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03-06-2010, 05:19 PM
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#2626
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Minnesota, USA
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Originally Posted by Bete Noire
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Again. It's brilliant!
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Agreed. I have a young son, so that book hit me especially hard.
I just finished " The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick.
It's a children's book that takes place in Paris cir. 1931. It was a brilliant and delightful blend of literature and the visual arts, both illustration and film.
Highly recommeded.
- Heretic
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03-06-2010, 06:27 PM
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#2627
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 7
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
I think this book will always have a soft place in my heart.
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03-06-2010, 10:48 PM
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#2628
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 43
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Guiness World Records 2010 Gamers Edition.
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03-07-2010, 09:09 PM
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#2629
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gallifrey
Posts: 2,817
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Wanna pick up something from Chekhov. Anyone read him? What's the verdict?
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03-09-2010, 12:20 AM
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#2630
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nowhere
Posts: 1,835
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"The Sword of Shannara" by Terry Brooks
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03-10-2010, 12:21 AM
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#2631
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gallifrey
Posts: 2,817
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Reading Fear Nothing from Dean Koontz.
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03-10-2010, 11:52 AM
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#2632
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Toronto, Ontario.
Posts: 16
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Les fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire.
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03-10-2010, 07:42 PM
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#2633
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Buffalo NY
Posts: 5
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Originally Posted by Beneath the Shadows
"The Sword of Shannara" by Terry Brooks
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Great book! Need to re-read,read that a LONG time ago!
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03-11-2010, 03:02 PM
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#2634
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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I just finished The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes. Now reading Oryx And Crake by Margaret Atwood.
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03-13-2010, 07:43 PM
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#2635
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: In a desert place
Posts: 196
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Just finished Anthem by Ayn Rand.
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03-15-2010, 03:16 PM
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#2636
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nowhere
Posts: 1,835
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Originally Posted by MetalKen
Great book! Need to re-read,read that a LONG time ago!
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I've never read it before. I'm glad I did now. I've finished it and moved on to the Elfstones.
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03-17-2010, 05:44 AM
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#2637
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 6
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I am reading Stephenie Meyer, enjoy all her books, Twilight Series and the new one - The Host
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03-17-2010, 04:31 PM
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#2638
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: 750 mi north of AZ equivalent to Derry, Maine
Posts: 673
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With Malice Toward Some - Halsey great description
finding a few interesting bits in The book of Runes -Ralph Blun
and, again trying to plug a massive hole in my education, The Jungle -Upton Sinclair
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"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with catsup." - unknown
question:
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Originally Posted by Stormtrooper of Death
(shouts) WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG??!!?
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answer:
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Originally Posted by Beneath the Shadows
Because some people are dicks. And not everyone else is gay.
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03-17-2010, 05:50 PM
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#2639
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: In a desert place
Posts: 196
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Beowulf. I'm reading Anglo-Saxon poetry for a project.
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03-17-2010, 06:29 PM
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#2640
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beneath the Shadows
I've never read it before. I'm glad I did now. I've finished it and moved on to the Elfstones.
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I remember the series goes downhill as it progresses, but I haven't read any since I was like fourteen, so take that with a grain of salt.
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03-18-2010, 03:06 AM
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#2641
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 4
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reading 'Crimson Rose' by r. Malone
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03-19-2010, 10:13 AM
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#2642
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: United States.
Posts: 1,670
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saya
Siddhartha's awesome.
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I loved it. Reading Heart of Darkness now.
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"What a bunch of garbage: liberal, democrat, conservative, republican. Two sides of the same coin. Two management teams bidding for control, the CEO job, of Slavery Inc."
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03-19-2010, 10:23 AM
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#2643
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Posts: 58
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'Lenin, Stalin and Hitler: The Age of Social Catastrophe', by Robert Gellately.
The terror of the 20th century was begun,conditioned and presided over by the deeply evil genius of vladimir Lenin in a way that even i didn't suspect before reading this book.
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03-19-2010, 10:38 AM
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#2644
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ∞ ∞ //▲▲\\ ∞ ∞
Posts: 4,618
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Absolute Boyfriend mangas.............. And I'm still reading Sitchins books.
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rubber band balls
Bring Kontan Back
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03-19-2010, 11:25 AM
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#2645
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 147
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The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. I'm still not sure what to make of this book. I like the premise, but there are a few logical jumps that are hard to make.
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03-19-2010, 11:48 AM
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#2646
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Posts: 58
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Originally Posted by Entropic
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. I'm still not sure what to make of this book. I like the premise, but there are a few logical jumps that are hard to make.
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Figures...man, it REALLY figures!
You must be a big 'Rage Against the Machine' fan......
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03-19-2010, 07:42 PM
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#2647
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
Posts: 7,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by annwn
'Lenin, Stalin and Hitler: The Age of Social Catastrophe', by Robert Gellately.
The terror of the 20th century was begun,conditioned and presided over by the deeply evil genius of vladimir Lenin in a way that even i didn't suspect before reading this book.
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You should read The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, that will really disappoint you in humanity, and I mean at large, not just the dictators.
I am reading The Consolations of Philosophy AGAIN by Alain de Botton because I lost my first copy (a gift from a friend) and went out and bought a replacement, began rereading it and remembered how delightful it was to read. Botton applies the various approaches with modern relevance and with a subtle and wry humor.
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03-30-2010, 11:25 AM
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#2648
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: in the garden of delight
Posts: 187
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Mario Puzo's The Sicilian.
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03-30-2010, 11:39 AM
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#2649
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Southern California
Posts: 26
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Lasher by Anne Rice.
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03-30-2010, 04:02 PM
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#2650
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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I'm putting Oryx And Crake aside for now, Year Of The Flood recapped a lot of it so so far there's no surprises whatsoever. Its good but I'm not excited to read it so its kinda going slow. Reading Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho Masters by Grace Schireson instead.
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