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Postby deldaisy » Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:14 pm

Just finished Equal Rites as a rereading. Strange. I have enjoyed rereading alot of the DW books and found things in them I didn't the first time around.... but wasn't that impressed this time around.... still a good book mind.... but as a rereading... I was disappointed. Maybe its where my head is right now.

But as always.... laughed out loud at some wonderful lines.

Oh and Tina? I heard you all through the book when Granny was talking to the housekeeper at the uni. :lol: (your posts on occassion)
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Postby meerkat » Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:21 pm

Order of the Pheonix. Thought I'd bone up on the story so far pending my visit to the film 'part deux'!
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Postby Dotsie » Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:45 pm

The film is the Deathly Hallows though - you know that, right?
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Postby deldaisy » Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:46 pm

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Postby meerkat » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:20 pm

Dotsie wrote:The film is the Deathly Hallows though - you know that, right?


Course. I'll be reading that one come Saturday!
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Postby Dotsie » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:12 pm

Speedy!
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Postby meerkat » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:48 pm

Doesn't take me long to go through a book. I read Bill Bryson's latest in two evenings.

I cant read a book slowly, I've tried.
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Postby Ragdoll » Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:19 pm

Hm... I got a problem... I usually cannot stick to one book at a time. Usually it's some 2-3 books + a bunch I get stuck in >.<
For some odd reason TP's books usually gets finished within reasonable time... XD

Atm. I'm on reread of Guards! Guards!
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (no, not the movie, this one is about statistics - extremely entertaining and fun writing)
Kabuki (comic), still short of a voume 5 >.<
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Postby meerkat » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:03 am

Deathly Hallows (HP)
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Postby Willem » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:19 am

Just finished A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin, which was awesome.

I got some new books from my sister yesterday, late birthday presents:
Dave Gorman vs the rest of the world by Dave Gorman, the two Stephen Fry biographies, and the latest Thursday Next book by Jasper Fforde.
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Postby Willem » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:22 am

Ragdoll wrote:The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (no, not the movie, this one is about statistics


Black Swan - the movie was about statistics too. The ballet was just a metafor.
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Postby Ragdoll » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:01 pm

Never got around to watch the movie :)
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Postby chris.ph » Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:43 pm

just started a book called wereworld- rage of the lion by curtis jopling, its supposed to be a kids book but i enjoyed the first one so i wont let that stop me :)
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Postby Antiq » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:06 am

Just finished New York by Edward Rutherfurd, started re-reading The Algebraist by Iaian M Banks.
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Postby ChristianBecker » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:08 am

Just finished Interesting Times by Terry; now reading Spektrum der Wissenschaft. After that probably The Light Fantastic.

Also "C von A bis Z"
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