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What Are You Reading? For the book nerds!

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Posted 05 July 2009 - 08:54 PM

Yasko, on May 19 2009, 01:12 PM, said:

Currently, I am reading:

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
New Rules - Bill Maher
I Hate Your Guts - Jim Norton

Currently reading the back of a box of Cherrios but having a rough go of it. ( a bit too erudite for my taste)
Yas, I thought that Norton guy was a football player?
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Posted 06 July 2009 - 05:15 PM

Just got off a Charles Bukowski kick. Sad, sad man. . . .but funny.

Now trying a sci-fi thing by Judith Tarr & Harry Turtledove, "Household Gods"

I've retired forever "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie. . . . carried that sucker around for years, and TRIED reading it several times, but never could get into it. So I gave it to my Dad. Maybe he'll enjoy it. I sure couldn't.

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Posted 18 July 2009 - 05:25 PM

Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen

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Posted 19 July 2009 - 03:38 AM

tonimichelle, on Apr 12 2009, 09:49 AM, said:

I am starting The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini......great idea on this topic, TO! I love me some reading! ....toni

I just finished all of Dan Brown's stuff and The Kite Runner is next on my list. Was it good?

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Posted 19 July 2009 - 04:43 AM

Just started reading Libery: The Lives & Times of 6 Women in Revolutionary France by Lucy Moore. Interesting so far. http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Lives-Times-...8543&sr=1-2

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Posted 19 July 2009 - 05:15 AM

Do comics count? I am reading Punisher war journal #5 right now. I am also re-reading A Wrinkle in Time

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Posted 24 July 2009 - 05:44 AM

Just started re-reading "The Portrait of Dorian Gray"

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Posted 24 July 2009 - 07:19 PM

Inner Game of Outdoor Photography - Galen Rowell

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Posted 24 July 2009 - 08:18 PM

The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon--The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World - Steven L. Kent

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Posted 25 July 2009 - 10:55 AM

I'm on "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck, And My mom just gave me a copy of "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. But It takes me forever to finish a book, cause i always go back and read the last chapter every time i pick it up.

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 04:16 PM

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 06:41 PM

I'm currently rereading YOUTH IN REVOLT by C. D. Payne. I first read it several years ago and now I found out he has written a few other books featuring Nick, so I figured I'd catch up.

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 08:56 PM

Home Workshop Explosives by Uncle Fester - revised edition.

And no, I am not trying to blow anything up.

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Posted 29 July 2009 - 06:01 AM

Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer.(another twilight addict)

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Posted 07 August 2009 - 07:20 AM

I usually read two books at the same time, right now I'm reading:

The Fire - Katherine Neville (if anybody has read The Eight, this is the same author, same style)

The Charming Man - Marian Keyes (just a girly book, not the greatest but entertaining so far)

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Posted 07 August 2009 - 09:14 AM

Not a girlies' book but a man's book for girlies and guys = The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell interviewed by Bill Moyes.
If you want the qucik answer to everything that ever was and will be and, like me are too lazy to read the originals, this is the book that in the right place at the right time of your life will change everything. Hey, I hit the jackpot.

Stephen Hawking, physicist, cosmologist and something of a dreamer:
Although I cannot move and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free.

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Posted 11 August 2009 - 06:08 PM

nomis, on Aug 7 2009, 02:14 AM, said:

Indeed nomis, you might check out The Power of Myth DVD set as well, the interaction between Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers is truly amazing, both passionate men discussing the depths, meaning and magic of mythology, for 6 hours. Both book and DVD set are in our library...for those interested, a link to Wiki's summary is below.

The Power of Myth
http://en.wikipedia....e_Power_of_Myth

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Posted 11 August 2009 - 06:22 PM

The Unshakable Kingdom and the Unchanging Person by E. Stanley Jones

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I don't want to dance in the rain, I want to soar above the storm. - Me
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Posted 12 August 2009 - 08:53 AM

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Posted 12 August 2009 - 03:17 PM

Finished reading Clive Cussler - Plague Ship when I was in hospital last week. Thats me read all the Oregon Files series that he writes, he better hurry up and write another!

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Posted 12 August 2009 - 04:55 PM

The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development by Chad Fowler

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Posted 13 August 2009 - 01:12 AM

Currently reading the second book in the George R. R. Martin SciFi series A Song of Ice and Fire. Book is A Clash of Kings, just picked up the first book last month, very good series so far with lots of things going on if you can keep up with it all. Even has a paralyzed prince in it, which I found surprising.

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Posted 13 August 2009 - 03:20 AM

Just finished reading Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None
a fiction that mimics the children's poem/song "Ten Little Indians."

Ten little Indian boys went out to dine;
One choked his little self and then there were nine.

(cite: page 31)

a good read
I love this thread!

The next book I plan to purchase is Walking This Walk by Brad Erlandson (has an SCI)
Has anyone read this book? No spoilers, please. :assassin:

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Posted 15 August 2009 - 11:34 PM

The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

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Posted 18 August 2009 - 11:52 PM

Rereading 'The Fatal Shore' by Robert Hughes. Awesomely full retrospective of Australia's true history and culture. I read it when I first got out of the hospital, and it took me something like three months (and I'm a fast reader). Rereading it is funny, because I'm catching all these things I forgot in the fog.

Also rereading 'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman. Neil tells a damn good story, keeps you reading it all night long. :boxing:

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Posted 26 August 2009 - 09:50 PM

An old friend, pages bent and yellowing, Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 12:35 AM

The Time Traveler's Wife was given to me 4 years ago at the hospital after my SCI.

Thought, since a movie's come out I may as well crack it open.

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 01:03 AM

The cider house rules by john irvinga.
Not reading it willingly,just for school.

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 06:59 PM

i love to read ireish humour brenden carol the chiellers
dublin street stories

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Posted 28 August 2009 - 01:18 PM

qbounce, on Aug 27 2009, 01:35 AM, said:

The Time Traveler's Wife was given to me 4 years ago at the hospital after my SCI.

Thought, since a movie's come out I may as well crack it open.

I really enjoyed The Time Traveler's Wife, I am loathed to see the movie though, I never cease to be disappointed by movie interpretations of books.

I am reading Memoirs Of A Gnostic Dwarf by David Madsen at the moment, I really hope they don't make this book into a film, it is certainly different!
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