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01-28-2011, 07:13 PM | #1606 |
You don't faze me, Gobble.
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01-31-2011, 10:48 PM | #1607 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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Anyone know of any transgressive fiction that's available for the nook?
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02-08-2011, 05:12 PM | #1608 |
Veteran
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Psycho-Cybernetics
Maxwell Maltz, M.D., F.I.C.S. |
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02-08-2011, 05:47 PM | #1609 |
Boom, Boom , Crash
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Just finished another Clive Cussler.
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02-08-2011, 05:56 PM | #1610 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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Keats for tomorrow
Tonight I'm going to start Arsenals of Folly by Richard Rhodes for pleasure. |
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02-26-2011, 02:01 PM | #1611 |
fides quaerens intellectum
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Location: United States
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So last fall I mentioned that I was reading The Count of Monte Cristo. I read about 400 pages of it, and the first 300 were really great. Then it dragged on soo much with side characters that I didn't care about. I put it down for good.
I started American Lion by Jon Meachem, about Andrew Jackson. It's taken me a while to read the first 100 pages, not because of the book, but because of my other reading demands. It's very accessible and fresh popular history. What else we got around here? |
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02-26-2011, 02:48 PM | #1612 |
Certified Bourbon taster
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Location: Shawnee KS
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American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Liked it - thought they could have edited a bit better, a nicely streamlined version would get 5 stars, this hefty tome gets 3.75 instead.
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02-26-2011, 03:00 PM | #1613 |
Boom, Boom , Crash
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Reading a couple from a very dear friend of mine Frank Rhyno. His first attempts at writing. Not bad actually.
Better than what my brother pumped out http://www.amazon.ca/Executive-Repri.../dp/1424143535 All personal hate for the guy aside. If regurgitated Hero becomes James bond in under 1 year with the help of a Mr. Miaggie tutor , replayed, re-written used holly wood script adventure gets you off, this is the book. Due wins a contest, gets covertly hired by ??? the Agency, gets set up and takes care of teh dudes who framed him. Leads cops on chases, etc, etc, etc. About 100 pages too long, and the balistics are wayyyyy over explaned. |
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02-26-2011, 04:08 PM | #1614 |
In Search of a Life
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I just started the Marquise of O by Kleist. It's a short story.
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02-26-2011, 04:29 PM | #1615 |
In Search of a Life
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I've also been reading the Diary of a Wimpy kid books to my son, but I read them just as much for myself. They're funny.
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02-26-2011, 04:50 PM | #1616 |
In Search of a Life
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Been reading a lot for my Comp II class. Just read Richard Ford's short story "Optimists" and was completely blown away by it. I'll be buying his collection. Holy shit, it was good.
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02-26-2011, 06:32 PM | #1617 |
oxymoron
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Christmas gift card for Amazon is netting me a hefty box of treats on Monday.
I'm starting a recent fantasy series entitled Shadows of the Apt by a British fantasy author named Adrian Tchaikovsky. Amazon's delivering the first three novels, Empire in Black and Gold, Dragonfly Falling and Blood of the Mantis. I picked up the fourth book, Salute the Dark, a few months back. Also getting a science fiction novel that was highly reviewed by a source I trust, Diving into the Wreck by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. And last, but certainly not least, is Joe Abercrombie's latest, The Heroes. |
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03-02-2011, 02:31 PM | #1618 |
MVP
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The Matrix Series by Valdamar Valerian
Aliens, gov conspiricies, aliens, gov conspiricies, aliens, gov...is there an echo in here |
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03-02-2011, 02:40 PM | #1619 |
Beloved & Awesome CP Celebrity
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Location: Florida
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Just finished this:
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03-02-2011, 03:53 PM | #1620 |
MVP
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How was the Fall of Giants?
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