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    Raj
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      Meep wrote:
      Brilliant book but poor me had to read the translated version. No can do Spanish.

      its a bit slow going but has loads more depth and subtleties [the translation is good though – dont be put off:wink:]

      #1086655
      Meep
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        raj wrote:
        its a bit slow going but has loads more depth and subtleties [the translation is good though – dont be put off:wink:]

        I don’t think anything can put me off books, am seriously addicted. Moving house is always a challenge though as them damn things weigh a lot!

        #1086621
        Raj
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          yeah they do weigh dont they?

          i have carted 1000s of books around as i moved from house to house and they are dead weight to shift…:wink:

          what is your favourite style of writing?

          #1086656
          Meep
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            Yep, my hubby positively hates them!

            What do you mean by style (sci fi, biography, etc or something else?)? Probably an easy question but I studied English litt (a looong time ago)after which everything got complicated… :crazy:

            #1086622
            Raj
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              thats what i meant and i failed my english lit dismally as i didnt want to have my rerading complicated by it:wink:

              should have seen the teacher’s face when he got my results:laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:

              #1086657
              Meep
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                It does complicate stuff, too much analysis!

                I like biographies in particular. Not sure why, I guess I’m just nosey. 😉 But I don’t think there is any particular type I don’t like. Books are nice!

                #1086623
                Raj
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                  i like science fiction, fantasy and archaeology but i can be a serious book slut and just read whatever comes to hand – even dictionaries:you_crazy:you_crazy

                  #1086629
                  Tank Girl
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                    raj wrote:
                    – even dictionaries:you_crazy:you_crazy

                    I often find myself doing this when a wee bit intoxicated, start thinking of words and how to spell them and blah blah blah!!

                    If you like biographies Meep, have you read James Frey, million little peices? Brilliant!

                    #1086658
                    Meep
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                      raj wrote:
                      read whatever comes to hand – even dictionaries:you_crazy:you_crazy

                      That’s a sign of real commitment to reading! :weee:

                      #1086632
                      BigAndy
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                        Just finished GOA FREAKS by Cleo Odzer.:groucho:
                        Bet Agent Subbys read this.
                        A friend lives in goa and Cleo is back living there wacked out on smack again i believe.
                        Story is of her life and how she became most successful dealer in anjuna to most fucked up druggy in anjuna.

                        #1086663
                        mush
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                          Im currently reading a book called Addict dont know who its by, its a story of how a kid growing up in london started on drink and petty crime then progressed to being addicted to amphetamine pills taking up to a hundred speed pills a day! :crazy:

                          Really good book im halfway through already cant put it down some really moving bits in there also some really dark bits!

                          #1086614
                          K_trina
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                            I’ve just finished reading both “Mary Barton” by Elizabeth Gaskell and “Beloved” by Toni Morrison.

                            #1086646
                            Agent Subby
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                              BigAndy wrote:
                              Just finished GOA FREAKS by Cleo Odzer.:groucho:
                              Bet Agent Subbys read this.
                              A friend lives in goa and Cleo is back living there wacked out on smack again i believe.
                              Story is of her life and how she became most successful dealer in anjuna to most fucked up druggy in anjuna.

                              Dya know mate I’ve not read this book but I did some research on the book and the author and I’m looking forward to reading it now (if it’s still in print).

                              #1086633
                              BigAndy
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                                Agent Subby wrote:
                                Dya know mate I’ve not read this book but I did some research on the book and the author and I’m looking forward to reading it now (if it’s still in print).

                                A friend (Ken) lives just down the street from her in Anjuna in season(she stays all year long now i think). He put me on to it, says you could see her wandering around with the original manuscript, trying to score a hit.
                                Its so sad as when you read the book you see all she has slowly frittered away for coke/smack.

                                #1086627
                                Angel
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                                  raj wrote:
                                  even dictionaries:you_crazy:you_crazy

                                  Gad vide om du har en dansk ordbog ? Eller om du får AF til at oversætte alt hvad jeg skriver på dansk..

