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Oh, I finished Dune the other day and started another book in the Dune series. I can't think of the name of it, but it was written in '08.
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Finished reading 'The algebraist' by Ian M. Banks and it was the hardest thing I've ever read considering i'm 15.
But it wes probably the BEST book i ever read by a loooonng shot so right now im taking a break.
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I am currently reading the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. What a truly remarkable man.
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Just finished Heroes of Olympus: Son of Neptune now reading The Da Vinci Code.
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I am currently reading Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, and The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, both are very interesting.
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Ah finally started on Edgar Allan Poe's works! I was waiting for this. Currently reading some of his poetry and after that I am switching to his tales, especially The Black Cat and the Masque of the Red Death. After that it's the Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and that will be all. :D
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Night angel trilogy gettin me pumped for the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim
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Arch-Mage Matt wrote:Just finished Heroes of Olympus: Son of Neptune now reading The Da Vinci Code.
How is Son of Neptune? I read the preview of The Lost Olympian that was in the last Percy Jackson book and decided not to pick up the Heroes of Olympus series because it seemed to me like a rewrite of the P.J. series with different characters and a new setting.

I'm currently reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson. I've barely started and I'm already confused. I'll probably start over and try again.
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CHERUB: Mad Dogs, what a wonderful series of fantastical, yet somewhat down-to-earth books, the character development and depth is superb and they're a really great read. This must be about the fourth time of reading.

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Starting The Tin Drum by Günter Graß.
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I just started The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova. Psychology, a painting, and a mystery...not a bad mix!
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I'm almost finished with The Folklore of Discworld. It's brilliantly interesting to see the parallels between our world and the Discworld.
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Currently reading Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden

Have to finish Shogun, James Clavell

Shogun is a lovely book and the Memoirs looks promising so far.
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Still reading that book, Niding. It's really nice. It's about a local king who commits a murder in sweden for about 950-1100 years ago and to repent, he must save the daughter of one of his allied kings. The daughter is taken to ireland so that's where he ends up... quite an adventure really... bloody... :mrgreen:
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I'm currently reading Heroes of the Valley, a teen-fantasy book. Soon to start Tolstoy's War and Peace.
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I started "Oil, Power, & Empire" the other day. I'm a little over 50 pages into it. It seems good so far, maybe a little biased, but the info seems good so far.
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I'm reading the Shannara series. Finished The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara, and The Wishsong of Shannara. Now onto The Scions of Shannara.
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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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LtGt72 wrote:The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin
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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. So far it has been AMAZING.
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Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith. It's been a bit dissapointing so far.
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ReeceH wrote:Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. So far it has been AMAZING.
I've also been told that The Fountainhead is exceptional. My cousins all read it together. Check that out later! :wink:
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The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman. Slow start, but I'm getting into it. Good so far.
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I didn't like it. Not to spoil anything, but by the end I had no idea of where and why. The whole book seems pointless.
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