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and as of today, HP-The Half Blood Prince(well half way through already that is).


I'm about 1/4 way through myself. So far, so good actually.


My stomach has been queasy as I've been reading it. I just closed it for the night at 375. I want to keep reading but at the same time I don't want to finish it in one day.

But the suspense is friggin killing me.

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and as of today, HP-The Half Blood Prince(well half way through already that is).


I'm about 1/4 way through myself. So far, so good actually.


My stomach has been queasy as I've been reading it. I just closed it for the night at 375. I want to keep reading but at the same time I don't want to finish it in one day.

But the suspense is friggin killing me.


Yeah, I'm really enjoying this so far, but I'm trying not to make too much headway tonight. No queasiness yet, so I guess I've got that to look forward too.

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I just read that a couple weeks ago...

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Yeah, I'm really enjoying this so far, but I'm trying not to make too much headway tonight. No queasiness yet, so I guess I've got that to look forward too.


I just finished it. I purposely made myself not pick it back up again til 2 today so I didn't finish it right away.

It's fucking darker then the rest. Also sad as hell. Be prepared for that. :cry:

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V -- Thomas Pynchon

Started it while on holiday to Scotland and have yet to finish it. I finally took it out of my backpack.


One of my favorite novels... reading V backpacking in Scotland... I think I want your life.

I am reading The Passion of Michel Foucault... love biographies of the deeply disturbed.

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V -- Thomas Pynchon

Started it while on holiday to Scotland and have yet to finish it. I finally took it out of my backpack.


Whew. I'll put my hand up here and say that's one I could NEVER get through. As much as I liked Gravity's Rainbow, V just baffled the bejesus out of me.
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GK Chesterton - The Man Who Was Thursday

I just read that a couple weeks ago...


Weird, I'm reading Heretics (though it's on hold till I finish Harry Potter). What's with all the GKC love?
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V -- Thomas Pynchon

Started it while on holiday to Scotland and have yet to finish it. I finally took it out of my backpack.


Whew. I'll put my hand up here and say that's one I could NEVER get through. As much as I liked Gravity's Rainbow, V just baffled the bejesus out of me.


Much like james Joyce, I always get suspect when someone tells me they are "reading" Thomas Pynchon.

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V -- Thomas Pynchon

Started it while on holiday to Scotland and have yet to finish it. I finally took it out of my backpack.


Whew. I'll put my hand up here and say that's one I could NEVER get through. As much as I liked Gravity's Rainbow, V just baffled the bejesus out of me.


Funny... I tried to read Gravity's Rainbow about 5 times, and always bogged down and quit. Same for Vineland. Now mind you I HAVE read Joyce and thrive in it. But GR got way too too too too....

But I thought V was a page-turner...

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Just started Two Hours to Doom by Peter Bryant last night. I guess is was released in the US as Red Alert. In any case, it's the book that served as inspiration for Dr. Strangelove, and I'm really digging it despite not being much of a suspense/war fan.
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Just started Two Hours to Doom by Peter Bryant last night. I guess is was released in the US as Red Alert. In any case, it's the book that served as inspiration for Dr. Strangelove, and I'm really digging it despite not being much of a suspense/war fan.

You ever read or see the movie Fail Safe, Colin? Similar to Strangelove, without the satire. Actually, they also performed it on television live a few years back too.

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Can't say I have. Haven't even seen Strangelove yet either, but this book came with the special edition DVD. I thought I'd watch it first. If I gave it a chance, I probably would love the better stuff in this genre if my appreciation for the PC game Fallout is any indication (though that's post-war). One of my favorite game intros ever.
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