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Northen Lights-Philip Pullman (Bout time i read them)
We get off to the rhythm of the trigger and destruction. Fallujah to New Orleans with impunity to kill. We are the hidden fist of the free market.
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I'm reading 'Ugly' by Constance Briscoe at the moment and I'm also reading 'You Don't Have To Be Evil To Work Here But It Helps' by Tom Holt, its very funny.
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House of Leaves -- Mark Z. Danielewski




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Angels and Demons - the book before the Da Vinci Code. It was suggested by a...friend, Victor, who actually seemed to find a surprisingly good book - it seems almost truthful in the way that the author, Dan Brown, pieces together research. It's certainly a relief from the world of Shannara I just recently recovered from being immersed in.
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The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
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Journey to Jo'burg - Beverly Naidoo.
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Monument by Ian something or other.
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Nelson and Napoleon: The Secret War by Tom Pocock, although that's a bit rubbish, so I'm going to the library tonight to stock up on some more naval fiction.
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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

I read it when I was younger and I didn't really get it, though I really enjoyed it...but I'm hoping now, being 16 I'll have a better understanding of it and like it even more.
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Ooooh, Les Miserables... :D

I'm reading Flame by Hilary Bell
It's a strange storyline... and more than a little confusing, but the author is so effective with her short, almost unnoticeable descriptions that I was hooked from the first page. It's interesting because the author manages to keep you in constant suspense with you not realizing it until the suspense is broken because the book is laidback enough you don't notice.
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Prepare to be confuzzled! Mwaha!!

- Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum by Heinrich Boll

English translation:: The lost honour of Katharina Blum. Am reading this as part of my German A-Level course.

- Un sac de billes by Joseph Joffo.

English translation:: A bag of marbles. Am reading this as part of my French A-Level course. True story written by a Jewish man who retells how he and his brother had to escape the German S.S. and Gestapo. Parts of it are quite sad...

- The Odyssey by Homer.

Okay, so I haven't properly started this... but I should be starting it as soon as I've finished die Verlorene Ehre... Hmm. Homer's Odyssey for £1.99 in oxfam = bargain!!

- Harry Potter und der Kammer der Schreckens.

English (rough) translation:: Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. I've read one chapter so far. T'is very fun :P


Umm... I think that's it... :P
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Vogue. Lol. Well 10 minutes ago I was!

No, seriously...I'm reading 'breathe' by, I think...Sophie Anne Brasme. And also Chekov short stories - which I'd heard were boring, but actually I quite like them lol.
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Cold mountain by Charles Fraizer. Again. I can't stand the book, it's depressing and has no real point. But I have to read it or I'll fail my exam. Worseso than I would now.
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Finished The Pythons which was a delightful read; and Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove. Now I am on The Blooding of the Guns by Alexander Fullerton. My daddy sent it to me! Yay for Naval Fiction. This takes place in WWI, about a young British Sub-Lieutenant Everard, and the Battle of Jutland and such.
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In Gallant Company by Alexander Kent.

No, I didn not just take out all the Alexander Kent books from the Library at the same time.

I'm also half-re-reading Sharpe's Siege by Bernard Cornwell.
Nate wrote:And if YWS ever does become a company, Jack will be the President of European Operations. In fact, I'm just going to call him that anyways.



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