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12-03-2008, 11:24 AM   #1

3 "MUST READ" Please!


Alex's thread "My 2 little bookworms"

http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=26681

has made me think!

If you were to recommend 3 books to a friend as MUST READs - what would they be?



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12-03-2008, 01:22 PM   #2

Re: 3 "MUST READ" Please!


oooh good question Angie!

I'm not going to answer now as I will have to spend a bit of time thinking about this one. So hard to narrow it down to three.



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12-03-2008, 02:13 PM   #3

Re: 3 "MUST READ" Please!


The 3 that spring to mind initially are:

1. George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London
2. Louis de Bernieres - Captain Correlli's Mandolin
3. Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge

This is based purely on the fact that these are 3 books that I keep coming back to as they are firm favourites and not on any literary or artistic merit.



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12-03-2008, 07:20 PM   #4

Re: 3 "MUST READ" Please!


urm good one !

well to be honest I'm a bit of a lazy reader but I do like the classics so would go for

Far From the Madding Crowd
Pride & Prejudice
Bleak House



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12-03-2008, 08:08 PM   #5

Re: 3 "MUST READ" Please!


Woo hoo, very hard to narrow down to three! And it would have to be to a friend who shared the same eclectic taste in books as I do....

Kim - Kipling
The Andromeda Strain - Chricton
The Thirty Nine Steps - Buchan



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12-03-2008, 08:56 PM   #6

Re: 3 "MUST READ" Please!


Well here are mine:-

The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
(yes I know, but I read it years ago and still love it)
The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris



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12-03-2008, 09:38 PM   #7

Re: 3 "MUST READ" Please!


Marley and Me by John Grogan is my fave book in the world. Will think about the other 2.



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12-03-2008, 10:01 PM   #8

Re: 3 "MUST READ" Please!


Soul Music, Terry Pratchet, infact almost anything by TP coz they really make me laugh out loud.
No dogs, no blacks, no Irish - John Lydon autobiography, coz i love him.
Captain Corelli's Mandelin, I loved that book.



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12-03-2008, 10:29 PM   #9

Re: 3 "MUST READ" Please!


Still thinking...........



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12-03-2008, 10:31 PM   #10

Re: 3 "MUST READ" Please!


Quote:
Originally Posted by alexgirl73
Still thinking...........
Drums fingers on desk . . . .



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