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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: P.G. Wodehouse

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Tags: comedy wodehouse pg_wodehouse

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Description: A very clever and funny book that I enjoyed reading. l hope to find the time to read more novelsA very clever and funny book that I enjoyed reading. l hope to find the time to read more novels in the Jeeves series....

2008-02-17

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Type: fiction

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Status: neutral

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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Tags: german novella letters suicidal

2006-08-13

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Type: fiction

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Status: favorite

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Author: Jane Austen

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Tags: fiction romance classic sisters austen jane_austen

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Description: Even though I watched the movie three times before reading the book, I still enjoyed it quiteEven though I watched the movie three times before reading the book, I still enjoyed it quite much, and it has definitely become one of my favourite books.

From Amazon: "Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet. Her early determination to dislike Mr. Darcy is a prejudice only matched by the folly of his arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way to true feelings in a comedy profoundly concerned with happiness and how it might be achieved."...

2006-07-25

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Nick Hornby

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Tags: british comedy men boy modern_classic nick_hornby

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Description: This book is very well written and hilarious, but since I'd already seen the movie, itThis book is very well written and hilarious, but since I'd already seen the movie, it was quite boring for me. Nonetheless, it's a great book and I recommend it to anybody who hasn't seen the movie yet (you can watch it afterwards!)....

2006-04-19

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Jeffrey Archer

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Tags: family_saga abel jeffrey_archer kane

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Description: My mom actually suggested this book to me. I told her that I might read it when I got the time.My mom actually suggested this book to me. I told her that I might read it when I got the time. It ended up with that I finished the book in one week, and she's still not done with it... I really liked the writing of Jeffrey Archer, and I think this he's one of the best story tellers I've ever come across.

From Amazon: William Kane and Abel Rosnovski both enter the world in 1906. One is born to a wealthy, socially prominent Boston family. The other is born in poverty in Poland to an unwed woman who dies during childbirth. Meanwhile, young William Kane is growing up in the lap of luxury, attending the finest schools, and winning every honor his father before him achieved. They each have a remarkable life story that makes for spellbinding reading until the finale in 1963. ...

2006-01-10

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Type: fiction

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Status: liked

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Author: Lois Lowry

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Tags: american science_fiction giver lois lowry

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Description: I thought The Giver was OK. An interesting book and it makes you think about things...
I thought The Giver was OK. An interesting book and it makes you think about things...

From Amazon: "In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy."...

2005-10-12

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: J.K. Rowling

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Tags: fantasy british fiction magic harry potter series wizard jk rowling j.k.

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Description: The third book in the Harry Potter series.
In this book Harry meets for the first timeThe third book in the Harry Potter series.
In this book Harry meets for the first time his godfather Sirius Black. Sirius has been in Azkaban for many years and is known by the wizarding community to be one of the worst murderers and a big supporter of "you-know-who"....

2005-10-12

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: J.K. Rowling

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Tags: fantasy british magic harry potter wizard jk rowling j.k.

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Description: Book 5 in the Harry Potter series

2005-10-12

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Type: fiction

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Status: favorite

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Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

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Tags: lotr hobbit tolkien bilbo j.r.r.

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Description: The adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit. ThisThe adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit. This is the beginning of the Lord of the Rings trilogy....

2005-10-12

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Oscar Wilde

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Tags: british classic play wilde oscar

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Description: This book is hilarious! I love it. A must-read definitely.

2005-10-01