October 8th, 2005, 07:59 AM
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Nominations for December's Book
Nominate here. NB Avoid Oprah-style pseudo feminist, I survived adversity, I am woman hear me roar crap please.
I nominate The History Of Almost Everything by Bill Bryson. Non-fiction explanation of all the Big Scientific Discoveries/Ideas explained with humour, clarity and in layman's terms. Lots of 'wow, I never knew that' moments and a really good summary of our knowledge to date of the big and small scientific breakthroughs/ideas. Sounds boring, but REALLY interesting and enjoyable.
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October 8th, 2005, 09:10 AM
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What's November's, by the way? I know we were talking about Life of Pi but not sure if we decided? Anyway, I'll go with Bill Bryson for December since I've been meaning to get around to it at some point anyways.
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October 8th, 2005, 10:07 AM
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Great thread idea!
How did I miss this before???
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October 8th, 2005, 06:45 PM
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November's book is Life of Pi by Yann Martel (sp?)
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October 9th, 2005, 02:03 PM
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I'd like to read the Bill Bryson.
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October 9th, 2005, 05:23 PM
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One of the Gregory Maguire books:
Wicked
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Son of a Witch
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October 9th, 2005, 05:28 PM
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What the hell? IS THERE A BOOK CLUB ON THIS BOARD THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT?????? 
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October 10th, 2005, 09:31 PM
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The Bryson book sounds intriguing.
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October 13th, 2005, 01:57 PM
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Ooh can we all nominate? If so i'd like to submit Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende, just because it's wonderful  .
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October 13th, 2005, 01:58 PM
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That Bill Bryson book sounds fascinating!
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October 13th, 2005, 02:00 PM
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Damn I missed this section, didnt even know we had one. EXCELLENT !!
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October 14th, 2005, 05:01 PM
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Paula by Allende is good too. I read the best book last week. It is long though. It is called The Queen of the South by Arturo Perez-Reverte.
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October 14th, 2005, 07:13 PM
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I would like to read Bill Bryson...
Or if I am to nominate one: Dance on my grave by Aidan Chambers
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October 15th, 2005, 04:57 PM
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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. I highly recommend it.
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October 16th, 2005, 01:15 AM
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I am reading the Historian by Elisabeth Kostova. Its not for the faint of heart.
I just finished 'wicked'. loved it.
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