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Dave Eggers: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
I thought it would be better.
 

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Just finished "Reading JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit" by Corey Olsen. It discusses the Hobbit chapter by chapter, touching on the topics of Luck and Bilbo's nature. And it deals with the Hobbit as an independent work from and prior to the Lord of the Rings. (Tolkien tied a lot of things together between the two books and to the history that the Silmarillion covers once he decided to do the larger story.)

Reading now: At Day's Close: Night in Times Past by A. Roger Ekirch.

Almost finished with: History and Harry Potter.
 

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I'm reading Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. It is not for the faint of heart. I've never seen quite so comprehensive an array of mayhem inflicted on fictional children and I haven't even gotten to chapter six.
 

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I found an old edition of the hobbit from the 60's in some old stuff of a family members. So I thought I would read it again.
 

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The Lovers Room by Steven Carroll, one of my favourite Australian writers. It is quite a compelling story about love found and lost, betrayal, passion, secrets and trust...
 

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Too Good to be True - It's a discussion of the Bernard Madoff fraud case by some reporter for Barron's. Normally I find nonfiction financial stuff absolutely fascinating (no, really) especially if there's some sort of disaster involved, but this is borderline unreadable. I'm guessing the author signed a contract to deliver X thousand words and then realized she didn't have any actual sources. What I've seen thus far is 99% filler.
 

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Just finished The Next Always by Nora Roberts, my first contemporary romance (or contemporary novel that wasn't fantastic in some way) and while I enjoyed it, it was definitely a different experience for me and kind of refreshing for how normal, it is.

Starting, Leviathan by Scott Westerfield. I keep getting recommended it so I'm excited!
 

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The Unlikely Pilgrimmage of Harold Fry (Rachel Joyce)

before that:
A Lady by Midnight (Tessa Dare)
Dealing with David (Katriena Knights)
 

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A Case of Need by Michael Crichton (under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson)
 

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Beautiful Ruins (Jess Walter)
 

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Sweet Tooth, Ian McEwan's latest. I've spent an unprecedented two weeks on it so far (due to NaNo), I'm about half-way and FINALLY something bordering on exciting happened. I am disappointed so far, but I know there will be more to this story soon...
 

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I'm reading attack if the theater people - it is a fun read. The previous book I read was THe Rules of Civility - both make me happy I am no longer in my twenties
 

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The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe.

So brilliant! I almost vomited with laughter.

Currently I'm reading Zen-Mind, Beginner-Mind by Shunyru Suzuki and it's real heavy stuff.