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brokenglass
post Oct 6 2008, 09:53 PM

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if anybody want to sell stephen kings' The Stand 1st released (cut-version), pls pm me..thanks
jstbid
post Oct 7 2008, 08:44 AM

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Yea Yea Similarions is a good one currently reading it. It tells you how men drawes and elves ents were created. Just finish the HOBBIT not long ago, its nice book you know did not expect a war at the last part.

Another series that i like is Warcraft. There is this series that splits into 3 books. Its really exciting
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post Oct 10 2008, 08:12 PM

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QUOTE(Duke Beard @ Oct 3 2008, 09:31 AM)
While entertaining, the SW novels feels pretty corny at times with the same cheesy dialogue taken from the movies...
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Yes, that I do agree. laugh.gif

The dialogues can get a little corny sometimes, but I still find myself lost in the wonderful universe George Lucas created when I read the novels or watch any of the movies.
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post Oct 14 2008, 12:07 PM

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helo, i m going to buy book from ebay US. which mail method is 'guarantee sampai bagus bagus'?: Priority Mail or First Class International?
misimpression
post Nov 1 2008, 11:56 PM

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Does no one like classics anymore? tongue.gif Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest (okay technically that's a play, not a book); Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion; Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird were just amazing.

...seems like some of the best authors I've ever read are either dead or nearly-dead (ahem brows.gif).
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post Nov 2 2008, 02:33 AM

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QUOTE(misimpression @ Nov 1 2008, 11:56 PM)
Does no one like classics anymore? tongue.gif Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest (okay technically that's a play, not a book); Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion; Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird were just amazing.

...seems like some of the best authors I've ever read are either dead or nearly-dead (ahem brows.gif).
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I like Pride and Prejudice both the book and movie!! Couldn't finish Mockingbird. Kinda slow isn't it?
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post Nov 2 2008, 08:55 AM

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QUOTE(booklover @ Nov 2 2008, 02:33 AM)
I like Pride and Prejudice both the book and movie!! Couldn't finish Mockingbird. Kinda slow isn't it?
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Same same! Both book and movie were great. Pardon me while I do the oh-my-god-I-love-Mr-Darcy thing biggrin.gif

Yea I've heard lots of people say that Mockingbird was too slow to finish. But I personally really liked it. Then again, that could be because I plan to study Law, and Atticus Finch was way too cool a lawyer to abandon the story.
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post Nov 18 2008, 09:30 PM

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QUOTE(booklover @ Nov 2 2008, 02:33 AM)
I like Pride and Prejudice both the book and movie!! Couldn't finish Mockingbird. Kinda slow isn't it?
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I LOVE Oscar Wilde and I don't think To Kill A Mockingbird was slow, it got really fast towards the ending.
Have you read The Secret Life of Bees? The main character's personality is an echo of Scout,because the author is a fan of Harper Lee. It's about racial issues too (sort of)

I'm currently reading Kim by Rudyard Kipling.
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post Nov 25 2008, 11:35 PM

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QUOTE(misimpression @ Nov 1 2008, 11:56 PM)
Does no one like classics anymore? tongue.gif Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest (okay technically that's a play, not a book); Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion; Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird were just amazing.

...seems like some of the best authors I've ever read are either dead or nearly-dead (ahem brows.gif).
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oh i love jane austen's novel..i also like novels by the bronte's like wuthering heights..
gone with the wind
charles dickens novels
n lots more thumbup.gif
cham2020
post Nov 25 2008, 11:36 PM

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does enid blyton count?
i might be too old for this..but i grew up reading her books sweat.gif tongue.gif
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post Nov 25 2008, 11:37 PM

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And just to share , books that i would recommend u guys to read:
Child C
The road of lost innocence
Honor lost
Mosaic
Blind alley
Burned Alive
Not without my sisters
How starbucks saved my life
A long way gone
a child called it


Added on November 25, 2008, 11:39 pm
QUOTE(cham2020 @ Nov 25 2008, 11:36 PM)
does enid blyton count?
i might be too old for this..but i grew up reading her books sweat.gif tongue.gif
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me too icon_idea.gif
i love her series such as st claire's
malory towers
the famous five

n well u r never too old to read any books nod.gif


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cham2020
post Nov 25 2008, 11:49 PM

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the books i loved are
1) secret seven
2) famous five
3) five investigators? ( i forget the title)

i have lots of enid blyton books
english and malay translation
hard core fan last time biggrin.gif
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post Dec 25 2008, 07:57 PM

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now i am a fiend after r.a salvatore's drizzt series..anyone reading it here??..i find it compelling..and i think i am a little too old to read this sort of fantasy book..tongue.gif

gives me a hell of time to collect all of the books released so far..except the transition series of course..because it is a little too expensive for me...especially love the cover of 'the two swords'..

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dishwasher
post Dec 26 2008, 03:13 AM

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Huge fan of Drizzt here, I have every book up to the Orc King, currently waiting for the Pirate King to come out in softcover. Huge changes abound for our dear Drizzt as the forgotten realms heads towards 4.0.

I'm currently reading Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. Not sure how famous Gene Wolfe is in our neck of the woods, but this guy is an AMAZING writer. Probably one of the greatest living writers regardless of genres. Even if you're not a sci-fi/fantasy fan, I highly recommend picking up some of his books for the pure pleasure of reading a well crafted, well written piece of prose.

After I finish with this I'm gonna start on Jack Vance's Songs of Dying Earth collection. Got lucky and found it in Borders the Curve on Christmas day. Glee!
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post Dec 26 2008, 11:42 PM

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hoho, another drizzt fan i found..did you find it difficult to get the books? i find it hard because i am going for the gift set solely..

if i have time after finishing the drizzt series, i would look for gene wolfe then..tongue.gif..tried david eddings before..but it is not really my taste..
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post Jan 4 2009, 08:23 AM

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Has anyone read books by Glen Cook? Books such as the Black Company and the Dread Empire? I was thinking on getting the omnibuses of these but would like to hear your opinions first tongue.gif
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post Jan 7 2009, 05:55 PM

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Hi guys!

I actually a malaysian-based bookseller. so if you guys got any book that you want to get, can come to me as i give up to 20% discount from MPH or any other bookstore.

To make it sound/look more real, please visit my threat
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...94&hl=any+title

feel free to ask me for quotation!!!

thank you
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post Mar 12 2009, 10:42 PM

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Hye.I'm still new in this novel stuff but seems I really fond of dan brown books.read almost all his books but can't get enuff.so anybody can suggest me another book by another author but have he same "taste" like dan's book?thx

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post Apr 2 2009, 10:09 PM

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I love Roald Dahl and O.Henry
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post Apr 2 2009, 11:10 PM

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