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Title: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Apr 16 06 11:15
Yes, another book thread - but this time one in which I hope that all fellow bookworms will tell us all what they are reading at the present time. This of course, can be added to as time goes by.

  To start things off, I'll offer:

  Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons

                      and

Dude, Where's My Country? - Michael Moore.    
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 04 06 11:55
Tender Is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Post by: kitten on Jul 04 06 11:58
The Obsidian Trilogy - Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory.
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Post by: greycat on Jul 04 06 11:58
I just got jPod for my b-day, and Ill Be Your Mirror (andy warhol interviews)...i usually have about 10 books going at once.
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 04 06 11:59
I'm usually on about three at once.  
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Post by: kitten on Jul 04 06 12:01
I stick with one at a time, as I hate to put a book down in the middle of a story.
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 04 06 12:04
I used to be as disciplined, but now my mind seems to be all over the place. Most of my reading gets done in bed - with a large dictionary/thesaurus close at hand.
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Post by: kitten on Jul 04 06 12:08
I can usually infer the meanings from the surrounding words, but when I can't I seize the opportunity to stretch my legs and go over to the bookcase for my thesaurus.  One thing I could never do is read in bed.  I never can find a comfortable position without the cat jumping up and sitting on my book.  Unfortunately, he's not transparent.
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 04 06 12:11
Oh. I thought EVERYONE read in bed!

I use the dictionary etc. more to find out the derivations of words than to discover their meanings. In your next life, have a transparent cat!
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Post by: kitten on Jul 04 06 12:13
I only read in bed when I'm hospitalized and have no option.  I think in my next life I'll BE a transparent cat.  The perfect home companion.
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 04 06 12:14
People will clean you - they'll think you're a window.
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Post by: kitten on Jul 04 06 12:17
No, just a "pane"!
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Post by: Lise on Jul 04 06 12:31
I'm jealous. I have no time to read books even though I'm a bookworm at heart. *sigh*

  Can't wait till the kids are a bit grown-up so I can catch up on the books you guys are recommending.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 04 06 12:46
I've got an ever growing list that I need to get too:

Frankenstien

Young Trudeau

1984

Communist Manifesto

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?  
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Post by: Lise on Jul 04 06 12:51
I think I read Frankenstein by Mary Shelly when I was in highschool.... oh so long ago.

  Best novel from highschool has got to be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 04 06 12:53
Love that book.

But my favourites so far have been Animal Farm and All Quiet on the Western Front.
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Post by: Future Canadian on Jul 04 06 01:00
 My stack of reading by my bedside is getting embarassingly large (because all I end up reading is websites and magazines). But I reall want to read:
Botany of Desire - Micheal Pollan (like a total stoner I read the section on teh herb first)
The Pinball Effect - James Burke
Driving Over Lemons - Chris Stewart
Salt A World History - Mark Kurlansky
I'm on a bit of a non-fiction kick right now.
   
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Post by: Orik on Jul 04 06 09:08
the complete works of Sherlock Holmes vol 1 and 2 nearly done reading vol 2 finished vol 1 a week ago  written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 05 06 02:06
Sportsdude wrote:
 Love that book.

If you're referring to To Kill A Mockingbird, then so do I - I seem to find more and more in it every time I read it. It's a masterpiece.
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Post by: Some Chick on Jul 05 06 12:38
In the last two weeks:

  The Chamber- John Grisham 6 out of 10.  Lots of dry court stuff.

Dead by Sunset - Anne Rule -- Not bad.  6.5 out of 10

Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason, (can't remember author) FUNNY AS HELL OMG GET A MAN TO READ THIS AND HE WILL FIND OUT SO MUCH. 9 out of 10

Jurassic Park - Michael Crighton (wanted to see if it was better than the movie.  It's not) 6 out of 10

  I read a lot on my deck or at the beach.  
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Post by: Adam_Fulford on Jul 05 06 03:43
"Swarm" by Adam Fulford
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Post by: Marik on Jul 05 06 07:20
I wonder how long they'll keep using "To Kill A Mockingbird" at the high school level.  
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Post by: TehBorken on Jul 05 06 07:38
 Some Chick wrote:  [strong style="font-style: italic;"]The Chamber[/b]- John Grisham 6 out of 10.  Lots of dry court stuff.

That's a good one of his. I've read most of Grisham's stuff and it rarely disappoints, but it can be a bit dusty in parts.

 I just finished The Cat Dancers by P. T. Deutermann, Strong Arm Tactics by Jody Lynn Nye, and SSN by Clancy. All were pretty good.

I just started Under And Alone by William Queen, and it looks good already. (Non-fiction- a cop goes undercover inside the Mongols motorcycle gang for a year or two.)
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Post by: Lise on Jul 05 06 09:19
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice is quite good.
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Post by: Some Chick on Jul 06 06 08:20
I have been trying to get through "Tale of the Body Thief" by Anne Rice.  I love the stories she writes, but I find her overly verbose and verbal flatulence difficult to wade through at times and she annoys me.
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 06 06 08:33
I'm wondering if anyone would recognise this extremely brief summary (?) of a book I started reading YEARS ago, that I would like to read again.  I don't remember the title and only remember the name of ONE character (I think....lol)  

It was about two brothers, and I believe one of their names' was Phineous (?).  One of the brothers had fallen (out of a tree (?) and was paralysed.  And that's my summary (rofl)  I know it's not a lot to go on, but ring any teeny bells for anyone ???
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Post by: TehBorken on Jul 06 06 08:40
[span class="sans"]Could it be[/span][b class="sans"] [/b][span class="sans"]A Separate Peace [/span][b class="sans"] [/b]by John Knowles?[a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books-uk&field-keywords=John%20Knowles/202-9377995-2852640"][/a]          
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 06 06 08:46
Hi TehBorken [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a010.gif" border=0].  That doesn't ring any bells for me.  I believe I would recognise the title if I heard it......but on the other hand  ???

  I remember hearing the title of the book in a Jeopardy answer once....and I was positive I'd remember it, but alas......

  What is the book you mentioned about ?
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Post by: TehBorken on Jul 06 06 09:07
 P.C. wrote:  [div style="font-style: italic;"]What is the book you mentioned about ?[/div]
 Via Amazon:

A Seperate Peaace by John Knowles depicts a fictional story between the two bestest of friends, Gene and Phineas(fin-e-us)(Finny). Gene, the intellectual finds himself thinking that Finny, his athletic roommate at Devon, an all male boarding school, is trying to sabotage his chances of becoming valedvictorian of his class. However, it finally hits him that no, Finny is not that kind of person and just didn't think Gene had to work all that hard to make his grades--Gene is just good at it like he is at sports. One night during a meeting of a club that Finny had founded Gene jounces a limb and causes Finny to fall and crush his leg... Ok, that's enough of a synopsis, probably wasn't really necessary seeing that the Webster's Literary Dictionary said all that and MORE. Didn't want to give away the ending or anything..., but that's ok. A Seperate Peace should appeal to those who like a book with some realism to it. One can easily identify with the more "realistic" character, Gene but ends up admiring the near perfect Phineas. I've noticed some of the reader comments asking how could Gene knock his best friend off a limb like that even after knowing that there was no real competition between them. My class has discussed this and we came up with somewhat of an explanation: deep down, well maybe not that deep, all humans are savages. Everyone has sadistic temptations and sometimes they're hard to surpress, thought we like to think that wer're always surpressing these feelings, wer're not. In other words, Gene jounces the limb because of a tempation, it just happens. For those of you who didn't like the book maybe your're not the type who likes this kind of book. Everyone has their own personal oppinion; however, as to the fact of this plot being real, it's very real. I can name a modern day incident like this that recently occured: two cousins, age fifteen and sixteen, were playing with a gun--Texas Draw. Don't ask me what they were doing playing with a loaded gun, but they were. The gun accidently goes off, while the fitten year old is holding it, and shoots the sixteen year old in the neck. The sixteen year old's paralyzed from the neck down and the fifteen year old's receiving psychiatric treatment.

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Post by: P.C. on Jul 06 06 09:18
THAT'S IT TehBorken !!!!!!  That title has absolutely NO familiarity to me at all, but I'm sure that's it.  Thanking you tons.

Have you read it ???  You came up with it awfully quickly.
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Post by: Some Chick on Jul 06 06 09:45
lol  

  So did I with the name and the word "crippled".  Google is my bestest friend.  Interesting how it mirrors the old mythology story of the guy falling from the sky.  (I only read the synopsis though)
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 06 06 09:54
[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g038.gif" border=0].
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Post by: Some Chick on Jul 06 06 09:58
I have to politically incorrect words in my work each day.  I put that together with the name of the character and ... viola.

  With a bit of imagination, there's not much you can't find with Google.  Hell, I check out the guys I'm going to date so that I can leave a trail should anything ever happen to me.

  Paranoid?  Maybe  :)
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 06 06 10:06
I usually DO Google first, and ask questions later, but as my 'summary' was SO brief (not to mention I wasn't even sure my recollection was accurate), it never occurred to me.  It's a memory from 30 + years ago.

A thousand pardons.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/traurig/a010.gif" border=0]
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Post by: TehBorken on Jul 06 06 10:15
 P.C. wrote:
 [div style="font-style: italic;"]Have you read it ???  
[/div]
 Nope, never read it but it sounds interesting.


You came up with it awfully quickly.

I cheated, lol. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/14.gif)
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 20 06 11:48
'Unquiet Soul' - Margot Peters (yet another biography of Charlotte Bronte).
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Post by: kitten on Aug 20 06 11:51
I'm trying to catch up on all the New Science bulletins in my mailbox.  I let them build up, and now there is a lot of interesting reading for me.
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 20 06 11:53
Try some of the Bronte biographies, you'll possibly find them far more interesting than their writing - certainly they all paint a  unique picture of unforgettable pathos, triumph, tragedy and genius.  
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Post by: kitten on Aug 20 06 11:54
I doubt that I'm in the mood for pathos at this time.  But eventually I will check out the Brontes.
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 20 06 11:57
Yes you must, it's obviously something that's been missing from your life.
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Post by: kitten on Aug 20 06 12:03
I really hadn't noticed the lack, but now that you have brought it to my attention........................
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 20 06 12:04
Never too old to learn....
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Post by: kitten on Aug 20 06 12:06
But potentially too old to comprehend!!
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 20 06 12:10
Oh, I really don't think so.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 20 06 12:13
 Soon to be elementary Spanish I. (Starting tomorrow)
British Literature English Book (Still have to finish that class)
some dumb technology book. (I don't read it it puts me to sleep still have to finish that class as well)

Plan on finishing the Technology by the end of Sept. and British by Nov.

Then I finally can close that wacky/rocky/hard never ending chapter in my life known as high school. Argh, I hated K-12

K-3 was fine but then 3-12 was pure hell.
   
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Post by: Future Canadian on Aug 20 06 08:54
Am currently re-reading some old favorite graphic novels: Ronin by Frank Miller; League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (ignore the movie, this is the real deal) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. And if I had a copy of From Hell (also Alan Moore) I'd be reading it too.  
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Post by: kitten on Aug 20 06 09:07
I recently finished reading "Bolo" by David Weber.  I'll read anything he cares to write, though.  I think he's very good.  As always, that was a great book.  Now I have to wait for him to write something else.  Darn!!!
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 22 06 01:54
Aaron's Rod - D.H. Lawrence (but so far not overly impressed).
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Post by: meloncollie on Aug 22 06 02:13
 Sportsdude wrote:
I've got an ever growing list that I need to get too:
Frankenstien
Young Trudeau
1984
Communist Manifesto
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
 

Ah. Do Androids... is one of my favorites. I even wrote a sequel to it for a sci-fi lit class. When I get a little bit of money in my pocket again, I'm going to get a collection of Philip K. Dick books.

 
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Post by: kitten on Aug 22 06 05:08
Did you publish the sequel?  If so, where can I find it?
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 24 06 12:15
'The Blue Bird' - Maurice Maeterlinck.
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 22 06 11:25
Accordion Crimes - E. Annie Proulx.
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Post by: kitten on Oct 22 06 11:26
Dragon - Stephen Brust
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Post by: Lise on Oct 22 06 04:46
Is that good, kitten? Dragon? I love dragons.

  Am currently reading The Chronicles of Prydain by Llyod Alexander.
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Post by: kitten on Oct 22 06 05:50
I thought it would be, but the further I get into it, the more bored I become.  He tries too hard to be funny.  It gets tiresome after a while.

  How is your book, Lise?  Does it contain dragons?
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Post by: Russ on Oct 23 06 11:42
kitten wrote:
 I recently finished reading "Bolo" by David Weber.  I'll read anything he cares to write, though.  I think he's very good.  As always, that was a great book.  Now I have to wait for him to write something else.  Darn!!![/DIV]
 I like david weber as well. Which bolo did you read by weber? Theres like four 'bolo' books out by him. One of them has a compilation of two, but they arent complete.

  To be honest you are the first person Ive 'talked' to that has read and has similar tastes to me.

  Which other books do you read that are similar, if you do.

  EDIT: forgot to put what Im currently reading. Sad as it is, cause Im back in school studying Im reading Instrumentation and Control by Reeds series of marine engineering.      
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Post by: kitten on Oct 23 06 11:49
I've been a science fiction addict since I was 12.  Everything from fantasy to hard science to military fiction.  I've read the first book, and plan to get the rest later.  I've put in a request at the library, but there are several reservations ahead of me.  I've read all the Honor Harrington series and thoroughly enjoyed them.
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Post by: Lise on Oct 23 06 01:39
No dragons in my book as yet but enchantress, warriors and the lot. A tad childish for my taste but the book was in my  husband's old collection so I thought I'd give it a try.
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Post by: Future Canadian on Oct 23 06 11:27
Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer.
Amazing what crazy fundamentalist zealots we have living right here within our borders. brrr.
 
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 28 06 12:16
The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamnyn West
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 31 06 11:15
A Catskill Eagle by Robert L. Parker  
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Post by: Lise on Oct 31 06 04:52
Man, Gopher dude, how many books do you go thru in a month???
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Post by: TehBorken on Oct 31 06 05:29
 Lise wrote:
Man, Gopher dude, how many books do you go thru in a month???
Gopher reads like I do: obsessively. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/14.gif)

I do about 20 to 30 a month if the library is well-stocked.
 
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Post by: P.C. on Oct 31 06 06:11
Holy Moly !!!!!!!   I don't think I could go through 20 or 30 books in a month, even if I read all day, every day.  I've always thought of myself as an avid reader.  Now I realize I am an avid SLOW reader.....lol.
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Post by: Lise on Oct 31 06 07:42
OMG. That's a lot, TB!!!!!!!!! I'm lucky to even finish a book in a month.
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 05 06 11:14
Blow Fly - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: kitten on Dec 05 06 11:15
Aerie - Mercedes Lackey
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 05 06 11:16
What a strange name - Mercedes makes one think of wealth, lackey something less.
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Post by: kitten on Dec 05 06 11:18
Interesting combination.
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 05 06 11:19
Maybe you can think of an appropriate middle name for her?
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Post by: kitten on Dec 05 06 11:20
Sorry, no.  Do you have any suggestions?
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 05 06 11:22
Can't think of anything at present. Maybe something hypenated would work?      
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Post by: weird al on Dec 05 06 01:19
Gopher wrote:
Can't think of anythingn at present. Maybe something hypenated would work?

  Mercedes Lackey So-use-the-remote.  
   
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Post by: P.C. on Dec 05 06 02:05
Gophie wrote: I do about 20 to 30 a month if the library is well stocked

  I'm still stuck on this.!!!!!!!!

      But I think I figured it out

   .

(http://www.wigtown-booktown.co.uk/siteimages/2004images/minibooksinpalmbig.jpg)    
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Post by: Russ on Dec 05 06 02:49
LOL! on your picture PC

  I also do about 20-30 a month when Im onboard ship.

  Im currently reading another book by Nelson DeMille. Awesome author! Has anyone else read him?
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Post by: P.C. on Dec 05 06 03:01
I just can't get my mind around that I guess.  That's like a book a day.  I'm lucky these days if I can get through a dozen pages before I go to sleep. I suppose that's the part I'm overlooking.....I RARELY read in the day time.  (I'd be scared to start)
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Post by: Russ on Dec 05 06 03:04
Yeah, Im the same right now PC. I cant start reading a book during the day or I dont stop, same thing at night, Ill stay up an extra two hours reading when I should be sleeping.

  On the ship other than playing games, watching movies, harrasing others, you read lots.
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Post by: Trollio on Dec 06 06 01:51
What the Koran Really Says, by Ibn Warraq (Boring as hell, as it is a technical/academic analysis of the original Arabic text of the book, showing among other things how it could not possibly have been written by any deity or angel. Because gods don't usually make grade school level mistakes in composition.)


 
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Post by: Russ on Dec 06 06 09:37
Wow, did you have any trouble getting the book? Is there any controversy around it Trollio? I cant beleive that the Muslim community didnt cry foul and try to burn everything surround a book nit picking their Koran.

  Other than being dry, is it pretty good?
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Post by: Trollio on Dec 06 06 09:56
[span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"] Russ wrote:[/span][br style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"][div style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"]Wow, did you have any trouble getting the book? Is there any controversy around it Trollio? I cant beleive that the Muslim community didnt cry foul and try to burn everything surround a book nit picking their Koran. [/div] [div style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"] [/div] [span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"]Other than being dry, is it pretty good?[/span]

No trouble getting it, but you guessed it, the author (whose name is not really Ibn Warraq -- that means 'son of a bookseller') is under a fatwa, and if they ever found out who he was, they would most definitely kill him in a heartbeat.

It's quite good for what it is. The best thing about Ibn Warraq is that we do know that he is a former Muslim from South Asia, so his books are not coming from the "[insert faith here] is better than Islam" perspective, but from a guy who grew up in and lived his life as a rather devout Muslim at one point.
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 13 06 11:31
The Negotiator - Frederick Forsyth  
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Post by: Russ on Dec 13 06 03:38
Dunno if anyones interested but I had a friend send me this link cause I was asking questions about it to my friends after Trollio's post.

  Free Koran, just pay shipping.

[A href="http://www.slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=329487"]http://www.slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=329487[/A]

    Gopher, ever read the dogs of war by him? Good book.
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 14 06 01:27
No, but thanks for the tip - I'll give it a try.
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Post by: Russ on Dec 14 06 01:32
I actually went looking for my book Gopher! Im going to reread it next.

  linky just so you can know what its about.

[A href="http://www.amazon.com/Dogs-War-Frederick-Forsyth/dp/0553268465"]http://www.amazon.com/Dogs-War-Frederick-Forsyth/dp/0553268465[/A]
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 14 06 01:43
Thanks, I've just checked it out.
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 27 06 11:23
The Cardamom Club - Jon Stock
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Post by: kitten on Dec 27 06 11:25
Province newspaper.  No time to get to the library yet.
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 27 06 11:25
Maybe you should stop reading the paper?
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Post by: kitten on Dec 27 06 11:26
Not while it has comics in it!
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 27 06 11:28
I thought that might be the attraction (I take it that you mean the references to political figures).
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Post by: kitten on Dec 27 06 11:29
Naturally!
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 29 06 11:56
1) Saskatchewan Heroes and Rogues - Ruth Wright Millar

2) Avenger - Frederick Forsyth
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Post by: Lise on Dec 29 06 12:07
Currently reading J.V.Jones - A Man Betrayed

  You can read a sample of her writing here, from the first book, The Baker's Boy

  [A href="http://www.jvj.com/bakersam.html"]http://www.jvj.com/bakersam.html[/A]
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 29 06 12:13
Great literature! I must find time to read it in depth.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 07 07 11:33
Trace - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 15 07 12:00
The Body Farm - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 15 07 12:07
Over Christmas I splurged (and went broke at the same time) bought every single Orwell book he ever wrote.  Going to read all of them after I finish this class.

  1984

The Road to Wigan Pier

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Down and Out in Paris and London

Homage to Catalonia

Burmese Days

  Already have read Animal Farm

    Edit:

Plus I've got 3 Pierre Trudeau books to read, The Communist Manifesto, and finish up reading all of  Erich Maria Remarque's books (All Quiet on the Western Front writer) and maybe some Hemmingway.
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Post by: Lise on Jan 15 07 12:26
That'll keep ya busy for a while, SD.

  Current reading: Eragon. What else.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 15 07 01:05
Yup sure will just finished reading The Merchant of Venice for my class I've got to finish.
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Post by: kingy on Jan 15 07 01:10
anyone here read life of pi. i have that on my bookself and am planning to read it this summer but there are so many other books i want to read.

  has anyone heard of the book 'the secret'. i seen them on ellen a month or so ago and it kinda looks very "cult-like".
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Post by: Lise on Jan 15 07 03:30
Life of Pi? Never heard of that.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 15 07 03:32
Isn't that the book that everyone makes fun of if you have it in your locker or something?
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Post by: Russ on Jan 15 07 04:53
Sportsdude wrote:
 Yup sure will just finished reading The Merchant of Venice for my class I've got to finish.[/DIV]
 I read that in school. I enjoyed it but shows alot of the racism of the day with shakespeare if I remember it correctly.

  Have you been disecting the quotes in class?
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 15 07 04:57
well class is the internets so have I been discussing the quotes in my head yes.  Shylocks I'm a jew speech comes up a lot. Next book is Frankenstein.

  My favourite quote is from Antonio in the first act: "I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano, A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.

  love that quote.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 16 07 01:28
My favourite lines from The Merchant of Venice are those which begin

  "The moon shines bright: in such a night as this..."  
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Post by: Ally on Jan 16 07 02:05
I got about half way through Life of Pi and just couldn't get into it.  

  Currently reading

  1. The world is flat

2. Running with scissors

3. Honeymoon(trashy light read)

4. The baby whisperer.
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Post by: purelife on Jan 16 07 02:20
Hey Ally.  I finished reading "The Notebook" and I totally agree with you that it is wayyy better than the movie.  Though, the movie storyline is kept close to that of the book, which I like the best.  I love how, in the book, they talk about the two when they are older but in the movie, they concentrate on when they were younger.  I would reread the book again, it's that great.  I couldn't believe it that it was the author's first book.  I absolutely love it.
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Post by: Ally on Jan 16 07 02:32
nothing better than a super enjoyable read.

  Another book that I enjoyed...light read, but enjoyable was The Devil wears Prada.

  The movie was quite a disappointment.
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Post by: purelife on Jan 16 07 02:34
Hmm, I might read that book now that you said that it was good.  The movie was ok.  I only watched it because I like Meryl Streep.  It was a cute movie.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 18 07 12:30
Cause of Death - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: Lise on Jan 18 07 03:26
Robert Jordan - Eye of the World (1st Book in the Wheel of Time series) Looks pretty good.... one down, 8 or 9 or whatever left to go.
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Post by: Future Canadian on Jan 18 07 07:07
Got Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men for X-Mas. We are a house of Firefly freaks so we had to get it. Fantastic writer.
Speaking of comics, purelife is that Kabuki in your avatar? David Mack is one of my favorite artists.
 
