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10:07 pm, Mar 17 2015
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Last Book Read (Finished): The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
Currently Reading: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Planning To Read Next:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James


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4:19 am, Apr 16 2015
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So a manga isn't counted. Hmn then I guess it's been a while for me, something like 7 years I guess and it was a probably a Goosebumps series or something. laugh laugh

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Life Itself: A Memoir is the autobiography of Roger Ebert who is the most important movie critic (he was very supportive of anime btw.) full stop and a good chunk of the book deals with the critical process so all you MU reviewers should enjoy it a good deal.
The other half is the good old of an American living the dream and his impeccable prose is filled with nostalgia to days gone by. A perfect 10/10 read and his opinion on black and white silent movies i fascinating.

My favorite autobiography is I Am Ozzy which represents the ultimate Byronic tale (movie when?) and Arnold Schwarzenegger´s Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story rounds out the trio as he is the perfect representation of how the American dream looked like in the 20th century so i enjoyed every page even if his political career came off as one sided despite a lot of honesty elsewhere.

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2:22 pm, Jun 18 2015
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Fool's Assassin by Robin Hoob. Man those books are gooood.

Read them, plz.

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11:20 am, Jun 20 2015
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I read fantasy novels every couple months

I'm currently enthralled in the Acts of Caine series, and holy hell its good.

I highly suggest any fantasy readers to check out this underrated gem.

The first book starts slightly slow but it gets soOOO good afterwards

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1:45 pm, Nov 28 2016
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Bump~

I recently read Arabian Nights since I found a good copy of it from the thrift store.

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1:53 pm, Nov 28 2016
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I'm reading The Age of Reason, but I'm not able to take it seriously since I keep thinking of Existential Comics... I get amused whenever one of the characters starts talking about freedom.

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10:32 pm, Nov 29 2016
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Once upon a time, I used to read for fun a lot. A book a week. And then I became an English major in college, and all my fun book time went down the drain.

The only time I really read for fun nowadays is on plane rides. On the last one, I finished Ken Liu's short story collection The Paper Menagerie. The title short story is probably the least interesting of the collection, but everything else was fantastic. I highly recommend it for those who're interested in sci-fi/fantasy with some social commentary. The last story in the collection, "The Man Who Ended History," might be my favorite short story ever. I'm not sure yet. Still reeling from its impact.

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10:52 pm, Nov 29 2016
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Do medical books count? I mean my line of work always demands continuous studying.
So I've been reading them most of the time.
I mostly enjoy reading them cause I gain a lot of knowledge but not as equal as reading manga or fictional stories found in books.


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Like four hours ago. Started reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. :] The English-language library selection at my school is small, but they happen to have a lot of his novels so I'm happy.

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The recent Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel and The Secret History of Twin Peaks were my last reads. I also tried to figure out a few HTML5 + CSS3 books and then decided that my partner will do all the coding for our university projects this and next semester.

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The last book I read read was "Song of Kali" the summer before last. But the last book I read (as in skipped around in, because I was rereading it, not really reading it) was the blackdagger brotherhood... can't remember which specific book it was, as I was rereading all of the ones I own while skipping around between them. I did that around christmas last year. Oh, oops, forgot I read "The Death of Bunny Munro" last year, some time in october or november.

Song of Kali is about a journalist who travels to India to uncover a secret underground cult... Sort of. It was hard to get into in the beginning, but you definitely get invested in the plot and main character later on. And the investment pays off well. I'd recommend it to an older reader (age 25-40, something like that). Not because it's 18+ (I actually don't remember if it is or not), but because of the language used, it just reads a bit awkwardly for non-readers. And the subject matter/plot would have a higher payoff with an older audience.

The Blackdagger Brotherhood is a supernatural romance, and it reads like one too. It's interesting the first time you read it, because you want the main love interests to get together, but the "angst" and "soul mates" just don't do it for me. Plus unfortunately my ex-favorite character (when given his own book) turned out to be pathetic. I was honestly hoping he would have been a badass with a kinky side-story, but nope... If you read supernatural romances, you've heard of this series. So read it and decide for yourself. I loved the first book (honestly, it is good).

The Death of Bunny Munro is odd. It's about a father who is a sex addict, whose wife dies and you follow him and his son until his demise. It's... clearly written for males, and it's annoyingly apparent at times. It reads oddly and almost poetically, yet at the same time it's crude and odd. It was just very different from any book I've read before. But I'd definitely recommend it. Just read the first couple of pages before buying it and you'll get the feel of it and you'll know if it's for you or not.

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7:52 am, Jan 12 2017
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i read the Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi
finished the 3rd book just some days ago

it was rather uninteresting and boring
it is a very easy read

felt like reading a sumup of something that could have been fun

and i flat out disslike the main character of shiva

not recommended
3/10
had some good parts

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8:07 am, Jan 12 2017
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I recently read Radiance and Eidolon by Grace Draven ( so good!)
Currently reading : A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J.Maas.


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7:46 am, Jan 13 2017
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Almost a week ago. I was reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. I haven't finish it yet because I found some manga to read. Soon I'll finish it, though. I need to do it because I'm on 2017 reading challenge and the book is good.

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