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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: Splashdown on February 17, 2009, 05:22:55 PM
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It's called "Fool" by Christopher Moore.
It's the funniest book I've ever read. It's completely sick and obnoxious, and I mean that in a good way.
It's a retelling of King Lear, Shakespeare's most tragic tragedy, but it's told from the point of view of King Lear's fool. If our short bus did Shakespeare, it might come close to this.
From the inset:
"This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity, as well as nontraditional grammar, split infinitives, and the odd wank . . . If that's the sort of thing you think you might enjoy, then you have happened upon the perfect story!"
If you're into reading, please oh please for the love of GOD check this book out.
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It's called "Fool" by Christopher Moore.
It's the funniest book I've ever read. It's completely sick and obnoxious, and I mean that in a good way.
It's a retelling of King Lear, Shakespeare's most tragic tragedy, but it's told from the point of view of King Lear's fool. If our short bus did Shakespeare, it might come close to this.
From the inset:
If you're into reading, please oh please for the love of GOD check this book out.
Thanks, Splash!
I took a Shakespeare class in high school and one in college and wrote papers on the Fool in King Lear. One of my favorite characters!
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I might have to purchase this! :) Sounds like a good read!
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Sounds good. My finals are next Monday & Tuesday and then I have a whole 10 days when I can read whatever the hell I want to. :)
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Sounds good. My finals are next Monday & Tuesday and then I have a whole 10 days when I can read whatever the hell I want to. :)
Pfft. Please woman. You are going to Wii and drink. Sleep, then repeat. lol
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Pfft. Please woman. You are going to Wii and drink. Sleep, then repeat. lol
Yeah but this looks good:
Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518ueU-es6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
linky (http://www.amazon.com/Satans-Circus-Murder-Corruption-Century/dp/1400054729/ref=pd_bbs_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234917491&sr=8-6)
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Yeah but this looks good:
Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518ueU-es6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
linky (http://www.amazon.com/Satans-Circus-Murder-Corruption-Century/dp/1400054729/ref=pd_bbs_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234917491&sr=8-6)
I've read it. Very good book about corruption and graft in early 20th century NYC.
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I've read it. Damn good book about corruption and graft in early 20th century NYC.
Or I might get this:
Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H6JGGR15L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg)
Linky (http://www.amazon.com/Bestial-Savage-Trail-American-Monster/dp/0743483359/ref=pd_bbs_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234917491&sr=8-8)
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That's going on my list.
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That's going on my list.
I really liked Erik Larson's Devil in the White City and last break I read Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott.
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Or I might get this:
Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H6JGGR15L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg)
Linky (http://www.amazon.com/Bestial-Savage-Trail-American-Monster/dp/0743483359/ref=pd_bbs_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234917491&sr=8-8)
At first glance I was like, Mia would SO read a book about beastiality. haha Not so much ;) Nevermind! lol
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At first glance I was like, Mia would SO read a book about beastiality. haha Not so much ;) Nevermind! lol
I love these types of books.
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I love these types of books.
The serial killer stuff is interesting! I concur. I remember reading some encyclopedia of serial killers once and my mom found it on my nightstand. Felt the need to have a discussion with me to make sure I was mentally stable ;) haha Riiiiiiiight :whatever:
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The serial killer stuff is interesting! I concur. I remember reading some encyclopedia of serial killers once and my mom found it on my nightstand. Felt the need to have a discussion with me to make sure I was mentally stable ;) haha Riiiiiiiight :whatever:
My mom did find my copy of Marquis de Sade's Juliette and interesting addition to my book collection. LOL
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My mom did find my copy of Marquis de Sade's Juliette and interesting addition to my book collection. LOL
:lmao: I bet she was pretty WTF?! about that one! :)
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:lmao: I bet she was pretty WTF?! about that one! :)
She's pretty much learned I'll read anything, hence the 10 books on Hitler.
Seriously, I know I'm on some government list somewhere for my book buying habits.
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She's pretty much learned I'll read anything, hence the 10 books on Hitler.
Seriously, I know I'm on some government list somewhere for my book buying habits.
I think anyone who buys mein kampf is automatically on the list ;) lol
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I think anyone who buys mein kampf is automatically on the list ;) lol
That I don't own, I have no interest in that one. I almost bought a DVD of Triumph of the Will a couple of years ago.
