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  • BinauralBinaural Posts: 1,046
    Just finished Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris. I really enjoyed it, but then the Hannibal Lecter books hae always been fun to read.
    Started Dermaphoria by Craig Clevenger. So far so....interesting, is the only word I guess.
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    Katowice 06/07 London 06/07 Dusseldorf 06/07 Nijgemen 06/07
  • The Dunwich Horror and Others - H P Lovecraft
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    The Ruins by Scott Smith. So far, really good. Creepy.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Neuromancer - William Gibson


    Easily the best book I've ever read.
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • Binaural wrote:
    Just finished Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris. I really enjoyed it, but then the Hannibal Lecter books hae always been fun to read.

    i just started reading this yesterday. so far so good. : )
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    london - edward rutherfurd.

    i've also got his dublin and ireland awakening taunting me from my bookcase.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • EarthgirlEarthgirl Posts: 695
    I just finished "A Man with out a Country" by Kurt Vonnegut.. I highly recommend this read.. very entertaining and very true.
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    Does anyone know a good reliable online second hand bookstore that ships internationally?

    I browsed around on amazon.com found two second hand seller who had the books I want (The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell - Aldous Huxley, Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing..., The Rum Diary - HST, The Wind in The Willows - Kenneth Grahame and The Dharma Bums by Kerouac), those sellers were a1books and any_book but I've read some terrible reviews of their service. And I'd have to pay the shipping costs six times, even though it's from the same seller and same place.
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  • BinauralBinaural Posts: 1,046
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    i just started reading this yesterday. so far so good. : )

    Good good, glad to see some others that dig the books. I really like Lady Murasakis character and the way that her personality and behaviour shape Hannibal.
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  • BinauralBinaural Posts: 1,046
    I've just began reading two books;

    South Of The Pumphouse by Les Claypool

    Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History Of The Hip Hop Generation by Jeff Chang
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  • MishralMishral Posts: 211
    A short history of almost everything - Bill Bryson
    And
    Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
    "The things you own will end up owning you"
  • parel jamparel jam Posts: 7,223
    Mishral wrote:
    A short history of almost everything - Bill Bryson

    I've read this one last summer...the Dutch translation was pretty bad...hope the Swedish one is better...

    The book was fun to read though!
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    http://youtube.com/watch?v=U_-WGNRyRzU

    ♪♫♪♫♫
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    Running with Scissors was the first memoir I read that I didn't trust the author was telling the truth. The way the doctor told fortunes almost made me throw up. That is a messed up book. I wouldn't try to stop someone from reading it because so many people liked it, but I wouldn't recommend it either. The time reading that book could be spent reading something where the truth or fiction didn't flow like waves throughout the book.

    AAhhh . I am half way through this book and your synopsis there pretty much sums it up.
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • WhizbangWhizbang Posts: 1,314
    I know I posted in here previously....just not sure when/what class I was taking at the time. I've finished reading Commercial Liability and take the exam tomorrow morning. Next up? Legal Environment of Insurance....a total snoozer!!!!!!!!!
    believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.

    I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29

    Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all!
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    The Planets- Dava Sobel
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Dean Koontz False Memory
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Last Night I finished The Prestige by Christopher Priest.
    Today I Just started Casino Royale by Ian Flemming
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Just finished The Historian.

    After that I needed something I can read with my brain disengaged. Dean Koontz Odd Thomas
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Lizard wrote:
    AAhhh . I am half way through this book and your synopsis there pretty much sums it up.

    at least it was better than million little pieces, which was the biggest crock of shit i ever read. actually, running with scissors was a bit off the wall, but his memoir (dry) about his drinking problem is probly the best ive read about addiction.

    anyway, im reading the handmaid's tale now. ill finish it this weekend, then it's back to buckling down on the law texts. im halfway right now... ill admit to being kinda disappointed so far.
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    I'm still reading the astronomy book, and the biography of Muddy Waters. However, I just started
    The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Sawyer wrote:
    Goblet of Fire.........gotta catch up:)

    i may try to reread the whole series before book 7 comes out this summer...
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    rrivers wrote:
    The Planets- Dava Sobel
    I started this. What do you think of it so far? I don't read essays much, and it gets a little tedious.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    I started this. What do you think of it so far? I don't read essays much, and it gets a little tedious.

    It's ok. I just read "The Ruins" by Scott Smith which was a fast paced horror novel so I always try to pick something up next that is in a different direction. I am almost finished the Venus part now. I agree it is a little tedious, especially when she gets into the mythology of where the planets got their names. I really enjoy reading about what the planets are like and the different missions that have been sent out to learn more about them. The good thing is that it is not that long and there are illustrations so it shouldn't take that long to get through.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • UlalumeUlalume Posts: 48
    I'm reading Stephen King's "The Waste Lands." This is the third book from the Dark Tower series. Pretty good.
    How dark a woe! yet how sublime a hope!
    How silently serene a sea of pride!
    How daring an ambition! yet how deep--
    How fathomless a capacity for love!
  • I am now on jack and Jill-James Patterson.
    9/7/98, 8/3/00, 9/4/00, 4/15/03, 7/1/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 6/17/08, 6/22/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 5/17/10, 10/15/13, 10/16/13.
  • Two books on the go right now:

    "The Vancouver Stories: West Coast Fiction From Canada's Greatest Writers"
    introduction by Douglas Coupland

    and

    "For One More Day" - Mitch Albom

    Both are very good.
  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    Ulalume wrote:
    I'm reading Stephen King's "The Waste Lands." This is the third book from the Dark Tower series. Pretty good.

    Sweet, the Dark Towers series is my favourite book series and story. I love these books, and read them all. I will once again tackle them.

    In The Waste Lands, I loved the part with Blaine the Mono. Classic. Then that huge bear was great. Book 4 was unbelievable, you will really like that one. It's very emotional, it delves into Roland's childhood, which was very tragic. Wow, good luck, enjoy these books :)
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    I just started reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.

    I have read the Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, and thought I would give another of his books a read. Just started, so I am 40 pages in, but it seems rather interesting. I think I will enjoy it
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    smarchee wrote:
    Sweet, the Dark Towers series is my favourite book series and story. I love these books, and read them all. I will once again tackle them.

    In The Waste Lands, I loved the part with Blaine the Mono. Classic. Then that huge bear was great. Book 4 was unbelievable, you will really like that one. It's very emotional, it delves into Roland's childhood, which was very tragic. Wow, good luck, enjoy these books :)

    Yeah I think book 4 might be my favorite which is funny because I hated it when I first read it. But I reread it when book 5 came out and it was really good.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    I've been reading on Stephen King's "Needful Things"......................Good so far, getting pretty bloody, ha.
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