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  • I just finished a book about former FBI agent John O'Neil. If you've followed the September 11 investigation, he is the man in the FBI that was paying attention to Bin Laden well before the attacks.
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • just finished Saint Maybe - Anne Tyler.....and plan to start Searching for Caleb - same author, on monday. i've been a voracious reader as of late.....that makes 5 in the past 3 weeks. never realized just how much reading i could fit in on my to/from work train commute and during lunch. it's been great!
    i'll ride the wave where it takes me
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    sgossard3 wrote:
    just finished reading "lullaby" by chuck palahniuk (fight club, choke) ... pretty good read... especially towards the end

    now i need a recommendation for something new! (choosing a new book is always intimidating)

    i love and have read just about everything from vonnegut, palahniuk, hemingway, salinger
    looking for something in a similar vein... sortof cynical, manic, psychological, gritty, truthful

    any suggestions? :geek:


    Keep going with all of palahniuk's work.

    Also, I'd recommend, to everyone, Beautiful Children by Charles Bock
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  • smithnic wrote:
    sgossard3 wrote:
    just finished reading "lullaby" by chuck palahniuk (fight club, choke) ... pretty good read... especially towards the end

    now i need a recommendation for something new! (choosing a new book is always intimidating)

    i love and have read just about everything from vonnegut, palahniuk, hemingway, salinger
    looking for something in a similar vein... sortof cynical, manic, psychological, gritty, truthful

    any suggestions? :geek:


    Keep going with all of palahniuk's work.

    Also, I'd recommend, to everyone, Beautiful Children by Charles Bock
    just picked up "an oral biography of buster casey" by chuck yesterday... about half way through and its great... totally unique story telling layout! and very funny! its been a long time since ive been reading as regularly as i am now and even longer since ive found a new favorite author... i chose a good new years resolution and hopefully one i'll keep :geek: ... also checked out that "sometimes a great notion" that a few of you mentioned... after those two ill pick up your bock suggestion... thanks!

    hope this thread keeps going for when i need another... nothings worse than spending days reading a book only to realize it sucks
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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Ken Kesey - 'Sometimes a Great Notion'

    How is that? I've toyed with picking it up myself a few times, but it looks pretty hefty and time for reading can be hard to come by sometimes.

    Right now, I'm reading:

    Jim Butcher- Blood Rites

    I started the first Dresden book last night.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    libragirl wrote:
    Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill.

    That was pretty good, but I thought his short story collection, "20th Century Ghosts" was a lot better.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    just finished Saint Maybe - Anne Tyler.....and plan to start Searching for Caleb - same author, on monday. i've been a voracious reader as of late.....that makes 5 in the past 3 weeks. never realized just how much reading i could fit in on my to/from work train commute and during lunch. it's been great!
    A daily train ride sounds sweet....all that time to ride and a train ride, sweeeeet 8-)
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • EnkiduEnkidu Posts: 2,996
    Trying to finish The Defining Moment by Jonathan Alter about FDR's first 100 days as president - I'd like to finish it before the inauguration. It's amazing how similar things were back then to today.
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,334
    Finished Adam Gilchrist autobiography yesterday. And I also started Scar tissue. The Anthony Keddis book.
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Ken Kesey - 'Sometimes a Great Notion'

    How is that? I've toyed with picking it up myself a few times, but it looks pretty hefty and time for reading can be hard to come by sometimes.

    Right now, I'm reading:

    Jim Butcher- Blood Rites

    I've only just started it. I like it already though. Kesey's a brilliant writer. And apparently it's his best book, so if it's better than Cuckoos nest then it must be good.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jonathan Ross - Why do i say these things.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    Fifteen Days - Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army by Chrstie Blatchford

    very good
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  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    :shock: I'm still reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I've just been very busy and Kinsolver is such a hypocrite in this book it's hard to keep reading...

    I have an intense hatred for Kinsolver! I want my time back from reading Pigs In Heaven. Ugh!
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    smithnic wrote:
    I have an intense hatred for Kinsolver! I want my time back from reading Pigs In Heaven. Ugh!

    that settles it! I don't want to regret reading it, so I'm taking it back to its rightful owner today!
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • ArcticangelArcticangel Posts: 1,443
    Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

    Because I'm a huge dork. :)
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  • Cree NationsCree Nations Posts: 2,247
    Joseph Boyden's 'Through Black Spruce'
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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

    Because I'm a huge dork. :)

    That's a fantastic book, probably better than "Complications". He's a great writer.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • ArcticangelArcticangel Posts: 1,443
    rrivers wrote:
    Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

    Because I'm a huge dork. :)

    That's a fantastic book, probably better than "Complications". He's a great writer.

