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pcernie
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Ian Rankin's Beggar's Banquet - short stories, brilliant so far. This is the first time I've ever read any of his work!
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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I'm working my way through the Charlie Parker series by John Connolly. Have read loads over the years and now filling in the gaps of the ones I missed and the newer books. Currently on the Wrath of Angels so I only have 2 more books to go after this and I have caught up. Excellent stuff. I'm frequently telling the rocking egg one that I'm going to bed with Charlie Parker. He's stopped saying 'who?' now  _________________Still the official cheeky one 
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm
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I've just finished 'Inspector Singh Investigates: A Curious Indian Cadaver,' by Shamini Flint. It's OK, but only the Mumbai setting lifts it out of the ordinary. I've now started James Clavell's Shogun. I have taken a very long time to get round to this (despite my father's claim that it's the best book he's ever read) mainly because it's a real 1125 page brick of a novel and I can recall being relatively unimpressed with the TV adaptation. I'm about 50 pages in and it's very good so far.
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross. Imagine Yes Minister mixed with HP Lovecraft and magic as a branch of theoretical mathematics based on an unpublished theorem by Alan Turing. Quite diverting.
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pcernie
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/WRONG-Retro-Gam ... 847&sr=1-8Absolutely brilliant if you like your retro games (links to brilliant articles, sites and vids).
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pcernie
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Chris Evans' second memoir, dunno if I'll stick with it.
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I thought it was worth reading, even if it's for the story of the catastrophic amount of money he lost.
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pcernie
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It's a fascinating insight in a way, but it can be very annoying reading about the top table in Langans and sh1t like that - I just don't care. _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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Bought this but trying to read on iphone and you can't zoom into the pics which would have been good. _________________ He fights for the users.
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pcernie
Legend
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I haven't really tinkered with the settings in the Kindle app so I haven't been zooming too far myself! _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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Gone Girl on Amy's recommendation
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pcernie
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Gave up, couldn't take any more of his 'I bought a...'. Had to give up on Palin's Monty Python diaries too; they're badly in need of an editor. Currently reading Hollywood Stories which is just a collection of anecdotes, but perfect light reading. _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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pcernie
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/W-R-Biography-A ... s=axl+roseIt's OK, but you'll never know how much of it's true considering the subject himself.
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pcernie
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Deathstroke The Terminator (awesome, shame about the boots), since The Activity file is playing silly buggers.
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oceanicitl
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Finished Amy is one crazy bitch _________________Still the official cheeky one
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