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lunavix · 21/06/2005 14:15

I haven't sat down and read in ages, I really need to. So I'd like about 10 books, I'll buy in bulk off amazon, and force myself to read them! Would like a mix of genres.

I don't really like pure romantic drivel, except for very easy reading quirkiness (mike gayle for example.) Really detest everything else, rather embarrassed, but I like his for some reason!

Books have to draw me in, I have to feel like I'm there. The sort where you pick it up, and you just CANNOT put it down again.

Oh and I'm also a harry potter addict but who isn't!!!

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spykid · 21/06/2005 18:10

Snap rose berry, 2 of my fave reads!
Also reccomend TT Wife.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters , and Tiger Child by Torey Hayden

chonky · 21/06/2005 17:22

Another vote for The Time Traveller's Wife..
I've just finished Small Island by Andrea Levy - excellent!

kama · 21/06/2005 17:21

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RoseBerry · 21/06/2005 17:17

Crimson Petal and White was really good, what a fantastic read. It does suck you in.

The Shadow of the Wind was very good.

beep · 21/06/2005 16:25

this is one of my favourite books the crow eaters

lou33 · 21/06/2005 15:59

definitely the dice man, and a million litle pieces , by james frey

Lizzylou · 21/06/2005 15:52

I am in the middle of The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and it is fab...really different and quirky and v well written...

anorak · 21/06/2005 15:50

Love anything by Helen Dunmore and can't put them down.

Just finished the Shipping News by Annie Proulx which was excellent and unusual.

Agree about Helen Simpson.

Marina · 21/06/2005 15:48

Books that have recently dragged me right in like that have been:

The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber
Niagara Falls All Over Again - Elizabeth McCracken
Carter Beats the Devil - Glen David Gold

also love Helen Simpson's short stories:

Two Bare Legs in a Bed
Hey Yeah Right Get a Life

stleger · 21/06/2005 15:45

Case Histories Kate Atkinson

WigWamBam · 21/06/2005 14:25

Some of my favourite books are

A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irvine
In A Dry Season - Peter Robinson
Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson
Luke Rhinehart - The Dice Man
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
Sucking Sherbet Lemons - Michael Carson
The Comforts of Madness - Paul Sayer
How Far Can You Go - David Lodge

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