i love to read books...............................:hula: :hula:

So do I. At the moment I'm reading an especially intriguing biography of Marie Antoinette for the third time. I'm kind of a history buff, and Antoinette is definitely in my top 5 historical figures!

:hahanot: :thumbs: i just got done with a book:thumbs: :hahanot:

Not only do I love to read books, I also love to burn books.
Being of a somewhat conservative mindset, this makes me a fascist.

Fascist equals book-burning person.

AND, since I work at a library, I have lots to choose from for the bonfire.

Today I think I'll start with Laura Ingalls Wilder--rotten land-stealing Puritan broad!

I'm presently reading, Genghis Khan and the making of the Modern World, Five Points (a history of the area made famous by the movie Gangs of New York) and, A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore.

Like Dark Fantasy and Rendova I am a history buff.

So do I. At the moment I'm reading an especially intriguing biography of Marie Antoinette for the third time. I'm kind of a history buff, and Antoinette is definitely in my top 5 historical figures!

Which book is this, DF?
I have an interest in Antionette myself--poor woman, she wasn't the monster the sans-coulottes made her out to be..but they HAD to have an enemy, so they chose her ( and her poor befuddled hubby, who would've been much happier as a locksmith, poor sot.)

I'm presently reading, Genghis Khan and the making of the Modern World, Five Points (a history of the area made famous by the movie Gangs of New York) and, A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore.

Like Dark Fantasy and Rendova I am a history buff.

Interesting choices, Frog dude.
At present I'm reading Robert Massie's The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, and a truly horrid book about Jack the Ripper that's so bad, I don't want to even mention the title, as no one deserves THAT kind of punishment. No, Jack was not, repeat not, the Queen's grandson.

So do I. At the moment I'm reading an especially intriguing biography of Marie Antoinette for the third time. I'm kind of a history buff, and Antoinette is definitely in my top 5 historical figures!


I read that biography of her years ago - it is fascinating - very sad though.
I just recently read 'Death of the Heart' by Elizabeth Bennett.

Which book is this, DF?
I have an interest in Antionette myself--poor woman, she wasn't the monster the sans-coulottes made her out to be..but they HAD to have an enemy, so they chose her ( and her poor befuddled hubby, who would've been much happier as a locksmith, poor sot.)
It's To The Scaffold by Carolly Erickson. She's a remarkable author, and I look forward to reading her other books. She manages to write non-fiction in such a way that it reads like the most engaging novel.

After reading mostly non-fiction books for several years my love for literature has been re-instilled recently from reading Harold Bloom's Western Canon.

Still I think it's important to gain knowledge from reading a lot of non-fiction early on in life.

I started re-reading Steven King's Dark Towers Series. It's the not-knowing-whats-going-to-happen-next interest that I have in certain readings.

He is not my only favorite author but; at the moment, his stories are what I want to read at this time. If anyone has ever read any of the Dark Towers series, you would find yourself almost becoming Roland.

Or, could it be that I really love westerns?

i just got done reading a book called.............Mandy............really that's what it's called

If you want to read some funny books pick up titles by, Tim Dorsey, Christopher Moore, or Carl Hiaasen. The characters are straight out of fantasy land.

I just finished reading Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. My second favorite (but it's close) author next to Douglas Adams. I'm a real word buff, and this stuff is like LCD for the linguist.

I recently re-read "Killing Pablo" by Mark Bowden and it's a fascinating story. It's a biography on Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Evil - Tom Robbins is my favorite author. Jitterbug is at the top of my list - have you read Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates yet? Loved it!

Others, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ayn Rand, Nick Hornby, Richard Paul Evans - The two Wally Lamb books were excellent: "She's Come Undone" and "I Know This Much is True".

It's a variety

I just finished Timeline by Michael Crichton. It was amazing!

Great book. Not a bad movie either.

My boyfriend loves the book. He hates the movie though.

I just finished Timeline by Michael Crichton. It was amazing!

Really!? I was really hooked by Timeline, but the second half of the book was silly, I thought....although I can't even remember what exactly happened at the end anymore.

Anybody read any Murakami books? Trippy stuff. I read The Windup Bird Chronicle. My dad read Kafka on the Shore, he said that one was really good too. Really beautiful writing.

I read Dance Dance Dance, Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Norwegian Forest, and A Wild Sheep Chase by Murakami. Great read. I read them all in Chinese, which retained all original kanji usages. I imagine it would be a very different reading in English, when all the English words in katakana (which Murakami uses a lot of) are directly translated but no kanji.

I love Joseph Wambaugh. His police books are an absolute riot....until you get to scenes so heartbreaking you cannot read further.

A fine, powerful writer; his true crime is excellent too---one of the best, if not THE best, crime writers in the country, next to Olson.

I just finished Timeline by Michael Crichton. It was amazing!

I have tried and failed to read this guy. His books are mainly, IMO, full of bizarre, unbelievable plotlines, cardboard characters, and worst of all, technical jargon and gobblegook that not even a Noble Prize winner could plow thru with any semblance of understanding.

He appears to be a showoff, IMO. Interesting ideas but just can't get them across.

I have tried and failed to read this guy. His books are mainly, IMO, full of bizarre, unbelievable plotlines, cardboard characters, and worst of all, technical jargon and gobblegook that not even a Noble Prize winner could plow thru with any semblance of understanding.

He appears to be a showoff, IMO. Interesting ideas but just can't get them across.

Only book I've read by him was Jurassic Park, and that was a long long time ago.

I have tried and failed to read this guy. His books are mainly, IMO, full of bizarre, unbelievable plotlines, cardboard characters, and worst of all, technical jargon and gobblegook that not even a Noble Prize winner could plow thru with any semblance of understanding.

He appears to be a showoff, IMO. Interesting ideas but just can't get them across.
Well the plot in Timeline was bizarre and unbelievable because it's sci-fi, and there was quite a bit of technical jargon, especially at the beginning of the book. Still, it's about 500 pages long and I read it in 2 days, while I was on vacation alone with my boyfriend. So it was pretty good if you ask me. :p

Well the plot in Timeline was bizarre and unbelievable because it's sci-fi, and there was quite a bit of technical jargon, especially at the beginning of the book. Still, it's about 500 pages long and I read it in 2 days, while I was on vacation alone with my boyfriend. So it was pretty good if you ask me. :p
alone with your boyfriend on vacation, and you read a book?

alone with your boyfriend on vacation, and you read a book?

LOL

alone with your boyfriend on vacation, and you read a book?

She said the book was good. She didn't say her boyfriend was good.:lolhit:

alone with your boyfriend on vacation, and you read a book?
LOL yes... We're boring. We're like old people on vacation. Sex once a day (or maybe twice ;)), sightseeing for a few hours, shopping for a few hours, eating out, sleeping, and the rest of the time we watched TV in the hotel room and I let him choose what to watch so I could read. :p

She said the book was good. She didn't say her boyfriend was good.:lolhit:
:p It's not that. We like to spend time together and we don't feel the need to spend all that time having sex... I guess we're not really normal young people. :p