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    Feminism, FUCK YEAH!!! mbl's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aragorn View Post
    Well I have no idea in what order the series goes and the Dresden Files seem to be the only series that DON'T have a list of the previous books on the first pages.
    If you check the Wiki it does :P

    Storm Front
    Fool Moon
    Grave Peril
    Summer Knight
    Death Masks
    Blood Rites
    Dead Beat
    Proven Guilty
    White Knight
    Small Favor
    Turn Coat
    Changes
    Ghost Story
    Cold Days

    To get the full effect of the series, I think you'd need to read all the books in order. Plot/character development and such.

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    Have been reading a number of books. A few days ago got donewith reading a bio of Ayn Rand: "what a strange all controlling nut case."

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeneGesserit View Post
    Books:
    A Game of Thrones, by JRRM Martin

    The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare

    The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia, by Peter Hopkirk

    Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare

    The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick DeWitt

    Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell

    Catch-22, by Joseph Heller

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson

    Othello, Shakespeare

    Macbeth, Shakespeare

    Hope I'm not breaking any rules here. I tend to read books in bulk...
    Updated to 5.
    Quite.

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    Updated to 65.

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    Updated book count to 10. I must say the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series is absolutely amazing! The hype is definitely well deserving of this series of books, now just gotta finish the third book before the third season starts, as the show is amazing in it's own way as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yevin View Post
    Pleasure Readings
    Dragonflight - Anne Mcaffrey
    The Alchemist - Donna Boyd, Paulo Coelho
    Here, There Be Dragons - James Owen

    Educational Readings
    Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind - Joe Dispenza
    Attracting Perfect Customers: The Power of Strategic Synchronicity - Stacey Hall & Jan Brogniez
    Facebook For Business Owners - Tom Knowles
    The Art of Personal Branding - Bernard Clive
    Perfume Homemade Ecstasy - William Ziegler
    Writing in Flow - Susan Perry

    Required Readings
    Native North American Art - Janet C. Berlo & Ruth B. Phillips
    Essentials of Cultural Anthropology - Garrick Bailey & James Peoples
    Psychology Applied to Modern Life, 10th Ed. - Wayne Weiten & Margaret A. Lloyd
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rose Swan View Post
    I meant to do this, I just never posted here. So here's my current progress! I'm hoping to just read as many as I can.

    Start Date: November 13, 2012
    Read:
    Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
    El Principito by Antoine De Saint Exupery
    Carrie by Stephen King
    Battle Royale by Koushin Takami
    The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
    Divergent by Veronica Roth
    Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
    Shada by Douglas Adams and Gareth Roberts
    The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
    American Gods by Neil Gaiman
    Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
    Matched by Allie Condie

    Currently Reading: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
    The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

    Total: 13

    Find reviews of the books I read (Well, most of them), and more on my blog. Links are to the reviews I've done. Subscriptions and reads would be lovely!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rose Swan View Post
    I meant to do this, I just never posted here. So here's my current progress! I'm hoping to just read as many as I can.

    Start Date: November 13, 2012
    Read:
    Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
    El Principito by Antoine De Saint Exupery
    Carrie by Stephen King
    Battle Royale by Koushin Takami
    The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
    Divergent by Veronica Roth
    Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
    Shada by Douglas Adams and Gareth Roberts
    The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
    American Gods by Neil Gaiman
    Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
    Matched by Allie Condie

    Currently Reading: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
    The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

    Total: 13

    Find reviews of the books I read (Well, most of them), and more on my blog. Links are to the reviews I've done. Subscriptions and reads would be lovely!!!
    Took another update and put up a new update on my blog.



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