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02-02-2010, 03:52 PM | #1187 |
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I've read Michael Shaara's book, The Killer Angels. Excellent book if you're a history buff. Michael is Jeff's brother.
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02-02-2010, 04:00 PM | #1188 |
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Hunger Games both books - Loved 'em.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Lightning Thief (because of the movie) - Sucked. Flattest characters I've ever seen. Movie should be good. I think he thought all he had to do was have Greek Mythology and it'd suffice. World War Z - liked it. Didn't have a central narrative so I didn't latch on, which is also kinda a plus too. Yeah, I'm weird. Now reading: Altar of Eden by James Rollins A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. Lovely Bones
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I grabbed the ones on WWI, WWII and the American revolution. Should keep me pretty busy. Very good and engaging reads. |
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02-02-2010, 05:01 PM | #1190 |
The only way to Travel.
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I recently finished reading "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts. Amazing. Possibly the best book I've read!
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02-02-2010, 05:03 PM | #1191 |
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Dale Carnegie's book about how to win friends and influence people.
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02-02-2010, 05:09 PM | #1192 |
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Bill Bryson is a spectacular writer.
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02-02-2010, 05:23 PM | #1193 |
Wasted away again...
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Odd Hours by Dean Koontz
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02-02-2010, 05:40 PM | #1194 |
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Two nights ago, I finished Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. I think McCann is extremely gifted and this type of book is right in his wheelhouse.
The book is set in NYC circa 1974. The charcters are incredibly rich, particularily Corrigan, a Catholic priest living out the early days of liberation theology. Posted via Mobile Device |
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02-02-2010, 08:40 PM | #1195 |
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02-02-2010, 08:41 PM | #1196 |
In Search of a Life
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reading The Terror by Dan Simmons
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02-02-2010, 08:45 PM | #1197 |
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just finished LAMB by Christopher Moore
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02-03-2010, 10:56 PM | #1198 |
You don't faze me, Gobble.
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02-03-2010, 10:57 PM | #1199 |
You don't faze me, Gobble.
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The book is amazing, as is the movie. The rest of his stuff is awesome too. No Country was the first book of his that I read, and I went out and bought every single one after that.
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02-03-2010, 10:59 PM | #1200 |
You don't faze me, Gobble.
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