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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,369
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  • llessuR
    llessuR Posts: 195
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    one of these two is next (not sure which yet, I read the first 15 pages of each):
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    --OR--

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    I just finished "Dunces" a couple weeks ago. 10/10. Worth the praise IMO. I just started Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. Fiction is my wheelhouse so I'm going outside to try and expand my knowledge a little bit and I figured this is a good place to start. Taking it slow as to not get overwhelmed by statistical information but it's already happening. :cry:
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    llessuR wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    one of these two is next (not sure which yet, I read the first 15 pages of each):
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    --OR--

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    I just finished "Dunces" a couple weeks ago. 10/10. Worth the praise IMO. I just started Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. Fiction is my wheelhouse so I'm going outside to try and expand my knowledge a little bit and I figured this is a good place to start. Taking it slow as to not get overwhelmed by statistical information but it's already happening. :cry:
    Not to deflate your goal, but if you can't get through the book the documentary used to be available on Netflix. I watched it a couple years ago.

    Also, I'd vote for Gaiman. I've got that one on my todo list as well.

    I have to load up a few books onto my kindle before Christmas. I haven't touched it in over a year and I do NOT look forward to sorting my series' into the proper order on that thing. :fp:
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  • llessuR
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    Ah I didn't realize there was a documentary. I'll certainly check into it, wouldn't hurt as a companion piece.
    Thanks!
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,369
    The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
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  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    kw18 wrote:

    I'm going to take a break from the Barsoom series (I have six left) and instead read another classic Mars book I'm embarrassed to say I've never read:

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    So, to date, I've read 33 books this year. This puts me well off-track from my 60-book goal for the year, but I'm going to keep chugging away at it ...

    After far too long of a break, I finally returned to this book and finished it. Thank goodness for the long flight to Seattle!

    The book was good, but you could tell Bradbury approached it from a short-story standpoint ... it was slightly disjointed, and I would have liked to see a bit more of a narrative structure.

    I also finished this on my trip:

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    It was a good book, and one I'd recommend recent or impending high school graduates to read.

    Right now, I'm about halfway through this:

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    Pretty darn good read so far, and an appropriately done sequel (one I originally believed couldn't be pulled off).

    So far this year, I've finished 36 books. If I can finish 40 by the end of 2013, I'll be pretty happy. :)
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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    kw18 wrote:
    Right now, I'm about halfway through this:

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    Pretty darn good read so far, and an appropriately done sequel (one I originally believed couldn't be pulled off).

    The best part about this was that it didn't feel like a sequel at all (I mean that earnestly). I too wasn't sure it could be done, and after reading it, I think he did it the only way it could've been done: by making it seem like a whole other story. Sure there were references throughout (Dick Halloran at the start, for instance), but I was glad to see he limited that. It would have been nearly impossible to capture the chaotic mood of the original, some 30+ years after it was written.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Finals end Friday for me and I can't wait to jump into some reading. So many books that still need to be read.

    I've started this in the last week or so:

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  • Jeff Murray
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    A little over half way through Elmore Leonard's "Tishomingo Blues"... the beginning was tough to get through, Seemed like a lot of storylines that didn't matter and the vagueness of Robert was throwing me... but now it is starting to come together... we will see how I feel when I finish it.

    Recently I have finished Dennis Lehane's "Live By Night"... a good sequel to his "The Given Day". Curious if he will do a third to complete a trilogy.

    Also picked up a new author to me, Marcus Sakey, read his "The Blade Itself". I liked it, was a different pace, where the good guy wasn't necessarily a good guy. Decent amount of twists and turns, looking forward to reading more of his books.

    Also came across this website for those that like Mystery/Crime novels. I have found a few new authors and books using this website.

    http://awards.omnimystery.com/mystery-awards.html

    Next up I think I am going to pick up a George Pelecanos book... it's been a while...
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,801
    Jeff Murray wrote:
    Recently I have finished Dennis Lehane's "Live By Night"... a good sequel to his "The Given Day". Curious if he will do a third to complete a trilogy.

    I also really enjoyed both of those Lehane books & hope he writes the third!

    Picked up this again, it will be my 3rd time trying to read it -- love Sanderson but it failed to grab me the first two times and I put it down for later. Pumped about 100 pages out quickly on the plane the other day so I think it "took" this time and I am going to enjoy the trilogy.

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  • afroannnie
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    afroannnie wrote:

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    loving it so far. I love reading about his obsession with music as a child...there are parts that remind of how I was when I was that age..of course not much has changed since then... :lol::D

    finished up this...pretty good...loved the Prince rollerskating party story... :D

    Now reading this...

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  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    vant0037 wrote:
    kw18 wrote:
    Right now, I'm about halfway through this:

    5901129-stephen-king-doctor-sleep.jpg

    Pretty darn good read so far, and an appropriately done sequel (one I originally believed couldn't be pulled off).

    The best part about this was that it didn't feel like a sequel at all (I mean that earnestly). I too wasn't sure it could be done, and after reading it, I think he did it the only way it could've been done: by making it seem like a whole other story. Sure there were references throughout (Dick Halloran at the start, for instance), but I was glad to see he limited that. It would have been nearly impossible to capture the chaotic mood of the original, some 30+ years after it was written.

    Having finished this book the other day, I totally agree with your assessment. I don't entirely remember The Shining because it's been years, but I do remember really enjoying it and loving Jack's descent into madness. How he captured Danny in Doctor Sleep was spot on, and a good continuation of the story (without needing the previous book).

    Now I'm on to this:

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    I started it once before but put it down for various reasons. Looking forward to it ... the first 40 pages have been interesting ...
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  • afroannnie
    afroannnie Posts: 12,995
    Reading this one...I'm trying to reach my goal of reading 30 books in 2013...and I still have 3 to go...I hope I can make it!

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    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
  • kw18
    kw18 Posts: 3,909
    kw18 wrote:

    Now I'm on to this:

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    I started it once before but put it down for various reasons. Looking forward to it ... the first 40 pages have been interesting ...

    Finished this. Not bad. Good to know the universe can come from nothing, and things are the way they are because they are the way they are. :-|

    Now I'm off to finish up my Burroughs John Carter series, picking up with book No. 6 in the series:

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    I'm hoping I can finish up the series by the end of the year ... only have six to read left!
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  • vant0037
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    The formal prose is making this one a dense start.
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  • Who Princess
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    vant0037 wrote:
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    The formal prose is making this one a dense start.
    Wow. I'm impressed. Even when Cooper has a good story (like this one) his writing is hard to take seriously. The only time I ever read one of his books was for an upper level English class.
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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    Who Princess wrote:
    vant0037 wrote:
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    The formal prose is making this one a dense start.
    Wow. I'm impressed. Even when Cooper has a good story (like this one) his writing is hard to take seriously. The only time I ever read one of his books was for an upper level English class.

    Whew. Ok good, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I like the story so far, but it's hard to get into because so much of the narrative gets bogged down in (what can be) extraneous language. But I don't quite on books (even ones I don't enjoy), so we'll see where this takes me.
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,518
    Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

    Crazy good....but sad and messed up.
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    U2....The Stories Behind Every U2 Song

    A gift for me..I could use the same for the band RUSH! Still very thankful.

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