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Post by: Lise on Jan 18 07 07:12
Firefly rocks, dude!! I thoroughly enjoyed the short-lived series.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 22 07 11:59
Unnatural Exposuere - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 25 07 12:40
Predator - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: Lise on Jan 25 07 01:16
Wow, Gopher. You're one fast reader!!
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Post by: Lise on Jan 29 07 11:44
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordon. Woot! Second book.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 29 07 11:45
Not come across this one, what's it about?
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Post by: Lise on Jan 29 07 11:48
Second book from the Wheel of Time. I've got a long ways to catch up on all eleven books. It's mostly about three young lads who are caught in a 'pattern' of Time and have to save the world. Quite interesting.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 29 07 11:50
Soundss it. Have you ever tried His Dark Materials?
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Post by: Lise on Jan 29 07 11:51
Nope. What's that?
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 29 07 11:53
I think they're currently making it into a film - ostebnsibly it's a children's book. It's got eerie depths though and I imagine that eventually it will get a cult following.
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Post by: P.C. on Jan 29 07 08:27
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 30 07 02:07
The Pelican Brief - John Grisham
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Post by: purelife on Jan 30 07 09:57
Has anybody read The Life of Pi?  Just curious...
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Post by: Lise on Jan 30 07 10:13
Gopher wrote:
The Pelican Brief - John Grisham[/DIV]
   I watched that. S'okay. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington, right?
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 30 07 11:42
Don't know. I didn't see the film - but as far as the reading's going, I imagine it was better than the book.  
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Post by: Ally on Jan 30 07 02:59
I read half of the Life of Pi.

  I'm a really avid reader and love getting great suggestions from other readers.

  I kept hearing about the Life of Pi and picked it up about 2 years ago.  I just could not get into it.

It never grabbed me.  I tried and tried and finally retired it to my bookshelf.
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Post by: purelife on Jan 30 07 04:29
Hmm, okay.  Thanks for letting me know.  I won't be buying that book then.  
 
 My friend was verrry animate of me buying the book "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry.  I brought it, read a quarter way and couldn't continue.  It was so verrrrry depressing. I had already cried in the beginning.  I was begging my friend to tell me if it gets any better, but she said "nope"  I almost balled again....sad sad depiction of India.  I might finish it one day when I'm it that "mood."  
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Post by: P.C. on Jan 30 07 05:57
Not enjoying the Grisham, Gophie?  I like his stories.  I've read them all.  There was one I DIDN'T like, but I can't remember which one it was.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 31 07 01:30
I'm finding it's getting better, three more chapters seemed to do the trick.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 31 07 09:04
I added another book to the 8 Orwell books, The Motorcycle Diaries.  
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Post by: Marik on Feb 01 07 03:03
Yeah we were doing book reports in class the other day, and about 5 different people were reading Life of Pi. They said it was OK, but unrealistic, since there's a tiger or whatever on board, and it doesn't eat the kid. But hey, what do we high school kids know? ;)

The Alphabet of Manliness  by  Maddox  
^  funny ass book; go read it. "R" (for road rage) is the best chapter.
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 01 07 07:48
I'd probably have been kicked out of school for reading the book.  Damn christian school.  They censured everything.  For example when we read Huckleberry Finn we weren't allowed to speak the words in the book, the teacher would give us detention.  God was she a nut case.  
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 04 07 12:28
Smiley's People - John le Carre
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Post by: Adam_Fulford on Feb 04 07 01:18
The Fabric of Reality David Deutsch
The Whole Equation, A History of Hollywood David Thomson
The Emotional Brain Joseph LeDoux
 
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Post by: kitten on Feb 04 07 09:46
That was good reading, Gopher.  I'm sure you're enjoying it.
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Post by: Lise on Feb 08 07 10:01
Dragon Reborn - Robert Jordon. 3rd book. 8 more to go..... *sigh*
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Post by: Russ on Feb 09 07 12:51
Resurrectors - Micheal Connelly
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Post by: tenkani on Feb 09 07 10:47
The Gunslinger by Stephen King (again).
Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq  by Michael Gordon & Bernard Trainor. It's a little dry but worth it.
 
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Post by: TheAngel on Feb 11 07 03:49
Introducing Stephen Hawking by J.P. McEvoy & Oscar Zarate. Part of my attempt to unravel the universe.    (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/14.gif)


 
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Post by: Russ on Feb 11 07 04:13
Just finished Michael Connelly's The Last Coyote

  And on the second chapter of Michael Connely's  A darkness mre than night.    
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 11 07 06:52
Frankenstein  
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 17 07 11:51
Cross of Fire - Colin Forbes
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Post by: Spring! on Feb 18 07 01:46
current reading is DS!!  hi!  : )  
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Post by: Orik on Feb 18 07 09:36
the scarletti inheritance by
Robert ludlum


 
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 25 07 12:24
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - Dee Brown

(for the fourth time)
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 02 07 02:49
Single & Single - John le Carre
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 08 07 11:55
44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith
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Post by: Orik on Mar 12 07 05:53
just finished dan browns angels and demons the prqual to the davinchi code

all i can say is damn wow holy crap awesome... zipped through the book in 3 days

cover to cover it had me enthralled every page...
jeeze i hope nothing got stolen at work this week...  but yeah that book was that good

ducks for cover as gunshots ring out in the hood again ...

 
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Post by: tenkani on Mar 16 07 01:44
Scott Ritter's Target Iran: The Truth About the White House's Plans for Regime Change.
*cutting at wrist with butter knife*

 Goph, Bury my Heart was a must read.
An outstanding book for anyone interested in the real cost of "taming the west"     :(

 

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Post by: Gopher on Mar 19 07 12:28
The 2.1/2 Pillars Of Wisdom - Alexander McCall Smith.    
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Post by: Lise on Mar 19 07 01:23
Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan 4th book...... *sigh*
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Post by: Orik on Mar 19 07 05:31
Let me guess lise you are rereading the series and waiting for the next book to be published ... expected publication date for the final book in the series is
early 2009

rumored title is to be

A Memory of Light



 
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Post by: Terebiana on Mar 19 07 07:09
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.
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Post by: Lil Me on Mar 19 07 08:27
lullabies for little criminals by Heather O'Neill
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Post by: Lise on Mar 20 07 09:50
Orik wrote:
Let me guess lise you are rereading the series and waiting for the next book to be published ... expected publication date for the final book in the series is
early 2009

rumored title is to be

A Memory of Light



 
 Hey Orik, good to see you lurking around.

  No, I'm not re-reading the series. My husband got me the first three books for Christmas and told me to start reading them. So far... it's been ok but I got tired around the 3rd book.

  Thanks for the rumored title. Nice to know that.
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 26 07 01:29
Place Of The Dawn - Gordon Taylor
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Post by: pitbullca.bc on Mar 26 07 07:59
The House- Danielle Steel
Her books had started to fade for me...too much lovey dovey romance vomit..but this one sounded alright.
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Post by: ForSure on Mar 26 07 08:13
French Women For All Seasons: A Year Of Secrets, Recipes, And Pleasure.
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Post by: Russ on Mar 26 07 10:27
Ian Rankin - The Falls
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 28 07 11:15
M*A*S*H - Richard Hooker
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Post by: Sportsdude on Mar 28 07 11:31
Time to read all those Orwell books I bought.

first up 1984
 
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Post by: Soma on Mar 28 07 01:41
I plan to read a book called: "Fabric of the Cosmos" by Brian Greene.      
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Post by: Lise on Mar 28 07 04:59
Gopher wrote:
M*A*S*H - Richard Hooker[/DIV]
     MASH had a book................................?  
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 29 07 01:45
Yes, it originated the whole thing.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 01 07 11:46
Well, I read a couple chapters of 1984. I'm on chapter 6. I keep falling asleep when I'm reading it though, can't find a good place to read without falling asleep. lol  
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 01 07 11:47
Are you finding it rather grim? I remember I did. Sort of interesting but unrelenting.  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 01 07 11:49
well my favourite book ever was his Animal Farm. If that wasn't 'grim' I don't know what is.  Right now its on overload on details.  The character is explaining everything.  
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Post by: kitten on Apr 01 07 11:50
I found it depressing and entirely believable............more so as time goes on.  
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 01 07 11:51
He just made a mistake with the date.
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Post by: kitten on Apr 01 07 11:55
True, but not by that much.  I don't think one could accuse him of optimism.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 01 07 11:59
oh yeah the book is completely believable.
Fighting an enemy for so long he's forgotten what started the war and who is actually involved. Never ending war (war on terrorism will be that)
Making up war stories to promote nationalism modern day example: (Pat Tilmann ex NFL player, killed by friendly fire but for years he was classified as dying by the enemy.
People 'disappearing'
 
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Post by: ForShure on Apr 06 07 10:18
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World:  An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children  
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 06 07 10:56
Whiteout - Ken Follett
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Post by: weird al on Apr 06 07 10:57
Not current, but the mention of 1984 reminded me of We, (supposedly the inspiration for 1984 and/or Brave New World)

 by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

  All that really stands out in my memory is this part where the narrator says "I was no longer a number. I had become a mere person."

  Anybody can throw out a line like this nowadays, but ol' Yevgeny was way ahead off his time, having written that in 1920.

  Bugs me that that's all I can remember. I guess I'm ready for Sarducci's 5-minute university course.  
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Post by: weird al on Apr 06 07 11:02
Here's Guido's 5-minute university bit. [A href="http://pratie.blogspot.com/2005/03/guidos-five-minute-university.html"]http://pratie.blogspot.com/2005/03/guidos-five-minute-university.html[/A]
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Post by: tenkani on Apr 06 07 11:02
ROFL.

You a Prisoner fan WA?  
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Post by: weird al on Apr 06 07 11:11
tenkani wrote:
 ROFL.

You a Prisoner fan WA?

  Was that in Blighty? With Patrick McGoo?  
 
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 06 07 11:15
Yes, it was ages ago, but I still remember it very well. If I recall it was mainly filmed in small place in Wales called Port Meirion.  
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Post by: weird al on Apr 06 07 11:18
I've seen it, yeah. It was kind of chilling. Was it also meant to be a bit funny as well?
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Post by: tenkani on Apr 06 07 11:18
McGoo    :)

Yeah, I used to watch it all the time with my dad.

What a weird little town!!

It was so perfect, because it just had this surreal quality to it and when the white blob came blubbering out to get someone it almost made sense. They used to play the Prisoner on public TV here but they stopped because I think the fan base, rabid though it is, can't compete with the likes of Dr. Who and whatnot. The Prisoner is not exactly easy to get into.

  EDIT: Funny...yeah, in a bleak way.
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 06 07 11:20
Have a look on the search engine for Port Meirion, Tenk. I've been there, and it's exactly how it was shown in the series.      
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 06 07 11:21
weird al wrote:
 I've seen it, yeah. It was kind of chilling. Was it also meant to be a bit funny as well? ......

 I think it was supposed to be a bit funny, but - like Queen Victoria - I was not amused.


   
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Post by: weird al on Apr 06 07 11:23
Here's Guido doing the 5-minute bit. [A href="http://www.fathersarducci.com/video.html"]http://www.fathersarducci.com/video.html[/A]

  (sorry for the hijack btw)  
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 06 07 11:31
St. Patrick smoked????
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Post by: tenkani on Apr 06 07 12:10
Woah, Portmeirion has a REALLY nice Web site!!

Annual Prisoner convention, yeah, makes sense.

I'm still not sure whether people actually live there.

I mean, they have cottages and a hotel for visitors, but are there private residences?
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 06 07 12:21
I wondered about this as well. By the way, was the website you came across bilingual (English/Welsh?)    
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Post by: tenkani on Apr 06 07 12:22
If "Cymraeg" is welsh then yeah    :)

  [A href="http://www.portmeirion-village.com/"]http://www.portmeirion-village.com/[/A]
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 06 07 12:24
Yes, you've got it. Nice looking language isn't it?
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Post by: weird al on Apr 06 07 12:30
Gopher wrote:
Yes, you've got it. Nice looking language isn't it?

  Great language! I like the name of that town, Llanfair, etc.

 Knew a lady that was from there. She said the sign on the train station was longer than the building.
 
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Post by: tenkani on Apr 06 07 12:31
"Ei nod oedd dangos fod modd datblygu safle prydferth heb ei"   My cat types in the same language when she runs across the keyboard.
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 06 07 12:32
Yes, but can she speak as well as type?
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 06 07 12:32
weird al wrote:
Gopher wrote:
Yes, you've got it. Nice looking language isn't it?

  Great language! I like the name of that town, Llanfair, etc.

 Knew a lady that was from there. She said the sign on the train station was longer than the building.  ......

 You can buy souvenir tickets from the railway station.


 
 
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Post by: tenkani on Apr 06 07 12:34
Yes, but can she speak as well as type?

  Yeah, but only when her tail gets stuck under the rocking chair
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 06 07 12:35
Ah, and then she swears in Welsh?
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Post by: tenkani on Apr 06 07 12:45
Yes.
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Post by: Lil Me on Apr 07 07 12:12
Rage Therapy by Daniel Kalla
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Post by: i wish on Apr 07 07 03:37
Driving to the end of the world by Mark McMahon

[A href="http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Physics-David-Halliday/dp/047122863X/ref=sr_1_14/104-9618616-8025552?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175942219&sr=8-14"][SPAN class=srTitle][FONT color=#003399]Fundamentals of Physics[/FONT][/SPAN][/A] by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, and Jearl Walker
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Post by: Lil Me on Apr 07 07 06:41
ah, the fundamentals of fizziks text is still is use?!  I had a much earlier edition in a different colour (tan?).
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Post by: Russ on Apr 07 07 12:10
Micheal Connelly

Black and Blue
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Post by: Lil Me on Apr 13 07 07:24
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]Pandemic [/span]by Daniel Kalla  
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 13 07 11:21
The Hammer Of Eden - Ken Follett
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 20 07 12:04
The Key To Rebecca - Ken Follett
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Post by: Russ on Apr 20 07 12:15
Camp Free in BC - Cant remember the author.
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Post by: Future Canadian on Apr 20 07 11:33
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins  
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 27 07 02:17
Eye Of The Needle - Ken Follett
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Post by: kitten on Apr 29 07 10:59
Preternatural & Preternatural Too:Gyre - Margaret Wander Bonnano

  So far I'm half-way through the first book, and I really don't know whether it is worth continuing.  It has been very dull, and I don't think it is worth reading the second volume.
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Post by: Gopher on May 01 07 11:27
The Fourth Protocol - Frederick Forthyth
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Post by: kitten on May 01 07 11:30
At the moment...DS.  I must get to the library soon.
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Post by: Gopher on May 01 07 11:31
Well, DS always makes a good read.
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Post by: kitten on May 01 07 11:32
There's so much to catch up on since my return.
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Post by: Gopher on May 06 07 11:28
At Risk - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: kitten on May 06 07 11:32
Lord Darcy - Randall Garrett
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Post by: Gopher on May 06 07 11:33
Something I must try. Have you ever read His Dark Materials?
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Post by: kitten on May 06 07 11:36
Not to my knowledge.  Is there perhaps another author with the same name?  I'm referring to the one who wrote of an alternate Earth.  Lord Darcy was a detective.
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Post by: Gopher on May 06 07 11:38
Yopu've got me wrong: His Dark Materials is a book by Philip Pullman
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Post by: kitten on May 06 07 11:39
Sorry, I thought you were answering my previous response.
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Post by: Gopher on May 06 07 11:41
No, I was merely making an aside.
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Post by: kitten on May 06 07 11:42
A very well made one, too.  It sailed over my head and into the unknown.
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Post by: Gopher on May 06 07 11:43
As befits the subject.
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Post by: Sportsdude on May 06 07 12:08
I still have every book Orwell ever wrote to read.

 
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Post by: Gopher on May 08 07 01:50
Black Notice - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: wouldn'tyouknow on May 08 07 02:42
How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman (funny name for a doctor)
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Post by: Gopher on May 08 07 11:38
wouldn'tyouknow wrote:
 How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman (funny name for a doctor) ....

 Yeah, a funny name but Gropeman would have been far worse.


 
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Post by: weird al on May 08 07 11:53
A lady I knew worked for a dentist, a Dr. Loader. Which wouldn't have been particularly funny, except for his habit of  washing down Valium with alcohol, which often necessitated his taking a  cab home in the middle of the work day. He's long retired by now.  
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Post by: Gopher on May 13 07 10:58
From Potter's Field - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: kitten on May 13 07 11:00
The Fourth Bear - Jasper Fforde
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Post by: Gopher on May 13 07 11:03
Ff??
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Post by: kitten on May 13 07 11:04
Yyess!
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Post by: Gopher on May 13 07 11:05
Strange how names that are spelled with a double 'f' always seem posh, isn't it?  
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Post by: kitten on May 13 07 11:07
Is a double f stressed more when being pronounced?  I agree about it sounding more posh.  I always wondered why the letter would be duplicated.
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Post by: Gopher on May 13 07 11:09
In Welsh ff is pronounced as (our) f, whereas a single f is pronounced as a v - so maybe that's where it comes from. Ffascinating!
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Post by: kitten on May 13 07 11:10
Ffor sure!  Thanks for the information.  I thought it might be Welsh.
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Post by: Sportsdude on May 13 07 03:56
I've got a double letter in my last name. Funny thing is that people never pronounce the other letter after it.
I've also got an "e" in my name that my german grandmother says it like an "a" so I end up saying it and confusing people even more. lol
 
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Post by: Gopher on May 15 07 01:21
Point Of Origin - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: Lil Me on May 16 07 09:50
Resistance- Daniel Kalla  
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Post by: Gopher on May 29 07 05:52
Notes On A Scandal - Zoe Heller
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Post by: Sportsdude on May 29 07 11:24
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck

Its an urban planning book critical of american sprawl
 
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 01 07 01:59
Striptease - Georges Simenon. (By the way, Notes on a Scandal was excellent, well worth the reading).
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Post by: PostMonkee @(^_^)@ on Jun 01 07 09:11
I can't read   =(

  But I like listening to audio books on my bicycle rides around town.

I'm currently listening to Wigfield by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and the great Stephen Colbert.

It's a comedy. It will make you giggle, chortle, and maybe even guffaw.  [A href="http://www.highbridgeaudio.com/wigfieldbr.html"]http://www.highbridgeaudio.com/wigfieldbr.html[/A]
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Post by: P.C. on Jun 01 07 09:26
I am currently trying to read the instuctions on where to pound tree fertilizer spikes.  I'm sure it's facinating reading, except that my arms seem to be too short.  
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Post by: PostMonkee @(^_^)@ on Jun 01 07 10:21
"pound tree fertilizer spikes"   Sexiest four words in the English language     (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Love/3.gif)
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 01 07 12:25
I'm on chapter 2 of my urban planning book.  
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Post by: Lise on Jun 01 07 02:54
I'm still on Robert Jordan's book. Been staled ever since. Last night I took up reading again. Hmmmm.....
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 01 07 03:00
chapter 3 now.  
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Post by: Lazy Orik on Jun 01 07 06:24
 last week i read the davinchi code and digital fortress. this week i read eragon and am just about finsihed its 2nd book eldest...
tom afternoon i will start another novel just not sure what just yet i have a few to choose from...


   
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 01 07 09:26
love Dan Brown.
 
 I'm reading [span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Naming of the Dead [/span]by Ian Rankin.  I'll be needing fish and chips soon, as the Scottish detective Rebus lives on takeaway fish and curry.
 
 
   
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Post by: P.C. on Jun 01 07 11:04
Isn't Dan Brown, DaVinci Code guy ?

  I have never been more disappointed in a book, that was seemingly right up my alley, as The DaVinci Code.  Too much hype maybe ?  
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Post by: Lise on Jun 02 07 12:07
I'm in agreement with you, PC. Too much hype indeed. Saw the movie and didn't think too much of it either.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 02 07 12:09
never read the book nor saw the movie.  
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Post by: Lise on Jun 02 07 12:13
You're not missing out much there on the movie, SD. Totally boring. Predicatable and what's up with Mr. Hanks' hair?!?!?!?!
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 02 07 12:15
yeah his hair was goofy.
Right now I'm just focused on my urban planning book which gets me through the day.
 
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Post by: Lise on Jun 02 07 12:15
How's the reading going? Not too dry, I hope.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 02 07 12:21
Nope really sad actually, its all about how america and noth america in general has lost its way with sprawl and that we've become so addicted to the car, old cities that are people friendly are illegal to build nowadays.
Instead of Robson Streets and Granville Islands we build big box stores with giant parking lots.
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 05 07 03:01
read more of my book. fascinating.  
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 07 07 01:28
Good Behaviour - Molly Keane
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Post by: PostMonkee @(^_^)@ on Jun 07 07 10:22
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (the Angela's Ashes guy).

So far it's amazing and unlike Angela's Ashes won't leave you looking for a sharp thing to cut yourself with.

  Also the Dark Elf trilogy by R.A. Salvatore.

If you enjoy fantasy it's an amazing display of character development and world-building.

It's also great if you like to read about angry elf chicks whipping subservient men until they bleed.
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Post by: kitten on Jun 07 07 10:43
If it has angry elf chicks I've got to read this one!  Just kidding, but it seems interesting.  I'll look for it at the library.
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Post by: PostMonkee @(^_^)@ on Jun 07 07 10:50
It raises some interesting questions, Miss K, about what would happen if an entire society was based upon what we would consider to be "evil", and in such a setting what would be considered deviant and obscene.  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 07 07 11:03
still reading my book. Trying to find another urban planning book to read after I finish my first one. I like the authors of the first book, they're sort of activists that are shaking up the building community. They've got their own organization and everything. But the book mainly deals with suburbs, I need a city book now.  
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 08 07 11:24
The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Post by: PostMonkee @(^_^)@ on Jun 08 07 11:30
^^^^ what's it about?
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 08 07 11:33
Oh that's a hard one. It's a mystery, but very different to any other which I have read. Concerns someone who selects a book from the cemetary of forgotten books. Other people become interesting in acquiring it from him - mainly they are doppelgangers of the characters in books. I've not read all that far yet, but it looks as though fiction and reality are going to blend.  
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Post by: PostMonkee @(^_^)@ on Jun 08 07 11:44
Waow.

So it's fantasy? Sounds very strange and wonderful.

What made you choose it?
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 08 07 11:45
Someone gave it to me and I vaguely recalled hearing about it a few months ago (in glowing terms).
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 08 07 11:56
 I can't decide on which book about Vancouver urbanism to buy.

This one:
[b class="sans"]Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination
[/b][span class="sans"][a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dream-City-Vancouver-Global-Imagination/dp/1553651030/ref=sr_1_1/105-8065872-6743615?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181299398&sr=8-1"]http://www.amazon.com/Dream-City-Vancouver-Global-Imagination/dp/1553651030/ref=sr_1_1/105-8065872-6743615?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181299398&sr=8-1[/a]

or this one:

[/span][b class="sans"]The Vancouver Achievement: Urban Planning and Design
[/b][span class="sans"][a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vancouver-Achievement-Urban-Planning-Design/dp/0774809728/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/105-8065872-6743615?ie=UTF8&qid=1181299398&sr=8-1"]http://www.amazon.com/Vancouver-Achievement-Urban-Planning-Design/dp/0774809728/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/105-8065872-6743615?ie=UTF8&qid=1181299398&sr=8-1[/a][/span][b class="sans"]
[/b]
personally I think I'm going with the second one because the Dream City book is more like a novel, you can read excerpts from it.
   