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I think anyone who buys mein kampf is automatically on the list ;) lol
Had to read it in college....didn't do so well on the test....good thing it was multiple guess..."when in doubt - pick "C".
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I watched No Country For Old Men the other week. The movie was good but the sound levels and mixing was sorely lacking. It's a peeve I have about movies... I have no idea who's working in Hollywood that failed Sound 101 and turns the level on dialog all the way down to the basement while keeping sound effects and explosions at '11'. Drives me nuts. So I missed half the dialog in the movie and decided to check the book out from the library.
It's worth it.
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I am reading S. M. Stirling's "In the courts of the crimson kings" right now.
I'm taking "Greywalker" and "Poltergeist" by Kat Richardson with me on vacation.
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I really liked Erik Larson's Devil in the White City and last break I read Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott.
I really liked that book. Have you read "Isaac's Storm" by Mr Larson ?
It's about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.
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I really liked that book. Have you read "Isaac's Storm" by Mr Larson ?
It's about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.
Is that fiction?
I'm going to recommend this book once again, in case any of you have not lifted up your rocks, crawled out from the moist dirt and found this book for yourselves... With The Old Breed (http://www.amazon.com/Old-Breed-At-Peleliu-Okinawa/dp/0891419195/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235544095&sr=1-1) by Eugene Sledge. Read it. Treasure it. It is absolutely amazing.
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For any golfers..., err hackers, I just started "Paper Tiger" by Tom Coyne.
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I am reading The Kiss by Ted Dekker (not a romance but a mystery)
Last week I read Why We Suck by Denis Leary, Pennsylvania Ghost Towns, and part of Ann Coulter's Guilty.
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Lethal legacy by Linda Fairstein.
She's an ex prosecutor and writes a pretty fair novel.
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I'm re-reading A Long Row of Candles (Cyrus Sulzberger, 1969, Macmillan); I read it several years ago, and need to refresh the memory, as it's a very long book, more than a thousand pages.
It's mostly the reminescences of a journalist (distantly related to the New York Times) circa 1932-1954. The first quarter of the book is really big on eastern European stuff, and hence interesting, but if memory serves me right from the last time I read it, the last half is really boring, about playing golf and bridge with Eisenhower in Paris and after becoming president, Washington, D.C.
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I read books for pure escapism and fun. Currently reading "Currant Events" by Piers Anthony.
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One of my favorite authors - William Least Heat-Moon:
Roads to Quoz - an American Mosey
His first book, Blue Highways was a best-seller back in the Eighties and while he isn't a very prolific writer, his stuff is good.
He writes about people and his interaction with them. His sense of wry humor and occasional self-deprecation is refreshing in a non-gushy way.
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The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman.
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I just finished Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson on Sunday. I adored it.
Now I'm reading The Town by Bentley Little.
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It's called "Fool" by Christopher Moore.
Splash,
Have you read any of his other work?
"The Stupidest Angel, A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror" is a good one, it has zombies. "A Dirty Job" is also a hoot, about a guy who has to become Death. I have, but haven't read yet, "Lamb-The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal." I've read the first chapter, and it's like Monty Python's 'Life of Brian'......on acid.
Twisted beyond belief.
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I read books for pure escapism and fun. Currently reading "Currant Events" by Piers Anthony.
I liked the Incarnations of Immortality series. The first few Xanth novels were entertaining, but they got to be too silly.
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Splash,
Have you read any of his other work?
"The Stupidest Angel, A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror" is a good one, it has zombies. "A Dirty Job" is also a hoot, about a guy who has to become Death. I have, but haven't read yet, "Lamb-The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal." I've read the first chapter, and it's like Monty Python's 'Life of Brian'......on acid.
Twisted beyond belief.
This was my first Moore book. I picked it up because I'm a Shakespeare fan. I'll read more.
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This was my first Moore book. I picked it up because I'm a Shakespeare fan. I'll read more.
More Moore?
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The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman.
She is one of my favorite authors ever, I love her husband a tiny bit more though!
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I really liked that book. Have you read "Isaac's Storm" by Mr Larson ?
It's about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.
No I haven't read "Issac's Storm" but I've heard rave reviews from those that have.
