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The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. A re-read. Didn't enjoy it as much as the first time.

The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time.

pwilson, I read the first story of 'Interpreter of maladies' and loved it! Couldn't get my hands on that book long enough to read the other stories.

Yeah, even I felt the same, txgirl. I wanted to know more about how he reacted when he found out. Its natural for anybody to want to know more about such things and natural for an author to put more info than actually is needed. Just to quote something that I read recently, 'Anna Karenina'. It...

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Stephen Hawking A Life in Science by Michael White, John Gribbin

I read this book recently and loved it. The author (or shoud I say authoress?) has a different style of writing which is smooth and unassuming. I was disappointed with the book initally, but as the story procedeed, it was very interesting. The story is about a boy whose family is settled in...

Hay... is that really the song?? I mean the lyrics go exactly like that??? Thats horrible! I am glad I don't have to listen to this kind of crap!

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I so agree with you phil. I was annoyed by the language of the book. The wordy 'phony' appears some 100 times in each page. It kept getting on my nerves! Thats one book I absolutely dislike.

Happy birthday jenn :) Jenn, I would like black forest cake please!

My brother's birthday is coming up in a week. I am thinking of giving him a book(s). I am going nuts figuring out which book to give him. He reads J. Krishnamurti (he loves his books), Bertrand Russell, Ayn Rand, Robert Prisig. On the other hand, he also likes reading Ken Follett, Alistair...

Hmm.... you mean he was pretty silly? ;)

The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy - Douglas Adams. A re-read.

The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri. Loved it. One book with a great ending!

Welcome to the forum Sarah! Summer vacation? I envy you for that! Gone are the days when I used to have a 2-month-long summer vacation. <sigh>

Hi and welcome :) We had to read short stories by O Henry in our course and I remember enjoying them! Your post reminded me of this! Thanks :)

To some extent. I am more influenced by the title than the cover. May be you should add a 'To some extent' to your poll options?