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Lungdop Philing
12-04-2003, 12:56 PM
Doesn't look like a generic 'what are you reading' thread has ever been started on this forum so here goes. I'll start it off with what I'm reading. Doh ....

Currently reading (actually re-reading) 'Ten days that shook the world' -- written by John Reed who relives the actual accounts of his documenting the Bolshevik revolution.

The book is the foundation for the movie 'reds' which was written, produced and directed by Warren Beatty and was nominated for 12 Academy awards.

Although the book seems to be factual as best the author could do considering the closeness of the events to his own life, it is somewhat annoying with it's chronological mismatches. It doesn't take you to the point of confusion but it comes close and at best leaves you wishing for parallel universes that would allow you to view more than one reality simultaneously.

The footnotes, subnotes and appendices are somewhat overkill also and they might have been better off as full-chapters. Honoring their chronological order of course.

All in all, it is a very in depth view of not only the Bolshevik revolution but of that entire era and the people who lived it from the top all the way down to the peasant.

Highly recommended for history buffs.

Dop

BorgHunter
12-04-2003, 03:18 PM
I've just started 1984 by Orwell and it's turning out pretty well. I actually have never read this book and it has been on my to-do list for a while now, and I have finally started on it. Very entertaining and thought-provoking.

Lungdop Philing
12-04-2003, 04:21 PM
Good choice Borg

1984 is one of my favs and I'm looking for a 1949 1st edition of it (that I can afford)

On that same list and of the same genre is:

Brave New World ~ Aldous Huxley ~ 1932
Fahrenheit 451 ~ Ray Bradbury ~ 1953
It can't happen here ~ Sinclair Lewis

All great reading in the spirit of Orwell's 1984

Dop

LionelHutz
12-04-2003, 05:58 PM
I'm reading a book about skyscrapers. It's called Skyscrapers. :)

BorgHunter
12-04-2003, 06:43 PM
Originally posted by Lungdop Philing
Good choice Borg

1984 is one of my favs and I'm looking for a 1949 1st edition of it (that I can afford)

On that same list and of the same genre is:

Brave New World ~ Aldous Huxley ~ 1932
Fahrenheit 451 ~ Ray Bradbury ~ 1953
It can't happen here ~ Sinclair Lewis

All great reading in the spirit of Orwell's 1984

Dop
I've read Fahrenheit 451, but I haven't read Brave New World (also on my "to-read" list), but I don't think I've heard of that third one before.

MajiPirate
12-05-2003, 11:14 AM
i'm a big fan of richard bach (jonathan livingston seagull). he wrote a short novel that really changed my whole perspective called "illusions".

i've been meaning to erad his new books but haven't found a place i could buy them. i think they're all about ferrets who do deeply motivated things... i dunno... craziness.

Lungdop Philing
12-05-2003, 01:59 PM
Maj

Although I have never read JLS or any Bach, I know his reputation is that of having a new age style that walks a fine line leaving the reader to submit to whatever amount of spirituality, nirvana and illusion (pun intended) (s)he feels comfortable with.

I'm adding bach to my list.

Dop

astrapol2
12-05-2003, 04:04 PM
About Orwell - I had read 1984 many years ago (in 1984 I guess !) but I just read some of his other novels this year - thay are all great. I recommend them all to you all !

freyja
12-08-2003, 06:10 AM
last week i read Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk (fight club). Great book! Best book i read this year. Don't read it if you are depressed...

Lungdop Philing
12-09-2003, 10:46 AM
freyja

I checked a few web reviews on Survivor. Looks good.

Thanks for pointing it out.

Dop

sputnik
12-09-2003, 03:05 PM
im reading catch 22 by joseph heller, the manticore by robertson davies, and i'm almost finished with lies and the lying liars who tell them by al franken. good books, all of them

i've read brave new world and farenheit 451, and about half of 1984. i just started reading it at my cousin's house one day.

freyja
12-20-2003, 11:16 AM
at the moment i am reading Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris. Sooooo funny. it puts you in the xmas mood in a weird way:)
Sedaris really cracks me up!

MajiPirate
12-22-2003, 08:06 PM
i've moved past my bach phase (though i've got some on my x-mas list) and i've moved on to shaara. his war books (gods and generals, rise of rebellion) are ALL good books. just curious: did anyone else here know who joshua lawrence chamberlain was before reading "the killer angels"?

