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The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« on: February 17, 2009, 05:22:55 PM »
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:

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"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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2009, 05:28:59 PM »
Quote from: Splashdown on February 17, 2009, 05:22:55 PM
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2009, 06:33:55 PM »
I might have to purchase this!  :)  Sounds like a good read!
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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2009, 06:36:19 PM »
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2009, 06:37:23 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on February 17, 2009, 06:36:19 PM
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2009, 06:40:43 PM »
Quote from: Sweet Dee on February 17, 2009, 06:37:23 PM
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



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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2009, 06:42:18 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on February 17, 2009, 06:40:43 PM
Yeah but this looks good:

Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century



linky



I've read it. Very good book about corruption and graft in early 20th century NYC.
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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2009, 06:43:24 PM »
Quote from: Mike220 on February 17, 2009, 06:42:18 PM
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



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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2009, 06:44:48 PM »
That's going on my list.
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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2009, 06:46:03 PM »
Quote from: Mike220 on February 17, 2009, 06:44:48 PM
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2009, 06:46:41 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on February 17, 2009, 06:43:24 PM

Or I might get this:

Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster



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At first glance I was like, Mia would SO read a book about beastiality.  haha  Not so much ;)  Nevermind!  lol
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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2009, 06:48:23 PM »
Quote from: Sweet Dee on February 17, 2009, 06:46:41 PM
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2009, 06:50:45 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on February 17, 2009, 06:48:23 PM
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2009, 06:53:14 PM »
Quote from: Sweet Dee on February 17, 2009, 06:50:45 PM
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2009, 06:55:53 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on February 17, 2009, 06:53:14 PM
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2009, 06:57:21 PM »
Quote from: Sweet Dee on February 17, 2009, 06:55:53 PM
: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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2009, 06:58:55 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on February 17, 2009, 06:57:21 PM

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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2009, 07:21:30 PM »
Quote from: Sweet Dee on February 17, 2009, 06:58:55 PM
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2009, 09:47:43 PM »
Quote from: Sweet Dee on February 17, 2009, 06:58:55 PM
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2009, 10:43:05 PM »
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #20 on: February 24, 2009, 10:50:35 PM »
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2009, 12:37:21 AM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on February 17, 2009, 06:46:03 PM
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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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2009, 12:41:07 AM »
Quote from: Servonaut on February 25, 2009, 12:37:21 AM
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 by Eugene Sledge.  Read it.  Treasure it.  It is absolutely amazing.
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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2009, 07:03:33 AM »
For any golfers..., err hackers, I just started "Paper Tiger" by Tom Coyne. 
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Re: The first book thread of 2009... what are you reading?
« Reply #24 on: February 25, 2009, 07:38:20 AM »
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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