The two books I ordered from Amazon came in today. I started Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster (http://www.amazon.com/Bestial-Savage-Trail-American-Monster/dp/0743483359/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235592723&sr=8-2) and then next week it's Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century (http://www.amazon.com/Satans-Circus-Murder-Corruption-Century/dp/1400054729/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235592775&sr=1-1)
I'm only 20 pages into Bestial (I read while I'm in line at the bank) and I already really like it.
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No I haven't read "Issac's Storm" but I've heard rave reviews from those that have.
The two books I ordered from Amazon came in today. I started Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster (http://www.amazon.com/Bestial-Savage-Trail-American-Monster/dp/0743483359/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235592723&sr=8-2) and then next week it's Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century (http://www.amazon.com/Satans-Circus-Murder-Corruption-Century/dp/1400054729/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235592775&sr=1-1)
I'm only 20 pages into Bestial (I read while I'm in line at the bank) and I already really like it.
I might have to borrow this when you're done! Looks interesting.
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She is one of my favorite authors ever, I love her husband a tiny bit more though!
Mine too. I have read all of Jonathan Kellerman's too. I just finished Lisa Scottoline's The Lady Killer and was kind of disappointed. I have a Linda Fairstein to read, but M's reading it first.
We both like murder and mayhem....
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It's called "Fool" by Christopher Moore.
It's the funniest book I've ever read. It's completely sick and obnoxious, and I mean that in a good way.
It's a retelling of King Lear, Shakespeare's most tragic tragedy, but it's told from the point of view of King Lear's fool. If our short bus did Shakespeare, it might come close to this.
From the inset:
If you're into reading, please oh please for the love of GOD check this book out.
Sounds like a Tom Stoppard thing. Have to check it out.
Right now I'm reading Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell.
Forced it on myself as I read Christopher Hitchens' Why Orwell Matters having only read 2 Orwell books in my life (and both in H.S.). I kind of do that to myself once in a while as some books can send you on a bit of a journey through several others. LOL
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I started one of those Evanovich things, Seven I think. Pretty good so far, and fairly funny, but I don't crack up nearly as much as my wife does reading this.
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I haven't seen a book thread recently so I thought I would start one. What is everyone reading these days?
For all you word nerds out there, I'm reading Things That Make Us (Sic)--a book on grammar with a snarky tone. I'm really enjoying the refresher plus I'm learning some new things too. And the author's sarcastic humor pulls at my heartstrings. I highly recommend!
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I haven't seen a book thread recently so I thought I would start one. What is everyone reading these days?
For all you word nerds out there, I'm reading Things That Make Us (Sic)--a book on grammar with a snarky tone. I'm really enjoying the refresher plus I'm learning some new things too. And the author's sarcastic humor pulls at my heartstrings. I highly recommend!
That sounds good.
I'm reading Bestial. It's about a serial killer. He's one creepy dude. I love the book.
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That sounds good.
I'm reading Bestial. It's about a serial killer. He's one creepy dude. I love the book.
The title alone makes me nervous. I don't think I could read that one.
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The title alone makes me nervous. I don't think I could read that one.
It's really good. :)
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Poltergeist by Cat Richardson.
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Lord of the Rings (again). lol And a novel called "We Were the Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates.
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I just finished The Shack by William P. Young. It was sooooooooooooo good. I laughed, I cried, it moved me. I am starting More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman (AKA "I'm a PC" guy)
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Lord of the Rings (again). lol And a novel called "We Were the Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates.
I read that a few years ago. I really liked it!
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Right now, I am reading a manuscript a friend wants me to proof. It's awful. I think Fat Che's biography has a better chance of being published.
This isn't his first book. He has been published. It was his Catcher In The Rye.
I may lose a friend.
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I thought Catcher in the Rye was awful. I got stuck reading it my freshman year in high school anyway.
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I thought Catcher in the Rye was awful. I got stuck reading it my freshman year in high school anyway.
I agree, it was awful. Completely overrated.
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I thought Catcher in the Rye was awful. I got stuck reading it my freshman year in high school anyway.
I agree, but nonetheless, it was influential and remembered to this day. That is why I made the comparison. His first book was a cookbook for single dads.
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My books showed up at the library. I've been reading "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. It's kinda depressing so far. :p
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My books showed up at the library. I've been reading "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. It's kinda depressing so far. :p
Oh...it gets more depressing.
