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By *ev and Trev OP   Couple
over a year ago

cardiff

Following on from Tinas post, what books could you read time and again?

I'm looking forward to a summer of reading for pleasure instead of for study do what should I add to my list?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have never read a book in my life..for some that know me that's quite logical.

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Of Mice and Men, I read it about 3 times a year!

Stephen King -The Stand gets a regular airing.

LOTR gets read once a year.

I re-read most of Sebastian Faulks works on a regular basis too, even when the stories are crap, his command of the English language is beautiful, the same with Ian McEwan.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Of Mice and Men, I read it about 3 times a year!

Stephen King -The Stand gets a regular airing.

LOTR gets read once a year.

I re-read most of Sebastian Faulks works on a regular basis too, even when the stories are crap, his command of the English language is beautiful, the same with Ian McEwan.

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I would agree with you about Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong is a stunning book.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

i dont think i have knowingly re-read a book since i was a kid.

When i was a kid i used to read the twits all the time lol

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

Martina cole...I love her books

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try a thousand splendid suns and the kite runner amazing....and in linecwith fab fifty shades...I'm a librarian and they are very popular xxxxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If I was going to re-read a book it would be any of Lee Child, Clive Cussler or Stephen King.

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By *ev and Trev OP   Couple
over a year ago

cardiff


"Of Mice and Men, I read it about 3 times a year!

Stephen King -The Stand gets a regular airing.

LOTR gets read once a year.

I re-read most of Sebastian Faulks works on a regular basis too, even when the stories are crap, his command of the English language is beautiful, the same with Ian McEwan.

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Of mice and men has been on my list a while so that is a definite must read this year!

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By *ev and Trev OP   Couple
over a year ago

cardiff


"Martina cole...I love her books "

I've only just discovered her, read one of her books over Christmas and loved it!

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley


"Of Mice and Men, I read it about 3 times a year!

Stephen King -The Stand gets a regular airing.

LOTR gets read once a year.

I re-read most of Sebastian Faulks works on a regular basis too, even when the stories are crap, his command of the English language is beautiful, the same with Ian McEwan.

Of mice and men has been on my list a while so that is a definite must read this year!"

It's only 130 pages, you can read it 3 times in a day

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon


"Martina cole...I love her books

I've only just discovered her, read one of her books over Christmas and loved it!"

Her early work is far better....try reading one of her first books that she brought out...

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Court of the Red Tsar

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Cloud Atlas, if you want to read a complete head fuck of a book, chapters that end mid sentence, and are completed about 100 pages later!

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By *aceytopWoman
over a year ago

from a town near you


"Cloud Atlas, if you want to read a complete head fuck of a book, chapters that end mid sentence, and are completed about 100 pages later!

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I can easily get through 6 books a week so many so little time,i rarely reread

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Phillipa Gregory for me could read her over and over x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends.

Amy Hempel - Reasons to live. Short stories, nicely written, bitter sweet.

Donna Tartt - Secret History. The story was pretty good but because it is one of the best written books I have read.

For just general easy reading I go for Chuck Palahniuk because I just like how dark and twisted this books are.

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By *aceytopWoman
over a year ago

from a town near you


"Depends.

Amy Hempel - Reasons to live. Short stories, nicely written, bitter sweet.

Donna Tartt - Secret History. The story was pretty good but because it is one of the best written books I have read.

For just general easy reading I go for Chuck Palahniuk because I just like how dark and twisted this books are."
Donna Tarts new one the thrush is very good

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By *bovethekneeCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire / Herefordshire

The Magic of Thinking Big is always a good read to get you back on track.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

i've read lord of the rings four times . maybe it's time for another trip to middle earth lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Depends.

Amy Hempel - Reasons to live. Short stories, nicely written, bitter sweet.

Donna Tartt - Secret History. The story was pretty good but because it is one of the best written books I have read.

For just general easy reading I go for Chuck Palahniuk because I just like how dark and twisted this books are.Donna Tarts new one the thrush is very good"

I shall check it out, thanks!

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By *aceytopWoman
over a year ago

from a town near you


"Depends.

Amy Hempel - Reasons to live. Short stories, nicely written, bitter sweet.

Donna Tartt - Secret History. The story was pretty good but because it is one of the best written books I have read.

For just general easy reading I go for Chuck Palahniuk because I just like how dark and twisted this books are.Donna Tarts new one the thrush is very good

I shall check it out, thanks! "
hope you enjoy it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i've read lord of the rings four times . maybe it's time for another trip to middle earth lol "

Not a bad time of the year to go to NZ, either!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Laurell k hamilton..Anita Blake series mmmmmmm

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By *oobsandballsMan
over a year ago

st andrews

I'm a huge Terry Pratchett fan - I own all the Discworld novels and could read them again and again. Also love Harry Potter, had another re-read over Xmas.

I've just finished reading Ack-Ack Macaque and its follow up, Hive Monkey, by Gareth L Powell - both about a sentient fighter pilot monkey

If you like Shaun of the Dead, I recommend Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan - hilarious, and you can read it in a day.

Chick-lit, I would have to say Sophie Kinsella's hilarious 'Shopaholic' novels - I am a bit Becky Bloomwood!

Right now I'm reading book two of Ben Aaronovitch's 'Rivers of London' series, called Moon Over Soho

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd go for George RR Martins series a song of ice and fire, better known as Game Of Thrones.

Lord of The Rings is always one to read again, To Kill a Mocking Bird a classic piece of literature. Or The Hannibal Lector Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs or Hannibal apart from Hannibal Rising it's really bad.

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk


"Laurell k hamilton..Anita Blake series mmmmmmm"

That's great up until around Obsidian Butterfly then she seriously started to lose the plot and she got worse and worse.

My new favourite author became Kelley Armstrong. I love her Women of the Otherworld series.

Kim Harrison's 'The Hollows' series is good too. And Patricia Briggs's 'Mercy Thompson' and 'Alpha and Omega' series. And Jennifer Estep's 'Elemental Assassin' series.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dont think i would class these as pleasure but thoughtful memoirs by inspiring women.

117 days - Ruth First.

Comfort woman - Maria Rosa Henson.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seven Years In Tibet, although more of a diary, is a very interesting read.

As for the movie, ........Hollywood!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Notes From An Exhibition Patrick Gale

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By *ev and Trev OP   Couple
over a year ago

cardiff

Thanks all, some interesting choices there

Never fancied LOTR but with so many recommendations I may give them a go. Will definitely be looking out for bino's choices though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Heart of Darkness -Conrad. Probably read it 10+ times, always something new in a comparably short book.

Down and Out in Paris and London - Orwell. Again a re-reader, an insight into a world so far away in time now as to be almost unrecognisable, yet still resonates with todays version of poverty.

The Twelves Caesars - Seutonius. Just cos I feel like being a smart arse. And one of the more readable books from the period, a rare piece of relatively contemporary writing of the rulers who arguably created the western world as we know it.

The Forums - work in progress. 'nuff said

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blindness by José Saramago (especially if you've never seen the film).

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.

The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alexander Child Of A Dream, Valerio Massimo ManfredI. Factual account of the young Alexander but written very beautifully

Elizabeth R by Starkey.

Bill Bryson anything - for laughs

Red Dog -Louis de Bernier. Cried for a solid hour on a bus

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By *ayandess1Couple
over a year ago

bridgwater

Terry Pratchett for me. Have every one and read them constantly.

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