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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 07:59 PM Original message |
Who else is addicted to books, and what are you reading? |
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BritishHuman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. reminds me of this cartoon... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That's it, all right. (nt) |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm a big bookworm |
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MrSoundAndVision (879 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. I love books... |
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paradisiac (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. I used to be an addict |
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The Lone Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
69. Read that a couple summers ago. |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm just the opposite. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I would have been bankrupt long ago if not for the libraries here. (nt) |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. I LOVE to read... |
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The Raven (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. i generally despise reading books... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The string theory guy? How is it so far? (nt) |
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The Raven (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 10:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. great book! (yes, the string theory guy) |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Just finished reading the 2002 Pulitzer-winning novel... |
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BritishHuman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. If you like SF, Baen has a library online |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 09:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. thanks |
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i have issues (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 12:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. That is the coolest thing I've seen today.. |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. David Corn's "The Lies of George W. Bush" |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 01:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. Yeah, I'm in the middle of that too.... |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Da Vinci Code |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
72. I read Foucault's Pendulum |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. Totally addicted ! |
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scarlet_owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. I just finished reading "The American Way of Death, Revisited" |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. I am |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 09:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. You polyglots make me so jealous. :-) (nt) |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 09:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'm not exactly a Polyglot |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 09:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I feel better now. I can only read effectively in Spanish and English |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
76. how's quicksilver? |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. Mmm...love books... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 09:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. LOL! I too have the book-stack going on right now. (nt) |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. Like most book freaks I have several going at once |
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peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. Also did the DaVinci Code last week |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I have about 50 pages left of War and Peace... |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Iliad and The Best and The Brightest |
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Sufi Marmot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Another bibliophile here.... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. I am going through Shakespearse' works right now |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 09:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Crazy! |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 09:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yup! |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
57. You think that's bloody, you should see the Warhol version! |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. Mr. X by Peter Straub and |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-03 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm (re)reading the Bernal Diaz Chronicles myself |
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Digger (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
35. I'm a library freak |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
37. I mainline books.... paper, audio, visor, you name it. |
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Nlighten1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. "A People's History" by Howard Zinn |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 01:13 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. God, what a great book! |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
41. At any given time I'm generally working on about 10 books -- |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
42. Boswell's book on Christianity and homosexuality |
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DisgustipatedinCA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
43. Yes. Pynchon: Gravity's Rainbow |
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Interrobang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-03 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
44. Yup yup yup, addict here... |
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corarose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-03 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. Book Lovers Check out this Website |
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Catfish (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-03 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm on a British Mystery binge |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-03 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
47. Addicted to books, can't get enough...I love... |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-03 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. I saw the light early on. |
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Kamika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-03 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. Relaunch of deep space nine |
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snorkie (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
50. Definitely addicted.... |
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scarlet_owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
51. Me again. Now I'm reading "Dude, Where's My Country?" |
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onebigbadwulf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
52. It's hard for me to really read books |
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TheZoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
53. I am So addicted |
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The Zanti Regent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
54. Burroughs' "Cut-Up" Trilogy |
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Digger (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
77. Burroughs is great |
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Booberdawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
55. Right now reading The Clinton Wars by Sidney Blumenthal n/t |
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whirlygigspin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 03:50 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. The Disenchantment of the World |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:05 AM Response to Reply #55 |
65. i enjoyed that book even though I don't share the author's |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
58. Currently engrossed in Caroline Alexander's "The Bounty"... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'm addicted to Stephen King and Dean Koontz |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
60. Anything by Patricia Cornwell... |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:34 AM Response to Reply #60 |
70. Patricia Cornwell is wonderful...have you read any John Sandford? |
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TOhioLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
61. My list... |
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onebigbadwulf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
62. Anyone dare to post this in... |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
63. I'm reading "Bushwacked" by Molly Ivans |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
64. Addicted to audio books |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
66. Started reading Dawn Powell |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:37 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. I picked up about 5 of her books |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
67. I am reading: |
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felonious thunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
68. Trying to read Ulysses |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 01:05 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. That book CRIES out for Cliffs Notes, LOL--look here. |
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felonious thunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 01:08 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Thanks! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
73. Me. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
78. A Necessary Evil |
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dobak (808 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-03 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
79. History of the Democrats and FDR Biography |
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