:tongue:
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Nice. I've read half of it so far... it's good.
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Nice. I've read half of it so far... it's good.
It does get more depressing....but I thought it was good....excellent writing.
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Anyone have any good suggestions? I just finished "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson. Excellent book, thanks Mia for the recommendation. I just started "Dracula" again and I'm into Lord of the Rings. I like to read a lot of books at once. lol :)
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Anyone have any good suggestions? I just finished "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson. Excellent book, thanks Mia for the recommendation. I just started "Dracula" again and I'm into Lord of the Rings. I like to read a lot of books at once. lol :)
Yea! I'm glad you like Devil in the White City.
I suggest Simply Success and have it done by Monday night and let me know what it's about. :uhsure:
Simply Success: How to Start, Build and Grow a Multimillion Dollar Business the Old-Fashioned Way by Jack Miller (http://www.amazon.com/Simply-Success-Multimillion-Business-Old-Fashioned/dp/0470224525/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237918594&sr=8-1)
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Currently working on The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. After that, it'll be Boston's Gun Bible by Boston T. Party.
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Currently working on The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. After that, it'll be Boston's Gun Bible by Boston T. Party.
How are you liking Ayn Rand? I've never read any of her stuff!
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How are you liking Ayn Rand? I've never read any of her stuff!
It's boring, I've read a lot of Rand. I'd recommend just reading Anthem and skip the redundant Fountainhead and get the Cliff's Notes for Atlas Shrugged.
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It's boring, I've read a lot of Rand. I'd recommend just reading Anthem and skip the redundant Fountainhead and get the Cliff's Notes for Atlas Shrugged.
A girlfriend of mine just finished Atlas, and she loved it!! lol Go figure. I've heard it's kinda snoozetastic.
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A girlfriend of mine just finished Atlas, and she loved it!! lol Go figure. I've heard it's kinda snoozetastic.
I have it somewhere in my guest bedroom I believe. You can have it. I dunno, it's boring and long and she repeats the same thing over and over. Actually when I read it, I think I just skipped over whole passages of her writing. Anthem is much smaller and to the point and you get the gist of her theories.
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I have it somewhere in my guest bedroom I believe. You can have it. I dunno, it's boring and long and she repeats the same thing over and over. Actually when I read it, I think I just skipped over whole passages of her writing. Anthem is much smaller and to the point and you get the gist of her theories.
I started doing that about halfway through the book. If she bothered to cut out the sex scenes and disjointed monolouges (not that Francisco d'Aconia's "money" speech (http://www.working-minds.com/money.htm) wasn't one of the best parts of the book), you could probably shave 400 pages off of it.
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How are you liking Ayn Rand? I've never read any of her stuff!
Atlas Shrugged was probably the best book I've ever read, even if a bit verbose (think Franksolich with a little too much time on his hands and a handful of methamphetamine) :-). I'm only about a third of the way into Fountainhead, so I'll have to get back to you on that one.
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Atlas Shrugged was probably the best book I've ever read, even if a bit verbose (think Franksolich with a little too much time on his hands and a handful of methamphetamine) :-). I'm only about a third of the way into Fountainhead, so I'll have to get back to you on that one.
Awesome! Let me know, I'm tempted to read something of hers. You're the second person I've heard from who liked Atlas :) haha
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I'm about to start Twilight by Stephenie Meyer...
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I'm about to start Twilight by Stephenie Meyer...
The day receptionist just read it (and is on the sequel) she really loved it.
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The day receptionist just read it (and is on the sequel) she really loved it.
My friend just started the second as well...Supposedly 4 in the series and another about to be released...I'm usually not a fan of vampire stories..but she spoke about this all day yesterday so I told her to bring in the book and I'd give it a shot...Will start it tonight.
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Awesome! Let me know, I'm tempted to read something of hers. You're the second person I've heard from who liked Atlas :) haha
Well let me ring in as numero three. (Liked Atlas enough to call myself ReardenSteel after all :p ) Even though I'm among the first to call my beloved Ayn a "wordy bitch" I've found all her stuff to be worthwhile in the end. One might also consider renting the movie of The Fountainhead as it was pretty well done.
Big ol' spoiler alert!!!