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 12 07 01:18
Lost Girls and Love Hotels by Catherine Hanrahan  
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Post by: purelife on Jun 13 07 08:49
Firestarter - Stephen King  
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 13 07 08:51
Ooooh!  How is it?  I haven't read Stephen King for ages.  I used to stay up all night in HS and read Stephen King because I was too scared to sleep!  
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Post by: purelife on Jun 13 07 08:52
 I just started getting into it and so far, after a few pages, it's really really GOOD!  As you can tell, I don't think that I've ever contributed to this thread which means that I [span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"]rarely[/span] read.  LOL, my guy recommended me this book.  I'll tell you how it is when I'm done. :)

LOL Lil Me.  You're funny :))
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 13 07 08:55
 The Vancouver Achievement: Urban Planning and Design

(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J1G4FXFKL._SS500_.jpg)


Its in route to my house.
Should be a great read, for me anyway.
 
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 15 07 12:57
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
 
 It's a hilarious narrative and a great story.  Similar to Catcher in the Rye but with a My Big Fat Greek Wedding feel. ( I just found out that it's also an Oprah pick for Summer 2007.)
   
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 15 07 12:59
If Oprah likes it must be good!
When is she retiring anyway, didn't she announce her retirement a few years back as some date in the future, can't remember now.

My book will arrive on Monday I think.
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 15 07 01:15
sweet! my book came!  
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Post by: forumla1 on Jun 15 07 01:16
your book can cum?  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 15 07 01:36
in knowledge  
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Post by: stretchedout on Jun 16 07 09:18
(http://www.geocities.com/seinlangnl/seinlang.jpg)

  ... but I read most of it in the first setting of a half hour or so - good fun!
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Post by: Schadenfreude on Jun 16 07 10:06
stretchedout wrote:
 (http://www.geocities.com/seinlangnl/seinlang.jpg)

  ... but I read most of it in the first setting of a half hour or so - good fun!

  I'm not sure how you would know?
 
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Post by: stretchedout on Jun 16 07 11:01
ok Troll!
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Post by: P.C. on Jun 16 07 11:40
Schad speaks his mind......just like you speak your mind.  I thought you liked that?  As an advocate of non-conformity, I would have thought you would have some level of respect for that.
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 24 07 11:22
The Modigliani Scandal - Ken Follett

  (addition, some days later: and having come to the end of it I wish I'd not even bothered to read the first page).
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 29 07 11:09
Awakenings - Oliver Sacks
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 03 07 11:31
Southern Cross - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 15 07 01:04
The Heart Of The Matter - Graham Greene
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 15 07 01:10
Just finished Running With Scissors- Augusten Burroughs
 a funny and disturbing memoir
   
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 15 07 09:17
I am currently reading the installation instructions for 2 new wall sconces.  It's a really well thought out plot....as it carries you through exciting twists and turns trying to decipher the translation glitches.  A story of pure mystery and intrigue where the author plays with his reader to the end.  A must read.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 15 07 09:20
sounds like a new york times best seller!  
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Post by: kitten on Jul 15 07 09:30
I can't wait to find out how it ends and the mystery is solved, P.C.!
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 15 07 09:36
I'll be sure to share it with you all.....I always like to pass on a good read.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c028.gif" border=0]
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Post by: Russ on Jul 15 07 09:38
Im currently reading parts interchangability for chevy 350 cu in small block motors.. Im thinking about rebuilding my motor again. The horsepower to gas ratio currently doesnt impress me.. so I think Im going to attempt again, and put the motor in the boat this time. Put the boat motor into the Truck.. I gots me a book on building up Marine Motors for Mercruiser legs as well.  
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Post by: kitten on Jul 15 07 09:41
That also sounds like a great read, Russ.  I'm thinking I should take out my Toyota manual and read it more thoroughly.  I could be missing something.  It looks like manuals are the "in" thing to read.
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 15 07 09:42
Could we be missing out on some REALLY good reading out there Russ? [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c008.gif" border=0]

  (I hate that I haven't made the time to read a good book for the last few MONTHS)  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 15 07 09:46
I'm still working on my vancouver urban planning book. (600 pages of how to build more yaletown's and false creeks)
Can't wait for the last harry potter book.

 
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Post by: kitten on Jul 15 07 09:49
I haven't been able to concentrate on reading lately.  I hate to start a book unless I can finish it in one sitting, but I've either been too busy or too tired to manage it.
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 15 07 10:08
I go on spurts too Kitten.....although I never finish a book in one sitting.  I only read after I crawl in bed.  If I did otherwise, I'd never get anything done.

  (have you read the Poisonwood Bible Kitten?....I'm thinking you might like that.)
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 15 07 11:31
P.C. wrote:
 I go on spurts too Kitten.....although I never finish a book in one sitting.  I only read after I crawl in bed.  If I did otherwise, I'd never get anything done.

  (have you read the Poisonwood Bible Kitten?....I'm thinking you might like that.)[/DIV]..................
 The Poisonwood Bible is in this very room but I've not yet read it.
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Post by: kitten on Jul 16 07 06:45
I haven't read the Poisonwood Bible yet.  Come to think of it, I hadn't even heard about it .  I'll have to look for it at the library.  Thanks for the tip.
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Post by: Russ on Jul 16 07 02:10
I havent heard of the 'poisonwood bible' either kitten.. if you dont think your toyota manual is a good enough read for you, I can lend you a few others to read through.. I mean, you never know if you are going to drive a 66 dodge charger or a '70 dodge challenger. Could be prepared then for it!
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Post by: kitten on Jul 16 07 06:02
I had a Mazda manual before, but I fell asleep half way through it.  The ending was too predictable.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 16 07 06:19
I had my ford manual. I forgot to read the last chapter "that rattle you hear it's nothing"  
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 19 07 05:22
Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan  
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Post by: purelife on Jul 19 07 08:20
I'm trying to get into Lisey's Story by Stephen King...  
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 19 07 10:55
The Book Of Snobs - W.M.Thackeray
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Post by: Russ on Jul 20 07 12:04
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  Im actually reading this.
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 20 07 12:22
Ahahahaha.  Perhaps you'll give us a daily progress report? :)
 Starting with the garage? :)
   
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Post by: Russ on Jul 20 07 12:35
garage is perfect. house needs to be worked on so I can get more in there.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 20 07 02:57
I'm reading the last harry potter book this weekend.
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Post by: purelife on Jul 20 07 03:17
How did you grab a copy of the last HP book, SD?  

  LOL Russ.  Don't you offer any of your stuff to my guy if you see him next!  And, don't mention about that tank, k?!  I know that if there was more space at my apt., the more 'junk' I'll be seeing... I'm dreading moving into a 2 bdrm.    
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 20 07 03:20
I haven't yet, but on my way to KC I'm stopping by Borders to get it.

I'm just going to read this weekend.
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 20 07 03:22
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  Russ wrote:     Im actually reading this.



  WHY Russ....WHY !!!!  I just need to know WHY.[/DIV]
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 26 07 12:03
Assignment in Brittany - Helen MacInnes
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Post by: Lise on Jul 26 07 03:56
I am so jealous of people who have time to read........

  Harry Potter and Deadly Hallows. Going fine so far. I might actually finish this book by the end of next week.
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 10 07 12:04
Lady's Maid - Margaret Forster

  Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth's maid Wilson.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 10 07 01:05
Lost Continent- Bill Bryson

 
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 15 07 11:48
The Phantom Of The Opera - Gaston Leroux    
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Post by: Lil Me on Aug 15 07 02:07
Black Wind- Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler  
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Post by: purelife on Aug 15 07 02:27
Sandstorm - James Rollins

  Hm, I haven't read a Clive Cussler book yet.  My guy has his books.  One of his fav authors.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 15 07 02:44
i need to read more.  
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Post by: Michel on Aug 15 07 02:47
me too, takes a lot of time. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Sad/11.gif)
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Post by: Michel on Aug 15 07 02:48
Actually I should have said "need to read more from cover to cover".
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Post by: JJ on Aug 15 07 03:20
Eldest -  Christopher Paolini

  (It's my kid's book, but it's good)
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Post by: purelife on Aug 15 07 03:47
Is that the sequel to Eragon or prequel?  Have you read Eragon JJ?
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Post by: JJ on Aug 15 07 04:17
purelife wrote:
 Is that the sequel to Eragon or prequel?  Have you read Eragon JJ? It' the sequel to Eragon, and there is going to be a third book to complete the trilogy.  Yes, I read Eragon, I thought it was very good. Did you know that the author was a teenager when he wrote Eragon?


 
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Post by: Lise on Aug 15 07 04:27
Meh. I read Eragorn. It was... ok. It hasn't wowed me completely yet and I'm still debating whether to read the second book.

  I've FINALLY (!!!) completed the Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan. Onto the fifth book now, The Flames of Tar Varlon???
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Post by: Lil Me on Aug 16 07 09:51
The Godfather's Revenge by Mark Winegardner
 
   
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Post by: purelife on Aug 17 07 09:03
I couldn't get into the Eragon book as well.  I heard that the movie sucked.
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Post by: JJ on Aug 17 07 09:35
purelife wrote:
 I couldn't get into the Eragon book as well.  I heard that the movie sucked.[/DIV]
 You have to remember that the book is for juveniles so has a simple plot.  I haven't see the movie as I always read the book first but I can't see that it would transfer into a good movie.
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Post by: JJ on Aug 17 07 09:43
Gopher wrote:
 The Phantom Of The Opera - Gaston Leroux

   
 I finished this book in July . I didn't enjoy it because  I'd seen the musical.   I wish I'd known there was a book before I we went to the musical it would have been more enjoyable to read the book first!
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Post by: Lise on Aug 17 07 09:48
Yep. The movie sucked. The book is better then again, it's written by a tween so it's not too difficult to stomach the language. The kid's got potential though... I'm sure in later years he'll develop more writing ability which will put him up there with Piers Anthony, Robert Jordan and Anne McCaffrey.

  My book's been better than so far. Good stuff.
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Post by: JJ on Aug 19 07 08:25
I finished, Eldest -  Christopher Paolini.  It was totally predictable from beginning to end, only one minor twist in the middle that I should have seen.
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Post by: Russ on Aug 19 07 10:48
Michael Connely.. Echo Park
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 19 07 11:43
JJ wrote:
Gopher wrote:
 The Phantom Of The Opera - Gaston Leroux

   
 I finished this book in July . I didn't enjoy it because  I'd seen the musical.   I wish I'd known there was a book before I we went to the musical it would have been more enjoyable to read the book first! ..............

 

 I'm still reading this book and throughly enjoying it. However I haven't seen the musical so our positions are reversed....and now, of course, I want to see the musical just so I can compare it with the book.

 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 19 07 05:41
Lost Continent
I'm a Stranger Here myself
both by Bill Bryson
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: wyk on Aug 20 07 02:42
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier
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Post by: Lil Me on Aug 20 07 11:13
finished The Calling of Emily Evans by Janette Oke
 reading The End of East by Jen Sookfong Lee
 
   
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 21 07 11:34
Marriage Lines - Ogden Nash

  It's just come to me that we've not yet had two people concurrently reading the same book!
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Post by: JJ on Aug 21 07 05:53
Stone From The River - Ursula Hegi    
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Post by: purelife on Aug 21 07 07:53
 finally finished Sandstorm by James Rollin and am now starting with I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.    
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Post by: P.C. on Aug 21 07 08:19
Has any one read Paddle to the Amazon ?  I read this a long time ago, and have been trying to locate it to read again.  My friend is good friends of the Starlells....the guys that took this incredible journey.

  [!-- [img]http://www.roadjunky.com/images/502.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="amazon paddle starkell cover" class="thumb_float_left" /] --] [DIV class=content_text] "We've all heard of the father who wants to live out his dreams through his sons, but Don Starkell took it a step further by dragging his sons along with him. Since his marriage broke up in 1970 he spent a decade waiting for his sons to come of age while he planned the journey that would save them as a family – a 9000 mile voyage by canoe from Winnipeg in Canada to the foot of the Amazon river in Belem, Brazil."

 It's a great real life adventure read.

[/DIV]
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Post by: weird al on Aug 21 07 08:45
I read that, PTTA, a few years ago and loved it. The stuff they went thru was unbelievable, and they were  lucky to live thru it.

  Reminds me of another, more sedate, but quite beautiful book, River Horse, by William Least Heat Moon, describing his retracing of Lewis and Clark's expedition on a boat custom-made for the occasion, Nikawa, or River Horse.

  Some quite gruelling passages, but nothing like PTTA. Also a lot of historical observations.

And every night they stop at whatever pub is closest to the river, and sample the local craft beer.

Geez, I'll have to read that again soon.
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Post by: P.C. on Aug 21 07 10:16
Now THAT sounds like an adventure, weird al.     The story of the Starkell's journey is really incredible.  I think one of the sons quit part way through.  I even remember seeing it on the news at some point, but it took my friend to make the connection for me.
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 27 07 11:39
A Shropshire Lad - A.E. Housman  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 27 07 02:47
The Very Best of Monty Python

 
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Post by: Lil Me on Aug 27 07 09:13
A Meal to Die for - Joseph Gannascoli

  The Kalahari Typing School for Men- Alexander McCall Smith
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Post by: P.C. on Aug 27 07 09:27
The Kalahari Typing School for Men

  rofl......quick summary please ?  That sounds intriguing.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 27 07 09:35
just read the symposis on amazon. sounds hysterical.  
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Post by: P.C. on Aug 27 07 10:01
Uh uh.  I want to hear it from Lil Me.  (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
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Post by: Lil Me on Aug 27 07 10:17
Set some years ago, the main characters in this short mystery are lovely, intriguing characters in Botswana- including a wise detective and her assistant.  The title of the book comes from a plan hatched by the assistant detective to supplement her income by opening a typing school for men.

  "Typing, of course, was a special case.  Not only was there male anxiety about being bettered by women in the operation of a machine (men liked to think that they were the ones who understood how to use machines), but there was the additional embarassment for them of being seen to do something which many people viewed as a women's activity.  Men did not like to be secretaries and had invented a special word for men who had to do any of that sort of work.  They called themselves clerks.  But what was the difference between a clerk and a secretary?  One wore trousers and one wore a dress."    
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Post by: P.C. on Aug 27 07 10:25
Sounds intriguing Lil Me.  I'm going through one of those 'dry phases' with reading.  3 lousy books in a row, sends me into a tail-spin.  I need something good......AND I NEED IT NOW.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/konfus/f035.gif" border=0]
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 27 07 10:27
I've got books about living in middle merica P.C. written by an ex pat who lived in England most of his life? The books are hysterical.  
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Post by: Lil Me on Aug 31 07 10:36
The Curious Incident of the Dog in Nightime- Mark Haddon

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs- Alexander McCall Smith
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Post by: JJ on Aug 31 07 11:16
Lil Me wrote:
 The Curious Incident of the Dog in Nightime- Mark Haddon

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs- Alexander McCall Smith[/DIV]
 [FONT size=2]I love Alexander McCall Smith's  #1 Ladies' Detective Agency books but I haven't read any of his other books.[/FONT]
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Post by: Lil Me on Sep 01 07 09:03
Tipping the Velvet- Sarah Waters  
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Post by: kitten on Sep 01 07 09:11
The Laughing Corpse by Laurell Hamilton
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 02 07 11:12
Manhunt - Ian Slater
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Post by: kitten on Sep 02 07 12:16
That looks very intriguing, Gopher.  Where can I find a copy?
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 02 07 12:17
If it's like the last of his books which I read, don't bother. I am only reading this one (well, about to start it) to see if it's as bad as the last one of his that I read.
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Post by: kitten on Sep 02 07 12:19
Really?  If he is on your reading list he couldn't be THAT bad.  You are a discriminating reader.
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Post by: purelife on Sep 02 07 12:47
At First Sight - Nicholas Sparks

Wow, two in a row:
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Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Sep 03 07 11:12
kitten wrote:
 Really?  If he is on your reading list he couldn't be THAT bad.  You are a discriminating reader. ......

 

 It wasn't on my reading list. Someone sent it to me for a joke - knowing that it would make me want to be sick.


 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Sep 05 07 06:50
In the Skin of a Lion- Michael Ondaatje  
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 06 07 11:50
A Prairie Boy's Winter - William Kurelek
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 06 07 03:26
World Geography
Sociology
Anthropology
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Sep 06 07 04:22
The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk - David Ambrose
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Post by: Michel on Sep 06 07 04:30
World Geography
Sociology
Anthropology



Any authors in particular or just texbooks ?
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Post by: Lil Me on Sep 07 07 05:03
Sittin' in the Front Pew- Parry "EbonySatin" Brown
 Leave it to Me- Bharati Mukherjee
 
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 07 07 06:57
just textbooks Michel.  
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Post by: 49er on Sep 07 07 08:46
Sportsdude wrote:
World Geography
Sociology
Anthropology
 
 You don't have reading list for Sociology?  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 07 07 09:16
Its intro. They just want you to like the course. Next semester I'm taking Social Inequilty which will most like have a million books to read.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Sep 08 07 10:52
No need to read about it, just look everywhere around you!
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Post by: Lil Me on Sep 09 07 02:14
Since you're leaving anyway, take out the trash- Dixie Cash  
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Post by: Michel on Sep 09 07 03:19
         
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 12 07 11:57
Quaker Biographies (no author specified)
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Post by: Lil Me on Sep 12 07 03:21
Interesting, Gophie.  I've read about the Amish and the Hutterites, but nothing about Quakers.  *adds Quakers to mental list*  
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 13 07 10:57
You'll definitely find it interesting.
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Post by: Lil Me on Sep 13 07 11:15
Who has seen the Wind- W.O. Mitchell  
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 13 07 11:16
That's brilliant, Lil Me - I read it for the second time earlier this year.
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Post by: Lil Me on Sep 13 07 11:18
I'm about halfway through.  Finding it a slower read due to the level of description, but loving the details about all the characters.  I had previously read the Jake& the Kid books, which went at a much faster pace.  
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 13 07 11:20
I far preferred it to Jake and the Kid - I liked the slower pace!
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Sep 13 07 11:22
As much as I'm enjoying the book, I'm hoping to pick up the pace of reading and get it done already.  I have a stack of new library books- including Atlantis Rising by Clive Cussler!  
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 13 07 11:23
I'm off to the library tomorrow - in search of some good escapist material.    
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Sep 14 07 09:11
What did you find at the library, Gophie?  
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Post by: Lise on Sep 14 07 10:14
I just finished my book and now looking to read Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordon.... only to find that I'm missing the damn book. Now I have to go out and buy the copy. Sheesh.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Sep 14 07 11:49
Lil Me wrote:
What did you find at the library, Gophie?  
 ...........

  A book on the history of Wimbledon and something by Georges Simenon.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Sep 20 07 11:36
Altantis Found- Clive Cussler
 
   
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Post by: Lise on Sep 20 07 01:03
The swords of Night and Day by David Gemmell. Excellent book. I haven't been this engrossed in a long time.
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 25 07 10:57
The Old Patagonian Express - Paul Theroux.

  Almost as interesting as the written contents of this book (which is at least third hand, the donor having died in August) are the intriguing items which were left between some of the pages; incuding:

  two Mongolian banknotes dated1983, a clipping from the Golbe & Mail dated 1993 which relates to the deportation of a Canadian from Mongolia  - and a Mongolian Airlines boarding ticket. I have a feeling that these 'extras' have a story of their own, and I intend to unravel it - one day.      
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Sep 25 07 01:53
The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom- Alexander McCall Smith  
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Post by: Lil Me on Sep 30 07 09:58
Men Lie- David Maxwell
 (it's a murder mystery by a local author, not a pop psychology book...)
 
 Speaking out Louder- Jack Layton
   
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 30 07 10:35
oh I've got to get the Jack Layton book.  
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Post by: wyk on Oct 01 07 03:58
UltraLongevity: The Seven-Step Program for a Younger, Healthier You by Mark Liponis.  He was on the Rachael Ray Show (love that show--and her magazine too!), and did a very good segment with a 25-year old made over to look like a 46 year old and boy did she look scary!
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Oct 01 07 07:50
that sounds like an interesting book, wyk.  what kinda of tips are discussed?  

reading Michael Connelly's Echo Park.  it's nice to find this new book at the library.  


 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Mariachi on Oct 02 07 01:40
 "The Man for a  New Country" by David Ricardo Williams Judge Begbie. I like the judge! (//forums/richedit/smileys/Angry/7.gif)

Of course, I like purelife too! (//forums/richedit/smileys/Other/12.gif)    
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Oct 02 07 01:55
You want me to be your Judge?  I can do that Marchi. ;)
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Post by: Mariachi on Oct 02 07 02:27
 purelife wrote:
You want me to be your Judge?  I can do that Marchi. ;)

Especially since Judge Begbie, was, you know, the Hanging Judge.(//forums/richedit/smileys/Angry/7.gif)

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: wyk on Oct 06 07 02:49
purelife wrote:
that sounds like an interesting book, wyk.  what kinda of tips are discussed?  

reading Michael Connelly's Echo Park.  it's nice to find this new book at the library.
 

Well, took me almost a week to read this book.  Frankly he doesn't say anything new that we already don't know thanks to Oprah and her Dr. Oz.  The book talked about the immune system and how it is key to keeping us looking younger than our actual age. It is not a diet book or anything like that.   Basically, if you smoke, don't sleep enough, don't breathe right, are eating too many processed foods, aren't having enough sex, aren't taking the time to relax, etc., you'll look older before your actual chronological age.  I would rather have gotten this book from the library for free (but who wants to be #43 on the wait list, eh), but if you're in a hurry and don't mind spending $20 on yet another "sleep 8 hours a night and stop smoking" book, it is worth a look.  (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)

 Now Oprah has me interested in this book, "Eat, Pray, Love."
 


 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Oct 06 07 04:39
Eleanor Rigby- Douglas Coupland
 Londonstanni- Gautam Malkani
   
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Post by: BattleToad 9000+ on Oct 06 07 07:24
[FONT face="Arial Narrow" color=#ff0000 size=7]READ THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!![/FONT]

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Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on Oct 06 07 09:55
Tea ?
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Post by: Sportsdude on Oct 06 07 10:02
lol that would be the greatest coffee table book ever.

Tea?
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Oct 30 07 01:10
I'm still reading The Old Patagonian Express - I didn't think it would be so interesting. Reason for the length of time I'm taking is that at the moment I'm just too tired to read when I go to bed.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: JJ on Oct 31 07 02:05
I just picked-up Alexander McCall Smith's new book - The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
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Post by: P.C. on Oct 31 07 02:26
I'm not reading anything at the moment.  I'm just curious as to what your avatar is JJ.....I can't quite make it out.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: JJ on Oct 31 07 02:37
P.C. wrote:
 I'm not reading anything at the moment.  I'm just curious as to what your avatar is JJ.....I can't quite make it out.  

 It's my favorite game piece, actually it's a points counter.


 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on Oct 31 07 04:11
Ahhh....that's probably why I didn't recognize it.  What game ?
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lise on Nov 01 07 08:07
Point counter? What the heck's that?

  Currently reading: Son of Dragon by Margaret Weiss
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 01 07 12:06
Will someone please explain what a points counter is? Is it something everyone should have?    
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: JJ on Nov 01 07 12:11
P.C. wrote:
 I'm not reading anything at the moment.  I'm just curious as to what your avatar is JJ.....I can't quite make it out.