    Looking forward to it! I just finished Complications and liked it a lot.
    How/Why are you interested in these books? I'm a Pre-Physician Assistant student looking to specialize in cardiovascular surgery.
    PJ: St. Paul 6.16.2003, St. Paul 6.26.2006, St. Paul 6.27.2006, Hartford 6.27.2008, Mansfield 6.28.2008, Mansfield 6.30.2008, Beacon Theater 7.1.2008, Toronto 8.21.2009, Chicago 8.23.2009, Chicago 8.24.2009, Philly 10.30.2009, Philly 10.31.2009, Columbus 5.6.2010, Noblesville 5.7.2010

    EV: Los Angeles 4.12.2008, Los Angeles 4.13.2008, Nashville 6.17.2009, Nashville 6.18.2009, Memphis 6.20.2009
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    rrivers wrote:
    Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

    Because I'm a huge dork. :)

    That's a fantastic book, probably better than "Complications". He's a great writer.

    Looking forward to it! I just finished Complications and liked it a lot.
    How/Why are you interested in these books? I'm a Pre-Physician Assistant student looking to specialize in cardiovascular surgery.

    I have always been interested in medicine and I was planning on going to medical school for awhile. I work in surgery research now. I saw Complications at a bookstore and was interested in it because of that. I loved "Complications" and will read anything he writes now. I have even bought the "New Yorker" when I see he has an article in it.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • KeiranKeiran Posts: 393
    Tonight I read an Edward Albee play, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." I saw the movie with Richard Burton and Liz Taylor ages ago. Reading the play makes me want to watch it again.
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  • ArcticangelArcticangel Posts: 1,443
    rrivers wrote:
    Looking forward to it! I just finished Complications and liked it a lot.
    How/Why are you interested in these books? I'm a Pre-Physician Assistant student looking to specialize in cardiovascular surgery.

    I have always been interested in medicine and I was planning on going to medical school for awhile. I work in surgery research now. I saw Complications at a bookstore and was interested in it because of that. I loved "Complications" and will read anything he writes now. I have even bought the "New Yorker" when I see he has an article in it.

    Very cool! After I finish "Better" I'm going to read
    "When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery"
    which also seems very interesting. I recently finished "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe" which is a memoir by a female neurosurgeon. Do we see a pattern yet? haha
    PJ: St. Paul 6.16.2003, St. Paul 6.26.2006, St. Paul 6.27.2006, Hartford 6.27.2008, Mansfield 6.28.2008, Mansfield 6.30.2008, Beacon Theater 7.1.2008, Toronto 8.21.2009, Chicago 8.23.2009, Chicago 8.24.2009, Philly 10.30.2009, Philly 10.31.2009, Columbus 5.6.2010, Noblesville 5.7.2010

    EV: Los Angeles 4.12.2008, Los Angeles 4.13.2008, Nashville 6.17.2009, Nashville 6.18.2009, Memphis 6.20.2009
  • PearlOfAGirlPearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    :D I'm proud to say :D

    My Feelings ~ by our very own Chadwick, aka: C.J. Krueger ~
    His Poetry

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  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    smithnic wrote:
    I have an intense hatred for Kinsolver! I want my time back from reading Pigs In Heaven. Ugh!

    that settles it! I don't want to regret reading it, so I'm taking it back to its rightful owner today!


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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    rrivers wrote:
    Looking forward to it! I just finished Complications and liked it a lot.
    How/Why are you interested in these books? I'm a Pre-Physician Assistant student looking to specialize in cardiovascular surgery.

    I have always been interested in medicine and I was planning on going to medical school for awhile. I work in surgery research now. I saw Complications at a bookstore and was interested in it because of that. I loved "Complications" and will read anything he writes now. I have even bought the "New Yorker" when I see he has an article in it.

    Very cool! After I finish "Better" I'm going to read
    "When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery"
    which also seems very interesting. I recently finished "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe" which is a memoir by a female neurosurgeon. Do we see a pattern yet? haha

    Ha! I read "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe" too. It was pretty good, not as good as Gawande though. I have the book, "How Doctors Think" in my to read pile as well. The other day on the Today show, they were talking about a book called, "Welcome to your Brain" which I put in my amazon wishlist. Looks pretty interesting.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    tad williams- dragonbone chair
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,896
    "Accounting Information System", "Intermediate Accounting: with FASB 2007 Updates", "Corporate Finance", and "Exploring International Business Environments"
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    tybird wrote:
    just finished Saint Maybe - Anne Tyler.....and plan to start Searching for Caleb - same author, on monday. i've been a voracious reader as of late.....that makes 5 in the past 3 weeks. never realized just how much reading i could fit in on my to/from work train commute and during lunch. it's been great!
    A daily train ride sounds sweet....all that time to ride and a train ride, sweeeeet 8-)


    it definitely has it's pluses and minuses. i quite enjoy rarely driving during the week - i am walking distance to my local train station - and sure, no road rage at all. :mrgreen: of course, at the mercy of the train, the schedule and issues and sure, a 42 minute commute each way, on the train alone not counting walking time....but overall....i'm quite happy. and you bet, it's awesome to zone out with the ipod, or to read as you go to/from work. :)


    i started searching for caleb today and thus far, classic tyler.....good characterizations and a fine start! only a couple chapters in, but definitely enjoying... 8-)
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    "Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad"
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    finished up searching for caleb last thursday i believe.....started this morning the longest trip home - john grogan. so far, so good!
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


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