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  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,018
    homeland - salvatore

    its the first drizzt book ive read and im really liking it. i may have found another series to follow.
  • NothingSoundNothingSound Posts: 198
    Halfway through John Adams. Soooo much better then what HBO put out.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    cloudstreet - tim winton
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    I just started 'a million little pieces' by James Frey. It's ok, so far.
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Posts: 3,988
    gabers wrote:
    Omnivore's Dilemna. Still! :o I highly recommend it to anyone who eats. Anything.

    I enjoyed that book.

    Right now, I am reading The Price of Liberty and poetry by Sappho and Pindar.
    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
  • NothingSoundNothingSound Posts: 198
    gabers wrote:
    Omnivore's Dilemna. Still! :o I highly recommend it to anyone who eats. Anything.

    Heard about that on SModcast. Seems interesting.
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    Halfway through John Adams. Soooo much better then what HBO put out.

    Wow, it must be really good because I thought the miniseries was great. Did you not like it?
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    Recipes from the Dump
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Posts: 4,509
    the eric clapton bio.
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

    by Michael Lewis
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    running with scissors
  • CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
    How Soccer Explains the World
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    the eric clapton bio.

    What do you think of it? I read it a couple of months ago.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    Just finished one of my favorites of all time
    American Pastoral by Philip Roth

    Started Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger and the first story I was blown away (no pun intended).

    Also reading A Widow for One Year by John Irving
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    nfanel wrote:
    running with scissors


    much better than the movie, but I still question his authenticity
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    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.
    very good summary...
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    mdigenakis wrote:
    Stranger than Fiction
    By: Chuck Palahniuk

    Just bought it, but i haven't started it yet.


    Love this book! He's a one trick pony in fiction but it's a good trick. His nonfiction is awesome! His story about Marilyn Manson is great!
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    smithnic wrote:
    much better than the movie, but I still question his authenticity
    agreed. doesn't seem like it can possibly be real.
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    mca47 wrote:
    Just finished the Glass Castle.

    Great book!


    Had to read this for school.
    Memoirs are not my cup of tea by any means, but this one was OK. Authenticity is always a question. She writes like a reporter though which made the book a bit more difficult to read through in terms of interest.
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Ishamel by Daniel Quinn
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • PJSerfPJSerf Posts: 637
    Just finished "The Chris Farley Show" last night. I would recommend it for anyone that was a fan. Obviously, its sad, but it does provide a lot of insight into his life.

    Its written in an "oral history" type format with excerpts from interviews from family, costars, friends, etc.
    "If you love someone, set them free... if someone loves you, don't fuck up" - EV
  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    Marian Keyes "This Charming Man" .

    I love her books!!
  • SwanSwan Posts: 350
    The Picture of Dorian Grey…it’s a devastatingly slow read.
    I'm the only Hell Mama ever raised.
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Posts: 4,509
    rrivers wrote:
    What do you think of it? I read it a couple of months ago.


    just a tad dull because of how he words stuff. but i like it. i'm halfway thru. i don't know if it actually how it was or just how he has things in order but Eric is a band whore. lol. i'm only 29 and didn't realize how many bands he's been in.
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    Swan wrote:
    The Picture of Dorian Grey…it’s a devastatingly slow read.
    i loved that book! every page has like 30 high school yearbook quotes...haha
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    PJSerf wrote:
    Just finished "The Chris Farley Show" last night. I would recommend it for anyone that was a fan. Obviously, its sad, but it does provide a lot of insight into his life.

    Its written in an "oral history" type format with excerpts from interviews from family, costars, friends, etc.

    I bought that along with some other books with a birthday gift card the other day. I think I will read it next. I read a book about the history of SNL that was an oral history and I enjoyed it.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    just a tad dull because of how he words stuff. but i like it. i'm halfway thru. i don't know if it actually how it was or just how he has things in order but Eric is a band whore. lol. i'm only 29 and didn't realize how many bands he's been in.

    I really enjoyed it. I thought the end dragged. Let me know when you finish it and I will tell you my problem with the end.

    One thing I would have liked if there was more insight into the songs, recording, etc. After reading it and listening to his greatest hits, I realized there were a lot of songs I don't recall him mentioning at all.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    The Clinton Years by Sidney Blumenthal
    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
  • just starting to re-read 'The Grapes Of Wrath'. been about 15 years since the last time i read it.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk :)
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