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  • Nastasja
    Nastasja Posts: 9,668
    Surviving the Extremes - Kenneth Kamler
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
  • Jnich2424
    Jnich2424 Posts: 608
    Been busy so I haven't been reading as much as I would like to, but I read a bunch tonight in "Storm of Swords" and am about 3/4 through it....holy crap! I can see why people are saying it's hands down the best book in the series. I can't wait to finish and get all caught up. :D
  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    Finally finished ADWD so back to finishing up King's 11/22/63.

    Just started 11/22/63, after finishing Under The Dome this weekend. About 200 pages in...and LOVE being back in Derry, seeing Richie and Bev again, and the references to Pennywise.

    Very good so far.
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Finished Kushiels Dart which was pretty interesting and read Ayn Rand's Anthem over the weekend.

    The Ayn Rand was okay. really not complex at all. Its like she had an idea and just wanted to make a statement not really tell a story. Still i'll have to listen to rush's 2112 again after reading it to see if i can catch the similarties.

    I'm about to go full sci fi military space reading now :)
    first up is Starship Troopers

    Probably going to read Old Man's War and Forever war after that and i might read Armor too. By then i should be done with my sci fi fix for a while
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,797
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    Finally finished ADWD so back to finishing up King's 11/22/63.

    It is a bummer to finish ADWD and know that you have to wait again, huh?

    I actually just picked up 11/22/63 after taking a few year King break. I really like it and it is like an old friend tapping me on the shoulder...
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,797
    intodeep wrote:
    Finished Kushiels Dart which was pretty interesting and read Ayn Rand's Anthem over the weekend.

    The Ayn Rand was okay. really not complex at all. Its like she had an idea and just wanted to make a statement not really tell a story. Still i'll have to listen to rush's 2112 again after reading it to see if i can catch the similarties.

    I'm about to go full sci fi military space reading now :)
    first up is Starship Troopers

    Probably going to read Old Man's War and Forever war after that and i might read Armor too. By then i should be done with my sci fi fix for a while

    Have you read Ender's Game and the countless surrounding books?

    Troopers is pretty cool.

    Have you read any other Rand? I loved Atlas Shrugged on my first reading (22 yrs old) and re-read it every few years. One of my favorite all time books.
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  • dimitrispearljam
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    sign me breast...
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    edited August 2012
    gunter1976 wrote:
    Dance of Days. Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital by Mark Andersen & Mark Jenkins

    The nation's capital gave birth to the most influential punk underground of the '80s and '90s. Dance of Days recounts the rise of trailblazing artists such as Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, and Bikini Kill.


    ooh i read this one a few years ago. i cant get enough reading about music(music i like that is). may i recommend sober living for the revolution:hardcore punk, straight edge and radical politics edited by gabriel kuhn.
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  • catefrances
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    Jnich2424 wrote:
    Been busy so I haven't been reading as much as I would like to, but I read a bunch tonight in "Storm of Swords" and am about 3/4 through it....holy crap! I can see why people are saying it's hands down the best book in the series. I can't wait to finish and get all caught up. :D

    getting caught up is a double edged sword... cause when you have you gotta wait for whats next. :(
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    Finally finished ADWD so back to finishing up King's 11/22/63.

    It is a bummer to finish ADWD and know that you have to wait again, huh?

    I actually just picked up 11/22/63 after taking a few year King break. I really like it and it is like an old friend tapping me on the shoulder...
    Yes!!! Thats why it took me so long to finish...now I have to wait. Grrr!

    The King book was slow for me at first but now Im totally into it, cant really go wrong with his books.
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  • gunter1976
    gunter1976 Posts: 587
    catefrances wrote:
    gunter1976 wrote:
    Dance of Days. Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital by Mark Andersen & Mark Jenkins

    The nation's capital gave birth to the most influential punk underground of the '80s and '90s. Dance of Days recounts the rise of trailblazing artists such as Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, and Bikini Kill.


    ooh i read this one a few years ago. i cant get enough reading about music(music i like that is). may i recommend sober living for the revolution:hardcore punk, straight edge and radical politics edited by gabriel kuhn.

    Yes, you definitely may recommend :D Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't been making progress with my reading these last couple of weeks. And there is still another stack waiting to be read. But by all means, I value your suggestion, especially since I am mostly into hardcore or punk music ;)
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Shane Koyczan's - Stickboy - A novel in verse about bullying,a great book.
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  • Jnich2424
    Jnich2424 Posts: 608
    Finished "A Storm of Swords" yesterday, and read about 1/4 of "A Feast for Crows" while on guard last night/this morning.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Jnich2424 wrote:
    Finished "A Storm of Swords" yesterday, and read about 1/4 of "A Feast for Crows" while on guard last night/this morning.
    SoS was pretty awesome.

    I felt the story starts to fall off a little after that but i still enjoyed a feast for crows. you get to learn a lot about dorne and their point of view which is cool
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  • Nastasja
    Nastasja Posts: 9,668
    The Second Sex - Simone de Beauvoir

    The Tin Drum - Guenter Grass
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
  • Aga81
    Aga81 Posts: 808
    Terry Pratchett - Thief of Time
    Some may ask, "Why act now? Why not wait? - The answer is clear. The world could wait no longer

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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    George Orwell - 1984.......finally.
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  • jmurray
    jmurray Stratham, NH Posts: 3,538
    The Cider House Rules by John Irving
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    George Orwell - 1984.......finally.
    That is a good one!
    I finished starship troopers last night :?
    I was not very impressed with it.

    I'm going to take a week off and give space military another go with Old Man's War next week
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  • RFTC
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    EmBleve wrote:
    Just started 'Life', Keith Richards. Huge book, will take awhile.

    good book, love that first story about the early 70's tour...

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