and
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I read it in French (easier for me), digital edition. I quite recommend it
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i still have the english original here, but the tiny font frightens my eyes a lot 
interesting title
why not, which ones is it, for instance?
the movie “arsenic and old lace” with c.g. i remember gladly. the good old “melbourne method”, it passes quickly, as peter lorre hastily noted 
he seems to be keen on “interesting” titles. for example his Glasgow trilogy is 
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter
How a Gunman Says Goodbye
The Sudden Arrival of Violence
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all good, as long as expectations don’t get disappointed - but you are right, names mean nothing.
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I’m reading the Fellowship of the Ring for the first time in 20 years or so. I read the Silmarillion last year and loved it.
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Just Kids by Patti Smith:
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Re-reding my favourite book.
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Neil Gaiman: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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This is a very good book. I read it last summer.
If I’m remembering it right, there are three parts to this.
I picked it up from the library because I had earlier read 1984 by George Orwell, and I thought 1Q84 by Murakami is related somewhat. Turned out that wasn’t the case, but liked the book still.
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I don’t usually go in for short stories, but this collection has one of my favourite authors in Adrian Tchaikovsky. So far it’s been a very enjoyable read. 
I have learned over the years that it usually worth it to follow the enjoyable (or at least readable!) authors - regardless of the format. Your odds are so much better! 
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The Fellowship of the Ring.
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Enjoying myself tremendously! Absolutely a recommendation to anyone who likes noir crime books. I just realized “Payback”, the movie, is based on this book.
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Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology
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Taking a break from fiction. Decided to read some non-fiction.
Lars Brownworth’s Lost to the West - The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
It is a very good primer on the history of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire by historians, which fell in 1458. Nearly 1,000 years after the “fall” of the Roman Empire.
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