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Athena Horla
21 Sep 07 - 00:50
I'm assuming this is for school?
There is a sort of busy worm,
That will the fairest book deform,
Their tasteless tooth will tear and taint
The poet, patiot,sage or saint,
Nor sparing wit nor learning.
Now, if you'd know the reason why,
The best of reasons I'll supply;
'Tis bread to this poor vermin.

J. Doraston
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Apollo Marid
21 Sep 07 - 03:07
Halo: The Fall of Reach.
I found out this one is actually the first chronological story in the Halo series novelization. It's okay. i'm not a sci-fi book person anyway...
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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21 Sep 07 - 18:15
Athena wrote: I'm assuming this is for school?
School? Hah, I wish they did flying lessons at school... it's for my pilot's license.
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A still more glorious dawn awaits, not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise, a morning filled with 400 billion suns - the rising of the Milky Way
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4 Oct 07 - 02:13
Elric of Melnibone - Michael Moorcock

Harsh Cry of the Heron - Lian Hearn

Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik

Golden Compass - Phillip Pullman (finally started it)
I wish I were a cat-dragon
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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4 Oct 07 - 19:30
Loads of books:

The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks (read this book. Seriously. Though, not if you're squeamish)

Walking on Glass - Iain Banks

Feersum Endjinn - Iain M. Banks

Hogfather - Terry Pratchett

Plus various physics and flying books.
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Luciene Higher Spirit
4 Oct 07 - 19:48
Stephen King- The ballad of the flexible bullet.

And before that, it think "Jefty is Five" and the Last Siege by Jonathan Stroud, which was AMAZING! :wub:

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12 Oct 07 - 17:18
Heaven's Net is Wide - Lian Hearn

Prequel to the Otori Saga.
I wish I were a cat-dragon
Nectanebo Foliot
13 Oct 07 - 10:22
Snakehead - Anthony Horowitz

Weird how after Ark Angel he said that he wouldn't write another Alex Rider book, and yet, here one is...
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Luciene Higher Spirit
19 Oct 07 - 01:42
I got Proof, but David Aubern.

The review is so dramatic: "a play about scientists whose science matters less than their humanity" :'(

Edit: And the movie, is directed by John Madden, the guy who was supposedly making the BT movie...

*yay* Stroud is clearly on his way to ruling the universe =]
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19 Oct 07 - 01:44
Lord of the Flies

Just finished it.
I wish I were a cat-dragon
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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23 Oct 07 - 12:27
Jingo - Terry Pratchett

Putting off all the educational books I should be reading this half term...
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Nero Higher Spirit
28 Oct 07 - 12:32
Ug.... :sick:
I'm reading the very boring The Last of the Mohicans.
I wish I could to this :getfirefox: and read a better book.
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29 Oct 07 - 00:18
im reading 2 books; Polgara the Sorceress and Belgarath the Sorcerer. again. :D
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29 Oct 07 - 00:31
I'm reading a few books...

Johnathan Strange and Mister Norell by Susana Clarke- it has certain similarities to the Bartimaeus trilogy... But I'd sooner liken it to the illegitimate child of the complete works of J.K. Rowling and Jane Austen. :D It's awesome.

1968: The Year that Rocked the World by Mark Kurlansky. It should be absoluetly required reading for everyone whose parents were part of the Vietnam generation. I'm learning so much about the time- it's actually making it alot easier to interact with my parents, and even my grandparents. I think its because it's giving me a pretty good understanding of what shaped my parent's worldviews, and how it shaped them. I can't even begin to express the emotional impact it's having on me.

Nero! Last of the Mohicans is a wonderful story. If the book is boring you to tears... Just rent the movie! :D
"Generally hearts are considered to be instrumental to the functions of the body, so it seems that using it as a weapon would be just as detrimental to yourself as it would be to your enemies.
Of course, perhaps it works differently for those with hearts of stone." -Dansariki
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Nero Higher Spirit
29 Oct 07 - 00:48
Yeah, I think its good too, but still boring nonetheless.
And I heard the movies good, I think I will rent it.
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6 Nov 07 - 20:30
Amber spyglass now, and Paradise Lost.
I wish I were a cat-dragon
Nectanebo Foliot
8 Nov 07 - 23:32
Nightrise - Anthony Horowitz

Not as good as Alex Rider, Methinks.
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Apollo Marid
9 Nov 07 - 01:21
Alex Rider is okay. 1-10: 5.5 and maybe 6 for Scorpion. I read them all in two weeks and I had to go back to make sure I didn't leave out entire chapters.
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Post Higher Spirit
9 Nov 07 - 05:07
rubberchickenben wrote: Lord of the Flies

Just finished it.
Heh, never quite grasped what the Author wanted to say. The old original sin, yes, but yes.
Shame of the Super Son
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Random Utukku
9 Nov 07 - 18:54
Hmm, mostly a load of fanfiction atm. I was reading a few of the Shapeshifter series a week or so ago, and I've requested Snakehead at my library, but I kinda need a few suggestions...

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