                                  Hvis du har en extra udgave af en Engelsk ordbog vil jeg gerne låne den,den koster ca. 600 d.kr at købe her

                                  /me skriger af grin 🙂

                                  #1086624
                                  Raj
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                                    /me snickers

                                    TBH i tend to stick to what i have in the house :groucho: :groucho: :groucho:

                                    so no danish dictionaries [yet:wink:]

                                    #1086637
                                    the rev
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                                      Tank Girl wrote:
                                      If you like biographies Meep, have you read James Frey, million little peices? Brilliant!

                                      just finished it. was great really really fucking great. waiting for my friend leonard to come up at the library now.

                                      #1086659
                                      Meep
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                                        Yep, it was brilliant but it has since come up that it is fiction rather than what he’s actually gone through. A real pity as I remember thinking ‘wow’ at the time. Perhaps it was too impressive to have been real. Pity though.

                                        #1086630
                                        Tank Girl
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                                          Meep wrote:
                                          Yep, it was brilliant but it has since come up that it is fiction rather than what he’s actually gone through. A real pity as I remember thinking ‘wow’ at the time. Perhaps it was too impressive to have been real. Pity though.

                                          yeh, I also heard that….. but agree it’s still a cracking read,
                                          have read addict also but found it a little irritating, dont know why though.
                                          ‘through a glass brightly’ is good

                                          #1086647
                                          Agent Subby
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                                            BigAndy wrote:
                                            A friend (Ken) lives just down the street from her in Anjuna in season(she stays all year long now i think). He put me on to it, says you could see her wandering around with the original manuscript, trying to score a hit.
                                            Its so sad as when you read the book you see all she has slowly frittered away for coke/smack.

                                            Nah that’s bollocks mate. She[the author] has turned her life around by working herself to a doctorate in Anthropology and now works with a drug rehab called Daytop. So let Ken know about this:wink:

                                            #1086648
                                            Agent Subby
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                                              By the way have you any idea which street Ken lives in Anjuna? I know a guy in Anjuna about 45 years of age and he’s a top bloke.:wink:

                                              #1086660
                                              Meep
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                                                Tank Girl wrote:
                                                ‘through a glass brightly’ is good

                                                Is that one by him as well? Don’t think I know that one which means I’d better look into it!

                                                #1086631
                                                Tank Girl
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                                                  Meep wrote:
                                                  Is that one by him as well? Don’t think I know that one which means I’d better look into it!

                                                  Sorry forgot to put author down!! Had it reccomended to me as like these sort of ‘autobiographies’, as I find the ‘usual’ ones a bit boring

                                                  its by Nick Charles, who ended up a homeless alcoholic drinking meths, he managed to sober up and he went on to set up the Chaucer clinic and has an MBE for all his work, (I got it from Borders)

                                                  #1086634
                                                  BigAndy
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                                                    Agent Subby wrote:
                                                    By the way have you any idea which street Ken lives in Anjuna? I know a guy in Anjuna about 45 years of age and he’s a top bloke.:wink:

                                                    Good to know shes on straight and narrow, havent seen ken properly for about 3 years now. He used to live in back of joe bananas. i think hes a tad older than 45, short grey hair with rat tail and a silly pointy goatee when i saw him in sainsburys a few months ago (sorry mate in a rush cant stop and chat see you later, was all icould get out of him then)
                                                    Holy fuck, just done a quick google DR C. Odzer president of blah blah blah, fair play to her. Although she is definatly back in Anjuna…
                                                    http://www.echonyc.com/~cleo/pum.html

                                                    #1086649
                                                    Agent Subby
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                                                      BigAndy wrote:
                                                      Good to know shes on straight and narrow, havent seen ken properly for about 3 years now. He used to live in back of joe bananas. i think hes a tad older than 45, short grey hair with rat tail and a silly pointy goatee when i saw him in sainsburys a few months ago (sorry mate in a rush cant stop and chat see you later, was all icould get out of him then)
                                                      Holy fuck, just done a quick google DR C. Odzer president of blah blah blah, fair play to her. Although she is definatly back in Anjuna…
                                                      http://www.echonyc.com/~cleo/pum.html

                                                      Nice one matey I’ll check her out!:wink:
                                                      :bounce_fl :bounce_fl :bounce_fl :bounce_fl

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