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Sat Oct-16-10 11:40 PM
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What are you reading the week of October 17, 2010? |
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Move to Strike by Perri O'Shaughnessy
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Sat Oct-16-10 11:47 PM
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1. RED HERRING by Archer Mayor (eom) |
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Tue Oct-19-10 11:32 AM
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Speed-read the last 100 pp or so... too much DNA and lab stuff - it was tedious - many pages of it...what wasn't tedious was boring.
I think I remember that Joe Gunther, big Vermont cop, served in the Korean War - Viet Nam too, I think.
In my mind he's just too old and Archer should create another character.
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Sun Oct-17-10 12:05 AM
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lost city radio - daniel alarcón dirty havana trilogy - pedro juan gutiérrez trans natasha wimmer sudden fiction latino - ed robert shapard et al plus some poetry
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Sun Oct-17-10 12:07 AM
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My obit! ;)
Seriously, I'd like to know if anyone has read any good Civic's type books suitable for a H.S. Soph. My grandson sux at Civics. :(
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Sun Oct-17-10 12:13 AM
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4. Biography of the Queen Mum... |
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It's quite the tome, but then, she lived a long life. It's less interesting for the "royal" bit than it is for the historical background of WWI and WWII and the intervening years, from the British perspective. I'm just up to the post-WWI era, Queen Elizabeth II is a toddler, and no mention yet of "that woman," Wallis Simpson. The duties of the Duke and Duchess of York, as they were then, was exhausting - no wonder they looked forward to cocktail hour. It's pretty dense reading, not a page-turner, but I'm determined to finish it, even if it takes only getting through 10 pages a night. Heavily foot-noted and just a lot of information to digest. I appreciate the perspective it offers.
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Sun Oct-17-10 02:08 AM
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5. The Great Big Book of Tomorrow by Tom Tomorrow |
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Chronicles Dan Perkins' (aka Tom Tomorrow) career up to 2003. "Sparky" and This Modern World have been musts for me for years.
Also starting Rules Of Ascension by David B. Coe.
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Sun Oct-17-10 05:44 AM
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- Never read it before, saw the BBC miniseries via Netflix recently and decided to pick it up.
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Sun Oct-17-10 08:45 AM
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7. "To Kill a Mockingbird"by Harper Lee |
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Haven't read it in over 35 years, and I'm enjoying it again.
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Sun Oct-17-10 09:56 AM
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8. still The Autobiography of Mark Twain |
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The information about General/President Grant is very interesting.I am reading this book with Google close by!
This is a huge book in every aspect.
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Tue Oct-19-10 06:23 PM
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15. Twain convinced the gemeral to write his memoir |
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which, if you haven't read it, is well worth your time.
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Sun Oct-17-10 10:44 AM
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9. Re-reading "Frankenstein". |
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Mon Oct-18-10 01:48 AM
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10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo |
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I was #86 on the hold list at the library. Finally got it! Love the political aspect of the book too.
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Mon Oct-18-10 05:58 PM
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11. T. C. Boyle's, The Women. About the women in Frank Lloyd Wright's life. |
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Mon Oct-18-10 11:05 PM
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12. The Sweetheart Season |
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Wed Oct-20-10 07:08 PM
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18. That sounds kinda good. |
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How are you liking it, Pip?
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Wed Oct-20-10 10:49 PM
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but so far so good. It's done with humor and I haven't read a humorous book in ages so I am hopeful that this one will deliver a few laughs during what seems to be a fairly dismal time.
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Tue Oct-19-10 09:49 AM
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The Shining on Sunday, and finished Misery yesterday. I don't have anything planned for the rest of this week though, I think I'm going to take a break for a week or so.
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Wed Oct-20-10 07:12 AM
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16. Schooled, by Gordon Korman. |
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It was chosen by the students that attend my after-school book club for our first read this fall. It's funny as hell, but I'm looking forward to my students learning something positive about "hippies."
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Wed Oct-20-10 03:57 PM
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17. THE FOUR LAST THINGS by Timothy Hallinan |
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Got an old-yellowed soft cover of this book thru interlibrary loan. How good it is to be back with Hallinan again - this old series is about PI Simon Grist in LA, CA. Finished up with Poke Rafferty last week.
I love his nonsensical humor.
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Thu Oct-21-10 12:46 PM
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_Even_
(Also, found while searching for _Even_, ran across the freebie _Andy Grant's Luck_ by Horatio Alger :) )
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Fri Oct-22-10 12:58 PM
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21. "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett |
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Excellent read! Can't wait for the next in this series.
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Fri Oct-22-10 01:52 PM
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22. A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood |
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Sat Oct-23-10 07:33 PM
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23. Sleeping Arrangements by Madeleine Wickham. |
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Actually finished it earlier.
Two British families set out on holiday. Each seemingly unconnected to the other have been offered the free use of a friend's Spanish villa. Same friend, same villa, same week.
It's a light, quick read. I would recommend it to anyone looking for more of a summer read.
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