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11-09-2010, 09:32 PM | #1501 |
Eat/Sleep/Procrastinate/Repeat
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My next two months, as far as books go:
The Made-Up Self: Impersonation in the Personal Essay - Carl H. Klaus Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel Barbecue: The History of an American Institution - Robert F. Moss Savage Barbecue: Race, Culture, and the Invention of America's First Food - Andrew Warnes Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food - Wendell Berry Conversations with M.F.K. Fisher - ed. David Lazar Fatheralong - John Edgar Wideman Vanishing Point: Not A Memoir - Ander Monson Unclean Stories for Women and Girls - Alissa Nutting |
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11-09-2010, 09:52 PM | #1502 |
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reading the lonesome dove series(again). Really love that series!
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11-29-2010, 10:26 PM | #1503 |
fides quaerens intellectum
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With the end of classes in sight, I'm looking forward to getting some leisure reading during Christmas break.
What to read in December: - Aristotle's Ethics - Boethius' Consolation - Dickens' Christmas Carol |
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12-03-2010, 08:45 AM | #1504 |
In Search of a Life
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Certainly not high brow, but I started the Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve.
Post-apocalyptic steampunk? Yes please. I'm really enjoying it so far, and I can see this being a very, very solid movie franchise.
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12-03-2010, 09:59 AM | #1505 |
Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs
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12-03-2010, 10:13 AM | #1506 |
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"the immortal life of henrietta lacks."
great nonfiction book about biomedical research and the story behind the first 'immortal' cell-culture line. also known as 'HeLa' around the world in virtually every single lab that conducts biomedical research, her cells (the lineage of, technically) have been alive longer than she was and the sheer biomass of which is absolutely astounding. |
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12-03-2010, 10:30 AM | #1507 | |
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12-03-2010, 11:06 AM | #1508 |
In BB I trust
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Just finished The Big Short, by Michael Lewis, about the housing crisis and the collapse of 2008. F'n disgusting. Very good, readable book.
Now on to the new George Washington book by Ron Chernow, my favorite biographer.
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12-03-2010, 11:27 AM | #1509 | |
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12-03-2010, 11:46 AM | #1510 |
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I very rarely re-read anything but I have started Foundation Trilogy again. Gotta be 20 years but still one of my all time favorite si-fi's.
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12-03-2010, 03:55 PM | #1511 |
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Halfway through the first Harry Potter. Bought the complete set. I've seen all of the movies so far, but I have never read the books.
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12-03-2010, 03:56 PM | #1512 |
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12-03-2010, 03:58 PM | #1513 |
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12-03-2010, 04:08 PM | #1514 |
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"The Prow Beast" by Robert Low. Good historical fiction
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12-16-2010, 05:51 PM | #1515 |
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Amazon just delivered my Winter Break reading material. A friend on campus recommended Mark Bowden, so I ran with it.
Doctor Dealer - Mark Bowden Killing Pablo - Mark Bowden Blackhawk Down - Mark Bowden War - Sebastian Junger |
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