The Fountainhead - Howard Roark Speech (Ayn Rand)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc7oZ9yWqO4[/youtube]
I'm taking a brain break myself and reading Jasper Fforde's (Jack Spratt Investigates) The Fourth Bear
http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/popgb/ffordej6.htm
The Fourth Bear is the second 'Nursery Crime' novel by Jasper Fforde. DCI Jack Spratt generally does an admirable job with the tiny Nursery Crime Division, but after he uses children as bait in capturing the anti-thumb-sucking Scissor-man (as well as the lapses in the Riding-Hood case, which led to Spratt (among others) being swallowed whole ...)) Superintendent Briggs takes him off active duty until his mental fitness can be checked.
Years earlier Spratt had caught the terrifying Gingerbreadman, who likes to rip apart his victims, and now that the giant cookie (or is it cake ?) has escaped Spratt knows he's the only one who can re-capture him. Instead, the investigation is handed over to by-the-book (and quite dim) DI Copperfield and Spratt is warned to stay away. Needless to say, he can't -- whether he wants to or not.
I didn't read the first one and only have this book as a friend bought it for me on a whim. She knew I liked Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. Anywho, I just started and it's pretty funny stuff.
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I had to go to three stores to find a copy of Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto by Mark Levin. I finally found it at a Target Supercenter and they were down to two copies after I grabbed mine.
I plan to crack it open tonight since Uncle Zero pre-empted my favorite train wreck, American Idol. :censored:
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I read Step on A Crack and Run For Your Life by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge this week. I also read The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck (it was really good it even made me tear up a little!)
I am now reading a Ben Franklin biography that I do NOT like because the author is trying his best to make sure we all think that no one in those days believed in God, went to church, or was a Christian. :thatsright: I am not sure I am going to even try to finish it because I really hate revisionist history. :banghead:
I am pretty sure this is it... http://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklin-American-Walter-Isaacson/dp/074325807X/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237943102&sr=8-1 but I am too dang lazy to walk to my room and check. I know I read the Einstein biography that he wrote and it was pretty good.
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I read Step on A Crack and Run For Your Life by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge this week. I also read The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck (it was really good it even made me tear up a little!)
I am now reading a Ben Franklin biography that I do NOT like because the author is trying his best to make sure we all think that no one in those days believed in God, went to church, or was a Christian. :thatsright: I am not sure I am going to even try to finish it because I really hate revisionist history. :banghead:
I am pretty sure this is it... http://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklin-American-Walter-Isaacson/dp/074325807X/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237943102&sr=8-1 but I am too dang lazy to walk to my room and check. I know I read the Einstein biography that he wrote and it was pretty good.
I love James Patterson :) I thought David McCullough did a book on Franklin? I've read his book about Adams and he has a great book about the building of the Panama Canal.
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I am now reading a Ben Franklin biography that I do NOT like because the author is trying his best to make sure we all think that no one in those days believed in God, went to church, or was a Christian. :thatsright: I am not sure I am going to even try to finish it because I really hate revisionist history. :banghead:
I've given up reading a couple books like that because they were so obviously unbelievable bullshit.
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I'm about to start Twilight by Stephenie Meyer...
I just watched the movie tonight. I have the book coming in sometime this week from amazon. I never really understood what people were saying about Robert Pattinson the guy who plays Edward Cullen until tonight. He is like a 12 hour bucket full of hot monkey sex ain't he!? Dang I felt like I should have myself arrested for drooling that hard over some guy that was born while I was getting ready to go to college. :hyper: :drool:
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I'm about to start Twilight by Stephenie Meyer...
I really need to read this!! I've heard nothing but good things about it. Will be interesting to hear your review!
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Just finished Michael Palmer's The First Patient. I was reading it Saturday and couldn't put it down.
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Stephen Lawhead's "King Raven" trilogy is very good. It puts a spin on the Robin Hood myth. It sets Robin hood in Wales a generation after the Norman invasion. The second two books are the best.
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Just finished Michael Palmer's The First Patient. I was reading it Saturday and couldn't put it down.
Stephen Lawhead's "King Raven" trilogy is very good. It puts a spin on the Robin Hood myth. It sets Robin hood in Wales a generation after the Norman invasion. The second two books are the best.
Noted. These are good suggestions!! :)
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Re-reading Atlas Shrugged. I've a feeling we're there much sooner than we think.
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