In Odder Words
12-24-2003, 10:15 PM
RUN... don't walk, and pick up a copy of Whitehead and

Russell's "Principia Mathematica"...



And fergit the Schwarzenegger movie adaptation... That's just so

much Hollywood drivel!

I woulda picked "Treatise on Capitalism, Communism, and Rheumatism", but I ain't written that one yet...

;)

HaVoK
12-26-2003, 08:43 PM
I just finished reading the book "Lost Horizon" by James Hilton. It is probably the 5th time ive read it and my copy is so dog-eared i think im going to invest in a hardback copy. Anyone ever read it? Good stuff.

87r
12-30-2003, 03:32 PM
I just started reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. So far its been really funny and interesting, i'd recomend reading it if you havent already.

ugababe117
01-21-2004, 02:24 PM
I just finished reading "And then he kissed me" by patti berg. Yes I know it's a cheesy romantic but I love that kind of stuff lol.

LionelHutz
01-21-2004, 05:41 PM
I'm halfway through the adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

BorgHunter
01-21-2004, 06:27 PM
I just finished Franken's Lies and I'm on Brave New World by Huxley now.

Lungdop Philing
01-21-2004, 10:09 PM
I found a nearly new copy of "Endurance - Shackleton's incredible voyage' (Alfred Lansing) at a book sale for $4.50. Yeah, Dop scores again.

Endurance was the name of the ship that Ernest Shackleton sailed to the antarctic where it became ice bound, stranding him and 27 of his men for nearly 1 1/2 years.

Besides the adventure and survival tone of the book, I was mostly taken in by the leadership of Shackleton and the unshaking trust of his crew.

It's a borderline unbelievable read.

Dop

sputnik
01-22-2004, 01:31 PM
i'm about halfway through 1984.

i read brave new world this summer. good book, kinda like 1984, though in my opinion not quite as good.

BorgHunter
01-22-2004, 04:59 PM
Yeah Brave New World was not as good as 1984. I have just finished Brave New World, btw.

astrapol2
01-27-2004, 02:52 PM
Originally posted by 87r
I just started reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. So far its been really funny and interesting, i'd recomend reading it if you havent already.

This is a great book ! I also recommend you "Hell's Angels" by the same author.

Blibblob
02-08-2004, 04:22 PM
I stole Borg's Brave New World, and read it, because he fucking stole my 1984, not a good trade man! Don't make me write commients in your book. Anyways, Brave New World was a great book, but the ending kind of made me want to stab myself.... Not as bad as the final HHG2G book... the ending was the worst ending in the history of writing dammit!

Anyways... Now I'm reading the Da Vinci Code, a couple of pages in, and it is already good.

Lungdop Philing
02-08-2004, 05:35 PM
You probably already know this but I'll throw it out there FWIW.

If you guys and gals like brave new world and other books of that theme -- farenheit 451, 1984, It couldn't happen here etc etc ... they are all online so you don't have to buy them. That is if you can handle reading online text -- I know some people can't.

Here's a link to brave new world as an example.

http://www.huxley.net/bnw/

Dop

Blibblob
02-08-2004, 05:44 PM
I know, but reading an entire book online is a pain in the ass. Plus, it isn't portable. A good website with alot of online texts is eserver.org. I read some of A Wealth of Nations there, and a bit of Das Kapital. Wealth of Nations I bought, Das Kapital not yet.

BorgHunter
02-10-2004, 06:37 PM
they are all online so you don't have to buy them.
Ever hear of this new concept they just came up with? They're called "libraries." :D

Lungdop Philing
02-10-2004, 07:42 PM
Sure have Borg -- have you heard of even the newer concept they call TIA?

Dop

BorgHunter
02-10-2004, 07:45 PM
Originally posted by Lungdop Philing
Sure have Borg -- have you heard of even the newer concept they call TIA?
Tampa International Airport? Total Information Awareness? Or some other new acronym?

LionelHutz
02-10-2004, 10:18 PM
Originally posted by BorgHunter
Ever hear of this new concept they just came up with? They're called "libraries." :D

Wow, all we need now is a way to make the information portable and we really have something! :D

Blibblob
02-11-2004, 06:45 PM
I want a PDA with 250 gigs of space. Running Linux of course.

