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Old 01-23-2011, 01:31 PM  
harvey
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Just finished the entire Silmarillion - Lord of the Rings - Unfinished Tales for like the 20th time (I skip many parts since I know them almost word for word ) and now reading George Shuman's Last Breath. Last week I finished Woodehouse's "The inimitable Jeeves" and Sharpe's "Wilt" and "The Wilt Alternative" (I have all Sharpe's books and like 20 Woodehouse's. Together with Woody Allen and the Marx Brothers transcriptions, they're my "jokers" for when I don't have anything to read and usually read them in a single day).

I read very fast so it's common for me to read 10-12 books a month and sometimes even more. The advantage is that 2 or 3 weeks later I don't remember most of them, so I can re-read those I enjoyed many times. The disadvantage is I spend a lot of money in books since I never have something new to read!

Anyway, some books I recommend I have read the last couple months:

Anything Sharpe (try those that happens in South Africa like Indecent Exposure and Riotous Assembly, they're hilarious)
The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano
Mr Vertigo - Paul Auster
A Conspiracy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Rosa - Jonathan Rabb
The Analyst - John Katzenbach
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