I bought the latest Dan Brown book, The Lost Symbol but haven't started it yet :oops:
Before that I think the last book I read was Dewey or The Lost City of Z.
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I'm going to buy "Under the Dome" by Stephen King tonight and start reading that. I am about halfway through "Dracula" right now and it is really good!
I've just begun reading it. It's very...umm...King so far.
Do you like it? I'm on page 38 and really liking it.
i have brave new world on my shelf right now waiting to be read. i'm not sure how i never read it before. but i havent had time to read a book in more than 2 months :(
Oh yeah, he is awesome.
Brave New World is a classic to me. Hope you enjoy it when you pick it off the shelf.
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I bought the latest Dan Brown book, The Lost Symbol but haven't started it yet :oops:
Before that I think the last book I read was Dewey or The Lost City of Z.
Yes gonna pick up The Lost Symbol to tide me over
patiently waiting for The Lion by Nelson DeMille due out next June. Just got his newsletter- really love this man
and his sarcastic wit. If you aren't familiar with his work check out his website lots of good books pick from.
Yes, I checked to see when it was published and it's this year for paperback, hardback last year. Not too far through it yet and not quite sure. I really like the ones I've read with Rebus in and this is (so far) more based around the people committing the crime. I'm not totally into it yet but I usually enjoy his books so I'm giving it some time.
I got it on offer with a Jeffrey Deaver book 2 for £8 in Morrisons (oops never checked if you were over here, if you're not ignore that bit)
... I have always loved Vampire and supernatural-related fiction, so even though I don't fit the demographic of these books I decided to read them anyway. The Twilight series (in two and a half days, with occasional stops for sleeping ); The Host by Stephanie Meyer; The Vampire Diaries (Twilight is a total rip-off, really makes me wonder why L J Smith hasn't sued); ...
i found bella and elena to be equally annoying. the way elena set her sights on stefan made me want to slap her. i didnt find her a likeable character at all. i really need to finish my own. *sigh*
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... I have always loved Vampire and supernatural-related fiction, so even though I don't fit the demographic of these books I decided to read them anyway. The Twilight series (in two and a half days, with occasional stops for sleeping ); The Host by Stephanie Meyer; The Vampire Diaries (Twilight is a total rip-off, really makes me wonder why L J Smith hasn't sued); ...
i found bella and elena to be equally annoying. the way elena set her sights on stefan made me want to slap her. i didnt find her a likeable character at all. i really need to finish my own. *sigh*
Yeah, I agree. Both were very annoying. I thought that it was just because they were teenaged girls However, I think that both author's successfully reflected the shallowness and selfishness of many seventeen year-old girls :roll: I found the fifth Harry Potter book the same. All whiny, and "what about me, me, me!" So, I guess the explains the appeal for many young adults.
On a more important note . . . You're writing a Vampire book :shock: :P :P :P :P I do hope that you will publish, and soon!!!!!
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i found bella and elena to be equally annoying. the way elena set her sights on stefan made me want to slap her. i didnt find her a likeable character at all. i really need to finish my own. *sigh*
Yeah, I agree. Both were very annoying. I thought that it was just because they were teenaged girls However, I think that both author's successfully reflected the shallowness and selfishness of many seventeen year-old girls :roll: I found the fifth Harry Potter book the same. All whiny, and "what about me, me, me!" So, I guess the explains the appeal for many young adults.
On a more important note . . . You're writing a Vampire book :shock: :P :P :P :P I do hope that you will publish, and soon!!!!!
yeah i thought perhaps elena was just a teenage girl horning after a guy. bella i found insipid.
oh and i totally agree with you on .. the half blood prince
oh no not a vampire story per se. the main character isnt a vamp. shes somethings else. but there are vamps in it and they do play a sizeable role. truth be told ive been working on it on and off for several years. i just get distracted way too easily.
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got my preordered Under the Dome - Stephen King last week. Started reading it yesterday. Awesome book so far. Only about 50 pages in, and it is really good.
got my preordered Under the Dome - Stephen King last week. Started reading it yesterday. Awesome book so far. Only about 50 pages in, and it is really good.
very cool. going to be my next one, just read a piece on the book in the Washington Post.
