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Sun Sep-24-06 09:20 PM
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The Art of War Travels of Marco Polo The Far Pavilions Flashman (which I already read, and it cracked my shit up) Don Quixote Kim
Anyone else buy/read anything good lately?
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Sun Sep-24-06 09:28 PM
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1. If you liked Flashman... |
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Edited on Sun Sep-24-06 09:29 PM by Spider Jerusalem
the other books in the series are worth a read (other than the first one, my favourites are Flashman at the Charge and Flashman in the Great Game).
Right now I'm on an Umberto Eco kick--rereading Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose, and Baudolino...and I just read about eight of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels before deciding I needed a bit of a break from them.
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Mon Sep-25-06 10:47 AM
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Learning Java Java Unleashed Professional JSP Some book on iPods Red Hat Linux Unleashed
I found a place selling computer books for $2.99 each.
My home keeps getting stuffed with more books, I cant control myself sometimes!
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Mon Sep-25-06 08:27 PM
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Mon Sep-25-06 10:50 AM
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3. "Anyone else buy/read anything good lately?" |
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Mon Sep-25-06 10:55 AM
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:rofl:
How goes the store, RL?
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Mon Sep-25-06 10:57 AM
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5. Have you heard to concept |
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of "don't get high on your own supply?"
I gotta stop reading and keep listing them :rofl:
I keep finding great stuff I want to keep :D
RL
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Mon Sep-25-06 11:01 AM
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...that would be my exact problem if I were in your position. :rofl:
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Mon Sep-25-06 12:33 PM
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9. I keep finding books I want. |
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I have 2 boxes filled so far.
At least after I read them, I can sell them.
RL
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Mon Sep-25-06 11:16 AM
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7. I can't put down the Golden Compass series |
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My mom told me about this book called the Golden Compass that she described as "like Harry Potter only the main character is a girl" but it is so much more than that. The series is aimed at young readers like Harry Potter is but the plot is sophisticated enough to hold the attention of all ages. Plus they're making a movie out of it.
I'm in the middle of the third book and so far we have an epic battle against organized religion and two gay angels who are madly in love with each other. What's not to like? :D Apparently the series is very popular but I had no idea until now.
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Mon Sep-25-06 08:28 PM
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13. Seriously... I LOVE those books... |
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Mon Sep-25-06 08:34 PM
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14. The "His Dark Materials" trilogy... |
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...to give it its proper name (The Golden Compass, The Amber Spyglass and The Subtle Knife) is brilliant. So much deeper and more satisfying than Harry Potter, with much more detailed characters, a more coherent and complex storyline and real philosophical depth. This should be read by people of all ages.
Read it now before the film gets made and fowls-up your mental landscape with its images.
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Tue Sep-26-06 04:17 PM
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21. exactly. I just found out who's playing Ms. Coulter in the movie: |
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Nicole Kidman. I'm still undecided about that decision.
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Mon Sep-25-06 11:33 AM
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8. "Bowerman and the Men of Eugene" |
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VERY good bio of Bill Bowerman and the UO running dynasty... written by an Olympian and ex-runner of Bowerman's -- as well as a contemporary of Steve Prefontaine's.
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Mon Sep-25-06 12:38 PM
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10. The Diaries of Victor Klemperer |
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Quintilian: The Lesser Declamations Commentaries of Pius II Planet of the Umps Thieves in High Places
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Mon Sep-25-06 12:48 PM
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11. My hubby got Lewis Black's latest and the latest by Barbara Ehrenreich |
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Bait and Switch : The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
And I got - :woohoo:
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak
It is awesome!
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Mon Sep-25-06 08:41 PM
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by Margaret George. 611 pages - read it in 3 days. Then read Ken Follett's A Place Called Freedom. A little trashy romp. Waiting for At Play in the Fields of the Lord from the library right now.
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Mon Sep-25-06 08:46 PM
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The Omnivores Dilemma Freakanomics Fermat's Last Theorem Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and how it transformed our world The God Delusion
all well written and very entertaining.
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Mon Sep-25-06 08:53 PM
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17. "Perdido Street Station" by China Mieville. |
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A wonderfully dark novel in the vein of M. John Harrison (Viriconium) and Mervyn Peake (Titus Groan). Mieville creates a very real and believable world, populated with aberrations, horrors and wonders that, somehow cut to the heart of the human condition. Some reviewers have labeled it a 'steampunk' novel, but it's much much more than that.
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Mon Sep-25-06 09:10 PM
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18. I think Retrolounge picked up some books recently. |
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Mon Sep-25-06 11:12 PM
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19. Right now I am reading the Jane Austin Book Club... |
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I just finished 100 Years of Solitude
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Mon Sep-25-06 11:16 PM
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20. I am the junk-food addict of readers. |
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I read plenty of substantive material in my professional life.... so when I read, I read:
The Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need - Dave Barry CoupleHood - Paul Reiser New Rules - Bill Maher When will Jesus Bring the Porkchops? - George Carlin Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Series
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Tue Sep-26-06 05:25 PM
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22. I hit a mother lode at a used bookstore |
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Hiroshima--John Hershey
Collected Stories--Issac B Singer
Talking to Myself--Studs Terkel
Tess of the D'Ubervilles--Thomas Hardy
Collected Stories--- Franz Kafka
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Tue Sep-26-06 05:27 PM
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23. I'm reading Mark Haddon's new novel "A Spot of Bother" |
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