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iesus wrote:I will start tomorrow this one :D

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Seems promising ;D
i saw that some day ago and i was tempet to buy it, but Dan Brown doesn't deserve 19€ ;D
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You don't need to pay 19€ to read a book, there are many ways to do so like libraries etc and all that ;D
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If you wait a couple of months you'll be able to get it from a Charity Shop for very little and have the warm glow of doing good.
Well you must know something
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million voices wrote:If you wait a couple of months you'll be able to get it from a Charity Shop for very little and have the warm glow of doing good.
:lol: :notworthy: I don't think Mr Brown will miss the lost royalties either.
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Peter Hopkirk - The Great Game. On Secret Service in High Asia.
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Just finished....

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Now reading...

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Thoroughly engrossing. About 2/3 of the way through. It's influencing my dreams and disturbing me generally. It's so subliminal I would have to hail him as a genius.
Hiya

Just wanted to say that I often follow up on recommendations I see through this forum - on all sorts of cultural things, not just music - and on your 4 line summary I was tempted to borrow this from my library. I am probably only 1/3rd way through and I have to say it is FANTASTIC. The most I've enjoyed a book since the Millennium series. When the first section stopped mid-sentence, I did have a WTF moment, but I trusted it and pressed on - very rewarding.
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It really is great isn't it?

There's several times throughout the book that I questioned what had just happened but it's so subliminally written that it just flows into your mind.

I didn't think it would be the kind of book I like but I have to say it's in my top 10 of all time. And that's saying something. :D
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Currently reading the best B-Day present that had just arrived on the mail today!
Noel Fielding's "The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton"! Woohoo!
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Being a real goff with the original Dracula book.
An edition I spent £16 bluumin quid on.
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it was a few years ago, but i remember that reading Stoker's "Dracula" as quite entertaining and enjoyable. nothing gooffy. but stupid marketing slogan ("sex, blood and" something else) convinced my teacher to say: "you shouldn't (or even without 'shouldn't) read that". :lol: :?
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There are three copies of Dracula in our house. The one Kerry owned before we met, the one I owned before we met, and an illustrated special edition hardback.

Goths, us? :lol:

As a friend said to me the other day, "wearing a Hawaiian shirt doesn't make you not a goth Mark, people just think 'Ooh look, a goth in a Hawaiian shirt!'" :lol:
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:lol:

Just started this little beauty.....

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Recommended by @Bourdain :notworthy:
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F.G. Burnaby - A ride to Khiva. My travels and adventures in Central Asia. More than great written book, highly recommended, not only if you're interested in Russia and Central Asia region.
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After watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on Channel 4 last night, I'm going to start reading the book.
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Hom_Corleone wrote::lol:

Just started this little beauty.....

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blackandgold65 wrote:
Hom_Corleone wrote::lol:

Just started this little beauty.....

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You like? :P
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Just finished -
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Just started -
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Colin Thubron - The lost heart of Asia.
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After i've read one chapter of book mentioned in post above, i have to gave up readding it. strange thing, i just don't believe in that report/story. and book, after 70 pages is a bit dull. well, maybe later i'll try to read another chapter and see how it will be.

now: The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek
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I'm going to try to start The Glass Bead Game again. Tried twice before and never got past the introduction. If I can't get into it this time it's going to a charity shop.
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I just saw it in the local supermarket for £3.80 and felt compelled.
I'll happily pass it on when finished.
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