- gemini
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New Zealand - Male
- Age: 35
- Joined: 9th Aug 08
- Last Seen: 5th Dec 09
- Reading: 1
- Read: 135
- Wishlist: 2
- Reviews: 22
- Friends: 1
gemini
About Me
I am an addicted bookworm and always carry at least 2 books around with me. Love to go and sit at my local coffee shop for hours and read. Also can spend hours in bookshops browsing.
Favourite Authors
John Grisham Jrr Tolkien Tom Clancy
Favourite Books
My favourite books are the lord of the Rings, Europe's Last Summer and the Congress of Vienna.
Reading
| Title | Author(s) | Avg Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2009 (General Reference) | Lonely Planet Publications |
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Read (see all)
| Title | Author(s) | Score | Avg Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joint Force Harrier | 8/10 | 8 | |
| 2. | Europe's Last Summer | David Fromkin |
10/10 | 10 |
| 3. | Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival | Anderson Cooper |
7/10 | 6.5 |
| 4. | Black Hawk Down | Mark Bowden |
6/10 | 6 |
| 5. | Apache: Inside the Cockpit of the World's Most Deadly Fighting Machine | Ed Macy |
8/10 | 8 |
| 6. | 'Tis: A Memoir | Frank McCourt |
8/10 | 8 |
| 7. | Nuremberg: Evil on Trial | James Owen |
6/10 | 6 |
| 8. | Street Without a Name | 8/10 | 8 | |
| 9. | Flood | Stephen Baxter |
6/10 | 5 |
| 10. | Bleachers (John Grisham) | John Grisham |
7/10 | 7 |
Wishlist
| Title | Author(s) | Avg Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Potemkin: Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner | Simon Sebag Montefiore |
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| 2. | Dumas Club: The Ninth Gate | Arturo Perez-Reverte Margaret Jull Costa |
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Reviews (see all)
Ambassador's Folly by gemini
Book: Murder in Samarkand: A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror
Author(s): Craig Murray
These kiss and tell books make for some very good reading, but to actually read about Uzbekistan's former British Ambassador makes you want to punch the guy. Your employer is the British Civil Service whom are inturn employed by the government. The last t more ...
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Submitted: Mar 31st 2009 @ 07:05
A Real Soldier by gemini
Book: Soldier: The Autobiography of General Sir Mike Jackson
Author(s): Mike Jackson
Compare General Sir Mike Jackson with General Romeo Dallaire the Canadian General and you will notice some profound differences. The main is General Jackson has seen death on a large scale and is nnot afraid to stick up for his beliefs to achieve results, more ...
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Submitted: Oct 14th 2008 @ 00:55
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Book: Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
Author(s): Romeo Dallaire Samantha Power
A view of the madness in the world, the tradgy of Rwanda. Most revealing about what happens when you mix the incompetent UN together with a wishy washy general whom to my liking from the book is too good natured. My favourite paragraph and which sums u more ...
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Submitted: Aug 24th 2008 @ 12:04
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