BorgHunter
02-11-2004, 06:55 PM
Post 1000? Our wittle Blibby is all grown up! :D

Blibblob
02-14-2004, 08:58 AM
1008 now. I can't believe I stayed someplace long enough to reach a thousand. My attention span is getting longer!

Lungdop Philing
02-14-2004, 10:26 PM
a thousand 'grats blib

Dop

creetwins
02-16-2004, 10:33 PM
I just finished Clara Callan, and the Last Crosisng by Guy VanDerhaege (sp?) Now I'm into the DaVinci Code..........

WhammyBar
02-25-2004, 05:11 PM
I'm reading the issue of ME that came in the mail a couple of day ago. and Catcher In The Rye. I'm working on more classic books, because I'm having issues finding newer one's that interest me.

BorgHunter
02-25-2004, 07:57 PM
Originally posted by WhammyBar
I'm working on more classic books, because I'm having issues finding newer one's that interest me.
Maybe it's because they don't have enough apostrophes. :D (That should be "ones" not "one's".)

LionelHutz
02-25-2004, 09:56 PM
Originally posted by BorgHunter
Maybe it's because they don't have enough apostrophes. :D (That should be "ones" not "one's".)

Borg, you and I are cut from the same punctuational cloth. :)

WhammyBar
02-26-2004, 09:30 PM
Originally posted by BorgHunter
Maybe it's because they don't have enough apostrophes. :D (That should be "ones" not "one's".)

I have ises with grammar. things like apostraphes and commas just don't make sense to me. neither does spelling. so as long as I get my point across, I stop nitpicking there. and I meant to say NME. (apparently I can't type either)

creetwins
02-26-2004, 10:04 PM
Hey Wammy..........i have a suggestion of a newish classic......I mean I don't know you maybe you'll hate it. I ravaged these books and they are a series.

They are ancient historical fiction
written by a lady named Jean M Auel
and they are based on factual Anthropological research......

The Clan of The Cave Bear

Verrry Interesting character named Ayla

Let me know if you check them out and if you hate it:D

BorgHunter
02-27-2004, 07:15 PM
Originally posted by WhammyBar
I have ises with grammar. things like apostraphes and commas just don't make sense to me. neither does spelling. so as long as I get my point across, I stop nitpicking there. and I meant to say NME. (apparently I can't type either)
Well sometimes it's hard to read posts with improper grammer and spelling. Just look at the posts trunkks makes...they are extremely hard to read. Granted, that is a rather extreme version, but wouldn't you agree it is easier to read a post from someone like Lionel, Vile, or myself than it is to read yours, for instance, or Trav's?

Blibblob
02-27-2004, 08:33 PM
DUNE!!! READ DUNE!!!! The whole series, that is if you haven't already. I'm reading Butlerian Jihad currently. The new ones by his son aren't as good as the originals... it doesn't have the tying in that he could do, they attempt to write the same, but it just makes it bad. At least the story stays somewhat constant.

Oh, and The Da Vinci Code was a great book. Now I need to find the first one.

WhammyBar
02-27-2004, 11:07 PM
Originally posted by BorgHunter
Well sometimes it's hard to read posts with improper grammer and spelling. Just look at the posts trunkks makes...they are extremely hard to read. Granted, that is a rather extreme version, but wouldn't you agree it is easier to read a post from someone like Lionel, Vile, or myself than it is to read yours, for instance, or Trav's?

yeah, I need to take a typing course. when I don't rush I'm so coherent (I'm actually a pretty good writer) but my typing is just horrendous. I'm just to lazy to learn how to touch type.

box19
02-28-2004, 08:59 AM
Originally posted by WhammyBar
yeah, I need to take a typing course. when I don't rush I'm so coherent (I'm actually a pretty good writer) but my typing is just horrendous. I'm just to lazy to learn how to touch type.

Don't worry man, just pretend typing's bad for you, along with standing in the middle of the road to make the bus stop. Please don't try it.

