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I just finished "Perks of Being a Wallflower" seven minutes ago. Very simple yet profound, and I could relate as a writer, a freshman in high school, and being at a stage in my life where I'm still trying to find my place.

I pick up "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller from time to time whenever I'm looking for a little coffeehouse writer inspiration, this would be my third or fourth time through. A great read if you're the unorthodox, nonconformist type.

I also checked out an anthology of collected poems by Walt Whitman. I'm reading the "Leaves of Grass" section now.
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I'm reading a SciFi - WIRED.

(Also. I'm also posting here for the sake of showing off my new signature)

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finished Life of Pi.

couldn't stop smiling for the next half 'n 'hour.
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I really want to read that. It sounds really good.
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I'm halfway through "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn.

So. Flipping. Good.
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"Genius" by James Gleick.
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Author, Author by David Lodge! It is very interesting, not sure if I'll read more of his works but this book is certainly interesting! He writes in the most curious ways in this one!




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I've just finished the first 2 Maze Runner books.
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Just finished Siddhatha for school, reading Forbidden City and The Joy Luck Club for school. Reading The Long Walk by Stephen King (back when he was using his pen name Richard Bachman) and Execution: Escape From Furnace 5. Clearly I don't have enough books to read.
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Currently reading The Fault In Our Stars by John Green but I think I'm going to go onto reading The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald.
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I have so many books I've been wanting to read. I never have time though. D:
If you're looking for a really good yet simple read, I recommend Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. It's probably my favorite story ever. Not many people seem to know about it, and that's a huge shame... I've read it three times, the first time being in my seventh grade year.




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Have just finished reading
"unwind" and "unwholly" by Neal Shusterman

"Divergent" and "insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The first 2 are very much hunger-games-like by the 2nd book, dog-eat-dog but drew me in from the first sentance to the very very last.

By the last sentence of Insurgent I wanted to crap my pants with anticipation and when that 3rd book comes out I will actually faint. I love the continuity of it and am super glad I found them both rather than the first then having to wait for the 2nd to come out. Am really keen to find out how all the societies collab, if they do, and what the resolution of the whole drama is!
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Mainly interested in stuff from the East these days:
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh
Gitanjali by Tagore
The collected poems of Agha Shahid Ali (a poet from my hometown)

Finished 'em all recently and own this big smirk. *smirks*
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I am currently reading:

Beautiful Creatures
and
The Kill Order

P.S. I've heard about "The Kite Runner" but I haven't got the chance to read it yet. Is it good?




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I just finished reading The Hobbit for the first time. I rather enjoyed it, and I'm eager to see the movie adaption now.



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