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I'm reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It's actually a very awesome book, unlike any other that I've read before. I will definately review it when I'm done.
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rosene, I agree! It's defintely become one of my favourites and I'll be reading it again some time.

A friend of mine borrowed me Flann O'Briens "The Poor Mouth", so I'm readings this now before going with the Hubert Selby novel.
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I can recommend Flann O'Briens 'At Swim-Two-Birds' - it's his masterpiece.

I had an Irish girlfriend once who got given this, but I read it instead as I liked the cover. It was truly bizarre & wonderful, and made me hunt out his other books. They were good but not as good as that first one. Some of his newspaper articles that have been collected together are stunningly funny though.

In fact thinking about it makes me want to read it again - no which box do I need to unpack?

I need a glass of Porter!

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Hi everyone! :banana: Its my first post!

I just finished Shogun by James Clavelle, It took me about 2 weeks to finish it. but so far the best book I've read.
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Welcome Metal_head! Hope you have a good time here...oh yeah make sure you post a lot! :D





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Metal_head wrote:Hi everyone! :banana: Its my first post!

I just finished Shogun by James Clavelle, It took me about 2 weeks to finish it. but so far the best book I've read.
Wow! I will defiantly put that on my to read list.

By the way welcome to the IBDOF!

Have you thought of possibly rating and or reviewing that book. If you go and look it up under are database there are links to do such. You can check out the critics coner to see some reviews others have posted, to give you ideas for how to go about your own. Here is one I did recently.
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Yo Metal Head. Image

Nice to see more fans of Metal! :twisted: :roll:
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Welcome Metal_head!
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Its good to meet you all! :D
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Welcome, Metal_head, always good to see a new user. :thumb:

And I agree with you: Shogun was a very good book, though it's been so long since I read it...I think its time for a re-read...
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Currently reading Making History by Stephen Fry.

It's good - very different than you would expect from him and not like his other novels. It's about a postgraduate history student and a theoretical physicist who attempt to eradicate Hitler by preventing his birth.

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Sounds interesting, sE.

I am currently reading Darwin's Universe by Charles Pellegrino and Jesse A. Stoff, Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould, Life on a Young Planet by Andrew H. Knoll, and Flying to Valhalla by Charles Pellegrino...And I'm waiting for the new Pellegrino to come in the mail...Ghosts of Vesuvius sounds positively fascinating...
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I am now reading The vampire Lestat by Anne Rice.
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Just finished Asian Journals Pt2 by Joseph Campbell.

I haven't decided yet whether to read the latest Harry Potter book, order "Black Elk Speaks", or borrow that the spiffy new hardcover editions of Doc Smith's "Lensmen" series that I gave to my Father.
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Yes, welcome aboard Metal Head. So far, myself and ECM have corrupted ... I mean ... converted Kahrey and mr dude dabbles in metal.


I am finishing up Death of Chaos and will then begin the third Drizzt series by R.A. Salvatore.
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MidasKnight wrote:Yes, welcome aboard Metal Head. So far, myself and ECM have corrupted ... I mean ... converted Kahrey and mr dude dabbles in metal.
I stand happily converted. Well, sit at the moment.... :lol: :metal:
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Brad_H wrote:Just finished Asian Journals Pt2 by Joseph Campbell.

I haven't decided yet whether to read the latest Harry Potter book, order "Black Elk Speaks", or borrow that the spiffy new hardcover editions of Doc Smith's "Lensmen" series that I gave to my Father.
Last harry potter was definatley well worth the read.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was the best so far - much darker, scarier, etc.


Just finishing The Oxford Illustrated History Of Christianity - not as high-brow as the title implies, and a lot of gorgeous illustrations.
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I'm starting on a book titled Freud. It's got all of Sigmund Freud's major works in it. I can't wait to start reading it....

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And after you read Freud, you need to read Nietzsche...

p.s. to anyone who has read Nietzshe: Am I the only one who finds Nietzsche's writings funny? I read a collection of his philisophical writings and letters a couple years ago and could barely refrain from laughter--I think he's hilarious...or as I put it at the time: "laughably ridiculous." It was like reading the scribblings of a madman...very enjoyable... :clap: :lol: (But maybe I'm just weird that way... :roll: :butter:)
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I've wanted to read his, especially since he is in the worldview study I'm doing.
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What Book I'm now reading.

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I am currently reading Wild Geese by Martha Ostenso, good Canadian book.
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Welcome to IBDoF, PajamaBoy! :)
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hello! :D
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Welcome! Hope you have fun! :D
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