  I've changed it again to a game piece from Robo Rally.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on Nov 01 07 12:37
I like that little guy too.....lol
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: JJ on Nov 01 07 04:20
A points counter keeps track of your points in a game.  In the case of the game I play you have life points you try not to go do to zero, when you're dead.  You can also use them for some cards for tricks you've won.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Nov 09 07 09:01
Trojan Odyssey- Clive Cussler  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Nov 10 07 11:27
Lil Me wrote:
Trojan Odyssey- Clive Cussler  
   Not too bad.. I just finished reading a Clive Cussler a-like from another author.. not too bad.

Im reading 'Hide & Seek' by Ian Rankin right now.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 10 07 11:32
I'm still waiting for The Dogs Of War to return to our libtrary, Russ - I've not forgotten.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Nov 10 07 11:40
Wow.. long time.

But Im worried now that when you read it after all this lead up to it.. you might be disappointed! I dont know your reading style..
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 10 07 11:55
I liked the last one I read by the same author (I think that's why you recommended TDoW to me in the first place, so it should be o.k.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Nov 12 07 11:42
Vancouver Sun

  :)
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 12 07 11:48
Posts on DS.
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Post by: Lil Me on Nov 12 07 11:55
Devil Wears Prada  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Nov 12 07 07:37
I've seen the movie and it was ok, but I bet that the book is WAYYY better.  

Hmmm, my guy has quite a few books by Clive Cussler and Ian Rankin.  I've never read his books yet...maybe I'll try one.  I've read James Rollins, James Patterson... hmmmm... I have a soft spot for guys named James. :))  hee hee...
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 13 07 10:54
Lock 14 - Georges Simenon
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 18 07 11:15
The Zahir - Paulo Coelho
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Post by: Lil Me on Nov 21 07 08:51
The Corrections- Jonathan Franzen  
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Post by: Russ on Nov 21 07 09:08
Steel Rain - Tom Neale
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Post by: purelife on Nov 21 07 09:29
Next - Michael Crichton
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Post by: purelife on Nov 21 07 09:30
Next - Michael Crichton  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 21 07 11:00
I've just had a look at the synopsis, it looks as though it would be something I'd enjoy. I'll hunt it down in the library.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Nov 21 07 11:41
Hey Gophie, are you talking about the book I'm currently reading, or Russ's?      
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 21 07 11:42
Your's Purelife.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Nov 21 07 11:48
I didn't know that you were into sci-fi.  I've read one of his books called Prey and that was excellent.  I really like his style of writing.

  If you like this genre of books, you will also love "The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk" by David Ambrose.  I've been trying to find more of David Ambrose's books, but can't find them at the library or book store.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 21 07 11:51
I'm into science fiction occasionally, I tend to get spasms of it - as I've not had one for ages it's about time I did so again. For some reason I  forget about it for months on end.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Nov 21 07 12:00
I'm pretty much the same as you.

  It has been a month since my last good book I got into.  I don't think I ever read murder mysteries and I enjoyed it, surprisingly.  But, it was time to read another one of Michael's books.  :)))

  I hope you get around to reading it.  You'll enjoy it.  I'm already a few pages into it and it's already exciting.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 25 07 11:39
I looked for it in the library, Purelife, but as it wasn't there I've settled for Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock. However, I'm going to keep trying.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 25 07 12:12
Christmas List:
[span class="sans"]The Transportation Experience: Policy, Planning, and Deployment
 [/span][span class="sans"]The Geography of Urban Transportation, Third Edition [/span]
The Origin of Species - Charles Darwin
[span class="mw-headline"][font style="font-weight: normal;" size="2"]The Forms of Capital- [span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; mozbackground-clip: mozinitial; mozbackground-origin: mozinitial; mozbackground-inline-policy: mozinitial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1196021343_1"]Pierre Bourdieu[/span] [/font][/span]
The Selfish Gene- [span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1196021343_2"]Richard Dawkins[/span]
Das Kapital - [span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1196021343_3"]Karl Marx[/span]

only want books. Hopefully I get the Origin of Species because I was denied the right to an evolution class in high school (and my local public school had it banned) and I heard about Richard Dawkins book on a BBC Interview.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on Nov 25 07 06:04
Maybe you should add these to your list.....to round yourself out.

  Fanny Hill  by John Cleland

  Myra Breckenridge  by Gore Vidal

  Tropic of Cancer by  Henry Miller

  Fear of Flying  by Erica Jong

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Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Nov 25 07 08:10
Shame on you, P.C.  Corrupting the youngsters!
 
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Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 25 07 09:06
well like I'm going to find those books in missouri. lol  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on Nov 25 07 09:16
Shame on you, P.C.  Corrupting the youngsters!

  Well I ummm....it's just that I....well I was just thinking....ummm...All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy ?

  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/a176.gif" border=0]

    well like I'm going to find those books in missouri. lol  

  Yer not in Kansas anymore.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 25 07 09:32
bwhahaha yeah I'm not lol.
when I take a sociology class on feminism i'll be sure to pick those up.

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on Nov 25 07 10:49
These are more eroticism.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/d030.gif" border=0]
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 25 07 10:51
basically, but it deals with feminist ideas as well. a bit.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Nov 25 07 11:01
  Gopher wrote:
I looked for it in the library, Purelife, but as it wasn't there I've settled for Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock. However, I'm going to keep trying.
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]Hey Gophie...the book is fairly new...so it may take a while, hopefully soon.  i've been taking a while to read it because i only read it on my way to and from work, but so far, so good. :))

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 01 07 12:33
Prey - Michael Crichton
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Dec 01 07 08:33
Hey Gophie!  You found the Prey!  Tell me what you think of the book.  I'm still reading Next....I'm taking a long time because I only read it to and from my ride to work.  It's so far so good.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Dec 01 07 09:05
Bought the Transportation Experience: Policy, Planning, and Deployment from Amazon going to read it over the break.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 03 07 12:07
purelife wrote:
Hey Gophie!  You found the Prey!  Tell me what you think of the book.  I'm still reading Next....I'm taking a long time because I only read it to and from my ride to work.  It's so far so good.  
 .........

  I've only read the first 50 pages so far, but what I've read I've liked - I just hope that the technospeak doesn't increase though. I'll definitely try another of his afterwards.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Dec 03 07 06:40
The Chase- Clive Cussler  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Dec 08 07 08:38
The Love Come Softly series by Janette Oke.
 I finished Book 3 this morning, about to start Book 4 later.
 Can't put them down!
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 09 07 11:13
State of Fear - Michael Crichton  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Dec 09 07 11:17
I loved State of Fear.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 09 07 11:25
I only started it last night, so I'm not sure at present. However I liked 'Prey' by the same author, which I only finished a couple of days ago.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on Dec 09 07 11:33
Currant reading.  

  I'm reading about how to make tit cakes.
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 09 07 11:35
I'm googling recipes for them (and looking for photos).  
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Post by: P.C. on Dec 09 07 11:37
Well....I can only imagine what google will spit out when asking about tit cakes.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c008.gif" border=0]

I suppose you'll be 'researching'  for several hours ?    
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 09 07 11:57
I hope so, but now I must go. Incidentally PC, I'm having a lot of trouble with Internet access at the moment, so if there's a period when I don't appear you'll know why.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Dec 09 07 01:30
I knew you'd like Crichton.  He's one of my favorite!  I finished reading Next and OMG, excellent!  I have State of Fear and will read it after I'm done with my other books.    
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 10 07 11:25
State of Fear hasn't yet grabbed me as much as Prey, but it's early days. I'm glad you drew my attention  to Michael Crichton, Purelife  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Dec 10 07 11:49
You'll like NEXT for sure!  
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Post by: Lil Me on Dec 14 07 08:12
The Golden Buddha- Clive Cussler  
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Post by: E E D on Dec 14 07 11:26
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Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 15 07 11:22
purelife wrote:
 You'll like NEXT for sure!   ......................

 

 I've just got it from the library and will start it as soon as I've finished my present book.


 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Dec 15 07 11:41
I'm starting into Books 5-8 in the Love Comes Softly series by Janette Oke.
 Great pioneer stories by a Canadian author.
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 20 07 11:56
Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig.

  Purelife, a million thanks for recommending 'Next'. I almost literally couldn't put it down, it was terrific.    
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on Dec 20 07 12:57
OMG....I haven't thought about that book for years Goph.  I read that YEARS ago.  Ahhh...sweet nostalgia. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/xmas/a042.gif" border=0]
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Dec 20 07 01:14
You're very welcome, Gophie.
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Post by: Lise on Dec 20 07 02:39
The Princess Bride by William Goldsmith (I think). OK, it's technically not written by him but adapted from some French dude.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Dec 20 07 03:07
reading a 3 book series, starting with the first series titled Jumper by Steven Gould.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Dec 21 07 12:02
reading a transportation planning policy/development book.

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Dec 25 07 01:01
I've jumped on the Next bandwagon.  Thank you, library.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 25 07 01:11
A Backdoor to Heaven - Lionel Blue (but I'll be returning to Zen etc. in a day or so).
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 09 08 10:56
Resurrection - Leo Tolstoy
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Post by: Lil Me on Jan 09 08 11:07
The Broker- John Grisham  
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Post by: purelife on Jan 09 08 11:43
Derailed - James Siegel
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Post by: JJ on Jan 10 08 11:53
Death of A Celebrity - M.C. Beaton
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Post by: Lil Me on Jan 15 08 02:04
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt- Anne Rice.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Jan 17 08 09:28
My next reading will be an Ann Rice book too.  My guy just loves her (as an author, that is)  I just can't remember the name of the book that he had suggested though.
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Post by: Lise on Jan 19 08 05:15
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman. And yes, there's a movie based on the book.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 19 08 06:01
cool i liked the first movie out of three

reading some book my prof wrote about macedonia, then i have to give a book review.
 
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Post by: P.C. on Jan 30 08 06:54
Has anyone read Pillars of the Earth yet ?   (Ken Follet)  
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Post by: nonameman on Jan 30 08 07:03
i thought this site would be like...

http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/Wild-West-f5.html

oh well, thanks anyway :D
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Post by: P.C. on Jan 31 08 02:47
   

  Your cleverness is overwhelming.(http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Shocked/2.gif)
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Post by: purelife on Feb 01 08 02:18
reading this...for curiosity sake.

  (http://www.booksamillion.com/bam/covers/0/76/242/493/0762424931.jpg)  
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Post by: P.C. on Feb 01 08 08:58
   Let me know when they come out with a book for savvy girls who want to look fabulous and still eat crap.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a035.gif" border=0][/DIV]
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Post by: purelife on Feb 02 08 05:17
I'm writing that book as we speak, PC.  (//forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/4.gif)   You wanna write the foreward?  
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 12 08 11:12
A Dedicated Man - Peter Robinson

                       and

Written In Blood - Caroline Graham
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Post by: Michel on Feb 20 08 10:01
   
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 23 08 11:05
The Scold's Bridle - Minnette Walters.
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Post by: P.C. on Feb 23 08 06:59
Are you going to read the sequel ?

  The Sold Brides   [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a035.gif" border=0]
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Post by: Lise on Feb 24 08 08:43
King Beyond the Gate by David Gemmell
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 24 08 11:21
P.C. wrote:
 Are you going to read the sequel ?

  The Sold Brides   [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a035.gif" border=0][/DIV]
 .....

  No, but you can always listen to The Bartered Bride if that's any help.
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 29 08 11:38
Final Jeopardy - Linda Fairstein
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Post by: Lil Me on Mar 02 08 10:26
The Fourth Hand- John Irving
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Post by: Sportsdude on Mar 09 08 02:51
 Waiting For Macedonia- Identity in a changing World- Ilká Thiessen.

This is my anthropology prof's book about her 5+ year field work in Macedonia from '91 til '95 more or less. I've got to do a book review on it. Its the most non-academic book reads like a biography/history book. I like it. Main thesis is about how western europeans view "backward eastern europe". You know we've got the funny names, weird food and languages and that whole communism thing. lol
 
basically her class makes me want to move to Budapest.
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 10 08 12:49
Not exactly reading it at present, but as I've just given up on The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury (after the first 75 pages) I may as well stick it on the list - if only to remind myself not to try it again.  
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Post by: purelife on Mar 10 08 01:48
Same here Gophie.  I haven't been reading  lately.  I have, however, am addicted to Mario DS!  Too much fun!
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 11 08 11:45
Started off again:.

  Tales Of The South Pacific - James A. Michener (the one on which the musical was based).
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Post by: Sportsdude on Mar 11 08 11:49
Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?- Anita Rau Badami
most depressing book i've read in a while. There's no real joy in it at all.
 
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Post by: purelife on Mar 11 08 03:15
Ann Rice - The Mummy or Ramses the Damned
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 04 08 09:24
Children of the Danube - Henry A. Fischer
just bought it off of amazon.
 
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Post by: Lil Me on Apr 04 08 09:41
A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
 
 Goph- do you feel the urge to burst forth into song whilst reading South Pacific?
   
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 05 08 11:48
No, I had hoped to feel younger than springtime from the reading of this book, however I was very disappointed in it  - the parts which  formed the basis of  the show and the film were very small indeed. The rest wasn't very entertaining.  
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Post by: P.C. on Apr 05 08 12:04
[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/musik/f020.gif" border=0]Yeayyyy. Gophie made the 500th post !  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/musik/f020.gif" border=0]

      I'll celebrate anything.
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 05 08 12:07
I'll let you.
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Post by: P.C. on Apr 05 08 12:08
I'm thinking there isn't much choice.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 05 08 12:10
the intellectual thread turns 500 replies. cool.  
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Post by: Michel on Apr 05 08 12:34
     
 
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Post by: Michel on Apr 05 08 12:35
   
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Post by: Lil Me on Apr 05 08 12:43
I clearly don't belong in the intellectual thread.
 I'm over in the Brown thread.  Prune juice, anyone?
   
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 05 08 12:46
No thanks, I've just had a cup.
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Post by: Lil Me on Apr 05 08 12:49
Coffee?  Metamucil?  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 05 08 01:00
hahahaha
okay the thread is more oprah's book club but still we're talking about books. lol
 
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Post by: Michel on Apr 05 08 01:04
   
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 05 08 01:08
everybody reads maxim these days.
playboy is for old people
 
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Post by: Michel on Apr 05 08 01:11
       
 
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Post by: Michel on Apr 05 08 01:13
     
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 05 08 01:15
 bwhaha bach is cool. fine i'll go back to der muttherland pictures. lol
i thought myspace made her famous?
Go to any american university frat house, its all maxim, fhm, men's health. etc.
   
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Post by: Michel on Apr 05 08 01:21
     
   
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Post by: Lil Me on Apr 05 08 01:28
 Who needs National Geographic when you have Maxim and Stuff?  
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Post by: Michel on Apr 05 08 01:30
   
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 05 08 01:34
speaking of grocery store lines. I miss the day when the only 'tabloid' that was on the rack was People. My sister doesn't believe me when I tell her that or that people smoked in grocery stores. lol
She's never known a computer without a 'mouse' :( I'm old.
 
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Post by: Orik on Apr 05 08 09:03
 Lise wrote:
Yep, Russ. He's a fantasy writer and my husband swears by him. Has his whole series. Still going strong too.
 
Here's a summary of the works. You can read more at Wikipedia.
  [h3][span class="mw-headline"][a title="The Wheel of Time" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time"]The Wheel of Time[/a][/span][/h3] You can find chapter summaries for the first eleven Wheel of Time books [a class="external text" title="http://wotmania.com/chaptersummaries.asp" href="http://wotmania.com/chaptersummaries.asp"]here.[/a][/p] [ol][li][a title="The Eye of the World" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_World"]The Eye of the World[/a] ([a title="January 15" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_15"]15 January[/a] [a title="1990" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990"]1990[/a])  [/li][li][a title="The Great Hunt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Hunt"]The Great Hunt[/a] ([a title="November 15" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_15"]15 November[/a] [a title="1990" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990"]1990[/a])  [/li][li][a title="The Dragon Reborn" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dragon_Reborn"]The Dragon Reborn[/a] ([a title="October 15" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_15"]15 October[/a] [a title="1991" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991"]1991[/a])  [/li][li][a title="The Shadow Rising" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Rising"]The Shadow Rising[/a] ([a title="September 15" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_15"]15 September[/a] [a title="1992" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992"]1992[/a])  [/li][li][a title="The Fires of Heaven" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fires_of_Heaven"]The Fires of Heaven[/a] ([a title="October 15" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_15"]15 October[/a] [a title="1993" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993"]1993[/a])  [/li][li][a title="Lord of Chaos" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Chaos"]Lord of Chaos[/a] ([a title="October 15" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_15"]15 October[/a] [a title="1994" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994"]1994[/a])  [/li][li][a title="A Crown of Swords" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Crown_of_Swords"]A Crown of Swords[/a] ([a title="May 15" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_15"]15 May[/a] [a title="1996" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996"]1996[/a])  [/li][li][a title="The Path of Daggers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Path_of_Daggers"]The Path of Daggers[/a] ([a title="October 20" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_20"]20 October[/a] [a title="1998" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998"]1998[/a])  [/li][li][a title="Winter's Heart" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter%27s_Heart"]Winter's Heart[/a] ([a title="November 9" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_9"]9 November[/a] [a title="2000" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000"]2000[/a])  [/li][li][a title="Crossroads of Twilight" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_of_Twilight"]Crossroads of Twilight[/a] ([a title="January 7" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_7"]7 January[/a] [a title="2003" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003"]2003[/a])  [/li][li][a title="Knife of Dreams" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_of_Dreams"]Knife of Dreams[/a] ([a title="October 11" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_11"]11 October[/a] [a title="2005" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005"]2005[/a])  [/li][li][a title="A Memory of Light" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Memory_of_Light"]A Memory of Light[/a] (working title) [/li][/ol] [a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jordan"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jordan[/a][/p]
Sadly the series of novels has come to a end

For those who have not heard or do not kno. Sadly Mr Jordan passed away on the 16th of September 2007 from complications of primary [a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyloidosis" title="Amyloidosis"]amyloidosis.[/a]  he was undergoing chemo therapy and other treatments at the time. ( i have not written of this before now. i was so terribly heart broken to lose my favorite author. even now, i find myself growing sad. losing his writing is like losing a best freind.) leaving the last book in the series [a title="A Memory of Light" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Memory_of_Light"]A Memory of Light[/a]  partially written yet unfinnished.  Mr Jordan family along with the publisher have brought in Brandon Sanderson to finish the work.  so those of us who are huge fans of his collective writtings, can read the conclussion to this fantastic series of novels.

the estimated release date for A memory of light is november of 2009
   
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Post by: Lise on Apr 13 08 03:10
Oh my.... yes, Tila is quite the pretty thing, isn't she? (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/13.gif)

  I'm off Robert Jordon. No offense but I'm getting bored with his stuff. I'm now reading Quest for Lost Heroes by David Gemmell.
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Post by: Michel on Apr 14 08 07:54
   
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Post by: purelife on Apr 18 08 09:55
I had a long break from reading, but finally found this book to read:

  (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n43/n219352.jpg)
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 18 08 10:50
Believe it or not, Purelife. I've also had a long break from reading! It's getting uncanny, isn't it? Anyway, I've just started my second reading of The Great Gatsby.
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Post by: purelife on Apr 18 08 04:17
I didn't think you would take breaks, Gophie.  You came across (to me anyways) as a quick reader.  I take forever to finish one book. :)
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 19 08 10:51
I AM a quick reader, it's just that I've been too tired recently.
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Post by: Lil Me on Apr 28 08 06:40
The Color Purple- Alice Walker.  
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Post by: Lise on Apr 29 08 06:02
I like that movie. Verrrrry good.

  David Gemmell's Druss the Legend. Almost ending. Can't wait.
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Post by: Sportsdude on May 04 08 01:16
Yikes this thread almost went off the first page!

I looked through my buying history this year on Amazon. I've bought 8 books. lol


 
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Post by: Lil Me on May 05 08 08:59
High Crimes- William Deverell
 Shoeless Joe- W.P. Kinsella
 
   
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Post by: P.C. on May 05 08 09:04
That brought back some memories.  Have you read Kinsella's Dance Me Outside ?
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Post by: Lil Me on May 05 08 09:11
No, but I've seen the movie.  
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Post by: P.C. on May 05 08 09:13
There's a movie?  Jeebus....I gotta get with the times.  On the other hand, I usually enjoy a book more than a move...although there are always exceptions of course.
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Post by: Lil Me on May 05 08 09:17
I enjoy the books more as well.
 I can't stay awake through a movie anymore.
   
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Post by: P.C. on May 05 08 09:21
Curious.....has anyone ever read a book, only to discover that there was a prequel ? ....and if so, would you go back and read the first book?
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Post by: Michel on May 05 08 10:18
   
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Post by: Gopher on May 12 08 11:31
Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay (my third reading of this in not too many years).
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Post by: Lil Me on May 12 08 01:39
When the Game is Over, It all Goes Back in the Box- John Ortberg  
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Post by: Lise on May 14 08 05:57
Waylander II by David Gemmell. (finished)

Legend of the Deathwalker by David Gemmell.
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Post by: Lil Me on May 16 08 08:27
Medicine River- Thomas King  
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Post by: Gopher on May 20 08 11:23
The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham
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Post by: Sportsdude on May 23 08 02:52
Die Linke's Manifesto

[A href="http://die-linke.de/fileadmin/download/international/programmatic_points.pdf"]http://die-linke.de/fileadmin/download/international/programmatic_points.pdf[/A]

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Post by: Gopher on May 23 08 10:53
The Day Of The Triffids - John Wyndham (I'd forgoten what an enthralling book it is ,despite it's seeming to be slightly dated).
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Post by: purelife on May 23 08 11:37
I'm trying to find something to read...
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Post by: Lil Me on May 23 08 07:40
Sacred Stone- Clive Cussler  
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Post by: P.C. on May 26 08 11:27
Hey Gophie.....have you ever read any of David Nivens' books ?  You strike me as someone who would enjoy them.  The Moon's A Balloon.....Bring on the Empty Horses.  
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Post by: Gopher on May 26 08 11:28
No, not read any of them - he's a bit before my time!
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Post by: P.C. on May 26 08 11:29
I see.  Does that matter ?
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Post by: P.C. on May 26 08 11:33
So Shakespeare is out for you ?
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Post by: Gopher on May 26 08 11:41
No, I like Shakespeare: we're contemporaries. I should have expressed myself better and said that I've never particularly cared for David Niven.
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Post by: P.C. on May 26 08 11:43
Well then you probably wouldn't enjoy.  I read them many many years ago, but I remember them being laugh out loud funny.  
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Post by: Gopher on May 26 08 11:44
In which case, I may be tempted.
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Post by: Sportsdude on May 26 08 11:48
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/David_Niven_in_The_Toast_of_New_Orleans_trailer_cropped.jpg).  
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Post by: P.C. on May 26 08 11:50
Ooo....I just remembered the other one.  Go Slowly and Come back Quickly....or Go Quickly and come back Slowly.....(can't remember, too lazy to look up) ?
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Post by: Gopher on May 26 08 11:51
Is that a dance, a book or a  romantic liaison?
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Post by: P.C. on May 26 08 11:52
I think it is a book that you can read while you are doing a romantic dance.
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Post by: Gopher on May 28 08 12:05
As For Me And My House - Sinclair Ross. I first read this about three years ago and decicded that it was the best work of literature ever to come out of Canada, and I'm wondering how I'll feel about it this time round.
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Post by: Lil Me on May 29 08 07:56
Too Long A Stranger- Janette Oke
 Timeline- Michael Crichton
   
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Post by: Lise on May 29 08 08:19
White Wolf - David Gemmell
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Post by: Orik on May 30 08 11:00
i was reading the iching and steven kings  the cell  but some dirt bag son of a bitch stole them off my job site ... now i am book less until i buy another copy of the iching and steven kings the cell  damn junkie crack head homeless shits  they got maybe a buck or 2 for the iching and probably 3 dollars for the king book. God damn them all If i catch that little book worm im gonna squash him  (//forums/richedit/smileys/1.gif)

i guess i will reread  mobydick  till i get to a book store on monday


 
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Post by: Lil Me on May 31 08 02:30
Don't like the library, Orik?  
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Post by: lazy orik on Jun 01 08 01:28
 i got banned from the vpl i took a bunch of books out when i was homeless the sqaut burnt down.. im not alowed a library card till i pay to replace all those books :( :(...  besides i like to own my novels  to reread time and again especialy the realy good ones.. i like have a exstencive home library...  3 6 foot tall 4 foot wide book cases full now and i want 4 more

   
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Post by: Russ on Jun 01 08 06:15
Hey Orik.. I know what you mean. I have bookshelves as well.. and they are overflowing.

