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February 1st, 2009, 4:35 am
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Rate and review the last book you read
Taking a cue from DML1991's thread for films
 Well of Lost Plots-Jasper Fforde-9/10 
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#2
February 1st, 2009, 6:02 am
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Re: Rate the last book you read
Girls Guide to Vampires- 8/10
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February 1st, 2009, 5:02 pm
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Re: Rate the last book you read
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
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February 1st, 2009, 5:06 pm
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Re: Rate the last book you read
The Ghost and Mrs Muir by R. A. Dick (Josephine Leslie)
9/10 = It's a sweet little story. Possibly could have been fleshed out a bit more. Or rather I got to the end but would have perfectly happy if it had been longer.
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February 1st, 2009, 5:25 pm
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Re: Rate the last book you read
Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
 i'll give it an 8 out of ten, got a bit dull after a while
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February 2nd, 2009, 10:12 am
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Re: Rate the last book you read
Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman - 8/10
It could have been about 70 pages shorter, but there were some brilliant ideas. And I will NEVER stand at the edge of the platform on London's tube again ...
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February 2nd, 2009, 4:17 pm
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Re: Rate the last book you read
Wow, there have been quite a few I've read lately, and I can't remember which one I read last...
The Silmarillion (again) - 7/10 That Hideous Strength - 9/10 Black - 9/10
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February 3rd, 2009, 1:42 am
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Re: Rate the last book you read
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Watchmen 10/10 Wide Sargasso Sea 9/10
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February 3rd, 2009, 2:58 am
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Re: Rate the last book you read
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 9/10
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February 3rd, 2009, 3:55 am
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Re: Rate the last book you read
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Fforde is great, as is Thursday I'm re-reading Jane Eyre-8/10
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February 3rd, 2009, 3:38 pm
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Re: Rate the last book you read
Grinding It Out- Ray Kroc. 10/10- I'm not usually a fna of biographies/autobiographies, but this one is amazing. Kroc tells such a detailed history of himelf and the creation of McDonald'sI feel like I'm actually there taking part in it.
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February 3rd, 2009, 7:55 pm
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February 5th, 2009, 4:52 pm
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Re: Rate the last book you read
Balzac: Gobseck (part of La Comédie Humaine)
9/10 Pretty good. You won't understand it if you don't know Balzac's characters, though. They return and return, and there are billions of them. Gobseck is a terrific character. He bears similarities to Shylock, but he's not evil. A strange mix of gentleness and avarice.
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February 5th, 2009, 10:25 pm
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Re: Rate the last book you read
The King of Attolia: 10/10
I'd give it higher if I could, it's one of my favorites. This is the third time I've read it.
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February 7th, 2009, 12:54 am
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Re: Rate the last book you read
Untamed by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast. I'll give it a 10/10 because it was brilliant.
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February 7th, 2009, 2:23 am
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Re: Rate the last book you read
The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice: 5/10, it got SOOOOO boring....
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February 7th, 2009, 4:55 pm
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Re: Rate the last book you read
A Short History of Nearly Everything- Bill Bryson.
It had been a while since I last read anything by Bill Bryson- this is definitely one of his best. 9.5/10 (cos I have an old edition and I recently saw a new, updated version with pictures. Gah.)
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February 9th, 2009, 7:30 pm
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Re: Rate the last book you read
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You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it. —Neil Gaiman Thank you so much, lilyrose, for the lovely avatar and signature pictures!
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February 11th, 2009, 7:02 am
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Re: Rate the last book you read
Blood Brothers-Nora Roberts- 5/10
It started off well, but then, cliche after cliche after cliche. Definitely not my type of book 
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