Anyone heard of Alistair Reynolds? He does majorly good scifi, very visual, pretty scary stuff - Chasm City was amazing. What is the appeal with Dune, by the way? I never could figure it out. :(

Blibblob
02-28-2004, 01:20 PM
What is the appeal with Dune, by the way? I never could figure it out.
Dune is a philosophy book covered by a good story line. When I see people say that dune was a bad book, generally the reason is because they can't see past the superficial and the plot. The book doesn't catch most people's attention because he spends a lot of time dealing with politics, philosophy and religion, and less with pushing the plot along. Also, many people that don't like don't like his writing style, he jumps from position to position, there are 5 or more plots running in the same book, which you never see a close to them until the end, and often not even until the next book. What really sucks is the end of the last book... I am quite sure that he wasn't done with the series, and he died to soon. Still, the end is nowhere near as bad as the end of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series.... fucking hell that end sucked ass.

Typing is good for you. Come on, keep typing untill you can keep up with the speed at which somebody talks, then it gets fun, typing verbatum what the person says. It also helps with playing the guitar, when you can move your fingers at that speed, muahaha. Learn to type, it'll help a lot. I can wait untill they get that moble "keyboard", with the things at the end of your fingers and you touch one to another typing out the letters... Ooo, the ease of that, and without a giant keyboard you have to bring with you.

box19
02-29-2004, 04:17 AM
That's quite an answer! thanks! Yeah I guess the pace would put some people off, I used to be a quick fix reader too - pity about the ending, though - that's happened with two of the series' I've read recently, I'm hoping for better luck with the third.

TYPE as fast as SPEECH? Damn I need to practice!!!

debgreen39
03-01-2004, 03:20 PM
It appears your reading lists are a little more advanced than what I have enjoyed! Makes me want to go to the library and read War and Peace.

I am currently reading Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz. I am a lover of all types of books and was in the mood for something a little on the supernatural side. Not far into the book at this time, but it is good so far. I haven't read one of his books that I didn't enjoy.

Blibblob
03-01-2004, 07:16 PM
Makes me want to go to the library and read War and Peace.
That book sucks.

WhammyBar
03-01-2004, 09:27 PM
Originally posted by Blibblob
Makes me want to go to the library and read War and Peace.
That book sucks.


what's is about, anywho?

Olly
03-02-2004, 04:10 AM
I'm enjoying Haruki Murakami at the moment, namely "After the Quake".

H. Murakami is brilliant. The story flows. I can't stop reading.

Blibblob
03-14-2004, 10:41 AM
what's is about, anywho?
The life of the nobles in Russia. That's all I could get out of it, it was a really really boring book. Then again... I don't like any Russian authors.

Victorian Rose
03-30-2004, 09:02 PM
I'm currently reading Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. This book is hard to explain but basically the plot is that Death is fired and as you can imagine this causes some problems before a replacement can be hired.

WhammyBar
04-03-2004, 01:38 PM
I just rea the new Princess Diaires book. those things are my guilt pleasure, because they're usch teenie books, but Ilove them anyways. they're really funny, and very cute and sweet. they're also, curprisingly enoguh, a prety accurate portrayal of teenagers whp aren't quite maninstream and "normal", which I like a lot. it's all about a bunch of nerds, and that makes me happy.

Victorian Rose
04-06-2004, 09:16 PM
I'm now reading "Pride of Kings" by Judith Tarr. Basically it is historical fantasy. The plot is basically that Richard the Lionheart becomes King of England and rides off to the Crusade, while his brother John (who's destined to be the true king) takes up the pagan crown of The King of Britian. It's basically a new spin on history, with a lot of magic mixed in.

Victorian Rose
04-14-2004, 12:27 AM
I just finished reading...

The World's Cheapest Destinations: 21 Countries Where Your Dollars Are Worth A Fortune by Tim Leffel

This small 113 page guide book discusses general aspects of several low price, low risk (they're not "on the US State Department's 'warning list' due to a dangerous climate for travelers") destinations. A lot of the prices depend on your bargaining skills. The short chapters cover briefly topics such as accommodation, food & drink (including some vegetarian references), & transportation. As well as other general tips. But don't expect too much information on sites to see. The countries covered include: in Asia: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, India, & Napal; in Africa & the Middle East: Morocco, Egypt, & Jordan; in Europe: Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungary, & the Czech Republic; in the Americas: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, & Venezuela. The appendices do include a listing of other travel resources, including a couple of websites. If you want a general overview of possible cheap destinations then you might want to give this book a look, but don't expect anything too in depth. This book might best be used to find a country that you may want to visit. You can then buy more in depth guide books about that country. In the future you might also want to take into account that the book is from 2003, although because it is so general and the prices depend on bargaining, this shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Embyr
04-14-2004, 02:19 AM
I just finished "Animal Farm" by Orwell and I have plans to read the following this summer:


The Autobiography and Other Writings by Benjamin Franklin
Books 1-10 (well over 10k pages) of Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series
"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


Ah, I can't wait. :D

Victorian Rose
04-23-2004, 11:50 PM
I'm reading "A Millennium Primer: The Old Farmer's Almanac: Timeless Truths and Delightful Diversions" by Tim Clark and the Editors of The Old Farmer's Almanac.

