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Outstanding book. Couldn't put it down. I actually missed it when you posted it, just found out that HBO is doing a mini-series on the book, and thought I better read it before the series airs next year. |
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09-18-2007, 04:48 PM | #347 | |
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09-18-2007, 04:58 PM | #348 |
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From Hope to Higher Ground By: Mike Huckabee
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09-18-2007, 04:59 PM | #349 | |
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I suspect the last book in his WOT series will be. I believe he is dead.
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09-18-2007, 06:04 PM | #350 |
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I just finished the second new Godfather novel, Godfather's Revenge. It had its moments, but was overall rather lame. The author took himself and his cute little alternate reality waaaaaaaaaaaaay too seriously.
After that tripe, I wanted something serious, so now I'm reading a history of the Peloponnesian War. |
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09-18-2007, 06:07 PM | #351 |
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I'm putting in some work on Searching for Yellowstone by Paul Schullery. It is a nice compilation of Yellowstone history, but Mr. Schullery gets a bit repetitive at times (especially about the elk management issue).
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09-18-2007, 06:09 PM | #352 |
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For anyone who hasn't seen it yet:
www.goodreads.com It's like myspace, but it's based on books. It's a pretty cool way to keep track of what you've read, what you're going to read, and what your friends are reading. I've been reading absolutely tons of Young Adult fiction. I've probably cranked through 30 books in the last two months.
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09-18-2007, 06:14 PM | #353 | |
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09-18-2007, 07:07 PM | #354 | |
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09-18-2007, 08:39 PM | #355 | |
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RIP James Oliver Rigney, Jr.
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09-19-2007, 08:29 AM | #356 |
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I didn't realize he'd passed away, either.
Sad news. |
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09-19-2007, 08:35 AM | #357 |
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Doppleganger by Marie Brennan Dhampir by Barb and J.C. Hendee Star Trek:Vangard "Summon the Thunder" by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore The Tao of War by Wang Chen, translated by Ralph Sawyer The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
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09-19-2007, 08:40 AM | #358 |
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After reading several "fun" golf books, most of them funny as hell, I have settled in with a book titled It's Your Ship by Michael Abrashoff.
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09-19-2007, 09:22 AM | #359 |
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I just finished trying to read The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe. He's a very well regarded SciFi/Fantasy author and this is supposed to be his signature work. I just couldn't finish it.
I've also been on a Robert Ludlum kick lately, checking them out from the library. I'm not sure I'd call them great but they're fun to read, the plots are twisty. I also picked up Friday by Heinlein. I realized I've never read it, might be the only Heinlein book I haven't. I'm saving it for last though, I'm pretty sure I'm going to love it.
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09-19-2007, 09:28 AM | #360 |
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Lost Christianities: The Battle For Faiths We Never Knew, by Bart Ehrman
Actually had this one on the bookshelf for a while and didn't get to it. Read his latest book, Who Wrote The Bible? a few months back. I actually like this one a bit better. -HH
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