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HoneyBee000
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I got about 6 books out from the library this week, just been reading a page of each the last couple of nights. I have settled on Moby Dick at the moment, it's making me read more because the language of certain phrases and words are keeping my mind interested.


Wow been a long time since I trotted past here! I'mm reading currently this week short stories Coming up Roses stories of gardens and life (dark humour, comingup roses two pages long very funny from the start) edited by Caroline Oakley. I got it reccommended from my UK Library.
etairay
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Ok here it is ..the bible. Reading chapters randomly depending on stories and teachings in each book. Will leave it at that
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Ok here it is ..the bible. Reading chapters randomly depending on stories and teachings in each book. Will leave it at that


I have never had much luck reading the Bible, and I have tried a couple of times...that Old English stuff reads like a foreign language to me...

I know there are various study guides and the like...heck, there are tons of them...it is the most read book in the world I believe...I just never really had the patience I guess...maybe some day in my old age...
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Riot Girl by Aussiescribbler.

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I just finished reading this short story at one of my favourite websites, Words Without Borders.

It's a web site dedicated to encouraging literature in translation: from other languages to English. I've done a fair amount of translating into English from French and Italian, and have a great deal of respect for the people who do it as a profession, as it is not at all simple.

This story is called Orkish Cornbread and could best be described as fantastical.

Orkish Cornbread, by Ranko Trifković. Translated from Serbian by Ranko Trifković

The first record of Orkish cornbread is found in the journals of the warlord Ur-Agarish. The original document is lost to time, but a saying remains: "He who dodges the cornbread and sours the kraut, then cream his neck!"

Obtaining the Ingredients:

The basis of every good cornbread is corny flour. It is harvested by the Giants of the Corned Hills. You will need to give the giants plenty of firewater. When they are wasted, steal the corn. But remember, the cornstalks are so gigantic you'll need the help of seasoned Goblin lumberjacks. Also take care—don't raise your battle-ax on a corn-tree. Barghrhazd the Impatient did so and died in his next battle. No one is sure why, but cutting a corn-tree is bad luck.

A small forest of corn yields eighty-seven and three-quarter sacks.

Take these to the Goblin blacksmiths. Tell them to smash the kernels with their hammers for one year and one-and-a-half months. Next, ship the corn to the Gribby miller named Milo for fine grinding. His mills are legendary for having ground the diamonds for the anklet of Queen Bulboulina the First.


Read the rest here - it's a very short story.
ladysharon
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I just started The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larssen.

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I just started The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larssen.

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That Larssen series is a good read and gives you an interesting view into Swedish life. Too bad writing it apparently killed him.

Just finished, Red Rain, by Bruce Murkoff. Historical fiction set in a Hudson River town in the summer of 1864. Does a good job of bringing several plot lines together using multiple POV.
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I'm currently reading Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay. It's the first time I've read one of his books and the story grabbed my attention from the beginning.

I'm enjoying the way he writes. It's similar to Harlan Coben's style.
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I am beta reading a friends novel manuscript although chances are it will be published before I finish it since I got started late.

Keep an eye out for Crimes Against Magic by Steve J McHugh smile
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I just picked up "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E L James and I'm excited to curl up and get lost in this book!
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I'm reading a book called '4 Bodies and a Funeral' series by Stephanie Bond about a bunch of crazy characters. It's chick-lit and frothy but still in the comedic detective genre plus the characters are very real and have real problems.
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MissAdventure
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Simultaneously reading "Dante's Inferno: A retelling in prose" by David Bruce (on my Kobo on my lunch breaks and the bus) and "Spellbound" by Kelley Armstrong (hardback, in the evenings).
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ladysharon
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Mockingjay, the third installment of the Hunger Games trilogy.

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Mockingjay, the third installment of the Hunger Games trilogy.


I read all three in three days and then felt a bit lost because it was all over. I enjoyed those books.
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I want to get started on the Fifty Shades trilogy by EL James. It has to wait until I turn in five papers and a final project for school.

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stories in SS.. but I just downloaded Hunger Games to my Kindle..
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stories in SS.. but I just downloaded Hunger Games to my Kindle..


You're going to love the book. After you read it, go see the movie. It stays pretty close to the book.

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Daisy
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I'm currently trawling my way through "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. Normally I would love this kind of stuff, but... I'm really bored. I'm sticking with it because I want to know if he really is undeadly alive. I often turn to the back of a book to find the ending few pages to see how they get them there throughout the story. But I can't even be bothered with this one. It's a shame, because her descriptions are wonderful!
HoneyBee000
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Ok here it is ..the bible. Reading chapters randomly depending on stories and teachings in each book. Will leave it at that


I'd rather read the Chamber Oxford Dictionary... words words words galore! £35.00 WHSmith (UK Shop) It's a big book and I love it!
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I am currently reading the Idiot's Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca... I am loving it!!
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Just finished Augustus' Res Gestae. Had to read it for school. He gives me a headache.
HoneyBee000
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Love reading the Classics. Reading David Copperfield up to chapter 3. Library book gone back and I purchased a copy of this book for myself. I just hope I can get through it quicker than James Joyce Ulysees had to put my glasses on then to check the spelling on my book shelf. Need a new bookcase but where to put it maybe I shoudl get rid of the T.V.
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I bought The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury on Wednesday for £1, bargain! Started reading it in the shop a few weeks ago then didn't buy it, but on Wednesday I read the first few paragraphs again and it seemed to call out to me, so I bought it. After that I'm going to be re-reading Vladimir Nabokov's .
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My assignment for Human Biology.

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I'm rereading Jane Eyre, and am also reading Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie's memoir. Also reading The Heart Broke In by James Meek and American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

All four books are fantastic.
mazza
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I've just finished reading PopCo by Scarlett Thomas. She's a great writer although I enjoyed her other books more than this one, it took me ages to get through. Her book, The End of Mr Y was fantastic!
Noraj
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I just finished the Hunger Games
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Darkangel
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Im currently reading Samurai Game by Christine Feehan. Its a good book and compliments the rest of the books in the series.
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