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- After the Party (5)
- By Lisa Jewell
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- A Touch of Love (95)
- By Jonathan Coe
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Finished on Jan 2, 2010
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- Un posto nel mondo (10016)
- By Fabio Volo
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Reading since Jan 2010
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- È una vita che ti aspetto (9349)
- By Fabio Volo
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Finished in 2003
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1 person find this helpful
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É un libro leggero, divertente e sotto sotto romantico. Una lettura piacevole.
- — Mar 19, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- Esco a fare due passi (9124)
- By Fabio Volo
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Finished in 2003
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Il primo romanzo di Fabio Volo, scritto prima di trovare fama. Onesto, divertente e senza pretese.
- — Mar 27, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- The Stone Roses and the resurrection of British pop (4)
- By John Robb
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Finished
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The Stone Roses and the resurrection of British pop
For fans -
A must read for fans or anybody wanting to know more about this legendary band. Not the best written book (hence the 4 stars), but informative enough.
I especially enjoyed the first chapters about the genesis of the band and their formative years.
The author takes a fairly balanced, unbiesed approac ... (continue) - — Jan 14, 2010 | Add your feedback
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- Shout! (158)
- La vera storia dei Beatles
- By Philip Norman
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Finished in 1982
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- The Last Party (13)
- Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock
- By John Harris
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Finished in 2004
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John Harris on the subject of Britpop is a dream combination. While effortlessly contextualising the phenomenon of Britpop, getting great material out of the major players, evoking the memory of those halycon years with perfectly placed details of what we were wearing, drinking, thinking, listening ... (continue)
- — Mar 27, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- Bit of a Blur (41)
- By Alex James
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Finished in 2008
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For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more exciting life: a way to travel, meet new people and, hopefully, pick up girls. But as bass player of Blur – one of the most successful British bands of all time – his journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted.
... (continue) - — Mar 27, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- An Utterly Impartial History of Britain (44)
- (or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge)
- By John O'Farrell
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Finished in 2008
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An Utterly Impartial History of Britain
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"In this ‘Horrible History for Grown Ups’ you can read how Anglo-Saxon liberals struggled to be positive about immigration; ‘Look I think we have to try and respect the religious customs of our new Viking friends – oi, he’s nicked my bloody ox!’Discover how England’s peculiar class system was establ ... (continue)
- — Mar 17, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- Firmin (141)
- Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
- By Sam Savage
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Finished
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Meet Firmin, the talking rat - though all the talking actually happens inside his head, as in reality he can only manage a few squeeks. And though he can't express them to anyone but himself, his head is filled with words, stories and dreams.
He has learned the power of words when, as the runt ... (continue) - — Apr 11, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- The Shack (256)
- By William P. Young
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Finished in Feb 2009
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I got into it slowly as the premises of the story are fairly disturbing, but once I got into the core of the plot I just could not put it down!
It's an amazing book! It stays with you long after you've finished it! Highly recommended! - — Mar 17, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- Perfume (853)
- By Patrick Suskind
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Finished in 2003
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I started reading this book on a friend's recommendation, not knowing exactly what to expect and I was completely sucked into the plot!
The protagonist is one of the darkest characters I have ever met and yet there is something strangely compelling about him. The book is about senses and the au ... (continue) - — Mar 17, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- Mille splendidi soli (17858)
- By Khaled Hosseini
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Finished in Mar 2009
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Non un libro leggero. Non é sempre facile confrontarsi con le tragiche vicende delle protagoniste. Fanno da sfondo 30 anni di tormentata storia dell'Afghanistan.
- — Apr 4, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- Q and A (381)
- By Vikas Swarup
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Finished in Feb 2009
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I found the storyline a bit contrived, but thoroughly enjoyable all the same. Ram is a lovable character and the book depicts a very lively, colourful, tragic and comical image of modern India. A good read.
- — Mar 17, 2009 | Add your feedback
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A Touch of Love
I am surprised by how much I enjoeyd this book, considering how sad the story is.
The main plot revolves around the figure of Robin Grant, a depressed post-graduate student and wannabe writer, who finds himself in an unexpected sticky situation.
The narration of his predicaments is interrupted by fo ... (continue)
I am surprised by how much I enjoeyd this book, considering how sad the story is.
The main plot revolves around the figure of Robin Grant, a depressed post-graduate student and wannabe writer, who finds himself in an unexpected sticky situation.
The narration of his predicaments is interrupted by four short stories - written by him - each of them an insight to his mind and philosophy on life.
It's what others make of his writing, how he is percevied by those that come in contact with him and the sense that understanding someone else is a complex, near impossible task that makes for interesting reading.
4/5
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