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#531 Post by karenlg123 » Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:18 am

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared – Jonas Jonasson

Got this on Kindle basically coz it was 20p. What a bargain. I'm 80% through this book and loving it. Lots of funny situations, funnly lines and you really don't have any idea what is going to come next. A comedy of errors. Cant wait to find out how it finishes, but don't want it to end.

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#532 Post by martadelas » Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:55 am

eumenides wrote:Actually eaten resident pervs, as in limbs, torso etc. And this wasn't zombie trash, it's Booker shortlist!
Several lie downs later still in shock...
Hey, I was just wondering if it was people eating flesh off of people, or maybe it was zombies or aliens doing the eating. As that would make a difference as far as the amount of time needed to recover!
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#533 Post by jcolombi » Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:26 pm

I'm currently reading Trainspotting, a very good and interesting book, well worth a read (if you can get past all the Scottish language!)
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#534 Post by Sydney_Bristow » Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:30 pm

martadelas wrote:
eumenides wrote:Actually eaten resident pervs, as in limbs, torso etc. And this wasn't zombie trash, it's Booker shortlist!
Several lie downs later still in shock...
Hey, I was just wondering if it was people eating flesh off of people, or maybe it was zombies or aliens doing the eating. As that would make a difference as far as the amount of time needed to recover!

Yeah, yeah that's what they all say............. :p ;) only teasing
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#535 Post by eumenides » Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:40 pm

martadelas wrote:
eumenides wrote:Actually eaten resident pervs, as in limbs, torso etc. And this wasn't zombie trash, it's Booker shortlist!
Several lie downs later still in shock...
Hey, I was just wondering if it was people eating flesh off of people, or maybe it was zombies or aliens doing the eating. As that would make a difference as far as the amount of time needed to recover!
I doubt I would recover from being eaten by a zombie or an alien as they aren't renowned for gentle nibbling!
Aren't the rules that you also become a zombie and therefore gain eating entitlements thereafter? Post alien-eating, I'm not so sure.
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#536 Post by eumenides » Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:26 pm

jcolombi wrote:I'm currently reading Trainspotting, a very good and interesting book, well worth a read (if you can get past all the Scottish language!)
That took me months to read and I reckon I only understood 60% of it.
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#537 Post by martadelas » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:51 am

Finished The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes (loved it and recommend dearly) and realized I have nothing waiting in my office drawer! Petrified.
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#538 Post by andrews » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:40 pm

OK - so in the interest of research, I have just finished reading Fifty Shades of Filth (oops I mean Grey) and the question is: how are they going to make this into a film? 8O
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#539 Post by moggers » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:04 pm

eumenides wrote:
jcolombi wrote:I'm currently reading Trainspotting, a very good and interesting book, well worth a read (if you can get past all the Scottish language!)
That took me months to read and I reckon I only understood 60% of it.
It took me about 3 weeks to read and some of the Edinburgh slang dialect still evaded me and I'm Scottish o/
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#540 Post by jcolombi » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:46 pm

moggers wrote:
eumenides wrote:
jcolombi wrote:I'm currently reading Trainspotting, a very good and interesting book, well worth a read (if you can get past all the Scottish language!)
That took me months to read and I reckon I only understood 60% of it.
It took me about 3 weeks to read and some of the Edinburgh slang dialect still evaded me and I'm Scottish o/
It's a very difficult book to read and i'm with eumendies I only understanding half of it!
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