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bristle-krs he'll save ev'ry one of us


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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:45 am Post subject: the 'books we have read this year' thread!!! |
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you know the score...
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bristle-krs he'll save ev'ry one of us


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bristle-krs he'll save ev'ry one of us


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J "resident hardman"


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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:50 am Post subject: |
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| someones sitting there mate |
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bristle-krs he'll save ev'ry one of us


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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| not 'ny more, pal :P |
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Ninjadmin Capo


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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: |
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am reading 100 years of solitude by gabriel garcia martinez
it's about a tribe that makes this new village in the middle of the jungle and how the village grows from scratch into a big town under the guidance of one family
it;s pretty interesting but one of those books you read relly slowly |
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J "resident hardman"


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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:26 am Post subject: |
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OCR A2 Biology. Its A book covering all the aspect needed for the central concepts module in A-Level Biology. It has chapters on all areas required; energy and respiration; photosynthesis; populations and interactions; meiosis, genetics and gene control and clasification, selection an volution.
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bristle-krs he'll save ev'ry one of us


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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:47 am Post subject: |
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cytoplasm gives me the creeps  |
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J "resident hardman"


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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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| bristle-krs wrote: | cytoplasm gives me the creeps  |
its where glycosis takes place, breaking down your 6 carbon sugars, namely glucose into pyruvate prodcucing ATP, NADH and a couple of electrons  |
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hiccup Poster of the year!


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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Elmore Leonard - Tishomingo Blues
About a bloke what does high diving for a living and gets caught up with the dixie mafia and civil war reenactments and shooting people and drugs n' shizzle. Not classic Leonard, but enjoyable enough read. The diving thing seemed a bit of a stretch though. Like he needed a new USP for a main character, so chose diving. The fact he's a diver is incidental rather than crucial to the plot.
Elmore Leonard - Mr Paradise
More traditional and more satisfying fare from EL. Rich old man pays girls to dress up as cheer leaders and dance for him. One of them and the old man get whacked. But who's telling the truth? Nicely paced and structured, in the Columbo mould (i.e. you know who did it, but it's up to the clever cop to prove it). Likeable, believable characters. No pointless high diving. |
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flick fantastic

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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| i just finished wicked, about the wicked witch of the west, and it was very good. |
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Ninjadmin Capo


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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| the internet kind of stops me readin books :shame: |
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tangerinebreem "don't tell him pike"


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Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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100 yrs of Solitude is good, even if it did inspire a Levellers song of the same name.
I'm reading 'Adventures in Capitalism' a collection of short stories by Toby Litt, which is quite good and 'The invisible Persuaders' which is about PR and how it works which is also quite good cos it's another book that makes me think there is no point watching/readng the news. I am also reading 'Blow-up' - a collection of Julio Cortazar short stories which a bit kafka-esque and oddly funny/unsettling. |
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Ninjadmin Capo


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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| i never finished 100 years :shame: |
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snouty almost ninja


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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| hiccup wrote: | Elmore Leonard - Tishomingo Blues
...Not classic Leonard, but enjoyable enough read. The diving thing seemed a bit of a stretch though. Like he needed a new USP for a main character, so chose diving. The fact he's a diver is incidental rather than crucial to the plot.
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yeah, it was nice enough that one, but the diving thing did seem a bit... extraneous. 'I'm gonna dive from five-hundred feet into a puddle, me. easy.'
If you like Leonard, you'll probably enjoy his collection of cowboy short stories, if you haven't already read them. Written in the 50's, they are really... er... good.
Joe R. Lansdale- you read him at all? oh, and Robert Ferrigno. he's ace. |
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hiccup Poster of the year!


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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Cool. I'll check it/that out |
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Ninjadmin Capo


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we only ever read 16 books
i just read Boy A which is a stupid story abuot the kid who killed Jamie Bulger getting out of prison and being a nice guy with a terrible secret etc. It;s ok, good idea, nothing special tho
i'm now reading Lint which is about Robert Lint who was a pulp fiction writer/nutcase it's really good, I laughed out loud, |
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flick fantastic

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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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ive been reading through study guides
ummmm.... most recent non study related book i read was harry potter 4. i need to get number 5. |
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hiccup Poster of the year!


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Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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I'm reading The God Delusion, as I believe it is obligatory to do so.
and a trashy detective novel set in Oslo called [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil's_Star]The Devil's Star[/url] which is a bit shit but I want to know the ending now so I'll finish it.
I'm gonna read The Blue Bear next. |
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Ninjadmin Capo


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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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i've just seen that rich dawkins program where he goes round looking at preachers and people with his evil etyes
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