldn't put it down.
    About to start reading, "Running for the Hills" by Horatio Clare.

    I'm also currently reading the BBC Torchwood fiction books.. (now that we've come to the end of the series, I have to top up my RDA of Captain Jack!).
     
  10. Mr Sci Fi

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    Reading "Lolita" at the moment.

    Amazing language, but it's difficult to sit through the narrator's sexual descriptions of nine year olds.
     
  11. KissMeGoodBye

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    Pride and Prejudice
    by Jane Austen

    I think you all know it?
    It is hard to understand for me as a german native speaker.
    But the story is not bad. It's becoming more interesting nearer to the end.
    By the way I don't have to read it for school, only for fun and because our library is
    nice. I could discover many nice books there. ^^
     
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    I'm currently reading The Ice People, by Rene Barjavel. It's excellent.
     
  13. scrittura-amoredea

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    I'm currently reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" as part of my class.
    It's kinda required.
     
  14. PrincessGarnet

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    One month until summer holidays, I'm going to finish Anna Karenina then :), but now work :(
     
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    I am trying to get into this book called The killing Doll. It is by anna someone I think, I can't remeber. I can't get into it though
     
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    I'm just about to start reading the PS, I love you book by Cecilia Ahern. My sister just read it and cried at least once per chapter and it made my mum cry. She always calls me heartless and has challenged me to read it and not cry. Lol.
     
  17. Oasis Writer

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    1984 - George Orwell
     
  18. Milady

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    I had to read that last year. It was okay. Not my usual choice of genre, but I could see the merit in it.

    Good book.

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    Right now, I'm reading Dune by Frank Herbert. I hear it's one of the best. It was written so long ago that many of its plot devices have become cliche, but I still find myself enjoying it.
     
  19. Oasis Writer

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    Heard Dune was amazing. I'll look it up after 1984.
     
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    Dune is a really good book. I don't usually go for sci-fi, but I love Dune.
     
  21. KP Williams

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    Black by Ted Dekker. I started it before, but didn't get to finish it, so I'm starting again. It's better this time than I remember it.
     
  22. What Happens Next?

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    Nothing -- just finished The Giver, and it was really good. Looking forward to reading it's sequel, Messenger. I'll skip the companion book for now.
     
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    it is an alternate history series and very well written.
     
  24. para_noir

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    New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
     
  25. ChimmyBear

    ChimmyBear Writing for the love of it. Contributor

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    Mosaic By Amy Grant
     

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