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    Salman Rushdie: The Enchantress Of Florence

    It is out here in Australia too. And I got a copy last week for Mothers Day, but haven't started reading it yet. It looks really good.
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    Banned books

    Here are some more interesting books that have been banned: * Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll - Banned in China in 1931 as it depicted animals & humans on the same level * Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - This was one of the worlds most frequently banned books in literary...
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    Where are you? (in the book you are reading) - please read 1st post

    I'm now in Europe, Austria I think on a bus to England.. land of the lucky..
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    Had to take advantage of Borders 3 for 2 on their 'Must Have - Must Read' collection! So I got: Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie Cloudstreet - Tim Winton Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts Who knows when I will read them though! Unfortunately I'm definitely quicker at buying than...
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    What kind of reader are you?

    I'd love to read more and when on holidays I read about a book every 2-3 days, but with 3 kiddies and full time work it is hard to find time to read more than 2-3 books a month! Like Libra though I always have my book with me!
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    Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008

    Hi Stewart, I've never read the Orange Prize list before, and now that I'm four books through the short list, I would have to agree, I thought Fault Lines and The Outcast were both great books, but I would never have put in When We Were Bad or Lottery which I just finished yesterday (a...
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    Where are you? (in the book you are reading) - please read 1st post

    hmm.. I didn't realise so many books used Peterborough as a base! It just stuck in my head because I was reading A Short History (which was last years orange prize novel) recently when I was in Cambridge.
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    Where are you? (in the book you are reading) - please read 1st post

    Steffee, I guess you are reading a Short History of Tractors in Ukranian? I'm currently in Everett, US in a small apartment above a marine shop. I'm thinking that there are probably better places to be..
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    Steven Hall: The Raw Shark Texts

    I've read this book and I thought it was absolutely amazing. I have never read a book like this before, where you read and question everything as to whether it is real or not. In fact I read about 8 of the Booker long listed books and I still rate this the best book I read last year. I...
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    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Lottery - Patricia Wood
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    Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008

    Hi All, Im new to this forum, but I love it already! I am reading the Orange List! I have read the following: The Blood of Flowers, Anita Amirrezvani The Keep, Jennifer Egan The Gathering, Anne Enright Fault Lines, Nancy Huston Sorry, Gail Jones The Outcast, Sadie Jones When We...
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