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12-16-2010, 09:26 PM | #1531 |
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Let's see who the bibliophiles are. Rep to anyone who read more books than I have so far this year: 15
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12-16-2010, 09:31 PM | #1532 |
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12-16-2010, 09:31 PM | #1533 |
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I've had a down year and probably read about that same amount. Of course, a bunch of those were YA schlock, sk they don't really count lime the, likely, substantive stuff you've read.
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12-16-2010, 09:34 PM | #1534 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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I could have sworn I called you a supercilious ****.
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12-16-2010, 09:34 PM | #1535 |
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12-16-2010, 09:37 PM | #1536 |
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Impressive that you can game as hardcore as you do and still read a lot.
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12-16-2010, 10:16 PM | #1537 |
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"Books" are for rude mechanicals.
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12-16-2010, 10:30 PM | #1538 |
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I've likely read upwards of 50 this year. But I couldn't give a precise approximation.
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12-16-2010, 10:34 PM | #1539 |
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12-16-2010, 10:48 PM | #1540 | |
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12-16-2010, 10:50 PM | #1541 |
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Unfortunately, I've taught 10 courses in this calendar year alone. All my reading time has been taken up by grading student papers, course prep, and reading the assignments from the lit classes I teach.
I feel like a reerun.
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12-16-2010, 11:20 PM | #1542 |
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Currently on page95 of a 449 page book. Broke my record for most read in a year.
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12-17-2010, 12:06 PM | #1543 |
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I recommend The Crisis of Islam (Holy War and Unholy Terror), by Bernard Lewis. Nonfiction. Very concise read. Informative.
Also enjoyed The Road to Cana, by Anne Rice. Follow on to Out of Egypt. Not for everyone. Fictional account of the life of Jesus (Yes, I know several Planeteers think all accounts of Jesus are fictional...save your posts.)
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12-18-2010, 02:50 PM | #1544 |
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w00t w00t, all this for $11, god damn I a cheap, and ****ed in the head to boot!
This is a goddamn coffee table book full of delicious photographs. "Picture History"
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12-18-2010, 03:13 PM | #1545 |
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Artificial Insemination for Dummies Vol IV
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