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  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Yeah, it's brilliant. I can't remember the last time a book made me want to cry so much :D

    :o:D

    You read Kafka on the Shore?
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Chime wrote:
    :o:D

    You read Kafka on the Shore?
    I haven't but it's next on my list. I have this problem y'see, where I see books like Kafka on the Shore and promise myself I'll buy them, even though I'm utterly broke and have about 40 other books I should be buying for university :o

    Is it worth my poverty?
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,135
    Songs for the Doomed - good mix of writing by the Doctor.
  • catch22catch22 Posts: 1,081
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I haven't but it's next on my list. I have this problem y'see, where I see books like Kafka on the Shore and promise myself I'll buy them, even though I'm utterly broke and have about 40 other books I should be buying for university :o

    Is it worth my poverty?

    i have a problem where im broke, but keep buying books even though i don't have any time to read them while i'm in classes.
    and like that... he's gone.
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I haven't but it's next on my list. I have this problem y'see, where I see books like Kafka on the Shore and promise myself I'll buy them, even though I'm utterly broke and have about 40 other books I should be buying for university :o

    Is it worth my poverty?

    :eek: you can't make me responsible for your poverty :p

    I'm the same with books ... have loads. If you enjoy Norwegian Wood you will enjoy Kafka ... I like the escape into Murakami's weird worlds :o
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    hmmm....it was probably a strategy guide for a video game.


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,174
    Sex, Drugs, & Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
  • CorduroyboyCorduroyboy Posts: 1,256
    The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain. Freaking love this guy's show. Finished his Kitchen Confidential and loved it. Bourdain is gold.
  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    Today I just bought "Why We Buy". Its a retail business book. Pretty good read for business owners and customers.
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
    Sweep the Leg Johnny.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    catch22 wrote:
    i have a problem where im broke, but keep buying books even though i don't have any time to read them while i'm in classes.

    i have that problem too. im starting to think its an illness. or maladaptive behaviour. i havent decided yet.

    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Is it worth my poverty?

    yes.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    The Last Lecture by Randy something or other. bausch??? Rasush?
    It is for my bookclub.
    Also, Clifford's Big Adventure.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    2 books for work: Adult Children of Alcoholics and Co-dependent No More
    There's a light when my baby's in my arms :)
  • kcherubkcherub Posts: 961
    acoustic guy wrote:
    Today I just bought "Why We Buy". Its a retail business book. Pretty good read for business owners and customers.

    OMG, I have read that!!!! Some of it made me go "Ah-ha!" :)

    The last book I bought was "You've Been Warned" by James Patterson and another author he write with. It was totally an airport purchase on the way to Chicago. It is very different than his other books. It kind of freaked me out at the end.

    Before that it was a biography of Marie Antoinette and French royalty. So, I can be kind of varied.
    I still want you all to "take care"--I am just damn tired of typing it.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/kcherub#p/a/u/0/N-UQprRqSwo
  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    TrixieCat wrote:
    The Last Lecture by Randy something or other. bausch??? Rasush?
    It is for my bookclub.
    Also, Clifford's Big Adventure.


    Pausch I think??? I really want to read that. Let me know what you think of it please.
  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    well I had some time to kill the other day and I wandered into the friendly local book-store and found some deals so I picked up 6 hard-covers for a total of $ 44........nice eh. I purchased:

    Guests Of The Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam by Mark Bowden
    State Of Denial: Bush At War, Part 3 by Bob Woodward
    The End Of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created A War Without End by Peter Galbraith
    The War of The World: 21st Century Conlifct and the Descent Of The West by Niall Ferguson
    Miracle In The Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home by Nando Parrado
    Next by Michael Crichton
    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
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    just bought 2 tonight:) (would of been more if it wasn't for ABBA!)

    Inventing Human Rights...a history - Lynn Hunt

    The Earth Shall Weep, A History of Native America - James Wilson

    I figured i need to keep learning since I'm taking a break from school, and I enjoy these type of books anyhow:D

    but which to start first????????????;)
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    besides school books, the last I bought for my personal enjoyment was "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. I was glued to it, read it in a day and a half.
    6/11/08 WPB


    ♬♪♫ and I will not, grow tired of crayon stars and fire

    ♬♪♫ cause a soldier's death is so much better than defeat just hanging around
  • catch22catch22 Posts: 1,081
    george rr martin- clash of kings, storm of swords, feast for crows

    trying to round out the series. before that:

    richard aleas- songs of innocence
    and like that... he's gone.
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    stylo17 wrote:
    besides school books, the last I bought for my personal enjoyment was "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. I was glued to it, read it in a day and a half.
    i have that....wasn't ready for it the first time...maybe once i'm in my new place it'll be time!
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    a bio on timothy leary by robert greenfield
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • iamsampjiamsampj Posts: 784
    TrixieCat wrote:
    The Last Lecture by Randy something or other. bausch??? Rasush?
    It is for my bookclub.
    Also, Clifford's Big Adventure.
    i'm reading the last lecture too. pretty good so far and an easy read. i've heard good things about it.
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
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