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This thread.

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I don't read much but I watch my wife read her Nook a lot!  I think she has 500 books on there now.  Keeps her busy and out of my hair.   ;D  

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I've been thinking about getting a nook. As soon as more academic press books become available, I'm all over it.

One chapter at a time.

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All The Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy.


I'm not posting a pic as most of you would know what the book looks like.


Just finished The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawiscz (spelling?)

i haven't read a book in almost 6 months........usually read anywhere from 2-3 books a week.

it's killing me.  [thumbsdown]

The Art of Happiness.......A handbook for Living

by

His Holiness
The Dalai Lama

&

Howard C Cutler MD.

Quite an interesting read so far, 100 pages in since this morning.

I got this book ages ago and been meaning to read it.  [thumbsup]

Cycle World...   [moto]

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

Song of Susannah.  The sixth book of Stephen King's 'Dark Tower' epic.  I had never read King before so I decided to start his epic this summer to see what all the fuss was about.  The first four are great.  The fifth isn't.  I'm getting the feeling the sixth won't be that amazing either.  The seventh is the last and if it's not good I'll make the beast with two backsing kill him. 



You win.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

tough read but good.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein and Kim by Rudyard Kipling

When you get to the end of the last book and there is a little explaination of the ending by King and he says if you like the end as it is now don't read on:

DON'T READ ON!!!!!!!!

Seriously, it is way better if you don't.  I wish I would have taken my buddy's advice and not read on.

He seriously does that?  Why doesn't he just put a big red button on the book with a subtitle "Don't push the button!"   How the hell is one expected not to read on?  I believe you and I really don't/won't want to read on, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to resist.  make the beast with two backsing King.

The fifth one isn't all that, but six and seven are good... but, yeah, don't read on.

After you've finished all seven, read The Stand, The Talisman, It, etc...

You'll understand everything a lot better.







[Puts down Cycle World to go look for Tommyknockers...]

I suggest reading the 7th book while locked up in a padded room.  A straight jacket would be helpful as well; you wouldn't want to strangle yourself.  Consider having your doctor prescribe a sedative and take it 30 minutes before you finish the book.  Then suit up in the straight jacket and let someone read the last chapter to you over a loudspeaker, keeping them out of harms way.

It is that bad.

I don't remember that part, must not have been memorable for me?

I did like Wizard & Glass (can't remember which part that was) & The Talisman I thought was awesome.  [thumbsup]

Watch Collector by The Robb Report.

Dolph    :)

Just finished The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Now reading The Girl Who Played With Fire. After finishing the third book I'll move on to Robert B. Parker's Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch series (the movie Appaloosa was based on one of the books).

Back to King, I recall reading Wizard and Glass and not being moved much. Not sure if I need to read the rest....

Otherwise, King's older stuff is the best. My personal faves are It and The Shining (which is much better than any movie adaptation, BTW).

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Collected Stories
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These days I find short stories much more readable. I'm having a hard time staying focused on novels long enough to finish them.

"the memory of whiteness" by kim stanley robinson
"K2: Life and Death ..." by Ed Viesturs
dummies guide to relativity

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and to balance out the above...  (almost 5 year old daughter's most recent book series obsession)

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Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair.

My thoughts exactly  [cheeky]

One of the most fun non-fiction titles I've ever read.

Agreed.  H.H. Holmes goes completely unknown nowadays and he puts most series killers to shame.  Everything about this book is fantastic.

The Good Rat by Jimmy Breslin is another fun non-fiction book about the mob if anybody's interested, it's a quick read.


That's so comforting.  I can't wait...

If I ever taught a Historiography course, I think I'd assign Devil in the White City to see how aspiring academic historians view Larson's approach.

Shop Class as Soulcraft.
I wouldn't say it's a page turner but it really does make great points about our career paths and choices. I am at that what is really important phase I guess.

Working my way through so-called classic literature.

Just finished "To kill a Mockingbird"  brilliant.

Tried to read "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" what a load of pretentious crap.

As far as Persig goes, I liked Stephen Batchelor's BUDDHISM WITHOUT BELIEFS as a primer into the philosophy/theology. And I have my Haynes manuals for the mechanics. A swiss army knife has a screwdriver, but a real screwdriver often works better.

A writer friend of mine really likes those books.



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