  Im currently reading 'The Shadow Man' by John Katzenbach.

Ill have to buy some more books when i hit London as I have only three..

  Hope alls well with you Orik
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Post by: Orik on Jun 01 08 10:40
doing good russ. hows about u mano ?

 got any ideas how i can become a passanger on a merchent vessel one way to the philipines :D i will work for my passage hehe figure its got to be cheaper than buyi9ng air fair whcich i cant afford on the pittance i earn each month... damned air canada wants me to buy 2 seats cause im a bit on the large side... damned obesiety :(


 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 22 08 09:58
No Logo - Naomi Klein
Now I just have to find time to read it.
 
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 22 08 10:12
It's a quick read and you'll enjoy it, SD.
 It'll increase your resolve to never set foot in Walmart or Starbucks.
   
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 22 08 11:09
lol
It's not like I go to those places already.
I don't know what I'm going to do now that I'm moving to the richest postal code area. Going to miss Harewood although they've now ruined the ambiance of the place, they've gentrified the strip mall there, put in a Starbucks. Oh well there's always DTES, Gastown and Commercial Drive to make me feel at home.
 
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 23 08 08:49
Yeah, I'm sure you'll enjoy lots of Vancouver neighbourhoods.
 Plus- there are lots of protests, political meetings, lectures at the library, etc.  It's all listed in the Calender section of the Georgia Straight newspaper (the free one on the street).
 
 
   
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 23 08 08:52
Okay, cool.

 
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Post by: Michel on Jun 23 08 10:07
     
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Post by: Lise on Jun 24 08 04:59
The Ghost King (David Gemmell)
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 24 08 08:24
tried to read Farewell to Arms by Hemmingway but couldn't get into it.  Snore!  Will try again later when I'm not so exhausted.
 
 
   
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Post by: Michel on Jun 24 08 08:26
   
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 24 08 08:29
 Michel wrote:
Have you ever try Animal Farm or 1984 from Orwell ? Brave new World from Aldous Huxley ?
 --
 Read these ones, but not since high school.
 
 
 
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Post by: Michel on Jun 24 08 08:32
   
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 24 08 08:48
Hey, I can't read French beyond a picture book or a cereal box.
 
 But I read an English translation of a French book a couple weeks ago.  Caribou Hunter by Serge Bouchard.  
 
   
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Post by: Michel on Jun 24 08 08:55
   
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 24 08 08:58
It's the true life stoy of an Inuit hunter in Labrador told to an anthropologist (Serge Bouchard) who wrote it down.  
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Post by: Michel on Jun 24 08 09:01
   
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 24 08 09:07
Have a good skytrain trip.  Time to feed the cat.
 
 
   
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Post by: Michel on Jun 24 08 09:40
   
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Post by: Michel on Jun 24 08 09:50
       
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 25 08 09:05
You are totally right!  My bad.  Apologies to the Innu.  
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Post by: Michel on Jun 25 08 09:27
   
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 27 08 08:28
Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman
 
 yet another sequel to the gothic novel Rebecca...and quite entertaining...
   
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 09 08 11:45
A boy of Good Breeding- Miriam Toews

hilarious Canadian novel.  Read it, Goph?
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 09 08 11:56
No. I haven't been able to even start anything for a couple of weeks. I'll have a look for it when I go to the library again.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 09 08 12:03
Got my reading list for 20th Century German Literature and Contemporary German. Freaking awesome.



 
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 09 08 12:05
What look as though they'll be the highlights?
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 09 08 12:12
Well my prof's list is avoiding the easy topic of World War II. I don't have to read Mein Kampf and that prof's list has All Quiet on the Western Front and I've read 'the trilogy' by Erich Maria Remarque in high school.
Well for the first semester I've got Gerhart Hauptmann, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Georg Kaiser, Robert Walser, Joseph Roth, Bertolt Brecht, Veza Canetti. With movies being Fritz Lang's Metropolis as the stand out movie I know of.  Again the prof aviods Hitler, which is fine. I've seen Triumph of the Will about 3 times (high school and its on IFC every once in a while).

I don't know the second semester authors that well.
 
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 09 08 12:13
No Hesse? That's disgusting!
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 09 08 12:17
Nope. That's a glaring admission by all the classes.  
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Post by: Russ on Jul 09 08 02:14
The Shiva Option

  By David Webber and Steve White

  (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n5/n29792.jpg)
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 11 08 03:15
*sobs*

Just finished The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.
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Post by: purelife on Jul 11 08 05:47
 Lil Me wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"]*sobs*[/div] [div style="font-style: italic;"]Just finished The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.[/div]
It certainly is a tear jerker.  That's funny that you mentioned it because I started reading it again yesterday.  I just love that book.

I read another one of his love story and it was good too.
 
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 16 08 10:39
Plague Ship- Clive Cussler

Exciting book, despite what TB thinks about Clive Cussler...    
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 30 08 12:40
burning through the rest of the Nicholas Sparks canon of works.
 
 Bend in the Road
 Love at First Sight
 The Wedding (it's the sequel to The Notebook!!!)
 
   
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Post by: purelife on Jul 30 08 01:02
Ooo... I haven't read the prequel yet.  Lemme know if it's good and if it helps to read it.

  At First Sight - I really enjoyed this book.  It has been a while since I read it.

  Are ya gonna read Dear John?  

  ADD:  I also heard that "True Believer" book is the prequel to At First Sight.  

  I really enjoy his books but some are so terribly sad...yet most romantic.

  Lil Me - did you watch the movie for Notebook?  

  Sorry for all the questions, he's one of my fav authors and I just absolutely love the movie and the book.  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 30 08 01:14
I have a hankerin to read War and Peace, but I reckon it would take me a century to finish.  
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 31 08 10:27
Have not yet seen any of the Nicholas Sparks movies.

Trying to read all the books- waiting for them to arrive on the holdshelf for me.

  The Wedding was amazing

Next up: The Choice.
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 31 08 10:42
I am reading some good ol fluff.  I just wanted something that engaged me instantly and that I didn't have to think too much.  (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)   Every once in a while, it's good to catch up on missed fluff.  Mary Higgins Clark, (the fluffiest.....but great for an easy read) John Grisham (semi-fluffy), James Patterson.....etc.  Right now is MHC, I Heard that Song Before.    
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 31 08 10:44
No War and Peace?!
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 31 08 10:46
Perhaps in my next life.
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Post by: purelife on Jul 31 08 11:03
Lil Me wrote:
The Wedding was amazing

  Thanks.  I'll have to read that one.  

  I've been reading The Rescue by Sparks.  So far so good.  

  It sounds like you're in a romance mood. :)  You definitely have to watch The Notebook.  You will absolutely love it if you love the book.    
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jul 31 08 11:13
War and Peace really is well worth reading: what's more it's thoroughly enjoyable.
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Post by: P.C. on Jul 31 08 11:21
Hi Gophie [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/a010.gif" border=0]......I don't doubt it for a minute.  I just don't have the patience for a long read right now.  Maybe some day.  ( I think I started it years and years and years ago)
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 31 08 11:38
Der Mann aus St. Petersburg - Ken Follett (just to see if I can still read a book in German without too much difficulty).
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Post by: Lil Me on Aug 02 08 05:40
Awesome, Goph!
 I admire people who read in other languages as a challenge.  Me, I'm too lazy.  
 
 I'm starting on a Beverly Lewis series.  Takes place amongst the Pennyslvania Dutch Amish.
 
 
   
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Post by: P.C. on Aug 02 08 05:51
Are you allowed to use a Book-light when you're reading that ?
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Post by: Lil Me on Aug 02 08 05:54
lol  
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 03 08 11:41
P.C. wrote:
 Are you allowed to use a Book-light when you're reading that ?[/DIV]...............
 [FONT color=#0000bf]Only if it doesn't work.[/FONT]
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Post by: Michel on Aug 05 08 12:21
     
   
 
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Post by: purelife on Aug 11 08 01:19
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Post by: P.C. on Aug 28 08 10:37
I'm too lazy to go back and look to see if I mentioned this book before.  But I just read it again (which is really rare for me) and I loved it all over again.  So if I did mention it before....I'm mentioning it again.

  The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd    
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 29 08 02:12
You have P.C. I remember.  :)

 
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 29 08 11:30
Hey, I've read that PC - it's fascinating.
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Post by: P.C. on Aug 29 08 11:39
I liked it a lot too Gophie.  
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 01 08 11:35
The Robber Hotzenplotz - Otfried Preussler
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 02 08 11:41
The Third Man - Graham Greene
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Post by: purelife on Sep 05 08 12:17
 It's funny how you guys were talking about The Secret Life of Bees!
 
I just purchased it today and can't wait to read it.[/div][div]
Are you guys going to watch the movie when it comes out?
 
I also heard that the book, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert is good.  Has anyone read it?
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Post by: purelife on Sep 06 08 12:30
I'm half way into the Secret Life of Bees and really really enjoy it.  Good choices, PC and Gophie.  Thanks. :)

Lil Me - I think you'll like it too. :)
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 06 08 06:12
Kafka's Before the Law



 
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 07 08 11:11
Book Of The Dead - Patricia Cornwell
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 07 08 11:37
Metamorphosis - Kafka

 
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 07 08 11:46
I preferred Ovid's Metamorphoses! lol.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 07 08 12:03
Hmm not a Kafka fan Gopher?
So many different meanings to his works, at least I what find. To me though everything is either political or it's a statement of religious hierarchy. So when we read Kafka's original Before the Law (not the posthumously extended piece where 'K' is talking to a priest), I saw him talking about Religion and life's bureacracies that we've created. lol
 
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Post by: Michel on Sep 07 08 12:09
     
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 07 08 12:40
Yeah the absurdity is hard to take some times for me. I keep coming back to the question of 'what's the point to this? or am I just reading a ramble of nonsensical lines put together on a page?' Then again it is expressionism.
 
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 08 08 11:24
The Fallen Idol - Graham Greene
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Post by: Russ on Sep 09 08 02:02
Jon Kellerman - Rage

sorry Im about 25 books farther than teh last time I mentioned waht I was reading.. no idea what they all were either! lol.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on Sep 10 08 09:29
Life of Pi by Yann Martel.  
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Post by: Lil Me on Sep 10 08 09:31
ooooh.  I liked Life of Pi....even though I didn't really "get it". (all the symbolism about the boy, the lifeboat, the tiger...)  I have no idea what the book was really about.
 
   
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Post by: P.C. on Sep 10 08 09:35
I have to say, I'm glad to hear that Lil Me.  I too am floundering a bit.  I'm on the track, that the symbolism of his collection of religions and his interaction with the animals on the lifeboat, are somehow related....but I'm not quite far enough in the story to know if this is so.
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Post by: Lil Me on Sep 10 08 09:38
but I do want a pet tiger now.  
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Post by: P.C. on Sep 10 08 09:40
lol....I want a pet tiger every time I see a cub on the news.  (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
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Post by: P.C. on Sep 10 08 09:42
So, are you saying this book is an elusive enigma to the end ?  I'm already at that stage where I'm hoping for it to start connecting. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/10.gif)  
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Post by: Michel on Sep 10 08 10:03
   
 
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Post by: purelife on Sep 10 08 10:05
Bump this question for PC and Gopher:  (posted from last page)

   It's funny how you guys were talking about The Secret Life of Bees!



I just purchased it today and can't wait to read it.



Are you guys going to watch the movie when it comes out?



I also heard that the book, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert is good.  Has anyone read it?[/DIV]
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Post by: P.C. on Sep 10 08 10:11
Eat Pray Love was ok.  I didn't hate it nor love it.
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Post by: purelife on Sep 10 08 10:14
Will you be watching the movie when it comes out?  
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Post by: P.C. on Sep 10 08 10:18
I probably wouldn't go out of my way to watch it.....but if it happened to be on, I wouldn't turn away.  It's a great story....and I can't see any room for Hollywood to ruin this story.  It's basic and wonderful in its simplicity and there is little room for wild interpretation.....which is usually the downfall of books turned to film.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 10 08 10:51
Metamorphosis- Kafka
Kafka week continues.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 11 08 12:43
Oh I just remembered the book A Separate Peace- by John Knowles as one of the books that had a major influence.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Sep 15 08 11:42
A Gun For Sale - Graham Greene
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Post by: Michel on Sep 15 08 11:45
   
 
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Post by: Lil Me on Sep 15 08 12:30
Exit Music- Ian Rankin  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 15 08 06:08
Kafka and his killing machine aka In The Penal Colony.

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Sep 16 08 12:16
The Quiet American - Graham Greene
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Post by: Michel on Sep 16 08 01:09
     
 
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 18 08 12:13
I'm hoping that the book will be as well. At the moment I'm finding it heavy going.
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Post by: Michel on Sep 18 08 12:20
   
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 18 08 01:08
no more Kafka! yes!

Robert Walser- The Walk... Kafka's favourite author, so Kafka isn't really leaving he's just become a haunting ghost, floating around, saying boo.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Michel on Sep 18 08 01:16
     
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 18 08 05:49
well we are moving our way up the century, but my prof threw in the 'hey guys he was Kafka's favourite author for all you guys who looooove Kafka. haha"  
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Post by: Michel on Sep 18 08 06:37
     
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 18 08 06:50
ehh i'm 50/50 on the guy. During our first story from him I connected the dots about what he wrote about, the idea that the door keeper said there were more doors and more keepers that he couldn't take it either, like it was sickening to him, the idea he was talking about bureaucracies just made sense.
 Then from last year I knew Max Weber was still around during Kafka's period, and I knew Weber was big on these burgeoning bureucracies. Then came Metamorphosis and the Penal Colony, same ideas with different spins.

After the first reading we started talking about Kafka's life because he's writing about his life in these books. Sure enough, his job entailed about being in a burecracy.  

With Kafka we just read the background on him of when he wrote such and such.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Oct 02 08 11:43
Cannery Row - John Steinbeck  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Oct 02 08 11:44
Oh, I enjoyed that one.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Marik on Oct 02 08 02:17
ahhhh you guys read so many books! I'm lucky if I get through 3 novels (that I pick myself) in a year...  there are video games to be played!  
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Post by: P.C. on Oct 02 08 02:39
Oh.....is that why I'm not getting as much reading done as I'd like ?   [A href="http://www.clipartof.com/details/emoticon/377.html"][img title=Pac-Man height=15 alt=Pac-Man src="http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/377.gif" width=15 border=0][/A]
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Post by: purelife on Oct 02 08 03:29
Marik wrote:
ahhhh you guys read so many books! I'm lucky if I get through 3 novels (that I pick myself) in a year...  there are video games to be played!
 
   But you still do lots of reading, even if not from books.  Games have plenty of caption to read.  (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Marik on Oct 02 08 05:24
lol purelife tell that to my parents!

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Oct 08 08 10:16
The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Oct 23 08 08:50
The Painted House- John Grisham....fabulous read.  I'm not usually a Grisham fan (though I read most of the books...lol) but this one is GOOD.
 
 Got another pile of Beverly Lewis books from the library- another series of novels about the Amish.
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Oct 23 08 08:56
The Memory of Running - Ron McLarty

  Thanks for the recomendation on Painted House. (I saw it the other day but wasn't sure if I should read it)  I'll check that out after my read.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Oct 23 08 09:40
 Lil Me wrote:
The Painted House- John Grisham....fabulous read.  I'm not usually a Grisham fan (though I read most of the books...lol) but this one is GOOD.
 
Got another pile of Beverly Lewis books from the library- another series of novels about the Amish.
 
I read all of Grishams books. Like his writing style.
Why are you reading novels about the Amish? Trying to become a nun or something? :)

Im reading solar wars by charles solgrid
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Oct 23 08 11:09
I like reading about different cultures.
 The Amish aren't nuns, Russ!!!!  They're farmers.  They don't use much technology because they want to live "the simple life".  I think there's wisdom in that.
 
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Oct 23 08 11:10
Have you watched "The Village" Lil Me?  It refers to the Amish.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Michel on Oct 23 08 11:11
   

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Oct 23 08 11:15
lol.  I should get a straw hat to go with my fur.
 
 Haven't seen the movie, purelife.
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on Oct 23 08 12:56
Hmmm.  I read the Painted House, but I don't recall it being a Grisham.  I mean, I know it is, but for some reason it doesn't ring a bell.  (I've read all of his stuff too Russ)

  Lil Me.....I finally slugged my way through The Life of Pi.  I have no idea what value the first 37 chapters had in that story.  Almost tossed it, but my friend insisted I try to hang in.  Middle of the book was sensational....nail biting and totally exciting, hard to put down....all to end up with an ending as dull as the beginning.  Grrrrrr
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lise on Oct 23 08 04:26
Uhm.... is anyone here into fantasy?? Am I the only odd one out? (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/5.gif)

  David Gemmell's Troy: Lord of the Silverbow
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Oct 24 08 06:25
 Lil Me wrote:
I like reading about different cultures.
The Amish aren't nuns, Russ!!!!  They're farmers.  They don't use much technology because they want to live "the simple life".  I think there's wisdom in that.
 
  LOL! I know the Amish arent into tech.. Just buggin' ya!
I really got a good vision and idea about them when I followed a girl to Guelph one time.. just outside there, there's a farmers market.. and a HUGE amish population.
I think its called St Jacob's farmers market.. the homemade sausage and soap is out of this world! I have friends that have family there, and whenever they go, I dont have to ask them to bring back any anymore.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Oct 27 08 09:03
oooooh!  I love homemade soap.  Russ- you would like goat's milk soap (I'm not a fan).  Makes you smell very goat-y.
 
 
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Oct 27 08 09:09
 Lil Me wrote:
oooooh!  I love homemade soap.  Russ- you would like goat's milk soap (I'm not a fan).  Makes you smell very goat-y.

(//forums/richedit/smileys/9.gif)
 
 
   
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Oct 29 08 12:52
Gone With The Wind - for the umpteenth time, it should keep me going for the next three weeks or so.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Oct 31 08 02:45
Job- Joseph Roth

just finished it. Nice easy read if you're looking into the struggles of an Eastern European family moving to North America. Funny because Roth never visited New York City yet he gets ever right about it.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Nov 06 08 08:42
I found out that one of my favorite authors died the other day...Michael Crichton.  (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Sad/11.gif)

  [A href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/11/michael-crichto.html"]http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/11/michael-crichto.html[/A]  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 06 08 12:17
Bertolt Brecht - The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

the hitler satire play.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Nov 13 08 08:47
The Art of Racing in the Rain- Garth Stein
 
 This is the best book.  Amazing descriptions.  The dog is the narrator.
 
 
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 13 08 11:32
Still wallowing in Gone With The Wind - only another 700 pages to go.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Michel on Nov 13 08 11:43
   
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 13 08 11:47
The book is a billion times better
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Post by: Michel on Nov 13 08 11:53
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 13 08 11:54
Read it and find out.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Michel on Nov 13 08 11:57
   
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 13 08 11:59
I think what I've most liked about it (so far) has been the account of the civil war.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Michel on Nov 13 08 12:04
   
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 13 08 12:05
You've got it - now put your teeth back in.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Michel on Nov 13 08 12:09
   
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 13 08 12:24
lol the civil war my state's finest achievement to mankind.
"bushwacked"
bloody bill
jesse james
guerrilla confederate tigers
Lawrence Massacre
bleeding Kansas
Claiborne Fox Jackson
Dred Scott case

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Nov 14 08 02:25
I highly recommend The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.
 I think everyone here would enjoy it.
 Don't be deceived..it's not about auto racing.  It's about life.  (just like Shoeless Joe wasn't really about baseball)
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Nov 14 08 02:59
Thanks for the recomendation Lil Me.  I'm always looking for good books.  I'll place a reserve on library's website for the Painted House and this one. :)
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 03 08 11:24
Just finished GWTW (at last) so now I'm reading about its writing in The Road To Tara by Anne Edwards  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Dec 16 08 08:02
 Lil Me wrote:
I highly recommend The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.
I think everyone here would enjoy it.
Don't be deceived..it's not about auto racing.  It's about life.  (just like Shoeless Joe wasn't really about baseball)

I just started reading this book and am enjoying it so far.  The story is making me chuckle and want a dog even more!  I wonder why it's a 2-week loaner instead of the usual 4-weeks....
   
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 20 08 11:45
One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovitch - Alexander Solzhenitsyn.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Michel on Dec 20 08 12:24
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 20 08 12:38
Not read anything by him before - one of those authors who I just kept putting off.  
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Post by: Michel on Dec 20 08 12:52
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Dec 21 08 12:42
I haven't decided yet, I'll figure out tomorrow

hmm sounds like a good title for a book. lol
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 21 08 11:46
 Hated Denisovitch and gave up after 40 pages, now reading The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Michel on Dec 21 08 01:19
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Dec 22 08 08:38
Finished reading the Art of Racing in the Rain... sad sad book...cried a few times. :(

  Now, I'm just waiting for the Marley and Me book at the library.  Got it on hold.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 22 08 11:56
 Michel wrote:
lol was it too depressive ?  
....
No, I just found it relentless  
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Post by: Michel on Dec 22 08 12:49
   
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Dec 23 08 01:15
 Michel wrote:
I checked relentless, but not sure which definition to applied.
Ha! I gots you to 400 points there Michel. Sorry, small things amuse small minds
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Michel on Dec 23 08 06:58
     
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Dec 23 08 06:02
lol, my karma points are going up alot faster as well!

Im currently reading The BFG by Roald Dahl... yes yes its a kids book but I used to love him
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Michel on Dec 23 08 07:29
     
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 26 08 12:03
We sure do, almost as much as we love everyone else on this forum!

Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton
 
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 28 08 11:56
Daphne - Justine Picardie  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Orik on Dec 28 08 12:35
 Robert ludlum the bourne ultimatum... been reading it since nov 8 th. normally a 3 day rad. now over a month just no energy to read.

 also reading a little of spontaneous healing.  and accumulated web pages on jaundice hepatitis / liver failure / healing foods / high potassium low salt dieting .. and other ridiculous malarkey... most of it sounds like complete bunk.

i wouldn't mind having a juicer and trying some of the things.

sugarcane juice with lemon sounds pretty darn tasty..

fresh pineapple juice with carrots sounds good too

tomato juice and lime  sounds yucky

 id probably wash that down with a cup of sugar cane and lemon

just were do i get sugar cane and how do i remove the juice
isn't it like wooden and to big for a juicer...

