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    The old thread has gone so here is another. I have just finished The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night time. Brilliant, heartbreaking at times, hysterical at others. I really recommend this book to everyone.

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    I thought it was okay. Not my kind of book, but very inventive.

    Worryingly, I found myself able to relate to the hero quite a lot.
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    Atonement by Ian McEwan just brilliant

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    readin Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault...very very good. It's about Alexander the Great.

    Btw, Bar...I bought Perfume on your recommendation, will read it after I've finished this Alexander trilogy...
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    Nice one SL. It's a corker, and you should enjoy it immensely.

    I am currently reading Vanity Fair by William Thackery.
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    cheers babe...will let you know what I reckon to it.....
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    Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

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    Or -

    The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

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    ah.....bought that recently too....that type of book appeals to me a lot. Da Vinci code, that is...
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    I agree wholeheartedly about Catch 22. I have just been given a loan of The Da Vinci Code, but I doubt if it will be my type of book. Thrillers tend to be high on "excitement" and, seemingly in this book a conspiracy theory, but low on characterisation and quality of writing.

    I will grudgingly give it a chance, to appease my mother, who thinks it is the business. The fact that she reads Jackie Collins and Jillie Cooper might help to explain my trepidation.
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    Have no fear, you'll like it. Any book disliked by the church can't be bad.

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    Not a popular choice but I got hooked on Honore De Balzac at an early age . It's taken me years to work my way through the Comedie Humaine but if you like historical novels that's a bonus . His attention to detail is amazing but it's his perspective on human nature that really rings true . His characters are portrayed with such complexity that you can feel admiration and contempt towards them simultaneously .His novels are a mix of satire, melodrama and social history and I'd highly recommend them

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    Brace yourself, Brian. I loved the Da Vinci code. It was my favourite Dan Brown book and I have read Angels and Demons, Deception Point and Digital Fortress also. Of those three, Angels and Demons would be my recommendation after the Da Vinci Code

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    That's handy then, cos when I bought The Da Vinci Code I bought Angels & Demons too.
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    I am reading the Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin at the moment. History of everything type book, and while probably its best use is as a reference, its an enjoyable read.

    Thought the Da Vinci Code dragged a bit myself, good story, not so good a book.
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    Just finished a Gerald Seymour book too - The Unknown Soldier which was enjoyable.

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    Solerina I have the first of the comedie humaine somewhere I think so i shall dig it out now you have mentioned it .

    Read Great Expectations for the first time on holiday recently and although I enjoyed it i was bemused by the ending and the hiding of Magwitch . For someone who was able to conceal himself into the country I did not see why he needed Pip's ham fisted efforts to conceal him and get him out of the country . A plot device I suppose .

    Am reading Robin Cook's memoir at the moment - fascinating and depressing

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    I only read Vanity Fair after the BBC series of a few years back - thought it was brilliant

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    It is reading very well thus far.
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    Just finished Curious Incident.......

    Agree with Pee - really surprised at just how good it is..
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