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  • righteousbabe
    righteousbabe Posts: 662
    Awesome. I just typed in steinbeck on the search icon to find this thread and the first to turn up was this one. My last 2 books were cannery row and sweet thursday. They were good.
  • T C H
    T C H Posts: 85
    Theology the Lutheran Way - Oswald Bayer
    I've got a Gibson without a case, but I can't get that even tanned look on my face...
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    nuffingman wrote:
    A magnificent book... and see the film!


    I will check out the movie as the book was great. I am reading "Atonement" now... boy if it doesn't pick up soon... and I am one hundred pages in.
  • Fender_Man
    Fender_Man Posts: 408
    Just read 'The Odessa File' and 'The Afghan', both written by Frederick Forsyth. Ashamed to say this is the first time I have read anything by this author. Don't think I have read any other novels that have been so well researched and historically accurate. Both masterpieces IMO.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    a dull roar - henry rollins
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Hinny
    Hinny Posts: 1,610
    Bill Bryson - The Lost Continent: Travels in small town America
    Binary solo..000000100000111100001110
  • Linda
    Linda Posts: 1,656
    Paul Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    small town beck wrote:
    I will check out the movie as the book was great. I am reading "Atonement" now... boy if it doesn't pick up soon... and I am one hundred pages in.
    oh no :o I was just about to start that one... god knows why... cos it certainly doesn't look like my kinda film but I thought the book might have lots going on :o

    I just finished 'this book will save your life' by AM Homes. It didn't save my life but it was quite an enjoyable, fun and quirky read.

    http://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Will-Save-Your/dp/0670034932
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Tizoffthechain
    Tizoffthechain Posts: 116
    The Prophet! Very interesting and a short read too!
    "Come on people now, smile on your brother and everybody get together, try to love one another right now!!!!"
    "You my friend, I will defend and if we change, well I love you anyway"
    "I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine, I AM MINE"
  • mole1985
    mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    Well i just got some books for my birthday and i have no idea where to start;

    The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
    The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F. Hamilton
    A Game Of Thrones - George R. R. Martin
    Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
    Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

    .....spoilt for choice really
    Dublin 2006
    Katowice 2007
    London 2007
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Heineken Helen wrote:

    I just finished 'this book will save your life' by AM Homes. It didn't save my life but it was quite an enjoyable, fun and quirky read.

    http://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Will-Save-Your/dp/0670034932

    I read that last year. It was enjoyable, but not as good as I thought it would be. It was a quick read though.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Reading "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy right now and still trudging through "The Terrror" by Dan Simmons. I think I will be reading that book for a long time.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    just finished how doctors think

    rereading into the wild right now just cuz I was bored
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    just finished how doctors think

    How was that? That is on my "to read" list.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    rrivers wrote:
    I read that last year. It was enjoyable, but not as good as I thought it would be. It was a quick read though.
    yeh, I agree... it was enjoyable alright and I read through it quickly and easily... but the ending was a bit too hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy for me.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    rrivers wrote:
    How was that? That is on my "to read" list.

    it was pretty good. interesting stories in it. A bit repetitive toward the end. But I've studied behavioral decision theory and all the kahneman-traversky heuristic stuff he discusses in the book was familiar to me in the context of economics and environmental issues so I found it interesting in the medical context. basically the take home message is, if you think something is wrong, bug the doctor.
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    yeh, I agree... it was enjoyable alright and I read through it quickly and easily... but the ending was a bit too hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy for me.

    I didn't read Hitchhiker's. I can't remember the ending of "This Book.." either! I'll pm you in case other people want to read it.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    it was pretty good. interesting stories in it. A bit repetitive toward the end. But I've studied behavioral decision theory and all the kahneman-traversky heuristic stuff he discusses in the book was familiar to me in the context of economics and environmental issues so I found it interesting in the medical context. basically the take home message is, if you think something is wrong, bug the doctor.

    Thanks, I will check it out. I haven't heard of anything you mentioned so it will all be new to me.

    Have you read any of Atul Gawande's books? I read "Complications: Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science" and it was really good. I have also read some of his stuff in the New Yorker. He is a great writer.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    oh no :o I was just about to start that one... god knows why... cos it certainly doesn't look like my kinda film but I thought the book might have lots going on : o

    I just finished 'this book will save your life' by AM Homes. It didn't save my life but it was quite an enjoyable, fun and quirky read.

    http://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Will-Save-Your/dp/0670034932


    I might check that out if "Atonement" doesn't bore me to death first :o:p

    I am remaining positive that it gets better :o

    HOLY CRAP.. that was my 5000th post :eek:
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    small town beck wrote:
    I will check out the movie as the book was great. I am reading "Atonement" now... boy if it doesn't pick up soon... and I am one hundred pages in.

    I read "Saturday" by him. It wasn't the easiest read.

    I did hear the book for "Atonement" was better than the movie. The person I talked to said the movie looked nice, but there wasn't a lot to it.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."

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