Victorian Rose
06-21-2004, 09:48 PM
The Peoples of Africa: The Egyptians by Barbara Watterson

WhammyBar
06-23-2004, 10:30 PM
I'm reading the Picture Of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. it's really good so far, and really ridiculously homoerotic. I now see why Morrissey loves him so much.

Lungdop Philing
06-23-2004, 11:26 PM
Last weekend my daughter treated me to 3 days in San Francisco for a Father's Day present which has absolutely nothing to do with reading books.

Anyway, we did the usual suspects, the wharf, Alcatraz, Embarcadero and all that stuff. Then we went to Cow Hollow to do some power shopping.

While wandering around on one of the side streets, pretty much away from the cluster of shops I found a small, family run used book store. I'm somewhat of a book collector specializing in classic paperbacks from the turn of the century to present day. Of course I stopped in the shop.

This place had one of the best collections of used books I've seen in quite a while. Most of them were priced as I would expect but over there in a dark corner was a stack of paperbacks that looked like they still needed to be inventoried or were just sitting there collecting dust.

I asked if they were for sale and the clerk said "I guess so" whatever that means. When I asked if the prices were on them he said "Ummm ... I think they're $2.00 each".

OK folks, Dop scores again. Here's what I took out of that store for 2 bucks apiece....

1966 Brave New World ~ Aldous Huxley (extremely hard to find in near new condition)

1961 Treasure of the Sierra Madre ~ Traven

1948 Mr. Roberts _ Thomas Heggen

and ...drum roll please ...
1937 Death on the Nile ~ Agatha Christe
which as far as I know is the 1st edition of this famous novel in paperback.

All of these books are in very good condition, or better -- all pages accounted for, no rips/tears/bumps or folded pages and all of them are worth several times what I payed for them.

I haven't lucked out like this since 1994 in Chicago when I scored big at a library book sale.

Well that's my book story for the week.

Dop

iloveacowgirl
07-02-2004, 10:04 PM
i just finished several books. Mostly on esoteric studies, however if you are looking to broaden you range of knowledge i recommend the following:

-The Holographic Universe
-The Goetia
-The Satanic Bible (not ness. to become a satanist, but its fascinating to see what satanists believe)
-The Sixth and Seventh Book of Moses
-Written on the Body : The Tattoo in European and American History
-Practical Conic Sections: The Geometric Properties of Ellipses, Parabolas and Hyperbolas (ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING!)
-The Metamorphic Technique
-A Treatise of the Fear of God

those are just a few i recommend...if you want some others ive read or am reading...just email me

Lungdop Philing
11-15-2004, 09:07 AM
Someone on one of the politics threads, in reference to the book 'It can't happen here', mentioned a similar book by Jack London titled 'The Iron Heel'.

I printed a copy off the web and read it while on a flight to Phoenix this past weekend. Certainly worth the read, after all, it is Jack London.

I guess what impressed me the most was his forsight. Written in 1908 well before Hitler came to power, he saw the shadows of Nazism hulking down on society. He predicted the fall of the conservative labor unions and the rise of the oligarchies. He speaks about the proletariat parting ways with the church well before it happened.

Amazing historical forsight considering that in the turn of the century, no one, not one revolutionary, not one marxist, including Lenin and Trotsky had such a highly tuned perspective on life.

So, whoever it was that mentioned this book -- thank you -- good read.

Dop

Silenteve75
11-15-2004, 01:06 PM
I've been reading alot lately. I recently finished "Forever" by Pete Hamill. It's amazing - It starts in 1740 and through 2001. It's about a man from Ireland who travels to Manahattan. He is granted immortality so long as he never leaves the island. It takes you through the entire history of New York City. I also read "Time and Again" by Jack Finney - a classic novel about a man who travels back in time.

