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    John Irving

    For what I've read by Irving A prayer for Owen Meany Wodow for a year Son of the circus in order of yeah ! msm
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    Classic Books

    I have read, from your list, 1984 and Of Mice and Men, both were excellent. I also heard that Money from Martin Amis is very godd, as are all his books. Another classic that cannot be missed is The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. msm
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    Books/Authors you hate

    Definitely LOTR and some of Stephen King's books. I do have some problems lately with Palahniuk's Survivor, but that must be me. And of course, Dan Brown, with the amazingly bad 'Het Bernini Mistery', I think it was Devils and Deamons or sth like that in English. msm
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    When And Where Do You Read?

    in bath and bed, in the evening. approximately 1 hour a day. msm
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    How many authors have you read?

    Up to now, it must be about 100 (i am 31), but it should definitely double or triple. And I don't often read more books from the same authr, except Irving, Barker, Mankell and Fossum. msm
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    What - to date - is your ALL time fave book

    I have a few books which I can't really order. So, in no particular order, here are the books that stick with me a very long time: -The secret history - Donna Tartt -The House of leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski -Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates -Perfume - Patrick Suskind -Books of Blood -...
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    Currently Reading

    I am currently reading Survivor from Chuck Palahniuk. Being a Belgian, it's a little bit too hard to grasp all the ideas and twists in the book. And twisted it definitely is. It is a very sge style of writing, maybe a little bit comparable to Brett Easton Ellis, but still even weirder. Don't...
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    Scariest Book Ever?

    Nice thread ! I can definitely agree with those who talked about The House of Leaves and Into Thin Air, both books are way beyond competition with anything else I have read, both in my top 5 ever, together with The Secret History, Revolutionary Road and Perfume. However, the most horryfying...
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    books you never finished... and don't want to.

    No problem with long books...here's what I read in fat ! Discovery of Heaven - 1000 p Son of the circus - 956 p Owen Meany - 980 p AllClive Barkers - 600 p ... :rolleyes: Not that bad, is it ? Msm
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    the book you cannot drop after you start the fist page?

    Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates House of Leaves - Danielewski Everyhting from Karin Fossum and Henning Mankell Secret History - Donna Tartt Everyhting from Amelie Nothomb Msm
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    books you never finished... and don't want to.

    I didn't finish The Stand from Stephen King, even after 697 pages, yep, I know, and I also couldn't finish Cryptonomicon from Neal Stephenson. Oh, and off course, LOTR ! msm
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    do you keep a book list?

    For those of you who speak or understand Dutch, you can keep your own library for free online at http://www.boekenforum.be . It 's a nice tool, letting you keep and rate your books, keep journals per book, etc... On the main page, choose 'mijn bib' in the navigation on your left side...
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