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    Couldn't agree more! :thumbsup:

    I know three people besides myself who finished The Gunslinger eager to read the rest. If it was really so unappealing to everybody, actually, I wonder if King would have even written more.[/QUOTE]...
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    Me too. :sigh: (Can't really add anything...

    Me too. :sigh:
    (Can't really add anything meaningful to the topic of discussion - have been reading only the January issue of Forbes Russia for the entire week, and still have not finished it. No...
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    Oh, I'd love to read it! Even though I have not...

    Oh, I'd love to read it! Even though I have not had much exposure to comics, so not used to them (and for me they are very different from reading a book), I definitely need to find out more about...
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    I think I liked Three Musketeers because I read...

    I think I liked Three Musketeers because I read it fairly early - at around 11 or 12. Since then, I've been unable to reread it - just could not get immersed in the book.
    As to Monte Cristo - I am...
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    I absolutely loved Bradbury when I was in my...

    I absolutely loved Bradbury when I was in my teens :) His "All Summer In a Day" is one of the most soul-touching stories.
    Heinlein has always been a bit difficult for me - not sure why, maybe it...
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    Same here, though not on purpose. Usually, after...

    Same here, though not on purpose. Usually, after reading something that requires a good deal of thinking and processing (non-fiction, treatises, essays, etc.) I just sort of naturally pick up a much...
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    It's one of my favorite books of hers, along with...

    It's one of my favorite books of hers, along with All in Red and What the Dead Man Said. One of the best 'pick-me-ups' too :) It's a fairly old book, and it deals with her family traveling across...
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    Oh yes, I often wonder/dread it, too. And it's...

    :thumbsup: This book is awesome, I absolutely love it. Come to think of it, it's now time for another re-read :)[/QUOTE] It is a Russian tradition. Everyone knows it by heart, and everyone rereads it...
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    :thumbsup: This book is awesome, I absolutely...

    :thumbsup: This book is awesome, I absolutely love it. Come to think of it, it's now time for another re-read :)
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    Yes, I liked all that I've read so far, but then...

    Yes, I liked all that I've read so far, but then I've always been interested in that period in English history, and read some non-fiction books about it.
    The Boleyn Inheritance was the first book...
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    :thumbsup: Have you read her other books from...

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    Have you read her other books from The Tudor Series? My favorite so far is The Constant Princess - but I have not yet read The Wise Woman and The Other Queen.
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    You're right of course in that in real life she...

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    I've heard people say that she's over the top (and the turns in the story are too grim), but I liked her, too.
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    She's a very intriguing character, no doubt, but the level of...
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    :clap: I've heard people say that she's over...

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    I've heard people say that she's over the top (and the turns in the story are too grim), but I liked her, too.

    @Ricky: Personally, I did not feel that the story dragged too much - there...
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    Interesting how little things spark the...

    Interesting how little things spark the memories...

    There has been a bit of discussion in one of the movie threads about Waking Life movie, then Melike also recommended it in the Dreams and...
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    http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/24880000/24887188....

    http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/24880000/24887188.JPG

    and this

    http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/covers/all/3/4/9781846142543H.jpg
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    I liked Millenium series (another name for Dragon...

    I liked Millenium series (another name for Dragon tattoo books), so I second that recommendation.
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    Currently on my umpteenth re-read of "Les...

    Currently on my umpteenth re-read of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos.
    In addition to simply being an interesting read, it's such a good portrayal of the evil, spiteful and scheming...
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