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Old 28th December 2006, 23:34     #9
caffiend
 
Currently - Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe.
- Hadn't read this through school/uni, so decided to give it a crack. It's a good read, but only in an 'important literary work' kind of way. It's hard to have empathy with an 18th-century bigoted zealot racist.

Next - Michael King: The Penguin History of New Zealand.
- Decided I wanted to read this after being embarrassed when asked by people overseas about NZ's history, and found I had massive gaps or hazy fragments. Big ups to the xmas gift-givers who are probably lurkers reading this

And after that - Ben Elton: Chart Throb.
- Another xmas gift, and probably just the frivolous fluff I'll need after the previous two.

Edit: oh, and soon to be bought with a view to 'snack-reading' my way through it is - Stephen Fry: The Ode Less Travelled.
I love Stephen Fry (just not in that way), and this book looks like an awesome study of how to write poetry. It seems to dispense with the wank (both the intellectual elitism and the touchy-feely "just give it a go, anything you write is fantastic" BS) and just get on with the basic mechanics and some good tips and tricks.
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