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  • chimechime Posts: 7,838
    Just finished Under the Dome by Stephen King. Wanted something easy reading to get me back into the habit of reading as a couple of dull books had led to me reading less.

    Seems to have worked (900 pages read in a few days) ... if you like Stephen King you'll like this. Fast paced with characters you can root for.

    EDIT: dunk I really enjoyed (if that's the right word :? ) The Book Thief
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    chime wrote:

    EDIT: dunk I really enjoyed (if that's the right word :? ) The Book Thief


    i loved it... one of the best books i've read for a long time. :thumbup:
    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.
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,258
    Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • slightlystonedslightlystoned Posts: 228
    Snuff- Chuck Palahniuk
    GONZO:The Life of Huner S. Thompson- Jann Wenner and others
  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    The Longest Night: Voices From The London Blitz by Cavin Mortimer
    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
  • London BridgeLondon Bridge Posts: 4,733
    Acid Dreams: social history of LSD, CIA, Sixties, and bla bla bla
  • FrannyFranny Posts: 2,054
    The Passage - justin Cronin
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    reading up on borderline personality disorder. pretty sure that's all me
  • EnkiduEnkidu Posts: 2,996
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin.

    I love that book so much, except it makes me sad that she died young.

    I just finished Three Stations, the new Martin Cruz Smith. Liked it, but thought it was too short.

    Tomorrow the last of the Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay, comes out. Yes the books are written for teen girls, but the first two books are great great great. Not gooey Twilight stuff either.
  • maynardsuxmaynardsux Posts: 1,088
    Just finished reading "Shit My Dad Says" by Justin Halpern.....HILARIOUS!!! :lol:
    '93 Toronto
    '94 Detroit
    '10 Columbus
    '11 Detroit (Eddie solo), Toronto 1 and 2, Ottawa, Hamilton
    '13 London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    '14 Detroit
    '16 Ottawa, Toronto 1 and 2, Chicago 1 and 2
    '18 Chicago 1 and 2
    '22 Hamilton, Toronto
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    lengths and breaths - lee ranaldo
    polaroids from the dead - douglas coupland
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Sagittarius Crux wrote:
    The Passage - justin Cronin

    this ones on my to read list. should get to it sometime around new years 2013.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    catefrances wrote:
    the many lives of tom waits - patrick humphries.

    ok so i finished this the other day and it has got to be one of the best musician bios ive ever read. patrick humphries is an excellent writer. anyone with a passing interest in tom waits or if you just like reading about musicians in general you could do a whole lot worse than this book.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life by Steve Almond

    One of the most hilarious books I have ever read about obsessive music fans, or as he calls us, drooling fanatics. Can't recommend this book enough.

    http://www.stevenalmond.com/about-the-book.html
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    Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
    You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
    There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    Sagittarius Crux wrote:
    The Passage - justin Cronin

    I was really disappointed by this.

    I'm reading "The Collector" by John Fowles.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Reading two at the moment

    Neil Peart's Ghost Rider,Travels on the Healing Road ... amazing

    and a odd book I found in my mums that intrigued me called The Red Tent ... a biblical tale of love ... enjoying it even although I have never read a book like it before
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    i'm on walter m. miller's a canticle for leibowitz right now.
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    stargirl69 wrote:
    Reading two at the moment

    Neil Peart's Ghost Rider,Travels on the Healing Road ... amazing

    and a odd book I found in my mums that intrigued me called The Red Tent ... a biblical tale of love ... enjoying it even although I have never read a book like it before

    Everything I've heard about "The Red Tent" has been really good. My wife read it but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    rrivers wrote:
    stargirl69 wrote:
    Reading two at the moment

    Neil Peart's Ghost Rider,Travels on the Healing Road ... amazing

    and a odd book I found in my mums that intrigued me called The Red Tent ... a biblical tale of love ... enjoying it even although I have never read a book like it before

    Everything I've heard about "The Red Tent" has been really good. My wife read it but I haven't gotten around to it yet.


    I would definitely recommend it ... it is a very good book ... I have just never read a biblical story before ... If you do read it I hope you enjoy it
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    The First World War by Hew Strachan
    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.
  • AELARAAELARA Posts: 803
    Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski
    I am mine!
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    Just finished Choke by Chuck Palahniuk and started One Second After.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    stargirl69 wrote:
    Reading two at the moment

    Neil Peart's Ghost Rider,Travels on the Healing Road ... amazing

    and a odd book I found in my mums that intrigued me called The Red Tent ... a biblical tale of love ... enjoying it even although I have never read a book like it before


    Ghost Rider was awesome. Check out his other books too if you get a chance.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    Ford County: Stories - by John Grisham
    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
  • NastasjaNastasja Posts: 9,668
    The Illuminatus triology - Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson

    The unbearable lightness of being - Milan Kundera

    Trois chambres à Manhattan - Georges Simenon
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
  • myramyra Posts: 1,257
    Imperial Bedrooms, the sequel to my fave book, Bret Easton Ellis' Less than zero, and The Good Life by Jay McInerney.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    myra wrote:
    Imperial Bedrooms, the sequel to my fave book, Bret Easton Ellis' Less than zero, and The Good Life by Jay McInerney.

    i finished imperial bedrooms recently. it wasnt what i was expecting but being an ellis fan i enjoyed it.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • number1PJfannumber1PJfan Posts: 3,748
    Just finished A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. I suggest it is a must read.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    number1PJfan wrote:
    Just finished A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. I suggest it is a must read.


    i love bill bryson. hes easy to read and he makes me laugh. i have his shakespeare book sitting on my shelf. i was very excited when i came across it in hardcover for just $10. bargain!! maybe itll be my next read.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • myramyra Posts: 1,257
    catefrances wrote:
    myra wrote:
    Imperial Bedrooms, the sequel to my fave book, Bret Easton Ellis' Less than zero, and The Good Life by Jay McInerney.

    i finished imperial bedrooms recently. it wasnt what i was expecting but being an ellis fan i enjoyed it.

    I'm halfway through it, trying to make it last :-)
    I read all his other novels, but failed to find any interest in Lunar Park. Did you like it?
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