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  1. #1
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    Dec 2008
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    What book have you always wanted to read?

    But never got around to it?


    I've always wanted to read Wuthering Heights. It's been sitting on my bedside table for a year or so but I never get around to actually reading it. I've also wanted to read Emma for years but have never gone and got myself a copy.

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    Sep 2009
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    Atonement, the Colour Purple and Angelas Ashes

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    Feb 2009
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    American Psycho. Does that make me weird? I think it is because it is banned from the normal sections of libraries.
    Also Gone with the wind.

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    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

    Jan 2005
    Funky Town, Vic
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    I wouldn't mind actually finishing Crime and Punishment.

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    Oct 2006
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    I've actually been meaning to read Lance Armstrong's "It's Not About the Bike". Haven't got around to it yet. Too many unfinished books on my bedside table as it is!

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    Add *TripleJ* on Facebook

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    my sisters keeper

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    Heidi. I just bought the book and will read it by Christmas hopefully.

    Inanna - To Kill A Mockingbird is so amazing. Also the movie is fantastic. Gregory Peck is spellbinding in it.

    Twelve Angry Men is another. Seen the old black and white movie with Henry Fonda in it and want to see if the book is just as awesome.

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    I wish I could say one of the classics but mine is one that my DH brought for me last Christmas. He was so proud because he picked it all by himself (I work in a bookshop so read a lot). It is called "Things I want my daughters to know" by Elizabeth Noble and it is about a woman who writes a farewell letter to each of her 4 daughters. The tag-line on the back says "How would you say goodbye to those you love most in the world".. The thought of it makes me want to bawl.. I am a huge sook and don't think I'll be able to cope with reading it. DH has actually asked me a few times if it's on my 'favourites' list and I just smile and say yes. I can't admit to him I can't read it!

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    Jan 2009
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    "Why Does He Do That" by Lundy Bancroft

    Buddhism for Mothers

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    Jun 2008
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    The Art of War, Sun Tzu

    I loved Wuthering Heights. Haven't read it in years. I was actually thinking of To Kill a Mockingbird yesterday - has to be one of the best books I've ever read and the movie is fantastic too.

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    Oct 2008
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    Red face

    I had always wanted to read 'Catcher in the Rye'
    Me too

    The Lord of the Rings trilogy (it's a trilogy, right?)

    Maybe I should just watch the movies
    We have it in a 7-part volume (a septology?) ... watch the movies!

    The Art of War, Sun Tzu
    Learned about it when doing a course on war and peace through the ages

    Leo Tolstoy War and Peace is my contribution to this list ... don't know if I could, though

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    Twelve Angry Men is another. Seen the old black and white movie with Henry Fonda in it and want to see if the book is just as awesome.
    I didn't know that was a book. I remember watching that movie in school. I might have to go searching.

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    Aug 2006
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    Leo Tolstoy War and Peace is my contribution to this list ... don't know if I could, though
    I did...just so I could say I did...marathon effort .

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    Leo Tolstoy War and Peace is my contribution to this list ... don't know if I could, though
    You're a brave woman MD! That book scares the crapola out of me.

  15. #15
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    Jun 2008
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    another one for wuthering heights. I watched the film on it on tv a week or 2 ago - loved it! I really should get round to reading the book one day though

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    Jan 2008
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    it would be 2 books but i cant afford them one day maybe hehe

    5 love languages and the love dare book.

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    Jan 2008
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    I have been reading quite a few of the "classics" on my iPhone using eReader. Its great - means I always have a book with me AND I can read at night and DH doesn't whinge! Because these books are so old I can get them for free from Project Gutenburg. I am reading Elizabeth Gaskells "North and South" atm and have just finished "Wives and Daughters". I also have all of Jane Austen and Charlotte and Emily Bronte lined up! (tho I have read most already JA's Persuasion is my fave)

    I would really like to read the works of Charles ****ens - they are next on my download list!

    (I'd love some more "classics" ideas as well)

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    You're a brave woman MD! That book scares the crapola out of me.
    Oh I was younger and had more energy back then...don't know if I could be bothered these days

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