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wit

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Monday, July 26th 2010, 5:26pm

i recommend " the catcher in the rye". it's profound and reflects the confusing situation during adolescence.

besides, my favor japanese movie with the same theme : "all aout lily zhou-zhou".
what a cruel and unforgetable adolescence!!!

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Silvio

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Monday, July 26th 2010, 6:22pm

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Have you heard of "Cathedral of the Sea" by the Spanish author Ildefonso Falcones?

Thank you. Well, that sounds pretty good then! I'd love to read a story in the same genre. I'll have a look in the book shop next time, cheers!

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. - Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)

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Dan

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Location: Texas

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Monday, July 26th 2010, 9:17pm

I'm going to have to recommend "Looking for Alaska" by John Green. It is one of the few young adult books that aren't about vampires in the states.
Oh how I hate the vampires! Every time I got to the book store to buy a book it seems that there is always a whole row of books dedicated to them!If only young adults would get over the hyper-sexualised stories about monsters and focus on something more believable. Oh yeah, and "Looking for Alaska" is about a boy that goes to a boarding school to have a fresh start off fresh because he feels that he is not experiencing life to the fullest in his current public school. Its funny, sad, a bit intelligent, with a hint of sex and beer. I really do recommend it.

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Ghoti

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Location: Sweden

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Thursday, August 5th 2010, 5:54pm

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (Yep, the same as the musical) is a classic that I really enjoyed reading. Several people's miserable life-stories are vowen together into a very interesting, compelling, sad and believable story.

And if you haven't read it, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a must-read. It's a novella; short and easy read with a clear message and sympathetic characters that will make you reflect on humanity in general. Apparently it's a required read in many high schools, which is coincidentally where I read it the first time.

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Nike

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Location: the Netherlands

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Wednesday, August 25th 2010, 6:05pm

If people like action thrillers (probably not too many out here

), I can add Matthew Reilly's Area 7 to the recommendations. Its the sequel of Ice Station. Once again fast-paced, too much action, reads very quick and has an entertaining, though not really believable action sequences of course. So if you're not that strict with defining things as impossible in books, you might like it

"A room without books is like a body without a soul" - Cicero

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TamaraNite

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Location: United States

Occupation: Teach and write

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Thursday, August 26th 2010, 2:28am

I was going to recommend The Alchemist, but Arianne beat me to it. I also second Wit's recommendation of Catcher in the Rye and anything by John Grisham and Dan Brown. On a recent road-trip that lasted over 20 hours, I listened to a book on CD called "Lightening" by Dean Koonz. It was a great mystery, had a lot of action, was a thriller, and had a touch of sci-fi. Since this is the 50th anniversary since its publication, however, I am going to recommend Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird. If you've never read it, it would be worth looking into.

Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred. --Barbara De Angelis

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Silvio

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Thursday, March 17th 2011, 12:03pm

I've just read 'The Time Machine' by H. G. Wells, which is an intriguing story about, you can imagine, time travelling. It is meant to be a science fiction classic and definitely worth reading! This book has been written in 1895 and is even though very readable for us today.

You can find an interesting essay about the book here: Blog - Over the Moon.

One of my favourite author is Oscar Wilde, and so here you go with another recommendation: 'The Happy Prince and Other Tales'. It's a collection of short tales, which are really thoughtful and makes you think - what else do you want? A free digital version is also available in various sources (the same counts for 'The Time Machine').

'Burn' (2006) by James Patrick Kelly sounds also quite interesting - so I might read this book pretty soon. It is also a science fiction novel, by the way (I usually tend to read other kind of books) ...

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. - Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)

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