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mmm sweet lemonade
Join Date: Oct 2008
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1984 here. not required in my hs, so i never read it. I like the idea of thought police, and hopefully the mods here don't install telescreens in each thread! On my list next is Neuromancer.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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I'm reading Moneyball. And I wish the Royals had that organizational philosophy.
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Stay down bitch!
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Started reading "Do travel writers go to hell?" by Thomas Kohnstamn. The author quits his well paying wall street job for a dream job travel writing for lonely planet. The problem is they don't pay him nearly enough to travel to brazil and write reviews for all the places he's supposed to visit so he ends up writing reviews for places he doesn't visit and is bribed hookers and drugs in return for 4 star reviews of hotels and dining places. The author claims this is the dark side of the guidebook industry and pretty common. So far it's a great read.
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#905 |
In Search of a Life
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Just finished In The Dark Of The Night by John Saul pretty good
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Florida
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Currently reading these 3:
Naked Economics: Undressing the dismal science The Paradox of Choice: Why more is less The Numerati (haven't actually started this one yet)
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Learn it. Know it. Live it.
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I did too. It was a fun read.
I'm now reading "The Art of Racing in the Rain" By Garth Stein. Another fun read..
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I'll be back.
Join Date: Nov 2002
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ROMO is very interesting so far. He was singularly focused on football from an early age...and I mean laser-beam focus. Drinking, women, having fun...he wasn't interested.
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In Search of a Life
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reading Boys Life by Robert McCammon
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Learn it. Know it. Live it.
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The title of the book is misspelled. It's HOMO.
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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I plan on starting Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children' tonight. I'm working through the Booker Award winners I have not read and the 'Best of the Bookers' seemed a good start.
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#912 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2007
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I just read a collection of plays by Oscar Wilde. An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Lady Windemere's Fan. They're good reads. It also included a play of his called Salome, which I didn't care for as much.
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#913 |
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You read a lot of plays. Why? I never even thought about the idea of reading plays before I saw people like you talking about them in this thread (although if I'd given it any thought I'd have realized that they must exist in the written form somewhere). Just curious.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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I'm reading House of Good Hope based on Reaper's advice. So far, so good. Though, I haven't been able to actually sit down and read a good chunk at a time. It's been piecemeal which has kinda put a damper on it so far.
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