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31.The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics) by: F.Scott Fitzgerald January 13, 1994
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I am Gay and i think you'll find that this story still resonates but more like a just-polished cameo piece from a forgotten time. At the core of the book is the elaborate infatuation Jay Gatsby has for Daisy Fay Buchanan, a love story portrayed with both a languid pall and a fatalistic urgency. But the broader context of the setting and the irreconcilable nature of the American dream in the 1920's is what give the novel its true gravitas. Much of this is eloquently articulated by Nick Carraway, Gatsby's modest Long Island neighbor who becomes his most trusted confidante. Nick is responsible for reuniting the lovers who both have come to different points in their lives five years after their aborted romance. Now a solitary figure ... Read More:

32.East of the Sun by: Julia Gregson June 12, 2008
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This is the story of three women venturing to India in the 1920s, each with her own hopes and dreams, her own fears. While it is pleasant enough - ideal as a holiday read perhaps - it hardly excites or lingers in the memory. The writing is sufficiently fluid not to jar, but there is little to entice the reader back to seek deeper insight, nothing particularly thought-provoking, no phrase or paragraph so poetic that it must be read and re-read for the sheer pleasure of the language. Nineteen-year-old Rose is travelling to India to marry Jack Chandler, an army officer she barely knew before he proposed and whose regiment sailed to India shortly after their engagement. By the time Rose approaches Bombay she can hardly remember what ... Read More:

33.A Snowball in Hell by: Christopher Brookmyre August 14, 2008
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This is the second book I have read of CB's and was not dissapointed. I do however have to concede I enjoyed his last book Unsinkable Rubber Ducks more. It's difficult to say why, because both are really well crafted books that keep the reader engaged. I just felt that this didnt quite hit the bullseye regarding any real humour and its slightly convoluted plotline.Having said all that I would really recommend anyone to read a Brookmyre novel.

34.Shantaram by: Gregory David Roberts March 24, 2005
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This was a truly amazing read. It hooks you in and then will not let go. You live and breathe Bombay in the '80's and all the vibrant and diverse people who lived there. Gregory David Roberts is on a journey and you are right there with him whether you want to be at that particular moment or not. You find yourself living in a different world with people of many different experiences and mind sets, and yet you realise that there is always something to learn. I suppose that is what makes the book so appealing, it is dealing with the real world good and bad, dignified and shabby. Gregory David Roberts is obviously a deep thinker and is clearly drawn to philosophy and he captures in his writing the ability to portray the world on his terms warts and all. Highly ... Read More:

35.Dark Curse (Dark Carpathian Series) (Dark Carpathian Series) by: Christine Feehan September 04, 2008
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I was pleasantly surprised by this book considering the last two made me wonder why I kept on with the series. I enjoyed the interaction between Nicholas and Lara and how he had to readjust his Carpathian male way of thinking. However, the men appear even more chauvinistic in this book which grated on me. Although the males with lifemates seem to agree with them about their right to fight, when an argument ensues the males with lifemates appear patronising especially as the women were 'treated' to their males fighting flawlessly as they didn't have to worry about them. Two other things that bothered me was the abruptness of the ending. Also, writing in the 'old language' was beyond annoying as, for me, it stopped the flow of the book especially when I had to go back ... Read More:

36.Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Penguin Popular Classics) by: Thomas Hardy January 13, 1994
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I was first introduced to Thomas Hardy at the age of 12 via an extract of this book in a girls' annual. Just that one short passage was enough to make me want to read the rest of the novel and from then I became a Hardy fan and this remains my favourite Hardy. If you have never read Hardy this would be a wonderful introduction to a great writer. This is the tragic tale of Tess Durbeyfield, Thomas Hardy's favourite heroine. For a visually stunning depiction of Tess I would also recommend Roman Polanski's "Tess", starring Natassja Kinski.

37.Revelation (Shardlake) by: C.J. Sansom October 02, 2008
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I was first introduced to Thomas Hardy at the age of 12 via an extract of this book in a girls' annual. Just that one short passage was enough to make me want to read the rest of the novel and from then I became a Hardy fan and this remains my favourite Hardy. If you have never read Hardy this would be a wonderful introduction to a great writer. This is the tragic tale of Tess Durbeyfield, Thomas Hardy's favourite heroine. For a visually stunning depiction of Tess I would also recommend Roman Polanski's "Tess", starring Natassja Kinski.

38.1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by: George Orwell January 29, 2004
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It is tempting with the `wisdom' of the twentieth century to dismiss as irrelevant a book guilty of false prophecy. However the achievement of George Orwell's masterpiece is not to be found in the accuracies of his predictions, but in its warning about the danger of power unchecked and the lengths to which those in power will go in order to remain there. We are presented with a vision of the future (now our past) in which the world is divided amongst the totalitarian superpowers of Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Our story is set in a London controlled by `The Party' - who presence is felt by the ubiquitous Big Brother and its enforcement arm the Thought Police; told through the figure of Winston Smith: a lonely and silently dissident low-level member of the regime, ... Read More:

39.In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor by: Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Duchess of Devonshire September 04, 2008
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If you have read and loved Charlotte Mosley's wonderful Mitford Letters this will definitely not disappoint!! Their writing styles, and indeed life styles are markedly different - Paddy's erudite, descriptive, precise and exuberant letters serve to remind us why he is often considered the greatest travel writer of our time. His wonderful descriptions of his adventures bring to life so many different places - from Devon to the Andes to Eastern Europe and back to Derbyshire. He tells stories about upsetting Somerset Maugham with his stammering jokes; about his feat of swimming across the Hellespont aged 69; about rounding up wild horses in Chagford; and about his time building his home Kardamyli with his wife Joan. DD writes a shrewd description of life as a Duchess ... Read More:

40.The Road by: Cormac McCarthy June 01, 2007
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An unnamed man and his sun struggle through a post apocalyptic American wasteland. As they struggle towards the coast, they have to deal with cannibals, with disease, thieves and above all the simple day to day challenge of staying fed and sheltered in a scorched earth where ash rains from the sky. Everything in this unrelenting book is beautifully structured. The title is perfect, it is a "road" book, the journey is the story and the story is the journey. The blasted sparseness of the landscape is reflected in the sparseness of the prose. The characters are flattened, their dialogue is terse and emotionless, the palate in which the world is painted is flat and monochrome, all colour and life crushed out by the terrible grey, fatally wounded world. I don't think I've ... Read More:

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