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Old 02-22-2002, 03:58 PM
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Catch-22 -Joseph Heller
Catcher In The Rye - JD Salinger
The Divine Secrets Of The Ya Ya Sisterhood - Rebecca Wells
Junk -Melivn Burgess

And if I'm being honest.... Career Girls- Louise Bagshawe -pure unadultarated trash... love it.
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Re: fav books

mine have changed somewhat since i last posted here

so here goes

Catcher in the Rye
Catch 22
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
On the Road
The Stephanie Plum series (for a wee bit of mindless, read it one day sorta thing)
LotR

I just read over Rhiggatwat's post.. haha.. I recnetly ordered The Naked Lunch, and am waiting for it to come in, too bad he isn't around so I can share my thoughts on it once I've read it.
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Re: fav books

Catch-22 seems to be a favorite. One of mine, too.

Slaughterhouse 5 -- Kurt Vonnegut
The Rising Sun -- John Toland
The Best And The Brightest - -David Halberstam
American Caesar -- William Manchester
Goodbye Darkness -- William Manchester
Grapes Of Wrath -- John Steinbeck
The Right Stuff -- Tom Wolfe
The Last Mafioso -- Anthony Bruno
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I like every book in the hitchikers guide series. Such a sad loss Douglas Adams.And I also like the discworld series of books by Terry Pratchet.

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Re: fav books

The Name Of The Rose, Baudolino and Focault`s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
1984, Animal Farm
Size The Night by Dean Koontz (love his books!)
Trainspotting, Fight Club
Everybody Smokes In Hell by John Ridley

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I think George Orwell is over-rated... anyone agree or is it just me?
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I'm in a huge William Gibson and Margret Atwood cycle right now.


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Idoru--Gibson
Cat's Eye--Atwood
Dina's Book--Wassmo
Edinburg--Chee
I, Robot--Asimov
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catcher in the rye is pretty much the only book i like
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Re: fav books

I know I've said it before, but it cannot be overstated.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky

And Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
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Re: fav books

In no particular order:

The Giver
Harry Potter series (you know you like it, too)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Animal Farm
The Most Dangerous Game(short story)
On The Road
A Wrinkle in Time

Yeah, typical stuff that most people like.
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Not into reading books, but Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas would be my favourite.

RIP Hunter S. Thompson
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I think they sent his ashes up with some fireworks just the other day.
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Yeah his last request was to have his ashes blasted out of a cannon
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