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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    I just started reading "The Professor and the Madman" by Simon Winchester.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • ForestBrain
    ForestBrain Posts: 460
    Reading:

    Swann's Way (which I am seriously considering saving for cold weather, because it just seems like a cold weather book)

    The Bonehunters
    When life gives you lemons, throw them at somebody.
  • ForestBrain
    ForestBrain Posts: 460
    Finished "The Bonehunters". Moving on to "Frankenstein".
    When life gives you lemons, throw them at somebody.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    for school:
    cats cradle - vonnegut

    for fun:
    watch you bleed - stephen davies
    touched with fire - kay redfield jamison
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • tarotvixen
    tarotvixen Posts: 62
    Odd Hours? The lastest Odd Thomas novel by Dean R Koontz, a favorite author of mine. Loved the lastest so much went back and read the other three again. They all have Odd in the title so get the specifics confused.
    2003 Bris 8 &9, Syd 11 &13, Melb 18, 19 &20
    2006 Vegas, San Diego, LA 9 & 10, San Francisco 15 &16, The Gorge 22 & 23, Syd 7 &8, Melb 13, 14 &16 Melb 20 2009, Buffalo Oct 12; Brooklyn Oct 18 & 19; Hartford Oct 25 2013
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    I'm reading three books at once...it was stupid of me to try:

    The Sicilian - Mario Puzo
    The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
    Ishmael - Daniel Quinn

    I learned the last two were inspirations to Yield, so I had to find out why.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • tarotvixen
    tarotvixen Posts: 62
    ForestBrain wrote:
    That is so cool. If I ever get married, he's going to have to be a guy that loves reading.

    heehee, "Twilight"? I agree with you about all four counting as one book :P I tried reading a couple of pages because my sister is reading it and I just couldn't get far. No offense to the teens, but it was just too youth oriented.
    was trying to reply to the couple that read 30 novels hehehe - I read roughly 80 to 100 novels, 30 is how many new novels I allow myself in a year. If I ever get married, He doesn't need to read so much as have shares in Borders so I don't send us broke!
    2003 Bris 8 &9, Syd 11 &13, Melb 18, 19 &20
    2006 Vegas, San Diego, LA 9 & 10, San Francisco 15 &16, The Gorge 22 & 23, Syd 7 &8, Melb 13, 14 &16 Melb 20 2009, Buffalo Oct 12; Brooklyn Oct 18 & 19; Hartford Oct 25 2013
  • muiren77
    muiren77 Posts: 3,511
    the only necessary thing - henri nouwen
    what is essential is invisible to the eye

    apparently, 07162056 is THE date...
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    tarotvixen wrote:
    was trying to reply to the couple that read 30 novels hehehe - I read roughly 80 to 100 novels, 30 is how many new novels I allow myself in a year. If I ever get married, He doesn't need to read so much as have shares in Borders so I don't send us broke!

    I'm part of that couple! I started it by myself in 2006 because I read Stephen King reads about 80 or so a year so I said, "I wonder how many I can read." That year I read 25, then the next year my wife joined in and she read 31 and me 30. This year I've read 17, so it will be tough to beat my 30 from last year, but I have 3 about halfway through right now.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Igivesuchgoodparadym
    Igivesuchgoodparadym Posts: 924
    does anyone know what happened to the Krakauer/Tillman story?
    model role model
  • IamTom
    IamTom Posts: 1,138
    I'm reading.....



    A Language Older Than Words-Derrick Jensen.
    http://www.derrickjensen.org/

    Nature and the Human Psyche-Bill Plotkin. http://www.animas.org/default.asp

    Both wonderful personal growth books. Beautiful,brave and, especially A Language...,not for those who want to stay in denial about the culture we live in.


    A Child's Journey Through Placement-Fahlberg.

    For my professional development in working with Young People.
    Given To Live -

    Latest story - Declan at Slipknot is up on the website now at www.giventolive.com along with Kayleigh at Foo Fighters, Tony at Stereophonics and more.

    Inspired by Pearl Jam, making live music dreams come true.
  • ForestBrain
    ForestBrain Posts: 460
    tarotvixen wrote:
    was trying to reply to the couple that read 30 novels hehehe - I read roughly 80 to 100 novels, 30 is how many new novels I allow myself in a year. If I ever get married, He doesn't need to read so much as have shares in Borders so I don't send us broke!
    Wow! Good for you! I would probably read more if I had the time, but it isn't there :(
    When life gives you lemons, throw them at somebody.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    "Setting the Desert on Fire: T.E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918"
    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.
  • ForestBrain
    ForestBrain Posts: 460
    Finished "Frankenstein". Now reading "Reaper's Gale".
    When life gives you lemons, throw them at somebody.
  • azwyldcats
    azwyldcats Posts: 711
    Charlie Huston - 'Every Last Drop.'
    And I'm not living this life without you, I'm selfish and clear
    And you're not leaving here without me, I don't wanna be without
    My best... friend. Wake up, to see you could have it all
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    though i shouldnt have, i started into the wild yesterday and finished it about an hour ago. now im off to shoot me some caribou. :D
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    "Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling" by Bret Hart
    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.
  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    I just picked up Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
  • gleemonex
    gleemonex Posts: 848
    Just read and am writing a report on "Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and then Lost It to the Revolution." It's pretty damn good, especially if you like Cuban history or anything mafia related.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • Cocaine_Nosejob
    Cocaine_Nosejob Posts: 1,744
    Skinny Legs And All - Tom Robbins aka God
    "The customer...is always...an ASSHOLE"

    "The world fascinates me."

    "Doesn't mean that much to me, to mean that much to you"

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