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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    "The Snoring Bird, My Family's Journey through a Century of Biology." Bernd Heinrich......I am such a Biology geek. :D
    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.
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Just finished 2 books in the last week.

    Eric Clapton's autobiography - if anyone thinks taking drugs and getting pissed is cool read this. The man attends AA meetings to this day.

    The Book Thief - Marcas Zusak. Awesome book. The story is told by the grim reaper.

    Now I've just started Shantaram - David Gregory Roberts and only 20 pages in. Seems promising.
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    The Screwtape Letters by C.S.Lewis.
    A human being that was given to fly.

    Wembley 18/06/07

    If there was a reason, it was you.

    O2 Arena 18/09/09
  • samick
    samick Posts: 373
    Stephen king-cell
  • clark_kent
    clark_kent Posts: 166
    after filling up my book shelf over the year with books i didnt have time to read, i am finally almost caught up. i've got 5 left and they are:

    gone baby gone- dennis lehane
    prayers for rain- dennis lehane
    dark hollow- john connolly
    dune- frank herbert
    game of thrones- george rr martin
    "You've never been out of college, you don't know what it's like out there. I've worked in the private sector... they expect results." -Ray

    Denny Crane!
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    rrivers wrote:
    Here's a little info about it from wikipedia:

    "It has since been announced that Krakauer's new book, The Hero, will be released by publisher Doubleday on October 14, 2008. The Hero will be about former NFL football player Pat Tillman, who enlisted in the US Army after 9/11 to become an Army Ranger and was eventually killed in action under suspicious circumstances in Afghanistan. In addition to performing research in Afghanistan, Krakauer was able to interview members of Tillman's family and read Tillman's diaries and letters, to prepare for writing the book. Doubleday's David Drake says Krakauer's interest in Tillman reflects "the fascination he has with extreme people, who push themselves to the very limits of their capabilities"."

    Holy crap! NO WAY!! THANK YOU for this!! :) Wow...Can't wait till October 14!!!

    P.S. I heart Krakauer.
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  • mole1985
    mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    clark_kent wrote:
    after filling up my book shelf over the year with books i didnt have time to read, i am finally almost caught up. i've got 5 left and they are:

    gone baby gone- dennis lehane
    prayers for rain- dennis lehane
    dark hollow- john connolly
    dune- frank herbert
    game of thrones- george rr martin


    'Dune' is very good. I've got 'Game of Thrones' on my bookshelf too.

    Nearly finished Perdido 'Street Station' by China Mieville. After that i'm gonna read 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ann Ryand.
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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    Margaret Laurence - The Fire-Dwellers
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
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  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Loving Frank
    It is about Frank Lloyd Wright's lover.
    Historical Fiction

    I love it so far.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    Lolita ~ Nabokov

    as well as When you are Engulfed in Flames ~ David Sedaris
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • saveuplife
    saveuplife Posts: 1,173
    libragirl wrote:
    I just started reading A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle.


    What did you think? I am almost done this book and thought it was excellent.
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    bovy_j wrote:
    Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk :)

    Finally bought it yesterday and can't wait to get to it. He's a bit of a one trick pony, but he does it well.
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • Linda
    Linda Posts: 1,656
    re-reading....Marisha Pessl - Special Topics in Calamity Physics...
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    smithnic wrote:
    Lolita ~ Nabokov

    as well as When you are Engulfed in Flames ~ David Sedaris

    I'm a little more than halfway through "Me Talk Pretty One Day". It's good and really funny.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    The Great Divorce by C.S.Lewis
    A human being that was given to fly.

    Wembley 18/06/07

    If there was a reason, it was you.

    O2 Arena 18/09/09
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    rrivers wrote:
    He has a new book coming out in the fall called "The Hero" about Pat Tillman.

    Can't wait to read it. His books are brilliant.

    Reading Duma Key by Stephen King. So far, so good. But how can one go wrong with Mr King!! :)
  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Getting Stoned with Savages - J. Maarrten Troost
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  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    smithnic wrote:
    Lolita ~ Nabokov

    Great book, one of my favorites (but I prefer Pale Fire)!

    Right now, I am reading Vincent Bugliosi's The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, as well as Euripides, "Hippolytus" and "The Bacchae."
    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
  • blacknapkins
    blacknapkins Posts: 2,177
    Dead Souls ~ Nikolai Gogol (1/2 way through ... really good)

    ... just finished King Dork by Frank Portman (young adult fiction recommended by a friend)
    "Information is not knowledge.
    Knowledge is not wisdom.
    Wisdom is not truth.
    Truth is not beauty.
    Beauty is not love.
    Love is not music.
    Music is the best."
    ~ FZ ~
  • NothingSound
    NothingSound Posts: 198
    3/4 of the way through John Adams. So much better then the HBO series.

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