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    Forbidden Love- Norma Khouri

    do you guys read the news? or are you so involved in your hsc studies that you have no idea about the world around you???? i read the book a while ago and, comparing it to Jean Sassoons biography of a Saudi princess didn't find it very genuine. It was so vague!!! Imagine my surprise when it...
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    Child education course?

    i deferred my primary education course for this year, i'm just wondering if anyone's currently doing it? how's it going? write me a private message please and tell me how's it going
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    decent read?

    anything by bryce courtney, i have his entire collection! my last read of his 'mathew flinders cat' was fascinating and original and takes you into a total different mindset.
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    hi guys i'm back - David Copperfield

    i haven't been to boredofstudies.org for ages! anyways, my first stop is always the reading room After reading Great Expectations a while back, I was in the library and decided to pick up David Copperfield, which can be contrasted to the former. Pip is a pauper, whilst Davy comes from a...
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    Truancy

    I don't know if it is because kids can get up to no good...... however, i do agree with those ppl who say that school isn't for everyone - what about those restless ppl who just can't sit still for 5 mins? That is the reason why they are out of school, and making them go to school forcibly...
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    Dave Pelzer - My Story (a Child Called It, The Lost Boy, A Man Named Dave)

    I think i've read - a child called it - someone refill me on it again?
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    holiday reading lists

    i wish to read les miserables. that's on my booklist, tell me what you think of it
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    BIP (book in progress) - Anna Karenina

    finished in 6 days...... after all that it was a great book, anybody else?
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    holiday reading lists

    a letter to greg hi gregor just wonderin since ya know so much bout tolstoy whether you've read anna karenina? well, if ya haven't i recommend it, i'm very much impressed by tolstoy's writing~~~ i'm just about finished, and its taken me about 6 days. tolstoys characters are very intricate and...
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    what's the longest book you've read?

    mine i think is anna karenina, i'm up to pg 700 and still reading. how quick has it taken u to read a book?
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    Just started White Oleander

    everyone loves it , can some1 tell us what its about?( w/out the ending) i tried to get it from the library but its out on loan
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    Reccomended >> Angelas Ashes

    oh gosh i was just there and now im going away..... tis too bad........
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    BIP (book in progress) - Anna Karenina

    yea u reckon? i think i've just passed the halfway mark
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    bryce courtney

    April fool's day was really good but sooooo touching!!! I jst picked up Mathew Flinder's cat at the local bookstore for $15 and am really excited to read it (have to finishh anna karenina first!) anybody read it? what's it like?
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    BIP (book in progress) - Anna Karenina

    right, this book is gettin a bit tedious (up to pg 300 out of 800, i read fast, and i also did tonnes today, coz i'm goin away for half a yr this week - i don't only read books!!!! i did quite a bit of shopping in the city which i recommend to everybody, go the SALES! ) everyone's falling...
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