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Old 04-19-2012, 10:47 AM   #3026
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just finnished Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence by Dale Peterson and Richard Wrangham an incredible book. i highly recomend it one of the best books i have read in decades. grim reading at times but worth it.

now im of to see if i can give myself a brain hemorrhage by finally trying to read The Ants by E. O. Wilson and Bert Hölldobler.
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Old 04-19-2012, 01:32 PM   #3027
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I was reading Dexter series, but now I have it on MP3. I'm reading Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz. Love it so far!
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Old 04-19-2012, 02:58 PM   #3028
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koontz certainly spins an entertaining yarn. i havnt read any koontz for years i should pick up something soon...

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Old 04-19-2012, 03:48 PM   #3029
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Old 04-19-2012, 03:58 PM   #3030
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ten characters my arse!
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Old 04-19-2012, 07:19 PM   #3031
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Hot head by Damon Suede.

It's about two NY firefighters one of whom has a crush on his bestie and all the homophobic crap that they go through. Written in first person I like the voice of the main character... plus I'm having trouble finding romance books written by guys.
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Old 04-20-2012, 07:13 AM   #3032
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Right now A portrait of the artist as a young man by James Joyce. I should definitely read Ulysses...
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Old 04-22-2012, 01:34 PM   #3033
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The Girl Who Played With Fire. Just finished The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. To say I am becoming obsessed with this trilogy is an understatement.
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Old 04-24-2012, 03:01 PM   #3034
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My last important exam is tomorrow, after which I can finally read something of my own choosing as opposed to a prescribed text! I'm so excited. I think I'm going to start "The Virgin Suicides" as it has been recommended to me by several people whose opinions I trust.
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Old 04-26-2012, 10:45 PM   #3035
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I'm reading The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice, signed by Anne Rice herself <3

My girlfriend sent it for me for my B-day
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Old 05-01-2012, 08:42 PM   #3036
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Polished off John Dies At The End and Hell House. Working my way through Jim Butcher's Side Jobs now.
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Old 05-11-2012, 06:30 PM   #3037
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Communion by bell hooks. Its giving me a lot to think about. Its part memoir, part analysis on feminism's discourse, or lack thereof, on love. Its still pretty pertinent when she talks about sexual liberation and the reaction men had to it:

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Like all my female buddies, I was into sex and sexual liberation. Radical feminism urged us to see our bodies as ourselves and to let no one make us into territory or property. In our consciousness-raising groups, in bed with lesbian women who had made the choice never or no longer to deal with men, we were interrogated. We were sleeping with the enemy, and our activist sisters wanted to know if we were surrendering in the bedroom or if we were standing strong, claiming our sexual agency. In actuality, those of us who were sleeping with men, choosing them as our primary partners, were losing the war in the bedroom. Men celebrated our sexual liberation-our willingness to freely give and enjoy blow jobs and group sex, our willingness to experiment with anal penetration-but ultimately many males revolted when we stated that our bodies were territories that they could not occupy at will. Men who were ready for female sexual liberation if it meant free pussy, no strings attached, were rarely ready for feminist female sexual agency. This agency gave us the right to say yes to sex, but it also empowered us to say no.
Makes me think of the success and popularity of Slut Walks. A lot of liberal men I know were all for it, but somewhere since the original walk it became more about sexual liberation and the message that we have the right to say no got lost.
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Old 05-11-2012, 11:35 PM   #3038
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Old 05-14-2012, 08:52 PM   #3039
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Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis.
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Old 05-15-2012, 01:06 PM   #3040
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I'm about halfway through ****** now and gosh it's getting horribly sad. I was intrigued by the theme of obsession, the whole underage thing being sort of incidental, but as the book goes on it becomes a bigger part of the story and it's gone from slightly disturbing to really creepy to entirely sordid. Brilliant writing though.
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Old 05-15-2012, 01:08 PM   #3041
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Right now A portrait of the artist as a young man by James Joyce. I should definitely read Ulysses...
I never could get into Joyce
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Old 05-21-2012, 02:34 PM   #3042
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Commuting/gym read - Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
Bedtime read - Grunts by Mary Gentle
Further reading - Motel Of The Mysteries by David Macaulay

and currently collecting Dial H For Hero (China Mieville's comic-writing debut), Saucer Country, and Saga. Plus a shitton of graphic novels. But all of these things take half an hour to read, so are a little less constant than actual books.
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Old 05-21-2012, 03:06 PM   #3043
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Commuting/gym read - Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
Bedtime read - Grunts by Mary Gentle
Further reading - Motel Of The Mysteries by David Macaulay

and currently collecting Dial H For Hero (China Mieville's comic-writing debut), Saucer Country, and Saga. Plus a shitton of graphic novels. But all of these things take half an hour to read, so are a little less constant than actual books.
I enjoyed Dial H and Saucer Country! Saucer Country particularly, makes me nostalgic for the X-Files.
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Old 05-22-2012, 02:51 AM   #3044
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Old 05-24-2012, 11:13 PM   #3045
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Do not recommend. Basically articulated things that I already knew.
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Old 05-25-2012, 02:28 PM   #3046
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I *was* reading "The Wolf Gift" but thanks to my public library's effed up system, I've had it for 2 weeks, it is due today, and I am unable to renew it because they consider it a "new release". Being a student with other responsibilities keeping me from being able to read 24/7, I got about three quarters of the way through it. Lovely.
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Old 05-27-2012, 07:50 PM   #3047
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Saya, that really sucks about the Slut Walks meaning getting lost. Communion looks like an interesting book from that excerpt.

I'm currently reading A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin. It's the fourth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series. If you're looking for happy endings and fairy tales, choose a different series.
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Old 06-01-2012, 06:30 PM   #3048
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Kissed by Darkness by Shea MacLeod.

Before that was Sins of the Father by RJ Palmer.

Both fellow indie authors.
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Old 06-07-2012, 07:18 PM   #3049
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Old 06-07-2012, 10:17 PM   #3050
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