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: van_guy on Dec 30 08 10:14
just were do i get sugar cane and how do i remove the juice
isn't it like wooden and to big for a juicer...
 
 Orik,
 
 I've seen sugar cane juicers in vietnam, they are a cross between a bench press and a bicycle tire - they start by using a machete to chop off the bark then they run it through this press kinda thingy that has an adjustable knob on it to increase the pressure and then they turn this crank and the juice pours out. Not sure how they do it here.  (//forums/richedit/smileys/10.gif) The contraption looks like a metal box with a wheel on it.

 
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Orik on Dec 30 08 10:25
  thanks van_guy... now if i could only find a sugarcane juicer box and a place with a ton of cheap sugarcane... sighs.. or perhaps a place that sells sugarcane juice...

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: van_guy on Dec 31 08 12:10
Orik wrote:
 thanks van_guy... now if i could only find a sugarcane juicer box and a place with a ton of cheap sugarcane... sighs.. or perhaps a place that sells sugarcane juice...
 
 Not sure where to find any of that stuff this side of the pacific.
 
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Dec 31 08 02:29
John Grogan - Marley & Me.  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Dec 31 08 03:01
Determined to finish the Lost Continent- Bill Bryson. Its a good humour/travel/memoir book if you want to know about the midwest/south where I grew up. The writer/humourist travel writer is too much like myself. He wrote in the book he wanted to be a European boy living in Europe at around 12 and didn't care much for corn fields and Iowa or (insert state). lol
[a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bryson"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bryson[/a]

 
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Post by: Orik on Dec 31 08 07:22
 sounds like as good read sportsdude. sorry to hear of ur grammama hugs to u and ur family and blessings of the creator to you all may ur gram ma recover quickly and come home  may ur new year be a happy and blessed one
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jan 08 09 12:30
The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte - Daphne du Maurier  
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Post by: P.C. on Jan 09 09 10:46
When a friend lends you a book that they really really liked....totally psyched about it.......and you hated it......what do you say when they ask you if you loved it ?????

  Are you polite ?  and tell them it was great ?  Or do you tell the truth ?
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Orik on Jan 09 09 10:57
 i have always been one to admit my feelings about that.. not all persons have the same taste... but it can lead to arguments sometimes, so it has to depend on how adamant the friend is on the author and book in question...

but it would give you something to talk about why you hated it and why they loved it and other points of the novel...

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jan 10 09 11:40
Just mumble incomprehensibly.  
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Post by: P.C. on Jan 10 09 12:02
Hi Gophie !!!!!!!

  I feel bad when I don't like a book that a friend was excited to lend me.  Last book in question was Life of Pi.  It was easier to voice my opinion  when she said..."Do you want me to explain it to you ?" .(http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Angry/3.gif)  
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 10 09 12:03
 That sounds rather patronising.  
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Post by: P.C. on Jan 10 09 12:10
It FELT rather patronizing.  I'm sure she didn't mean to be insulting....I think/hope she might have been trying to say....Can I tell you what I got from that book ?  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jan 10 09 12:12
Superiority?  
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Post by: P.C. on Jan 10 09 12:21
I don't think so Gophie.  I really think she just worded it badly.  She was totally tickled by the book, and I wasn't.  I GOT it....I just didn't care for it.  The beginning was tedious, the middle was fantastic...loved it....the ending was weird and a big letdown.

  Besides....I've always maintained, that if someone has to explain a book to me, the writer did a poor job telling their story.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 10 09 12:24
That's true. I'm struggling through my present book at the moment, even tho' the last one I read was all about its writing!  
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Post by: P.C. on Jan 10 09 12:36
I remember one of the books recommended on Oprah's bookclub.  In the beginning I read them all.  Then, there was one....I don't even remember the name of it....where they kept saying, if you lose interest, or get confused, or you're not getting it, START OVER.  And KEEP doing that until you get it.  THEN, they dedicated a whole hour to explaining the damn book to all of us mental midgets who weren't enjoying it.  Now I'm sorry....best seller or not....you did your job poorly.  If I need to read a guide, on how to understand what you wrote....I don't want to read it.  Just entertain me.
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Post by: Orik on Jan 10 09 10:13
 lol hear hear....

hear hear...

goes back to rereading the sword of truth series
 
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 29 09 11:18
The Tenth Man - Graham Greene  
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Post by: Michel on Jan 29 09 11:45
   
 
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 29 09 11:55
I read the book and throughly enjoyed it, however I've not yet seen the film.  
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Post by: Michel on Jan 29 09 12:05
   
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 30 09 10:17
Crabwalk- Günter Grass

next up is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- Hunter S. Thompson
 
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 01 09 11:45
The Thing On The Doorstep: And Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft  
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 04 09 12:18
Ann Veronica - H.G. Wells  
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Post by: Michel on Feb 04 09 01:00
   
 
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Post by: Lil Me on Feb 04 09 05:37
Mediterranean Caper by Clive Cussler. It was his first Dirk Pitt novel from back in the '70s and much clunkier than his other novels.  
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Post by: Lise on Feb 04 09 08:49
[img style="WIDTH: 100px; HEIGHT: 148px" height=423 src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/WriterUnboxed/inkheart.jpg" width=177] Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. Good tween book. Next on my list, Twilight just cuz everyone's reading it.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 05 09 12:03
(http://www.oldies.com/i/boxart/large/01/715515013222.jpg)

it came today, which means Seattle and the getaway is coming near. relaxation (not got a book review and midterms to study but 3 days away from Vancouver)

 
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Post by: P.C. on Feb 05 09 10:07
[img style="WIDTH: 189px; HEIGHT: 222px" height=514 src="http://tbl2.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/riddler.jpg" width=414]

  Wut ?
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 05 09 11:48
 Michel wrote:
Never heard about it, read a few however from that author, the most well known and a few others more obscure, including his impressions of his travels in Soviet Russia at the time of the Civil War and of Stalin's terror.
.............

It's a very long way from being his best. It's also very 'dated'.

 
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Post by: Michel on Feb 05 09 11:57
   
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 05 09 12:00
   Very verrrry weak is a good description of this book as well.    
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 05 09 05:31
 P.C. wrote:
[img style="width: 189px; height: 222px;" src="http://tbl2.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/riddler.jpg" height="514" width="414"]
 
Wut ?

lol fear and loathing in Las Vegas PC

(http://imagecache5.art.com/p/LRG/14/1483/WOJQ000Z/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas.jpg)

 
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Post by: P.C. on Feb 05 09 05:58
Yes....I read that.  It was your cryptic post I didn't follow.    
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 06 09 11:42
oh i see.
i'm reading the book in seattle after midterm chaos of next week.

 
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 10 09 12:05
Homecoming  - Bernhard Schlink  
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Post by: Lil Me on Feb 10 09 08:57
Through Black Spruce- Joseph Boyden
 The 2008 Giller Prize winning novel.
   
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 14 09 11:57
 Gopher wrote:
Homecoming  - Bernhard Schlink  
...............

One of the best 'new to me' books I've come across in ages.
 
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Post by: Lise on Feb 16 09 08:14
The Way of the Shadow by Brent Weeks
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 19 09 10:55
 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Robert Tressell  
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Post by: Michel on Feb 19 09 11:13
   
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 04 09 11:21
The Old Patagonian Express - Paul Theroux (second time around)  
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 14 09 12:11
Pompeii - Robert Harris  
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Post by: Lil Me on Mar 18 09 07:05
Finished The Gum Thief by Doug Coupland.
 
 Like any Doug Coupland, it's full of witty description but also makes one feel generally depressed and lethargic.
 
 
   
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 18 09 11:58
 The Plague - Albert Camus  
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Post by: Michel on Mar 18 09 01:02
   

 
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 19 09 12:01
Not as overwhelmingly wonderful as I had been led to believe. I recall reading it in my teens (600 years ago) and not finding it very special even then. I just thought I'd give it another try and see if my opinion had changed.  
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Post by: Michel on Mar 19 09 03:09
   
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Post by: Russ on Mar 20 09 05:56
Road to Omaha by Robert Ludlum
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Post by: P.C. on Mar 20 09 09:25
I'm reading Ageless Body Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra.....again.  It didn't take the first time.[img onclick="selecte('eh.gif');" alt=emoticon src="http://www.pushupstairs.com/images/emoticon/blehnet/eh.gif" border=0]
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 20 09 11:55
 Michel wrote:
lol same here. I read it twice in the original French and was not impressed. I too give it another try after many years just in case. I suspect that a lot of Camus prestige is coming from political reasons as he was the only well known anticommunist intellectual who participate in the French Resistance.
 
I found [em]La Chute[/em] however much better ("the fall" maybe it would be called in English)......

I was relieved that you had the same reaction to this book, I thought I was the only one.
 
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Post by: Michel on Mar 20 09 01:36
   
 
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Post by: Russ on Mar 21 09 05:59
So... its just a crummy book? Cant be... never the problem of a book.  
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 21 09 11:55
 I should finish it sometime today, then I'm going to read the introduction so that I can discover why it is so highly acclaimed (and what points I may have overlooked).  
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Post by: Michel on Mar 22 09 09:38
     
     
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Post by: Russ on Mar 23 09 08:21
 Michel wrote:

Probably not as it brought a Nobel Prize to his author eventually, but it aged a lot I would say. First of all, it's antichristian and deals with morality, who cares today except believers that are disappearing from the surface of the Earth at a speed never seen before in History? We're no longer in the 1940's, that crap is too old, especially in French culture or for any advanced element in societies of today, no matter from which culture you're from. Second, it's an allusion to the German Nazi occupation of France in the daily lives of people. This period has been long forgotten (I mean at the daily life level), so it's hard for modern readers to see it and connect to it. Anyway, personally, even with that in mind, I feel it's still an extremely weak "denounciation" of fascism.

For the Nobel Prize issue that I talked about earlier, I must defend in a way Camus, although I'll pinch my nose at the same time. Camus was more a petty bourgeois radical anarchist than an anticommunist as he obviously never understood what Stalinism was. Actually Simone De Beauvoir even wrote that he was so out of touch with Marxism that he decided not to sacrifice any time to study it seriously. That kind of "intellectual" is well recognized and applauded by the powers in place. And during the Cold War, just a few years after thousands of Communist partisans wage a guerilla war against Germany and Italy plus their local fascist bourgeoisie all over Europe, this was even more true than ever. He's to be put in the same group as Orwell, Malraux and Koestler, although strangely he's associated by people who obviously know nothing about Existentialism with this last current. Big mistake as Existentalism embrace Stalinism, then Maoism that they associated falsely to Marxism, but of course never Trotskyism, which is revolutionary Marxism. It's possible that all these people would have arise themselves politically to some temporary levels reached by Maxim Gorky or Diego Rivera at the most in another era where the Left wouldn't have been suffocated by Stalinism, but probably never more, and especially not Camus, by far the weakest politically speaking of them all. This help a lot to get a Nobel prize in such times. This help actually so much that when Sartre was nominated for the Nobel at his turn, he just refused it, as he was not happy at all that the bourgeoisie try to recuperated his works. Let's say that traumatized him so much that he began selling Maoist newspapers on the street as to purify himself and prove to the world that he was not "one of them" lol To the merit of Sartre however, he actually wrote an equivalent to La Peste called Les Mouches (the Flies). It's a theater play denouncing the nazi occupation of France too. And contrary to Camus who wrote about these events after the war, Sartre presented it in Paris during the Nazi occupation. This play is so weak that even the German officers assisting the play never understood it was antinazi ah ah ! Poor Sartre...

For people outside of French culture, I think all these people are probably called "Existentialists" because they are all French speaking, antireligious, antifascist and "left" leaning in one way or another, and all from the same era and from the same class. But Camus was actually an absurdist, just like Kafka. You can't really get excited with that, as there's no point to get excited about the absurdity of our life. But of course this is "mandatory religious reading" in all universities of the world as it sound "profound intellectual wouh scary" and yet it's totally inofensive to the rule of society. Maybe a conservative priest from last mid century would found La Peste shocking, but I ain't no priest.

Let's say it might have been a good book but it aged a lot and it's kept alive by a crummy intelligentsia, which in turn is nurtured by regiments of pedantic university students generations after generations who just parrot about it to prove they have [span style="color: rgb(185, 185, 185); font-style: italic;"]bourgeois[/span] culture? Anyway, what can you oppose to La Peste today? Da Vinci Code ? John Le Carré or whatever crap is sold at Chapters? La Peste will survived for decades to come if nothing culturally change as [span style="background-color: rgb(185, 185, 185); font-style: italic;"][/span]a[span style="color: rgb(185, 185, 185); font-style: italic;"][/span] [span style="color: rgb(185, 185, 185); font-style: italic;"]weak (my personal opinion here) [/span]witness of an Era, but that doesn't mean it deserve to be praise by readers of today anymore.

OK, that was a fun procrastinating episode. I have work to do. [img style="font-style: italic;" src="/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/4.gif[/img]
     

Wow that was a response. LOL.
thanks Michel.. intersting.
 
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Post by: Michel on Mar 23 09 10:44
   
 
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 28 09 12:03
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins  
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Post by: Russ on Mar 28 09 07:25
The war with Mr Wizzle by Gordon Korman  
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Post by: Lil Me on Mar 28 09 09:28
You can discuss books with Heckyl, Russ.  He reads the same stuff :)  
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Post by: P.C. on Mar 28 09 10:32
Heckyl could probably polish off War and Peace in an afternoon.
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Post by: Russ on Mar 31 09 08:48
 Lil Me wrote:
You can discuss books with Heckyl, Russ.  He reads the same stuff :)  

LOL, pretty much hey? I used to read gordon korman as I used to be a real bookworm and would read about a book a day.
I found these at Value Village... and had to buy them to read them again.


 
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Post by: Lil Me on Mar 31 09 08:36
Good to a Fault- Marina Endicott


 
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Post by: Lil Me on Apr 07 09 08:30
Cure for Death By Lightening- Gail Anderson-Dargatz
great novel by a BC author
 
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Post by: Michel on Apr 13 09 10:06
     
 
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Post by: Lil Me on Apr 13 09 10:23
lol.  THAT'S what you never finish a book.  You pick books that are heavily political and require a lot of thinking = slow reading.
 
   
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Post by: Michel on Apr 13 09 10:27
   
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 14 09 02:41
The Wall Jumper- Peter Schneider

I like it a lot.




 
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 14 09 10:59
The Scapegoat - Daphne du Maurier.  
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Post by: Russ on Apr 15 09 10:04
Gregg Distributors Ltd.

Im looking for some new aluminum storage boxes.. so far the ones I want are 1800 bucks and Im not going there.. so Im looking for hardware to make my own.
 
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Post by: P.C. on Apr 19 09 06:00
Russ, did you catch Lil Me's post in the Lunch thread ?

  "Where's Russ?  There's a locking truck box on sale at Princess Auto for $279.99.  Steel, dual locks, 36-1/4"x17-3/4"x18".  88.6lbs. "
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 21 09 10:52
All Quiet On The Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque  
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Post by: Michel on Apr 23 09 11:58
       
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 24 09 10:56
 Pretty awesome reading isn't it? And STILL there are wars!  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 24 09 11:03
I read that book in high school. (The Road Back)
Need to read Three Comrades since its sort of a trilogy.


 
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Post by: Michel on Apr 24 09 11:15
   
 
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Post by: Michel on Apr 24 09 11:24
     
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 24 09 11:27
Yeah The Road Back was banned by the Nazis. Funny what I read in History class in grade 9-10, its where I got most of my political views. Animal Farm, Candide, Western Front, The Road Back, A Separate Peace and so on. lol lol The conservative Christian school failed in its motto.  
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 24 09 11:33
Anything that's banned by anyone is always worth reading.  
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Post by: P.C. on Apr 24 09 06:42
MICHEL !!!   (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/3.gif)   I missed you.  So did you consider your trip a success ?  Sounds like it was pretty good.  
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Post by: Michel on Apr 24 09 07:34
   
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 25 09 10:58
The New Life - Orhan Pamuk  
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 30 09 10:58
 Ekaterinburg: The Last Days Of The Romanovs - Helen Rappaport  
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Post by: Russ on Apr 30 09 02:48
 Gopher wrote:
The Last Days Of The Romanovs: Ekaterinburg - Helen Rappaport  

This one sounds interesting.. let me know how it turns out!
 
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Post by: Gopher on May 01 09 10:55
Like you, I'm breathless with excitement as to the outcome.

All joking aside, this is (so far) the best book I've read on the subject.  
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Post by: Russ on May 02 09 07:32
Sounds good gopher..

Im currently reading another Clive Cussler book.
 
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Post by: Gopher on May 04 09 11:30
The Phantom Of The Opera - Gaston Leroux  
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Post by: Lil Me on May 13 09 09:14
Recipe for Bees- Gail Anderson-Dargatz
 (partly takes place in your neck of the woods, P.C.)
 
 I've been reading Giller Prize finalists for the past few months.
   
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Post by: P.C. on May 13 09 11:03
Really.  I might have a read just because.

  Not related to The Secret Life of Bees, I guess.  I so liked that book.
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Post by: Gopher on May 14 09 02:05
(So did I, PC)

    Giant - Edna Ferber
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Post by: Gopher on May 23 09 10:57
Under The Tricolor - Mary Medawar  
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Post by: purelife on May 23 09 06:53
I liked that book too.

I'm reading Pray Love Eat - Elizabeth Gilbert.  I'm not sure if I'm going to finish it yet....
 
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Post by: Lil Me on May 25 09 08:59
Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
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Post by: P.C. on May 25 09 09:02
Understanding and Caring For Your Septic System.
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Post by: Lil Me on May 25 09 09:32
A little light reading, P.C.?  Or is it making you feel flushed?
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Post by: P.C. on May 25 09 09:41
LOL....no.  It's shitty reading. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Sad/2.gif) The more I read, the more disheartened I'm getting.  
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Post by: Gopher on May 30 09 10:59
Summer Crossing - Truman Capote  
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 03 09 10:21
TWILIGHT!!! I've jumped on that bandwagon.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 03 09 11:04
ahahaha hahahaha ahahaha

[img style="width: 291px; height: 413px;" src="http://media.onsugar.com/files/ons/217/2171425/41_2008/image_281.jpg"]
 
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Post by: P.C. on Jun 04 09 06:52
LOL Lil Me.  I have to admit, it's tripped off my curiosity too.  (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 05 09 11:29
 The Brutal Art - Jesse Kellerman.  
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 08 09 06:37
P.C. wrote:
 LOL Lil Me.  I have to admit, it's tripped off my curiosity too.  [img border=0 src="http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif"]  --

 I think you should read it.  You too will have a crush on the 17 year old vampire named Edward Cullen, who is actually 104.


 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 09 09 02:30
It's been a year and I'm almost finished with Bill Bryson's Lost Continent. Thoroughly enjoyed the journey home, and discovered that I'm a travel writer at heart. lol


 
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 09 09 09:44
LOVE Bill Bryson.

  Republic of Love- Carol Shields
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 10 09 12:34
You've read him Lil Me? I get a little misty eyed when he starts talking about home. Iowa/Missouri same thing really.  
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Post by: Michel on Jun 10 09 05:43
   
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Post by: purelife on Jun 10 09 06:23
 [span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]Lil Me wrote:[/span][br style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"][span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]P.C. wrote:[/span][br style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"] [div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"][em]LOL Lil Me.  I have to admit, it's tripped off my curiosity too.[/em]  (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif) [/div] [p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]--[/p] [p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]I think you should read it.  You too will have a crush on the 17 year old vampire named Edward Cullen, who is actually 104.[/p][hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]I watched the Twilight movie the other night and really liked it.  It was such a chick flick.  I am looking forward to reading this love story series.  I bet the book is 100 times better than the movie.  
[/p]
 
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 11 09 11:00
The Wicker Man -  Robert Hardy/Anthony Shaffer  
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 16 09 11:08
The Last Witchfinder - James Morrow  
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 17 09 10:10
The second Twlight book.
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Post by: purelife on Jun 17 09 10:22
I can't wait to get my hands on the Twilight series.  A friend is going to loan me the first 4 books!!!

There's a tv series called True Blood that is also a vampire-based show.  And then another new show called Vampire Diaries.  And there's another vampire book series that's out too.  
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 22 09 05:29
The Image of the City- Kevin Lynch

Really easy quick read. Half way through in more or less 3hrs of reading. (I read slow)

 
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Post by: purelife on Jun 25 09 01:49
Finished reading the first Twilight book and am on the second one.

 
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 26 09 11:14
The Bellini Madonna - Elizabeth Lowry  
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Post by: purelife on Jun 27 09 08:59
Eclipse - 3rd book of the Twilight series.  I dunno if I want to finish this one.  
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Post by: Lise on Jun 28 09 04:19
OMG. We're so alike, purelife. I'm on New Moon. Must admit, I am getting a tad bored with the book already.
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Post by: purelife on Jun 28 09 06:52
  Lise wrote:
OMG. We're so alike, purelife. I'm on New Moon. Must admit, I am getting a tad bored with the book already.

I agree.  The 2nd book was very boring.  I know that she's a teen writer but the story just drags on and on and on......  but I finally finished it.  I kinda started on the 3rd one, but I can already predict what is going to happen.  You going to finish the entire series?

 
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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 28 09 08:25
I'm about 1/2 way through the 2nd book.  Haven't read for about 2 weeks, due to life getting in the way.
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Post by: Lise on Jun 29 09 05:44
I am going to try to finish the entire series.

  And oh man, do I have a big crush on Edward. *sigh*
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Post by: purelife on Jun 30 09 06:06
Have any of you ladies watched Twilight yet?  And planning to watch New Moon?

I personally prefer seeing Miss Bella with Jacob rather than Edward.  :)
 
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Post by: Lise on Jul 01 09 05:33
Yes. I watched Twilight en route to Hong Kong. I wasn't impressed but the boy did look yummy. I bit pale for my liking (I much prefer darker men) but then again he's a vampyr so it's not a surprise.

  Not sure about New Moon. Maybe I will.... if I can stomach the screaming tweens.

  I'm beginning to think Bella should go out with Jacob. I mean, c'mon... why the frack did Edward have to leave her? Insensitive jerk.  
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Post by: purelife on Jul 01 09 12:45
LOL Lise.

The only thing that appeals to me about the Edward character is his voice.  I'm about half way in the 3rd book and so far, it's quite interesting, at least more so than the 2nd.  I heard the 4th one is boring.  And that the writer is re-writing the 5th book because her final book was leaked to the internet and some guy read it so she is re-writing it and killing some characters on the way.  It's a rumor, so who knows.
 
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Post by: Lise on Jul 01 09 03:34
I like Edward's eyes and how they change depending on his mood. *scream*

  ORLY? Stephanie Meyers is thinking about writing the fifth book? That's crazy but heck, I can't wait to read it. Maybe she'll turn Bella into a vampire at last. Wouldn't that be great?

  OK. I officially need to get out more.
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Post by: purelife on Jul 01 09 09:40
Ah yes, I forgot about those eyes......

Apparently she already wrote her 5th book but since the internet leak, she's going to re-write it....again!!  I wasn't sure if I worded it correctly at my last post.  

I just know people who are more of a fanatic about the Twilight series than I am.  
 
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Post by: Lise on Jul 02 09 06:18
I've three co-workers at work who are Twilight fans so we spend the hours just chatting about Edward and Jacob. So far, Jacob's been winning the post of hottest character. Hehe.