Lungdop Philing
11-15-2004, 01:40 PM
Silenteve75

two great books ... and welcome to the forums.

Why don't you wander over to 'Chat Central' and introduce yourself?

Dop

Imagineer
11-18-2004, 01:51 AM
I've just been reading "The Pugilist at Rest" by Thom Jones. A collection of short stories so good that after each one you want to stop and think about it for a while.

jerejerebinks
11-25-2004, 05:14 PM
I just finished, London Bridges, by James Patterson.....getting ready to read Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.

creetwins
11-26-2004, 08:25 AM
Dop, you can print copies of books off the internet? ANd all the while I have been buying them?

BorgHunter
11-26-2004, 08:51 AM
Originally posted by creetwins
Dop, you can print copies of books off the internet? ANd all the while I have been buying them?
I would assume that works which have expired copyrights become part of the public domain, and probably could be found online. Copyrighted works could probably be bought online.

Lungdop Philing
11-26-2004, 03:19 PM
What I do creetwins, is look around the internet for a free download of the book before I buy it. You'd be surprised, as Borg points out, how many are available for free due to copyright protections expiring.

Anyway, when and if I decide the book is worth becoming a member of my personal library, I start searching for an original printing of the book, preferrably in paperback and in good condition.

I.E. If the book was 'Brave New World' I would look for a 1932 printing by hitting the used books stores, swap meets, book bizarres and lastly the internet.

Dop

box19
11-28-2004, 01:21 PM
er... amazon, anyone? ;) The used & new section has some great prices and of course you can re-sell when you're done. Great for college.

Have just read 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' by De Quincey. Only 80 pages, but interesting - especially the dreams...

jerejerebinks
11-28-2004, 01:26 PM
I get all my books off mysteryguild.com

Never pay a dime.

Overdose
12-01-2004, 10:43 PM
Hitlers Last Word....is the book I'm reading. It's good so far. :)

Lungdop Philing
12-02-2004, 10:42 AM
OD

Sounds good ... let us know how it is after you finish reading it.

Dop

jerejerebinks
12-10-2004, 04:45 PM
Just finished Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz yesterday....getting ready to start Baldacci's Hour Game.

elemental jim
12-31-2004, 08:55 PM
right now.. The Bourne Supremacy
sometimes it's a tough read after seeing the movie..never the same..
previous..
The First Billion/ CHRISTOPHER REICH
CLIVE CUSSLER/Atlantis Found

last month..
How to Tile Your Kitchen & Bath

Cat & Mouse/JAMES PATTERSON

previous *best new author
Calculated Risk/ KATHERINE NEVILLE

The Street Lawyer/ JOHN GRISHAM
The Testament / JOHN GRISHAM

sputnik
01-12-2005, 04:27 PM
right now: All the Presidents Men by woodward and bernstein.

i'm totally obsessed with it. i made a woodward and bernstein livejournal icon, i talk about it constantly, and i carry the book around wherever i go so i look like a smart person.

missa5795
01-18-2005, 09:59 PM
I like the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. Its intersting.

BorgHunter
01-19-2005, 03:49 PM
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. We have to read it for school, but it's interesting enough that I would read it even if we did not have to.

sputnik
01-25-2005, 04:31 PM
currently i'm reading four.

1. Why Not Me? by al franken
2. Tao Te Ching by lao tzu
3. Against All Enemies by richard clark
4. Dreams From My Father by barack obama


i am a book whore.

Lokideviluk
01-26-2005, 05:00 AM
4 books at once is a little excessive.

Im reading Elizbeth Wurtzel - Prozac Nation

sputnik
04-02-2005, 01:13 PM
Books I just finished:
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Complete Yes Prime Minister by Antony Jay and Johnathan Lynn

Books I am reading now:
Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers (forget the author)
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (I needed to give my brain a rest)

Book I will be reading soon:
The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels

thetruth05
04-02-2005, 09:10 PM
John Grisham books are amazing, if you want to read another one, might I suggest The Rainmaker. Quite funny and enjoyable.

Darth Be'lal
04-06-2005, 09:48 PM
I'm re-reading all my Robert Jordan "Wheel of Time" books. Great reads. I want to start reading the "Master and Commander" series, I thought that movie was awesome and would like to read the books.

