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« Reply #151 on: November 21, 2013, 09:41:36 PM » |
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just finished No Country for Old Men  and now starting Room Full of Mirrors (Jimi biography) How did that stack up to other Cormac books? I've read and loved All the Pretty Horses & The Road, but really did not like Blood Meridian. |
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« Reply #152 on: November 22, 2013, 10:53:50 AM » |
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How did that stack up to other Cormac books? I've read and loved All the Pretty Horses & The Road, but really did not like Blood Meridian.
it was my first foray into any of his books, I had been meaning to for awhile, and i really enjoyed it. I will check out The Road, once I finish up with current reads... |
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« Reply #153 on: November 25, 2013, 09:48:41 AM » |
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Slogging through Tess of the d'Urbervilles on Audiobook. Very hard to get into. Anyone else do audiobooks?
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« Reply #154 on: November 25, 2013, 10:27:45 AM » |
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« Reply #155 on: November 25, 2013, 11:06:39 AM » |
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the ultimate hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
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« Reply #156 on: November 25, 2013, 02:48:18 PM » |
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The Samurai Sword, by Kohshyu Yoshida.
The author is descended from samurai. His samurai ancestry dates back to Atsu Toshi (about 1200AD) and his great grandfather, Wakaji, was a Ronin in the 1800s.
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« Reply #157 on: February 12, 2014, 06:08:56 AM » |
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John Grisham "Sycamore Row"
Set in rural Mississippi. Rich white guy dies, leaves all his money to his black housekeeper and cuts his children out of the will. Chaos ensues. Lots of funny parts. It makes me want to be a fly on the wall. They should make a movie out of this book, (and not screw it up.)
Great writing. This guy can really tell a story.
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« Reply #158 on: February 12, 2014, 08:34:08 AM » |
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The Heart and the Fist by Eric Greitens
Just getting started but so far so good
From the author "The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL shares one man’s story of extraordinary leadership and service as both a humanitarian and a warrior. In a life lived at the raw edges of the human experience, Eric Greitens has seen what can be accomplished when compassion and courage come together in meaningful service."
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« Reply #159 on: February 12, 2014, 07:32:42 PM » |
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Last couple weeks I ran into three "interesting" books (audio)
Worm: The First Digital World War: Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down)
Chris Kyle : American Gun : I hated the part where he mentions someone getting shot in the back by a friend. Kaya
starts out the book. Some new interesting stuff and written straight forward prose as if he is talking to you.
Priceless : About an FBI agent in the FBI's Art Crime Division : Robert K. Wittman : Still reading it but it is way cool.
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« Reply #160 on: February 13, 2014, 07:09:59 AM » |
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Just finished "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
...in one day
Great book. Not my type of pick-up literature but someone bought it for me
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« Reply #161 on: February 13, 2014, 07:24:09 AM » |
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Just finished "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
...in one day
Great book. Not my type of pick-up literature but someone bought it for me
I finished Blood Meridian by McCarthy recently. It was my third read of it and each time it gets better. I can't seem to put it down. Also, humans are evil. |
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« Reply #162 on: February 13, 2014, 11:04:21 AM » |
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I finished Blood Meridian by McCarthy recently. It was my third read of it and each time it gets better. I can't seem to put it down. Also, humans are evil.
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Comes a time
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« Reply #163 on: February 13, 2014, 11:11:21 AM » |
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Just finished John Sandford's Phantom Prey. I've read several of his, they're pretty good!
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Got Torque? ADULT TRUTHS
10. Bad decisions make good stories.
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« Reply #164 on: February 13, 2014, 03:47:53 PM » |
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I'll check it out Ok, but don't expect to feel good at any point. The Judge is both irresistible and terrifying. And the prose is beautiful. |
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