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big nasty kcnut · 03-11-2006, 10:37 PM

I'm reading The New American Revolution by tammy bruce. She is a great thinker and funny.

irishjayhawk · 02-12-2010, 10:11 AM

I ordered a nook yesterday. Now I gotta find things to populate it with.

irishjayhawk · 02-14-2010, 06:20 AM

Finished James Rollins' Altar of Eden. I'd give it 3.5. It was great for a standalone book but the end finished somewhat lamely. The scientific material underlying the story was one of the more fascinating ones he's done. Sadly, he just didn't delve in as deep.

Now I'm into A Short History of Nearly Everything. Read the introduction last night but didn't want to get mid-chapter and go to bed.

**the Talking Can** · 02-14-2010, 06:54 AM

rereading Infinite Jest....loving it way more the 2nd time around...just a crushing read, after about 300 pages it hits a stride where everything is impossibly sad and simultaneously hilarious....very few books elicit this kind of physical reaction in me when reading...

**Baby Lee** · 02-14-2010, 10:52 AM

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Now I'm into A Short History of Nearly Everything. Read the introduction last night but didn't want to get mid-chapter and go to bed.

Great GREAT book. Covers a great breadth of how we came to know what we know from the accessible angle of the profound mistakes and personality quirks of the individuals who learned them.

RJ · 02-14-2010, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

Now I'm into A Short History of Nearly Everything. Read the introduction last night but didn't want to get mid-chapter and go to bed.

I love that book. Thanks for reminding me that it's due for a re-read.

EyePod · 02-14-2010, 01:07 PM

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About to start House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski.

i was disappointed with this book. too much flare with not enough substance..
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Frosty · 02-14-2010, 01:28 PM

Has anyone made it through Stephen King's Under The Dome? I've gotten about half way through and keep wandering off to read other things. I was wondering if it was worth finishing?

**pr_capone** · 02-14-2010, 02:44 PM

Starting on George Orwell's 1984

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 02-15-2010, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by arc

Has anyone made it through Stephen King's Under The Dome? I've gotten about half way through and keep wandering off to read other things. I was wondering if it was worth finishing?

I'm about 1,000 pages in so far. I think it's probably his best book in a few years.

**CosmicPal** · 02-15-2010, 02:04 PM

(Also posted in the Epic Fail Thread, but thought I'd share it here too.)

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irishjayhawk · 02-15-2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

I'm about 1,000 pages in so far. I think it's probably his best book in a few years.

Better than Duma Key?

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 02-15-2010, 02:46 PM

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Better than Duma Key?

So far I'm thinking it is. It reads more like the King of old (IT, Tommyknockers). I liked Duma Key well enough, but King has lost a step in my opinion over the years.

The last 3 Dark Tower books I read one completely, half the next, and never even bothered with the final one.

Frosty · 02-16-2010, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

So far I'm thinking it is. It reads more like the King of old (IT, Tommyknockers).

Maybe that's the problem. I hated The Tommyknockers. The new book just seems too obvious where it's going. It's well written but there just isn't really any tension.

I just re-read Salem's Lot over the last couple of days. That's vintage King.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 02-16-2010, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by arc

Maybe that's the problem. I hated The Tommyknockers. The new book just seems too obvious where it's going. It's well written but there just isn't really any tension.

I just re-read Salem's Lot over the last couple of days. That's vintage King.

Tommyknockers wasn't my favorite, but I think that style is more what I like from King. I like weaving a real story, not just cramming a bunch of bizarre plot into a fantasy storyline.

JOhn · 02-16-2010, 03:03 PM

OK, just finished another really good book, Just Americans. Very good book about how Japanese Americans helped win the war in WW2. Really interesting story about 442nd regimental combat team that was made up entirely of Japanese Americans.

One thing I found out that I never realized was that even though all Japanese Americans on the west coast were interned, none of them were that lived in the Hawaiian Islands, even though they were much closer to the American Military bases and such. I had always assumed because the west coast ones were that they were also, and it was reinforced by movies.

Also they were the most decorated unit Infantry unit in the war, having fought in both Italy and the invasion of southern France (Operation Anvil).

I highly recommend this book to even the casual reader or historian as the personal stories alone are well worth it. As is the story of how they rescued a "lost Battalion", in the Vosgas Mountains of southern France, and in the process were all but wiped.

2 thumbs up

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02-14-2010, 06:20 AM	#1247
irishjayhawk Feelin' Alright Join Date: Aug 2004 Casino cash: $10004900	Finished James Rollins' Altar of Eden. I'd give it 3.5. It was great for a standalone book but the end finished somewhat lamely. The scientific material underlying the story was one of the more fascinating ones he's done. Sadly, he just didn't delve in as deep. Now I'm into A Short History of Nearly Everything. Read the introduction last night but didn't want to get mid-chapter and go to bed. __________________ "Think about how stupid the average person is. Then remember that half the people in the world are stupider than that." --George Carlin
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02-14-2010, 06:54 AM	#1248
the Talking Can Supporter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: street Casino cash: $10022208	rereading Infinite Jest....loving it way more the 2nd time around...just a crushing read, after about 300 pages it hits a stride where everything is impossibly sad and simultaneously hilarious....very few books elicit this kind of physical reaction in me when reading... __________________ Clark Hunt: "Thank god for the Dominican pool boy"
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Frosty Go Beavers! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Warshington Casino cash: $5708243	Has anyone made it through Stephen King's Under The Dome? I've gotten about half way through and keep wandering off to read other things. I was wondering if it was worth finishing?
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02-15-2010, 02:04 PM	#1255
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	(Also posted in the Epic Fail Thread, but thought I'd share it here too.) If you can't find your book, you just might be in the: __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
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02-16-2010, 03:03 PM	#1260
JOhn El' Barto Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Cody, WY / Tucson AZ Casino cash: $9964900	OK, just finished another really good book, Just Americans. Very good book about how Japanese Americans helped win the war in WW2. Really interesting story about 442nd regimental combat team that was made up entirely of Japanese Americans. One thing I found out that I never realized was that even though all Japanese Americans on the west coast were interned, none of them were that lived in the Hawaiian Islands, even though they were much closer to the American Military bases and such. I had always assumed because the west coast ones were that they were also, and it was reinforced by movies. Also they were the most decorated unit Infantry unit in the war, having fought in both Italy and the invasion of southern France (Operation Anvil). I highly recommend this book to even the casual reader or historian as the personal stories alone are well worth it. As is the story of how they rescued a "lost Battalion", in the Vosgas Mountains of southern France, and in the process were all but wiped. 2 thumbs up
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