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Recent content by alice

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    Book about past lives

    We had a book on our shelves a few years ago I had always been meaning to read but someone (can't remember who) borrowed it and it never returned :( All I remember about the story is that there is a man who is able to give people a 'drug' (?) and they are transported (in their minds, not...
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    Which book in the series of unfortunate events books do you like the most? Why?

    Yeh, it's Daniel Handler, Lemony Snicket is a kinda glorified pen-name as he is a narrator and character in the series. If you look up Daniel Handler on Amazon he has written quite a few other books :) Alice
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    Anti-Marriage Humor Book

    'The Crazy Book of Marriage'? My mum used to have it, it had a white cover and old-fashioned Roald-Dahl like illustrations, can't remember the author On every page there was a picture with a funny saying or sentence beneath it. This was all I got from googling! But there are quite a few of...
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    Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita

    Have you tried any other Nabokov books? Pale Fire or Ada maybe ... Alice
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    What's in a name?

    I'm a bit of a magpie to I tend to be drawn to 'pretty, shiny books' :D I'm also a a complete name nerd so if the character has a good name then I would pick it up, if I didn't like the name I probably couldn't get through the first chapter. The title name doesn't really bother me Alice
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    Suggest just one book to read.

    I am just bursting to suggest Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov but I that counts as a 'world-renowned' book, no? 'Lady Cottintons Pressed Fairy Book' It is a small and short book and is really for children. It is a diary which starts when she was 5 until her 20's I think (not a true story!) and...
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    NO point reading more than 1 by any author

    I don't understand you :confused: You don't know for sure which books you will like/dislike until you read them. A book by a certain author may or may not appeal to you but the next book you pick up (by the same author) will have different characters/plot/mood so unless you go by friends...
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    Cryptography-books.

    Yes that's the one :) It would make a great book I think, I might look it up ... Alice
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    Cryptography-books.

    I used to be interested in that sort of thing but never picked it up seriously, interesting stuff though, was going to suggest The Codebreakers as that's the only one I've heard of but Novella beat me to it There was a tv drama on the other night with cryptology with Kate Winslet in I think...
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    Books you were forced to read at school!

    Literature: Hamlet Romeo and Juliet The Tempest An Inspector Calls Tale of Two Cities Heroes by Robert Cormier Poetry: Seamus Heaney *loved this* Gillian Clarke Simon Armitage Carol Ann Duffy This was for my GCSE's, I actually *loved* it all (I think I was the only one lol)...
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    Would you be angry if . .

    Meh. I agree completely. I don't believe any author who says a character came purely from their imagination :) But what happens if after you have written the book, you tell your friend you have based a character on them and they don't like it? I'm being picky here, I would only say it is a...
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    Letter Writing and Pen Palling

    I know you wrote this ages ago but hey ... could you recommend some good sites to me? I seem to google for hours, subscribe or whatever to some site and get nothing out of it :( I've always wanted a letter pal in Japan Thanks :) Alice
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    Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events

    I love these books, I'm not sure if they are adult stuff but I think (as a mature-ish 17 year old) they are amazing! I think they are set in the 1920's There are going to be 13 books, I've read the first 11 (not including the unauthorised autobiography which you should read if you are...
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    What do you do with a book you've read?

    I keep all my books and re-read them ... I sell them on Amazon if they are particularly crap though I knew someone who burnt there old books on a bonfire prior to moving house :eek:, how dare they?!
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    Would you be angry if . .

    Well for a start a friend would tell you in the first place ... I wouldn't really mind but not many people get to see my good side so I'd probably be a villain :o ... oh well I like them best :D I'd be angry if they tried to flatter me, make me more beautiful than I am or whatever Alice
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