  Have you seen the New Moon trailer, purelife? It looks sooo good.
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Post by: purelife on Jul 02 09 07:08
Yup, sure have, Lise.  I could already tell that things are a bit different from the book when Jacob turned into a wolf (in the trailer) to attack Laurent.  The book is much different.  I won't be watching it in theatres though.  You?

Oh, and even MrPL is going to read the book too.  He's just thinking about skipping book one and heading to book two.
 
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Post by: Lise on Jul 02 09 08:11
I don't know, purelife. I'm not a big fan of the first Twilight movie. I was kinda disappointed. So maybe I'll wait for the DVD to come out. *shrug*

  Don't tell Mr. PL to skip the first book. I think the first book is probably the best since it explains a lot that the movie don't.

  Yeah, the second movie seems to move away from the book base line. I guess there's not much excitement happening there so I can understand why.
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 03 09 11:01
A Place Called Freedom - Ken Follett  
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 06 09 10:51
Zoli - Colum McCann  
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Post by: Lise on Jul 09 09 10:03
Gosh, you're a fast reader, Gopher.

  Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
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Post by: purelife on Jul 09 09 07:26
Starting the 4th book of the Twilight series.    
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 22 09 11:23
 Dancer - Colum McCann  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 22 09 11:53
Doing Gender- Candace West and Don Zimmerman
from: Gender and Society vol. 1 no. 2 (1987)

Yesterday was even more fascinating, Inclusion and Exclusion in pre-adolescents from the 80s among white middle class 4th graders who liked to utter 'f---' in their daily speech.  I found that rather interesting, as expletive did not enter my lexicon basically until middle school. Heck, I didn't even know the word existed until someone told me to spell it out on the bus in grade 3.

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Jul 30 09 08:13
Im reading a few Louis L'amour books right now.  
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 30 09 11:04
A Dangerous Fortune - Ken Follett  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 09 09 10:18
Engels - 1884

undecided on next book, I think my brain needs a break from theory/non-fiction.

I'm thinking..

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

In American literature I tend to gravitate towards midwestern/southern and new england works. And this is part of the 'southern cannon'

I thought about reading Richard Wright's Native Son, but I'm just not in that kind of mood this summer.

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Aug 09 09 08:43
Saltfish Girl by Larissa Lai.    
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Aug 12 09 09:50
No Man's River by Farley Mowat
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Post by: Russ on Aug 13 09 10:06
Ice Station by Matt Reilley

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Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Aug 15 09 11:18
The Fate Of The Malous - Georges Simenon
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Aug 16 09 06:50
Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.  Certainly one of the best books that has come my way in the last five years.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: JJ on Aug 21 09 11:59
Death of a Witch - MC Beaton
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Post by: Lil Me on Aug 21 09 09:40
Schultz and Peanuts - A Biography
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 24 09 10:59
Winnie and Wolf - A.N. Wilson, and if it's only half as good as Love In The Time Of Cholera, I won't complain.
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Post by: JJ on Aug 25 09 07:01
Heart and Soul - Maeve Binchy
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Post by: Russ on Aug 26 09 07:33
July 2009.. Popular Mechanics  
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 15 09 10:55
Illustrated History Of Europe - Frederic Delouche
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Post by: JJ on Sep 15 09 02:33
Jewel - Bret Lott
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 16 09 10:59
I forgot to add that I'm concurrently reading Winnie and Wolf again - I started it again the moment I'd read the last page.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 16 09 11:17
Whenever I discover a schedule that works, bedtime reading will be Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

 
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 23 09 11:04
Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri
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Post by: JJ on Sep 23 09 11:41
We Were The Mulvaneys - Joyce Carol Oates
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Post by: Gopher on Sep 29 09 11:25
The Holocaust: A New History - Doris Bergen
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Post by: Sportsdude on Sep 29 09 09:20
A really bad textbook on Asia.

 
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 06 09 10:59
The Castle In The Forest - Norman Mailer
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 07 09 11:01
Gopher wrote:
The Castle In The Forest - Norman Mailer

P.S. I've decided to give up on this. The start was far too complicated and having looked at several other parts I decided it wasn't my kind of reading.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Oct 07 09 05:56
Really? How come? I'd like to start reading.  
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 09 09 10:51
The Courilof Affair - Irene Nemirovsky
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 13 09 11:27
The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene  
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Post by: Lil Me on Oct 13 09 07:52
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
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Post by: P.C. on Oct 13 09 09:23
Let me know how that one is, Lil Me.  I was so disappointed with The DaVinci Code....so I'd be interested to hear a report on it.  
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Post by: Russ on Oct 16 09 05:40
Hondo, Louis Lamour


Ive been getting addicted to these darn books again
 
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 16 09 11:32
 I didn't persevere with The Power and the Glory so now I'm reading David Golder by Irene Nemirovsky  
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Post by: P.C. on Oct 17 09 10:01
[span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]Russ wrote:  Hondo, Louis Lamour[/span][br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"][br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"][br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"][span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]Ive been getting addicted to these darn books again[/span]


I hope this doesn't spoil anything for you, but I always think of Louis Lamour as the guy equivalent to Harlequin Romance.  (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/3.gif)  
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 17 09 11:03
I always associate him with Dorothy.
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Post by: Russ on Oct 17 09 04:04
 P.C. wrote:
I hope this doesn't spoil anything for you, but I always think of Louis Lamour as the guy equivalent to Harlequin Romance.  (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/3.gif)  

LOL, I guess in a ways it is!
 
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 19 09 11:28
Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky
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Post by: JJ on Oct 19 09 02:24
Tea For The Traditionally Built -  Alexander McCall Smith
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Post by: Orik on Oct 19 09 08:42
audio books bromliad trilogy by terry pratchett taking a break from reading I like to listen to them while working

 
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Post by: Lil Me on Oct 25 09 09:38
P.C. wrote:
Let me know how that one is, Lil Me.  I was so disappointed with The DaVinci Code....so I'd be interested to hear a report on it.  --

 It wasn't very good. :(

 
 

 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Oct 25 09 10:37
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

when I find time.



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Post by: Gopher on Oct 26 09 12:22
Fire In The Blood - Irene Nemirovsky  
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 04 09 11:09
Le Bal - Irene Nemirovsky
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Post by: Russ on Nov 05 09 12:25
The instruction manual for my new watch. And here I was under the impression I was buying a watch to read the time off of. oh silly me.  
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 06 09 10:58
Snow In Autmn - Irene Nemirovsky  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 06 09 07:53
The entire journal of East European Politics and Societies' November 2009 Vol 23, Issue 4
[a href="http://eep.sagepub.com/current.dtl"]http://eep.sagepub.com/current.dtl[/a]


 
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Post by: Lil Me on Nov 07 09 07:27
Critical by Robin Cook

  probably not good to read a medical thriller about drug retsistant bacteria while I'm battling a staph infection...
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 08 09 11:09
The Invisible Man - H.G. Wells
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 15 09 11:32
The Visible World - Mark Slouka
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Post by: Lil Me on Nov 18 09 10:37
The Lighthouse by P.D. James.

  Though I fear I won't be reading much more.  I'm about 5 chapters into it and more characters are being introduced....it's very....slow...for a mystery.  It's my first P.D. James novel.  My mom reads these, but I'm finding it way...too...slow...
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Post by: Russ on Nov 18 09 10:38
Im on the Louis LÀmours again  
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Post by: Lil Me on Nov 18 09 10:41
I should read one of those.  I never have.
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Post by: Russ on Nov 18 09 10:47
 Lil Me wrote:
I should read one of those.  I never have.

Just send me any ones you have.. you dont want to read them. Ill take care of them for you though

 
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Post by: P.C. on Nov 19 09 02:01
Hey Lil Me....have you ever gotten those Eric Wilson Books for your older lil guy ?  They are awesome.  Some are set in Vancouver,  the Kootenaysetc....so it makes it fun that they are about places he likely knows of.  

  (http://www.members.shaw.ca/ericwilsonweb/book2b.jpg)
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Post by: JJ on Nov 19 09 02:29
I have a signed Eric Wilson book around the house somewhere?
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Post by: Lil Me on Nov 19 09 06:40
I love Eric Wilson!  I think I've read all of them.

I should get Heckyl to start reading them again.  He started a few years ago, but they were a bit difficult for him then.

I'm sure he'd be interested in the ones set in Vancouver, Disneyland and West Ed Mall, as he has been there.
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Post by: P.C. on Nov 19 09 07:58
I know....they're great books.  

Awesome JJ....I think we do too.  I remember my son being beside himself when
Eric did a reading for the kids at our local library.  He had already read them all (and everything else in the library).  He was a voracious reader.

I remember thinking he was regressing when he got in to the Tin Tin books....but discovered they were fabulous too.
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 20 09 03:16
There's local books about Vancouver? Sweeeeet.

I'm stuck on America.
 
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 21 09 11:26
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher - Kate Summerscale.
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Post by: P.C. on Nov 21 09 04:54
Funny how that works.  When you were in America, you were stuck on Canada.  Now you're in Canada and you're stuck on America. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)  
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 27 09 11:02
Hitler's Women - Guido Knopp

(Eva Brown, Magda Goebbels, Winifred Wagner, Leni Reifenstahl and Zarah Leander)
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 27 09 11:03
Of course I meant Eva Braun. Darn not being able to make corrections!
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Post by: Russ on Nov 30 09 09:36
I agree Gopher.

Popular Mechanics
 
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Post by: P.C. on Nov 30 09 09:55
I always wondered what the unpopular mechanics were.  
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Post by: Russ on Nov 30 09 10:01
 P.C. wrote:
I always wondered what the unpopular mechanics were.  

LOL, deep thoughts of PC here people!
 
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Post by: P.C. on Nov 30 09 10:09
(//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)

That's about as deep as they get.
 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 30 09 11:51
 P.C. wrote:
Funny how that works.  When you were in America, you were stuck on Canada.  Now you're in Canada and you're stuck on America. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)  


Hahahaha

Blame it on the novels I have to read for class. My profs are British and spent their graduate and phd work in America. So the books are between UK and America. Also, I'm being heavily encouraged by people to focus on American lit for future writing ideas. I'll admit that travel writing is fun for me to do, but I rather write a planning book if I got the chance.

The last Canadian literature I read was years ago back in Nanaimo. What I took from it was this story about growing up in Newfoundland that I really connected to, a story story about a father who never left his small town in Quebec who also had a son who travelled the world, but wanted nothing to do with him. Then before the old man died, the son took his father to Quebec City.

Then probably one of the best books I have ever read 'Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?' is a story about Air India and transnational migration of a Punjab community in Vancouver. For obvious reasons I connected with a few of the characters who felt as if they were living in two places.

Oh and Leonard Cohen. :)

I throughly enjoyed Canadian Lit, but my parents wouldn't be pleased if I had become a Lit major or Film Studies student.




 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 01 09 11:24
I didn't realise they were so unenlightened.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Dec 02 09 11:56
Orwell 1984

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: LM@work on Dec 03 09 08:55
Love in the time of cholera
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 03 09 11:02
Oh, I read this very recently. It's brilliant. How are you liking it so far? One of the three best books I've read this year.
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 05 09 11:26
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (at last, I've been meaning to get around to this one for several years).  
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Post by: Lil Me on Dec 08 09 07:02
Gopher wrote:
Oh, I read this very recently. It's brilliant. How are you liking it so far? One of the three best books I've read this year.

 --

 Loving it.  Wish I had more reading time in my life.

 Working sucks!


 
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 08 09 11:06
Lil Me wrote:
 <P>Working sucks!<BR></P> <DIV></DIV>


You don't know the full truth of this until you retire!
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Post by: Russ on Dec 08 09 11:07
Currently reading louis lamour.. the quick and the dead.

  I found a whole bunch at my parents so I stole them.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Dec 08 09 12:28
 Gopher wrote:
Lil Me wrote:
 &lt;P&gt;Working sucks!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;


You don't know the full truth of this until you retire!



Yes, but my brain fully develops at 25, which means I only have a few more years.

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Dec 14 09 11:04
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis - Giorgio Bassani  
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 19 09 11:25
The Front -Patricia Cornwell  
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 21 09 11:17
Tomte Tummetott - Astrid Lindgren (A children's book, but nevertheless one to be relished).
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 26 09 11:28
The English Assassin - Daniel Silva  
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 01 10 11:28
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers (excellent)  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 01 10 11:35
I've given up on Tom Wolfe, I just don't like it.

Going to start reading my favourite genre, travel writing.  Steinbeck's travels with Charlie. I want to find Steinbeck's Russian Journal, but I've been unsuccessful so far (without resorting to amazon)


 
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 14 10 11:00
If you're talking about The Bonfire of the Vanities, SD then I didn 't like it either - also gave up on it pretty quickly.

The Keeper of Secrets - Judith Cutler
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Jan 14 10 11:25
The last gospel.. david gibbons
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Post by: Lil Me on Jan 14 10 06:25
No Country for old men- Cormac McCarthy
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 14 10 06:56
 Gopher wrote:
If you're talking about The Bonfire of the Vanities, SD then I didn 't like it either - also gave up on it pretty quickly.


Nope. I was talking about Electric Kool-Aid Acid test.


The Rum Diary - Hunter S. Thompson

 
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jan 23 10 10:56
The Road From Damascus - Robin Yassin-Kassab
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Post by: Russ on Jan 23 10 03:57
Ian Rankin, the hanging garden

missed this one out of his set somehow
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 23 10 06:50
Travel's with Charley: In search of America- John Steinbeck


Btw,  Duthie Books on 4th Ave is closing after 52 years. I bet P.C.'s been in there a few times. I've only gone a couple.

 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 26 10 07:22
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"If you don't know how to read, you're not going to get very far in life."

 Zhuara Rivera
- 14, of Laredo, Texas, on the closure of Laredo's lone bookstore, making it one of the largest U.S. cities without one; the nearest bookstore is now 150 miles away[div id="TixyyLink" style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"]

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Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Feb 01 10 10:44
The Black Book - Ian Rankin
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Post by: Lil Me on Feb 01 10 08:23
I gave up on The Sound and the Fury.  Even with lit notes, I was having too much difficulty figuring out the past/present in the narrative.

  Back to easy reading!  Medusa by Clive Cussler.    
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 06 10 10:02
Strip Jack - Ian Rankin
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 07 10 01:32
Still working on Travels with Charley - enjoying it immensely.

I've decided to read Brecht's Mother Courage next.
   
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 08 10 10:27
Read both of them, SD.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 08 10 09:07
Oh I will. Its just my reading queue. I'm going back and forth between Steinbeck, Hunter S, Brecht plays and Kerouac. You'd think I'd get tired of American travel writing, but I haven't so far.

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Feb 09 10 07:25
I meant 'read' in the past tense, SD. Have you tried The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux?
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 09 10 01:21
Nope. But feel free to shout out suggestions. My reading sailboat likes to wander. One of my favourite prof's always hints at books I should read through email that he thinks I'd find interesting. I wouldn't have known about Samuel Beckett that way, or Pynchon or that drunk from Memphis on my first flight to Canada convincing me to read Confederacy of Dunces (which I haven't yet, its one of those I need to get to that stares at me from the shelf).  And so on.


 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Feb 09 10 02:18
I'm pretty much the same, one thing sparks my interest in another.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: LM@work on Feb 16 10 02:42
Micro Serfs by Doug Coupland
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 20 10 02:48
Almost The Truth - Margaret Yorke
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 21 10 11:11
Bertolt Brecht - Mother Courage, The Jewish Wife, In search of Justice, the informer, the Elephant Calf, The Measures taken, The Exception and the Rule, Salzburg Dance of Death, What was killed for?

Nice to read some plays before I transition into urban planning theory for probably the rest of the semester lol.

 
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 05 10 10:18
A Hitler Youth - Henry Metelmann
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Post by: LM@work on Mar 05 10 10:48
poisonwood bible
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 05 10 10:51
Glad you mentioned it. I've been trying to remember the name of that book for ages.
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Post by: PostMonkee @(^_^)@ on Mar 05 10 11:41
guns and ammo april 2010 edition.
its rubbish.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Mar 06 10 10:59
Jack Kerouac - On the Road

My other reading friend now complains I'm too much into Americana thus = American.


 
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Post by: Orik on Mar 06 10 06:02
this forum page  
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 20 10 11:50
Maria Stuart - Schiller
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Post by: Lil Me on Mar 20 10 07:22
A Jest of God- Margaret Lawrence
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Post by: purelife on Mar 20 10 09:45
the no-cry sleep solution book.

not working so far for us. :(
 
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Post by: LM@work on Mar 22 10 08:09
Time Traveller's Wife
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Post by: purelife on Mar 23 10 10:54
 LM@work wrote:
Time Traveller's Wife

Oh, that movie was good!  I wish that I had the energy to read.  I miss it.  I end up falling asleep.

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Mar 24 10 12:05
The Kingdom By The Sea - Paul Theroux
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Post by: Sportsdude on Mar 28 10 12:20
I'm still with Jack on the Road somewhere. Like his novel, I had prolong breaks between journeys with Dean Moriarty.

I've been wanting to read Andrew Brown's 2009 Orwell Prize winning book Fishing in Utopia: Sweden and the future that disappeared, so that book is next.

However, I have got to get a move on with my urbanist/architecture reading list for the Summer. I have amassed over 35 books in my room, most of which are urban related.

I grew up in the wrong generation. Used books and independent bookstores fit me like your well worn, but favourite baseball mitt you had as a child. Too bad they're going out of business. I'd love to work in one though. I have ideas on how to save these stores and I think it would work.  

Oh, and I've begun to catalogue all my books.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Mar 30 10 02:45
Death In Breslau - Marek Krajewski
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 05 10 01:24
A Russian Journal- John Steinbeck

I cannot escape memoir/travel writing for the life in me. lol

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Apr 05 10 10:17
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett  (in which the Queen discovers that one can find reading enjoyable)
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Post by: DDD on Apr 26 10 05:12
The microwave instructions on my dinner
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Natasha on Apr 26 10 07:23
^lol

DS, of course  =)
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Apr 27 10 10:11
Looks as though I've unintentionally settled on a billionth reading of Gone With The Wind
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Post by: Orik on Apr 27 10 12:09
 Pretty soon, meaning with in a few hours I will start reading The Gathering Storm. Robert Jordan's final novel. Written mostly by another author after his sad unfortunate and untimely death.

[a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gathering_Storm_%28novel%29"]Courtesy Of Wiki Copied verbatim. [/a]
The Gathering Storm is the 12th book of the fantasy series The Wheel of Time. It was incomplete when its author, Robert Jordan, died on September 16, 2007, from cardiac amyloidosis. His widow Harriet McDougal and publisher Tom Doherty chose Brandon Sanderson to continue the book after Jordan's death.

Jordan originally intended to finish the series in a single volume titled A Memory of Light, but when Sanderson began writing the book it became clear a split was required as it was believed a single volume would be too large to print. The expected final book was then split into three volumes: The Gathering Storm, Towers of Midnight, and A Memory of Light.

 The books would be published a year apart with the first volume, The Gathering Storm, published on October 27, 2009; a week earlier than originally announced. Upon its release, it immediately rose to the #1 position on the The New York Times hardcover fiction Best Seller list, making it the fifth consecutive Wheel of Time book to reach the #1 position on that list.

The three books will together encompass what can be considered Jordan's final vision of the series. In the foreword, Sanderson states that they can be thought of as "the three volumes of A Memory of Light or as the final three books of The Wheel of Time. Both are correct." He also comments on the differing writing style, suggesting that it could be compared to different film directors directing the same script.
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: DDD on Apr 27 10 02:52
I read a book once.................opsssss comic sorry
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on May 03 10 06:15
Fishing in Utopia by Andrew Brown  
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Post by: DDD on May 05 10 02:20
DS.......then back to the microwave instructions
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on May 18 10 01:46
The House on the Strand - Daphne du Maurier
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Post by: Orik on May 18 10 05:05
I am still reading the gathering storm but the final 12 chapters It will be just a few short hours till I start it over again. Read it once to get the whole story &amp; twice to make sure you did not miss anything seemingly insignificant.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on May 20 10 01:30
Hunter S Thompson - Hell's Angels.

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 08 10 11:04
Down and Out in Paris and London  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jun 08 10 11:05
Sportsdude wrote:
Down and Out in Paris and London  

 ........


 I've been meaning to read that for years.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 08 10 11:31
Chapter 14 of that book explains our current world in a nutshell---- and to think this book was published in 1933.




 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jun 08 10 01:59
I'll make a must of it for my next read
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: DDD on Jun 08 10 02:32
I like books on tape better
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 08 10 07:49
Nice---  I think you will enjoy, Gopher.

Long car rides D?

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: DDD on Jun 09 10 07:49
Sportsdude wrote:
Nice---  I think you will enjoy, Gopher.

Long car rides D?

 
 Yes when heading up to 100 mile. It is nice for a change than listening to music. I have found it to be relaxing and I look forward to it now. The person reading the book makes a HUGE differance on how much I like it. I find a nice female voice the best.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Natasha on Jun 15 10 10:25
I couldn't listen to someone reading a book. It would put me to sleep. I prefer music, the beat keeps me moving.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jul 11 10 02:29
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Orik on Jul 11 10 05:02
Bearing an hourglass
book 2 of 8 in the series
 Incarnations of immortality
By Piers Anthony

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: DDD on Jul 13 10 12:38
 [P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal][SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"]Penthouse..................opps not much to read here   LOL [?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /][o:p][/o:p][/SPAN]

Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jul 27 10 09:48
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 04 10 07:49
Tears Of The Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith
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Post by: DDD on Aug 04 10 02:33
DS
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Post by: Natasha on Aug 05 10 10:38
Violet
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Aug 11 10 07:32
Not In The Flesh - Ruth Rendell
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 11 10 08:24
European Tribe --- Caryl Phillips  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Natasha on Aug 13 10 07:45
Macbeth (again)  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Aug 13 10 11:19
Ah yes, I ought to get round to it again again too.  
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Orik on Aug 13 10 11:47
[a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wielding_a_Red_Sword" title="Wielding a Red Sword"]Wielding a Red Sword[/a]  book 4 in the Incarnations of Immortality series by [a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Anthony" title="Piers Anthony"]Piers Anthony[/a]
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[/span]
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Natasha on Aug 13 10 07:31
Gopher wrote:
 Ah yes, I ought to get round to it again again too.

 
 What is "it" exactly?
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Aug 14 10 12:30
Macbeth
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 14 10 10:28
Cafe Europa by Slavenka Drakulić and her very seductive book cover -- which I'm convinced is a sarcastic, inside joke on her part (in fact, I know it is).
 

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411XK4322ZL.jpg)

It's hard to explain how funny this is, but it's brilliant.

 
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 14 10 10:31
I saw it in the library recently, picked it up and returned it to the shelf. Seems as though I made a mistake.
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 16 10 09:17
Means of Evil - Ruth Rendell
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Post by: Orik on Aug 16 10 12:25
Bored so am currently listening to Diane Duane So You Want To Be A Wizard.. Read it a bout 100 times as a youth and it will pass a few hours of the clock.  
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 16 10 12:26
 I liked it. Although I'm not very impartial when it comes Eastern European themes.    
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Post by: P.C. on Aug 19 10 07:19
I'm reading some summer fluff. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)

Little Alters Everywhere by Rebecca Wells  
Not half as good as The Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sitsterhood
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Orik on Aug 19 10 09:18
 Nothing like a little bit of junk food for the brain PC. I too, love a bit of  fluff once in awhile. It makes a welcome break from the in-depth novels or study books, you know the ones I mean. They are the kind that make you think or go hmm...
   