Right now I am reading Manhood For Amateurs by Michael Chabon
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Will finish tonite then start Bill Bryson, Short History Of The World?? something like that anyway.
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just started yesterday... the almost moon ~ alice sebold.
she wrote both the lovely bones and lucky, both great reads. this thus far, rather disturbing :? ...and yet at times, funny... . so yea, so far...so good!
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working my way through Under the Dome still. Trying to take my time, but I keep wanting to read. Great book and IMO so far ranks up there with Stephen King's best novels. Unlike his longer novels like It and The Stand (which I love).... there is no wasted space at all. It is very intense throughout (the first quarter at least). The characters are being developed on the fly.... unlike many other of his novels that you have to read dozens of pages of backstory to get back to the plot.
this book will definitely translate into a mini-series and I would be shocked if we dont see one in the next few years.
Just finished:
Ishmael - Daniel Quinn (3rd time and I get more out of it each time)
Animal Farm - George Orwell
(on a bit of an anthropomorphic animal kick there)
And just started:
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Before that I think the last book I read was Dewey or The Lost City of Z.
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
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Do you like it? I'm on page 38 and really liking it.
Oh yeah, he is awesome.
Brave New World is a classic to me. Hope you enjoy it when you pick it off the shelf.
If I knew where it was I would take you there.
patiently waiting for The Lion by Nelson DeMille due out next June. Just got his newsletter- really love this man
and his sarcastic wit. If you aren't familiar with his work check out his website lots of good books pick from.
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Yes, I checked to see when it was published and it's this year for paperback, hardback last year. Not too far through it yet and not quite sure. I really like the ones I've read with Rebus in and this is (so far) more based around the people committing the crime. I'm not totally into it yet but I usually enjoy his books so I'm giving it some time.
I got it on offer with a Jeffrey Deaver book 2 for £8 in Morrisons (oops never checked if you were over here, if you're not ignore that bit)
i found bella and elena to be equally annoying. the way elena set her sights on stefan made me want to slap her. i didnt find her a likeable character at all. i really need to finish my own. *sigh*
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Yeah, I agree. Both were very annoying. I thought that it was just because they were teenaged girls
On a more important note . . . You're writing a Vampire book
yeah i thought perhaps elena was just a teenage girl horning after a guy. bella i found insipid.
oh and i totally agree with you on .. the half blood prince
oh no not a vampire story per se. the main character isnt a vamp. shes somethings else. but there are vamps in it and they do play a sizeable role. truth be told ive been working on it on and off for several years. i just get distracted way too easily.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
finished up persuasion this afternoon...so i have now, finally, read all of jane austen's work.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
(my current career)
Staged Action: Six Plays from the American Workers' Theater, Lee Papa
(my presumed career in college) reviewing this one.
very cool. going to be my next one, just read a piece on the book in the Washington Post.
Right now I am reading Manhood For Amateurs by Michael Chabon
It's really good. I'm approaching page 200 and really enjoying it.
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Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
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Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
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Things happen in the game. Nothing you
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"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
I always bench press it a little after I finish a reading session, just to keep my pecs up.
Will finish tonite then start Bill Bryson, Short History Of The World?? something like that anyway.
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Shepherds Bush 2009 - M.E.N 2009 - London O2 2009
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Philly 1+2 2013 - Hartford 2013
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Fenway 2 2016
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the almost moon ~ alice sebold.
she wrote both the lovely bones and lucky, both great reads. this thus far, rather disturbing :? ...and yet at times, funny...
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
that was a decent book. Very easy, quick read
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Now I'm reading The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell... only about 50 pages in (after probably 5 hours of reading... its a tough read) and I love this stuff. Comparative mythology and the monomyth of the hero within all of us. It was written in 1949 but I've heard many people say it is the most important and most relevant book they've ever read and they continue to revisit it throughout their lives.
this book will definitely translate into a mini-series and I would be shocked if we dont see one in the next few years.
Ishmael - Daniel Quinn (3rd time and I get more out of it each time)
Animal Farm - George Orwell
(on a bit of an anthropomorphic animal kick there)
And just started:
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali