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  1. oldboy

    do you always miss the twist?

    its not so much that im not concentrating tho. more like i dont take the time to CONSIDER the story and possible repurcusssions / outcomes etc
  2. oldboy

    do you always miss the twist?

    i do never think ahead about - what might be - until affter ive finished. and then i know i think i read 1st ttime around tooo fast for my own goood
  3. oldboy

    STUART: A Life Backwards

    Read this after seeing it hyped in the Guardian about a homeless in cambridge and how he comes to be the man he is BUT it is written in reverse chronology so the story unfolds and we lear more about stuart as we travel back thru his life most original, touching biog ive ever read READ IT...
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    Andrea Levy: Small Island

    read it last year. think it won a booker or similar? loved it - great dialogue and characters. a nice fun read some of the plotlines / eras / characters i preferred to other parts. i think the h&g relationship in the UK was my favourite but this carried you thru the other more minor bits. would...
  5. oldboy

    What's Your Favourite Roald Dahl Book?

    MATILDA most enjoyable to read BFG and TWITS also great dahl makes rowland look dullass IMO
  6. oldboy

    Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner

    he rolls out some joke argument tho... some clever phrase the aptness of the cliche is overshadowed by the nature of the saying as a cliche im not sure he convinced
  7. oldboy

    Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner

    reading it almost finished. but must say im loving it. the characters are strong and im finding it v evocative and informative. reminds me a little of rohinton mistry style with its quite pedestrian, simplistic storytelling. seems to be a lot of the author in it - he's a writer /...
  8. oldboy

    WANDLEs

    Wondered if anyone could help When i was a youngstar I read a fairly disturbing book about these halfing type charcters than lived on the wandle can anyone shed any light as to what the name of the boook might have been?
  9. oldboy

    @ THE FORUM WITCHES - Tell me a SPELL Book

    my girlf is a witch too ya see: cackles a lot parks up her broomstick outside always being followed by cats and rats and i thought id get her a SPELL book to complete the picture does any1 know of any good ones it must cover tje following: a] evil spells / curses - shes not...
  10. oldboy

    Monica Ali: Brick Lane

    i liked the start when she first arrrived in the UK and all her experiences. but then it fell off into a boring love story and i got fedup
  11. oldboy

    Andrea Levy: Small Island

    yeah i enjoyed it too a wicked social commentary of the times good dialogue too
  12. oldboy

    Andrea Levy: Small Island

    Small Island wins Whitbread http://news.google.co.uk/nwshp?hl=en&gl=uk&ncl=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/insiders/guides/articles/16145797%3Fsource%3DMetro im reading it at the mo>>and its just developing nicely bit slow start but i think it's improving as the characters come thru...
  13. oldboy

    Zadie Smith: White Teeth

    pity i cant get into the autographman
  14. oldboy

    What books did u score for Xmas then?

    i need one of them. aaaiiiii :0
  15. oldboy

    SECOND HAND vs BRAND NEW

    i didnt bother reading past this point
  16. oldboy

    I ahev returned! MUAHAHAHA! lol Hey!

    where u been? what was it like>?
  17. oldboy

    SECOND HAND vs BRAND NEW

    no shame in my game im not too proud to buy from charity / 2nd hand shops the words are the same whats the benefit of paying for a boxfresh copy?
  18. oldboy

    What books did u score for Xmas then?

    I got Small Island and Family Affairs bought myself Serpico
  19. oldboy

    Training yourself to read slowly

    i dont neccessairly think this a bad thing tho longs out the books appeal in some respects
  20. oldboy

    Best War Novel?

    BIRDSONG is the 1 simple as that not just a great war novel a great novel
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