DracRomin
04-07-2005, 03:38 PM
It was mentioned here that the book 1984 is a great book so I decided to borrow it from a friend. I haven't read too much yet, but it seems interesting. Thanks Borg and whoever else recommended it.

Lungdop Philing
04-08-2005, 10:45 AM
I'm re-reading 'King Solomon's mines' ~ H. Rider Haggard

1st published in 1887

thetruth05
04-09-2005, 09:32 AM
Executive Power by Vince Flynn, I'm in the middle and I'm hooked, great political thriller.

box19
04-16-2005, 09:47 AM
'The Ninth Life of Louis Drax', Liz Jensen. There's going to be a movie of it by that guy who did Cold Mountain (so the movie will be rubbish). But the book is really interesting. Kind of a murder mystery/ghost story/psychological semi-thriller. Confused? You will be... ;)

sputnik
04-27-2005, 07:55 PM
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (and the exciting thing is, he's coming to our school to talk about his newest book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which I also read.)

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

Candide by Voltaire

The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels

Blibblob
04-28-2005, 07:06 PM
For Us the Living: A Comedy of Customs - Robert A. Heinlein. Something pretty similar but much different than what I usually read. It's a Utopian stylesque book that doesn't have the world deteriorate into something no average person would accept.

DracRomin
05-16-2005, 10:55 PM
Has anybody read Primary Colors? If you've read it, would you recommend it? Thanks.

revenG_DeSire
06-08-2005, 10:44 PM
Do you think the Red Badge of Courage is worth puking over for? My friends' CE class was reading it and everyone HATED it. They said it was boring and homosexual...no really :). Anyways, what up?

Bassnote
06-14-2005, 11:19 AM
I've started reading C.S.Forester's Hornblower Series again (as a kid I couldn't get enough adventure on the high seas).
I really thought I would have outgrown them, but to tell the truth, I'm really into them again. It's quirky stuff, with unexpected dark bits (like when Hornblower is in his cabin and there are a couple of crew next door cutting down a man who has hanged himself rather than face charges of cowardice....and hornblower hears one of the men giggling... )

Mostly, it's refreshing somehow. All that wide open space.

Peace, Basstone

revenG_DeSire
06-19-2005, 02:40 PM
*breathes* *moans* *can't breathe* *dies*

I've been reading Dean Koontz' Intensity and the book is CREEPY!!!! It's about this guy that kills everyone in this house except for this one girl and she like decides to go after him...:O:O:O it's crazy

wailinward
06-27-2005, 03:48 PM
Dave Barry's Complete Guide To Guide
Pure genius if you ask me.



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fairytaleauthor
06-30-2005, 02:39 PM
I just got done reading to my children a newly released book called The Little Prince and His Magic Wand. I am an inspiring writer and this book has won my heart. Very well done.

revenG_DeSire
06-30-2005, 11:18 PM
I just started reading the new Dean Koontz book, Velocity. Sounds creepy, no ^_^?

box19
07-05-2005, 02:29 PM
Just red Koontz's 'The Taking.' Sounded a little made-for-tv, but still creepifying.

rendova
07-12-2005, 10:56 AM
At the moment I am reading this novel of the Civil War--Battle of Gettysburg--it is absolutely superb. A whole new take on this conflict that changed our history and that of the world's--tho mainly told from a Confederate viewpoint--that is, the author tells the story from Lee's point of view, and Longstreet's,and Armistead's,mostly, so the reader cannot help but have sympathy for the Confederates (at least I do)~~it is well balanced and takes no sides,which is what a good historical novel should do. I have learned more about this battle from this short book than I ever did in any history class--there are scenes depicted which make you want to cry, or go back in time and somehow stop it,or change it. First class reading, won the Pulitzer Prize, and well-deserved.

jennygadling
07-22-2005, 08:48 AM
Originally posted by revenG_DeSire
*breathes* *moans* *can't breathe* *dies*

I've been reading Dean Koontz' Intensity and the book is CREEPY!!!! It's about this guy that kills everyone in this house except for this one girl and she like decides to go after him...:O:O:O it's crazy

i LLLOOOOVVVVVVEEEE that book; it's one of my two favorite koontz books!!

jennygadling
07-22-2005, 08:52 AM
Originally posted by jerejerebinks
I just finished, London Bridges, by James Patterson.....getting ready to read Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.

i loved london bridges. i waited so long for it after reading the big bad wolf; it was well worth the wait!