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  1. theoptimist

    Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's Wife

    I was rather disappointed by this book. I started it with high hopes and felt severely let down. It wasn't as good as everyone told me it would be. The concept of the book is great but the way it's written is not. It's not on my list of 'enjoyable reads'.
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    Haruki Murakami: Norwegian Wood

    It's sat on my shelf waiting to be read. I have a week off next week, maybe I'll get round to reading it. I suggested it for August's 'book of the month', it came second :o But yes, I'm really looking forward to reading it, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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    Happy Birthday Lenny Nero

    Happy Birthday! I hope you had a fabulous day!
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    Need "clean" book suggestions under 200 pages

    The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom (just over 200 pages) immediately came to mind, but quite frankly, I wouldn't bother.
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    Patrick McGrath

    100 pages in and trying to savour every last word. So far, the most significant thing to me is his prose, rather than the actual storyline. I'm surprised at how quickly I'm getting through it, the font is rather small. With Asylum, I feel I have to read slower than I usually would in order to...
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    Suggestions: September 2006 Book of the Month **"Banned Books" Only**

    The Master And Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
  7. theoptimist

    Hey ho

    Welcome to BAR :D
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    New & from Ohio

    Welcome to the forum :D
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    Happy Birthday Muggle

    Happy Birthday Muggle! Have a great day :D
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    Happy Birthday Halo!

    Happy Birthday Halo! Have a fantastic day :D
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    3 for 2 at Waterstones: On Beauty - Zadie Smith Love And Mayhem - Nick Taussig The Possibility Of An Island - Michel Houellebecq
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    June 2006 Reads

    Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time - Mark Haddon The Remains Of The Day - Kazuo Ishiguro Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster The Commitments - Roddy Doyle The Spell - Alan Hollinghurst Nineteen Eighty-Four...
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    Perfume - Patrick Süskind Sexing The Cherry - Jeanette Winterson Weight - Jeanette Winterson Americana - Don DeLillo
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    In May We Read...

    Fabulous steffee! Thanks :D
  15. theoptimist

    Hello from Kansas City!

    Welcome to BAR! :D
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    Happy Birthday DontGoAway17 and Rhapsody!

    Happy Birthday! Have a great day!
  17. theoptimist

    Hi

    Welcome to BAR :D
  18. theoptimist

    Never Ending Song Titles:Words in Common

    If I Can't Change Your Mind - Train
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master And Margarita
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