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Alright folks, since I am between books at the moment I decided to do a small book discussion/questionnaire. 
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1. What is the book you recommend to about everyone?

[b]A Distant Mirror[/b] - The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbra Tuchman - Wonderful history of the Hundred Years War period. One of my favorite history books ever.


2. What are your top 5 favorite books you've read? 

- T[b]he Far Side of the Stars[/b] by David Drake
- [b]The Apocalypse Codex[/b] by Charles Stross
- [b]Heart of Darkness[/b] by Joseph Conrad
- [b]Magician[/b] by Raymond E Fiest
- [b]The Things They Carried[/b] by Tim O'Brien


3. Top 5 authors? 
-[b] Kurt Vonnegut [/b]
- [b]David Drake[/b]
- [b]Charles Stross[/b]
- [b]Raymond E Fiest[/b]
- [b]Jane Austin[/b]


4. Worst book you've ever read?
Do other people keep reading books they don't like? I've probably read the first 50 pages of dozens of fairly awful books but I never feel an obligation to keep reading if they dont grab me. I did struggle through Aurthr C Clarke's [b]Childhood's End[/b] because my boyfriend at the time was a huge fan.  


5. What book seemed really popular but you didn’t like?
[b]The Bible[/b], poorly plotted Jehovah Fan Fic. Even the late switch to an epistolary format (which I usually love) couldn't save it for me. The dream sequence at the end was a high point, as was the early attempt at an unreliable narrator during part 2, but overall I didn't see what all the hype was about.



6. What five books have you always wanted to read but haven’t got round to?  
- [b]Amadis of Gaul[/b]
- [b]Ceasers Commentaries[/b] (I've read bits and pieces but never sat down and read the whole thing)
- [b]Starship Troopers[/b] by Robert Heinlein
- Several early accounts of the colonization of the Caribbean (My dad got me these and I've never gotten around to them)
- The various [b]Horatio Hornblower[/b] collections by C.S Forester