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But to be honest Stephenie Meyer can't really beat Mrs. Rowling! I mean the Love Story from Twilight is awesome (and a girl thing I guess  but HP is a much more complex series... |
Amen, sister! Testify! Though I have to admit that Harry kind of annoys me a bit, especially in the latter half of the series. I'm more of a Hermione geek. As far as I'm concerned, every book in the series could be renamed "Hermione Granger and her Much Less Interesting Friends".
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The Diary of a Young Girl/Anne Frank*
*(I don't know how popular are these books over in the US...)
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I don't know about the US, but a lot of us up here in Canada have actually read this in high school (or at least had to while I was still in school...which was awhile ago). It really had a major impact on me when I read it in Grade 10, and again when I reread it for the first time last summer.
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I started right now with "About a boy" (I try to read it in english)... and after this I'll read Kite Runner
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About A Boy is actually my second-favorite Nick Hornby book after
High Fidelity, and is a much better book than the Hugh Grant movie they made from it. The way it ends is
totally different from the movie, and isn't as painfully schmaltzy.
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• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - Narrated by Michael Sheen & kate Beckinsale
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Really? Huh. That's a pairing you wouldn't expect. I could listen to Kate Beckinsale read the phone book, though...
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• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - Performed by Jeremy Irons
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Ooo, now THAT would be interesting. I'll definitely have to keep an eye out for this one. Thanks for the heads up.