Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian (Audio Book)

Voyage of the Sophie

The sound that woke him in the middle watch: a low cry mounting by quarter tones or less and increasing in volume to a howling shriek, then a quick series of spoken or chanted words, the mounting cry again and the shriek - the Irish men of the crew waking James Dillon, stretched there with a cross in his hands and lanterns at his head and his feet.

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Feet of Clay - Discworld 19 - Terry Pratchett

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K.Rowling (Audio Book)

Even better the second time round. HBP has eclipsed The Prisoner of Azkaban as my favourite book in the series.

Now I just have to distract myself with something else so I don't wander morosely through HP forums for the next two years waiting for the grand finale to come out.

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Volume I - Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke

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Virtual Light - William Gibson (Audio Book)

Rydell got his bag of cornflakes out of the cupboard and carefully unrolled it. About enough for a bowl. He opened the fridge and took out a plastic, snap-top, liter container with a strip of masking-tape across the side. He'd written MILK EXPERIMENT on the masking-tape with a heavy marker.

'What's that?' Hernandez asked.

'Milk.'

'Why's it say "experiment"?'

'So nobody'll drink it.

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