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Post by: Lil Me on Aug 19 10 10:03
LOVE Rebecca Wells.

  I'm into summer fluff books as well.  I've been burning through African American paperback romance novels from the library.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 20 10 01:54
I don't think I read fluff, or at least have no idea of when to take a break from 'heavy reading'. A friend of mine, who just finished up his Masters in Engineering said, "dude, that's intense -- I've only been reading light fiction lately", when I brought up my summer reading list. What the heck is light fiction? To me light fiction is a Steinbeck novel. haha

oh dear.



 
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 27 10 01:48
'Fluff' is good for the soul - although when I was the same age as you, SD, I didn't even contemplate the possibility of this.

  The Private Patient - P.D. James
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Sep 27 10 02:18
Morality For Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
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Post by: Orik on Sep 27 10 09:46
Starman some early autumn summer fluff
 
 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Oct 04 10 09:54
The Kalahari Typing School For Men - Alexander McCall Smith
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 14 10 11:02
The Monster In The Box - Ruth Rendell
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Post by: Lil Me on Oct 14 10 11:03
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest- Stieg Larsson
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Post by: DDD on Oct 15 10 03:11
 [P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal]Pent House

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Post by: Orik on Oct 17 10 03:52
That is not reading that is just fapping to naked women..
 
 [img style="width: 456px; height: 342px;" src="http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6606/relevantvs1.jpg"]
 
 Here is a Hairy Pussy just for you D.
 
 
 The Discover Seattle Forum of course  
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Post by: DDD on Oct 19 10 05:29
Nice looking pussy
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Post by: Natasha on Oct 20 10 02:09
My kitten is much more attractive.

  I currently have 7 of them. But they're ready to be given away so I'll end up keeping 2.
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Post by: DDD on Oct 21 10 09:51
Natasha wrote:
 My kitten is much more attractive.

  I currently have 7 of them. But they're ready to be given away so I'll end up keeping 2.[/DIV]
 I bet your pussy is more attractive......................I would love to have it
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 21 10 02:14
Here it is!

    (http://i54.tinypic.com/2ymaruw.jpg)      
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Post by: Isis on Oct 21 10 02:41
A mouse and a cat...working side by side?  THE INSANITY
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Post by: Natasha on Oct 21 10 02:44
DDD wrote:
Natasha wrote:
 My kitten is much more attractive.

  I currently have 7 of them. But they're ready to be given away so I'll end up keeping 2.[/DIV]
 I bet your pussy is more attractive......................I would love to have it[/DIV]
 As I said I have 7 and am only keeping 2 so I have 5 to spare. Take your pick whenever you're ready.
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 21 10 03:02
(http://i51.tinypic.com/n2bypz.jpg)are

  Are they anything like this, Natasha?  
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Post by: DDD on Oct 21 10 04:29
 [P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal]reading Paul Richardson blog

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Post by: Natasha on Oct 24 10 09:23
That's a lot of cats, Gophie. Are they yours?
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Post by: Orik on Oct 25 10 12:30
Terry Pratchett's latest work Unseen University and I just put it away in a little under 8 hours and it was fantastic right from the first page and right on to the last page.

what a great &amp; hilarious novel another one of his laugh riot books...  
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 25 10 07:26
Portobello - Ruth Rendell
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Post by: Orik on Oct 25 10 10:37
Raymond E Feist. The Magician Series. I am Listening to the Audio Books &amp; of the authors revised editions  the books are published again on how they were first written with the parts he had to cut out to sell it the first time. I have noticed some significant changes in chapter 3 compared to the original first editions .

I have read the series so many times I am not so much listening to it but remembering it.  And listening to it lets me pick up significantly different items and perhaps seeing the authors character development a lot more this time. just like a excellent movie the more times you watch it, the more you learn and remember specific parts.. things stand out in a much different light. I when listening tend to see the novel from a much different perspective...

I wish I had done this years ago.

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Nov 09 10 02:14
Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain, I decided it was high time that I read it again since I last read it at my first school.    
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Post by: Sportsdude on Nov 09 10 08:22
Ohh Twain.

I'm going to start on books I meant to read months ago --but am just getting to now. No idea what it will be though.



 
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Post by: Gopher on Nov 19 10 02:51
The Birthday Present - Barbara Vine
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Post by: Russ on Nov 23 10 05:47
The newest Clive Cussler novel, in the Oregon Files series. Cant remember the name. Cookie cutter type from him now...
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Post by: Lil Me on Nov 23 10 09:41
ooooh.  I HEART Juan Cabrillo.

  I'm reading the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book.
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Post by: Russ on Nov 24 10 07:28
I have no idea what it is you are reading LM.. but yeah you named the main character in the book im reading!
I dont like them as much as Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino.

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Post by: Sportsdude on Dec 17 10 06:55
Either A City in History or A Critical History of Modern Architecture  
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 26 10 01:43
Doctor Lark by Bill Larkworthyy (a friend of mine; strange how you never really know anyone at all, some seems to have lives written in capital letters: gastroenterologist, wing commander, physician to the king of Saudi Arabia etc). It's a revelation for me.      
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 08 11 12:22
Honore de Balzac's Pere Goriot (translation) --- for a class
David Harvey's Social Justice and the City --- for whatever I do for a living which brings no keep
George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier --- for future reference and guidance upon the inevitable outcome of my own predispositions

Somehow I'm reading all of these at the same time.

 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 31 11 10:06
Emile Zola's Germinal  
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 31 11 10:13
Sportsdude wrote:
Emile Zola's Germinal  

 .....................

 

 Definitely something I must read one day.

 
 

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 31 11 06:32
the translation or the real thing?
It's for a class.
 
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 01 11 07:47
The translation. I've never been able to get anywhere at all with French.
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Post by: DDD on Feb 03 11 11:00
nothing..........makes for a quick read
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Post by: Natasha on Feb 03 11 01:04
PMs  :D
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 06 11 12:03
The Crocodile Bird - Ruth Rendell
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Post by: DDD on Feb 08 11 04:03
DS
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Post by: Orik on Feb 08 11 05:36
dear penthouse... lol just kidding..

I am not reading anything these days I've not really felt like reading any new books I should though.

 
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 12 11 07:10
All the Devils are Here - it's a book about the banks

 
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Feb 17 11 08:18
Cries Unheard - Gitta Sereny
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 11 11 12:11
The Killing Doll - Ruth Rendell
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Post by: Orik on Mar 12 11 03:15
[img style="width: 299px; height: 451px;" src="/forums/richedit/upload/2k13ca1c220a.jpg" border="0"]  
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Post by: Gopher on Mar 23 11 11:58
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me - Ruth Rendell
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 01 11 11:34
The Lover - Marguerite Duras

Struggling to finish or even start it. I'm still trying to recover from Albert Camus and André Gide.
   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Apr 13 11 10:18
The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ - Philip Pullman
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 20 11 01:34
Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth - Gitta Sereny
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 23 11 01:32
Left over chapters of books I never completed back in January.

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Post by: Lil Me on Jun 09 11 11:11
The Shack
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 13 11 11:43
A  rather recent biography on Engels.
I found it hilarious that Jacob Burckhardt, Michael Bakunin and Soren Kierkegaard were fellow university classmates of Engels.

   
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: DDD on Jun 13 11 11:20
law shit
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 19 11 02:38
Dead Man's Footsteps - Peter James
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 19 11 02:41
Picnic At Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay; it's even better than the film!
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 25 11 10:08
Musti - Eino Leino
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Post by: TehBorken on Oct 25 11 11:08
Plum Island by Nelson DeMille

It's good if you like the genre (mystery/action/fiction)
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Post by: Sportsdude on Oct 25 11 02:01
Moliere's Tartuffe.


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Post by: Gopher on Jan 11 12 10:03
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 11 12 05:09
Homeland to Hinterland: The Changing Worlds of the Red River Metis in the 19th Century by Gerhard J. Ens
Urban America Reconsidered: Alternatives for Governance and Policy by David Imbroscio

page turners.


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Post by: Russ on Jan 12 12 06:54
Quote from: TehBorken on Oct 25 11 11:08
Plum Island by Nelson DeMille

It's good if you like the genre (mystery/action/fiction)


I love nelson Demille. His style of writing is sure catchy. I read one on a whim when I found it in a ships library when looking for something to read. Got into it and now own all his books.
Also read Clive Cussler.. but I must admit, I dont like all of his series now, some of them are just a bit, too, uh, yeah.


Currently.. I am reading compressor and caterpillar manuals. And getting headaches. lol.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 13 12 07:58
Caterpillar as in insects?
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Post by: Russ on Jan 13 12 03:14
Quote from: Gopher on Jan 13 12 07:58
Caterpillar as in insects?


Ha! No, Gopher. Caterpillar as in the yellow diesel engines.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 14 12 11:35
That's a relief!
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Post by: DDD on Jan 16 12 09:58
Quote from: Russ on Jan 13 12 03:14

Ha! No, Gopher. Caterpillar as in the yellow diesel engines.

I have allways wanted to use a big digger
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Jan 16 12 03:53
Ha! me too..


The cats I work on are only generators. Some 8 cylinder, but some 16 cylinder as well.



Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 20 12 05:50
Denise Chong, The Concubine's Children. Another history book.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 20 12 09:51
Really enjoying this book. It's a biography of a Chinese woman (concubine) in Vancouver during the Depression. The story also involves Nanaimo. I'm apparently a sucker for social history, biographies, fiction books pertaining to places I've lived in.

Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Feb 28 12 07:36
Dracula - Bram Stoker.  I read this twice in my early teens and decided to try it again....and  I still think it's under-rated.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Feb 29 12 12:05
Roubini, N. & Mihm, S. 2010. Crisis economics: a crash course in the future of finance.

I have no idea why I typed that out in APA. Habit.
It's a book by "Dr. DOOM"



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Post by: Russ on Mar 01 12 09:20
Quote from: Sportsdude on Feb 29 12 12:05
Roubini, N. & Mihm, S. 2010. Crisis economics: a crash course in the future of finance.

I have no idea why I typed that out in APA. Habit.
It's a book by "Dr. DOOM"


Im completely confused by what you wrote.. LOL.


Currently reading a catalogue with items for sale from Sure Marine in Seattle. hmmmmm,
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Mar 02 12 12:54
Quote from: Russ on Mar 01 12 09:20

Im completely confused by what you wrote.. LOL.


Currently reading a catalogue with items for sale from Sure Marine in Seattle. hmmmmm,

It's a book by this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouriel_Roubini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouriel_Roubini)

I should be done with it by tomorrow. If so, my next book is
Neil Smith's New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City
After that, who knows.
I need to start writing soon. Paper(s) are due in a month and I need to read books.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Mar 16 12 08:40
The Phantom Of The Opera - Gaston  Leroux
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 23 12 11:47
Cousin Phillis - Eizabeth Gaskell
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 23 12 12:08
Finishing up a gluttony of library books.
Urban America Reconsidered: Alternatives for Governance and Policy by David L. Imbroscio
La Calle: Spatial Conflicts and Urban Renewal in a Southwest City by Lydia R. Otero.

I've been looking forward to the latter for weeks. It's an urban ethnography of Tuscon. I kind of got into reading ethnographies this year, even if some of them come to the wrong conclusion, because they are light reading rather enjoyable. Villa Victoria by Mario Louis Small is really good; although the conclusion he has is sort of odd, and the neighbourhood he documented is now a gentrified gay-district in Boston. Sociologists are funny.
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Post by: Gopher on Apr 23 12 02:14
I like the idea of them but, yes, they ARE funny. Anthropolgists are MUCH better.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Apr 23 12 02:48
Claude Levi-Strauss is on my reading list for the summer. I hope to get to him.

It depends on the sociologist.

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Post by: Sportsdude on May 16 12 01:42
Finished The Phantom Tollbooth today - checked it out yesterday.

Back to reality...
Lewis Mumford: A City in History.

Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jun 01 12 02:07
The Six Wives of Henry VIII - David Starkey
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 14 12 10:35
The Fall - Albert Camus.


light reading. lol
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Post by: Gopher on Jun 15 12 07:28
Trouble With Lichen - John Wyndham
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 06 12 09:26
In Our Time -- Hemingway.

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Post by: Gopher on Jul 07 12 09:05
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
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Post by: Sportsdude on Aug 27 12 11:17
Summer with Ernest continues.... I'm not sure if this was a good idea considering how bad my summer has been.
Read The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms and now I'm half-way through For Whom the Bell Tolls. Depressing, but good; the latter one, at least. I thought A Farewell to Arms was annoying.

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Post by: Gopher on Sep 16 12 07:21
The Third Twin - Ken Follett
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Post by: Orik on Sep 17 12 03:24
I started reading a series of novels by John Marsden on September 14 a couple of days, after I watched a rather bad movie call Tomorrow, when the war began. The movie was bad but I figured I had better see what the book was like.

I was not disappointed. The book is almost always better than the movie and this one was no different. However the book was so good, that I read through the book from beginning to end in just under 6 hours. I went through it very quickly, it was a very simple book to read but it was also very enjoyable.

The movie did not do the book justice at all. but after reading the first book I went to find other books by the author to find out John, Marsden had written a series of novels. The first is Called the Tomorrow series. I found the entire 7 novels in the series, to be a very pleasurable read. These books where a great escape to the stress of spending a few more days hospitalized once again.

For the past couple of weeks I have read pretty much one book every two to three days. I spent the majority of that time ripping my way through the entire series of his novels. I just recently finished the first of the 3 novels in The Ellie Chronicles that continues on after the war series finished off.

The Tomorrow Series consist of these novels
Tomorrow, When the War Began (1993)
The Dead of the Night (1994)
The Third Day, The Frost (1995) (published in the U.S. as A Killing Frost)
Darkness, Be My Friend (1996)
Burning for Revenge (1997)
The Night is for Hunting (1998)
The Other Side of Dawn (1999)

I loved the first third and last book of the series the most. If you have a young teen reader that does not enojy reading very much try them with the first book in this series. They are a very pleasurable read I found them a bit quick and easy  to read as well. But then again I have read a lot of novels so what may have been a simple read for me may not be the same for some one else.

AS I said I only just finished the First book in the Ellie Chronicles but I have had to take a break and read some humor to adjust for all the images of war...

For that genera of writing I fall back to my collection of novels by Terry Pratchett a fantasy writer that I find has a fairly good British wit  that he puts in his novels all of which over the years I have found to be a laugh out loud series of books all of which have been real joy to read.

I will finish The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett. Sometime within the next 8 hours this will mark the third Terry Pratchett novel I have read in the past 2 days. After I finish that book I will start on the second and third novels in the Ellie Chronicles.

While I Live (2003)
Incurable (2005)
Circle of Flight (2006)

When I finish those I hope I will be healthy enough to go and see what novels I can find in the second hand store that I have not yet read or own.
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 12 12 10:11
A Sight For Sore Eyes - Ruth Rendell
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Post by: TehBorken on Oct 15 12 08:33
REAMDE, by Neil Stephenson.

I love it, highly recommended. Really, it's outstanding, best thing I've read in a couple of years at least.
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Post by: Gopher on Dec 09 12 02:43
Depths - Henning Mankell, the sixth book in a row I've ead by him. Best so far has been The Man From Peking, but the others were excellent too.
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Post by: Russ on Dec 12 12 12:12
61 hours - Lee Child
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 12 13 10:45
David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity.

I need to seriously get on this book... its the basis of a term paper that was due in December.

Also, Gramsci, Prison Notebooks.
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 13 13 02:02
La Dame Aux Camelias - Alexandre Dumas
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Post by: Gopher on Jan 20 13 08:01
Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson (and so far the title describes what I think of this book).
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Post by: Gopher on Feb 11 13 07:37
My Soul To Take - Yrsa Sigurdardottir. The most badly written piece of trash that's come my way for ages. But at least the author's name is interesting.
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Post by: Gopher on May 10 13 10:56
Girl With A Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier. Superb!
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 10 13 08:04
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh.

Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jun 14 13 10:34
Return Of The Dancing Master - Henning Mankell
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 17 13 02:01
The Birthday Present - Barbara Vine
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Post by: Gopher on Oct 27 13 03:19
Written In Stone - Ruth Rendell. Sinister to say the least, even though the murderer is identified right at the start.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on May 28 14 04:02
Convention by David Lewis.

It's SOOOOO boring but mandatory reading for a class I'm taking.
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Post by: kitten on May 28 14 06:38
Elementary by Mercedes Lackey.  Can't get enough fantasy from this author.
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Post by: Gopher on May 29 14 04:17
Death of an Expert Witness - P.D. James. (Not very enthralling so far).
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Post by: kitten on May 29 14 05:27
Dragon Ship.  Slow starter.  Hope it improves as I read more of it.  It misses the literary hook to build interest so far.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: P.C. on May 29 14 07:02
Current Reading: What happened to my asparagus...it didn't come back this year.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: kitten on May 30 14 12:45
I hadn't even known asparagus was perennial!  I know my neighbor planted some this year.  I still struggle to like asparagus but I am giving it a try anyway.  Not to plant, but to actually eat it.  It must be an acquired taste.  Butter and lemon on it?  Or a sauce (white?)
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on May 30 14 07:08
Asparagus gets more "pungent" the more you cook it.  Dark green tender-crisp is just about perfect, in my world.
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Post by: Gopher on May 30 14 09:22
The finest texture and the strongest and yet most delicate taste is in the tips.The points d'amour ("love tips") were served as a delicacy to Madame de Pompadour -  so there you go, Kitten, if it was good enough for her, it's good enough for you.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: kitten on May 30 14 04:42
After the connection to royalty, I really must learn to enjoy it. ::)
I did read the newspaper, but then I got busy with the nurse sorting my pills for me again, and after took on the major job of getting all the cat fur out of the furniture.  I'm sure they must borrow more fur from their pals and transport it here for me to take care of for them.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: purelife on Jun 04 14 11:38
I am still on book one of Game of Thrones.  I may have to move on because I've been on this book for months! 

I really want to read A Winter's Tale after having seen the movie.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jun 05 14 12:42
Shake Hands Forever - Ruth Rendell.

Hope it's better than the last book I read which, to my great regret, I didn't decide to stop reading until five pages from the end.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: kitten on Jun 05 14 08:02
Why stop there, Gopher?  Sometimes the last page is the best one.  There is a sense of satisfaction in knowing you have finally finished the stupid thing and you can then prepare to read an interesting one as an antidote.

I finally finished  "Children of Kings", and now my plans are to read a book of short stories, "Too Many Curses".  It is supposed to contain some elements of humour,  so I'll see how it goes.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jun 05 14 11:23
I stopped there as all the characters were referred to as  he, him, she and her and I couldn't remember to whom they referred without constantly looking back to check.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: kitten on Jun 08 14 12:09
I wouldn't have bothered continuing with it either, Gopher.  It doesn't sound worth the effort.  I'm hoping that I can get to the library on Monday to see if my favourite authors have written something new.  Being bookless is a sad state of affairs.
Apart from another visit from the very annoying home nurse that, in my opinion, comes here far too frequently, (I expect another visit from her today), home is peaceful.  To my regret, she is returning today to lecture me again about which pills to take and when.  Such a tedious waste of precious time, when I would much rather be going to the library before the car becomes an oven.  She was here today to tell me which pills I have to take, and when to take them.  I guess her reasoning is that I must be incredibly stupid, and need the reinforcement of yet another lecture from her.  Either that, or she gets paid by the number of visits she makes each day.  To my mind, she made too many visits the first time she arrived here.
Frustration abounds!  Even the cats are smart enough to head out the patio door when she arrives.  Just wish I could!

I wish my computer would quit trying to correct me when I use Canadian (British) spelling instead of using American.
(Erase, reenter, using a different phrasing to get the meaning across without offending the Keyboard!
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jun 08 14 12:39
I've decided to try a children's book next, I want to get in touch with my inner-chid.

No nurse for me Kitten, I just have to visit the hospital once a month, for a blood test and to collect a lorry load of tablets - next time comes on Thursday. After that a week doing 'nothing' (that'll be the day) and then off to Finland for a week.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: kitten on Jun 08 14 01:37

gopher, I'm so glad that you now have time to travel and see all the places you want to visit.  It must be wonderful to visit all the places you dreamt of visiting.  What a wonderful life you are living now!  You have my undiluted envy.  What an adventurer you have become!  More power to you!  Congratulations (tinged with envy!).
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jun 11 14 05:12
Gobbolino, The Witch's Cat I - Ursula Moray Williams.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Jun 19 14 08:11
Governing the Commons by Elinor Ostrom.
Required reading for a course, but it's actually a great book.
She won a Nobel Prize.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Jun 20 14 06:04
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins (read it three times before, but that was quite a while ago). Still very enjoyable.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Jun 28 14 11:48
Order Without Law: How Neighbours Settle Disputes by Robert Ellickson.
required reading for a course.
And quite interesting if you happen to be interested in the Coase Theorem or in ranchers' grazing rights in Mt Shasta, Ca.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: kitten on Jun 30 14 11:47
Do you mean to say you aren't interested in rancher's rights?  I can't for a moment imagine why. ;D
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 06 14 07:55
Lots of journal articles about income inequality in Brazil.
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 07 14 02:13
Still ploughing on with The Moonstone; it's very long, but also compulsive.
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Post by: Sportsdude on Jul 13 14 11:59
So I finally finished my Hemingway project of his classics and read Old Man and the Sea.

As a single person, the metaphor of the fish being eaten by the sharks has now entered into my dating conversations for some reason. I talked about the meaning of the metaphor during a date last week... lol

Moved on to Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin. I have been meaning to read this for years.

And, I checked out St. Augustine's City of God for some reason last month. I have no idea what to do with it, both academically or for personal fulfillment. Any advice would be welcomed.

Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: TehBorken on Jul 14 14 09:26
Steelheart, by Brandon Sanderson. It's okay.

Frankly, I read too much to keep a current list here. I usually read 5 ~ 10 a week, but sometimes less if the library is bare. :(
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 23 14 12:37
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons.
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Post by: Lil Me on Jul 27 14 09:34
Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens by Josiah Ober
::) required reading for a course
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Post by: Gopher on Jul 28 14 02:02
Finished Cold Comfort Farm while I was on holiday and, because I had nothing else to read, I started it again.
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Post by: purelife on Jul 31 14 02:19
Winter's Tale.
Loved the movie and need to start reading the book.   :)
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Lil Me on Aug 15 14 07:47
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Any Known Blood by Lawrence Hill
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Aug 16 14 10:01
A Demon In My View - Ruth Rendell, unputdownable.
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Post by: Gopher on Aug 22 14 01:49
The Aeniad - Virgil. Fancied a returned to the ancient world to see how much of it I'd forgotten.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Sep 22 14 02:46
Bill Clinton's autobiography.
Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Russ on Sep 22 14 05:55
Quote from: Gopher on Sep 22 14 02:46
Bill Clinton's autobiography.


Interesting. I somewhat liked him, hate his wife however.


I bought into this. Miss the magazines, but now I can read lots easily.
http://www.nextissue.ca



Title: Re: Current Reading
Post by: Gopher on Sep 22 14 11:27
My thoughts on the Clintons as well, Russ.