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Btw, that's unfair, Mockney.


The Harry Potter books are a super story, well-written and charming - a good read for anyone of any age and responsible for helping many an adult re-acquire the reading bug!


If anyone has enjoyed Harry Potter, I can thoroughly recommend any of the following:


The Magic Faraway Tree, by Enid Blyton

Poppy Cat Loves Rainbows, by Lara Jones

Where's Spot, by Eric Hill

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Douglas Coupland - "All Families Are Psychotic"

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> Laughably awful.



I think Coupland's been scraping the barrel with his more recent efforts, but I enjoyed that one.


At the airport one time, I made the mistake of giving one of those pulpy populist books a go - Last Man Standing by David Baldacci. It is utterly devoid of merit. It's still on my bookshelf and every time I glance at it I feel slightly embarrassed.

Mwah hah hah, spot the Harry Potter readers. Sooo predictable.


Tried the first one, juuuuuust to see if I was missing out on something, and I really wasn't.

Have also revisited the Narnia books Keef, and found that without the glow of nostalgia, they're really not a very satisfying read. (I'm even beginning to think Star Wars is a bit shit)


Bah Humbug!!


I of course except Winnie the Pooh books from this general rule.....and comics rock.

Nah...that's Harry Potter and the Wankers Of Doom.


By the way I've just been into a newsagents and spotted a magazine called Intelligent Life with Paris Hilton on the cover apparently reading Leo Tolstoy's War And Peace. Surely something wrong there.


Paris Hilton/Intelligent Life - is an oxymoron.


Edit: Not to be confused with the Winkers Of Doom a biography of Christiano Ronaldo.

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote:

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> dukesdenver Wrote:

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> > Anything in the 'Tragic Life Stories' section

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> Glad to see someone else who finds all the child

> abuse tragedy books a bit disturbing.


Thirded! Very wrong.


Also nominating pretty much everything by Martin Amis.

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote:

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> Glad to see someone else who finds all the child

> abuse tragedy books a bit disturbing.


I might write a festive-themed one myself - something like 'Please Mummy Don't Make Me Eat Parsnips Again'.

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