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  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Pompeii by Robert Harris
    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
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    my life as a fake - peter carey.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • alaskadude
    alaskadude Posts: 59
    I just finished "The World Without Us" by Allan Wiseman. It is a about what would happen to planet earth if all humans suddenly vanished. It is fascinating thought experiment that has kept me day dreaming ever since I finished it. I now look at the world in a completly different way. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!

    I have now just started "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. His last book, "The Botany of Desire", was excellent and so far this new one has been just as good.

    Other books that I have recently read and would recommend:

    "The Yiddish Policeman's Union" by Michael Chabon
    "The Looming Tower-Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" by Lawrence Wright
    "Consider the Lobster" by David Foster Wallace
    "A Death in Belmont" by Sebastan Junger
    "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
    "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore
    "The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics" by C.S. Lewis
    "Fiasco-The American Military Adventure in Iraq" by Tomas Ricks
    "My Lead Dog Was a Lesbian" by Brian Patrick O'Donoghue
    "The Year 1000-What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millenium" By Robert Lacey & Danny Danziger
    "1491-New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus"-By Charles Mann
    Yes, there really is a dog.
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    I'm just re-reading World War Z by Max Brooks.
    It's a collection of first hand accounts, memories and narratives of the Zombie Apocalypse. It tells the story of how the deadly Z virus rampaged across the globe and reduced humanity to a mere shell of its former exsistence.
    To be read in conjunction with A Zombie Survival Guide by the same author.
    A manual of how to survive the Zombie War should it come to your neck of the woods. Complete with tips on the best places to hide and a comprehensive list of the most effective weapons to use against the hordes its an essential purchase for any family.

    Fans of 28 days/weeks later will love it! :)
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I'm reading 5 against 1 by Kim Neely... good read (not as good as 'None Too Fragile' IMO - read that about 7 times now :D) however, it could be better, a little biased IMO but i'll reach my own final conclusions when i've finished it in the next few days :)
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    I'm reading 5 against 1 by Kim Neely... good read (not as good as 'None Too Fragile' IMO - read that about 7 times now :D) however, it could be better, a little biased IMO but i'll reach my own final conclusions when i've finished it in the next few days :)

    i feel the need to disagree with you on this. ive read both books and i found none too fragile to be shithouse in the first degree.
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  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    i have finally gotten around to Special Topics In Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessi. (Meredith if you tell me you are reading this I will die. )
    I was snagged by it when I read that the main character is a cross between Holden Caulfield :) and Huck Finn. 2 of my faves, though alot of you knew the first one.
    And then they went on to talk about how it was reminiscent of Nabakov's Lolita...another fave.
    So far-amazing
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I finished 'Papillion' and am now reading 'Into the wild'. I'm about half way through it. It's hard to put down.
  • Linda
    Linda Posts: 1,656
    TrixieCat wrote:
    i have finally gotten around to Special Topics In Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessi. (Meredith if you tell me you are reading this I will die. )
    I was snagged by it when I read that the main character is a cross between Holden Caulfield :) and Huck Finn. 2 of my faves, though alot of you knew the first one.
    And then they went on to talk about how it was reminiscent of Nabakov's Lolita...another fave.
    So far-amazing


    Is that Marisha a talent or what? I've finished the book, and must say i loved it......
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • Terryible
    Terryible Posts: 462
    I've almost finished Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis, not a bad book, nowhere as sick or twisted as American Psycho, and my next book that I got today is Into the Wild
    26/02/1998 Wellington, 09/09/2006 Marseille, 16/09/2006 Verona
    23/09/2006 Berlin, 30/09/2006 Athens, 18/07/2007 London
    02/07/2009 Honolulu (EV Solo), 22/11/2009, Sydney, 29/11/2009 Christchurch
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Terryible wrote:
    I've almost finished Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis, not a bad book, nowhere as sick or twisted as American Psycho, and my next book that I got today is Into the Wild

    how are you handling the main character being named bret easton ellis? not to mention the whole stephen king kick it went on. not his usual fare.
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  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Linda wrote:
    Is that Marisha a talent or what? I've finished the book, and must say i loved it......
    Agreed. She is incredible.

    Not to mention very beautiful. :o
    What are you reading now? Or am I being lazy..did you say what you are reading now?
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Linda
    Linda Posts: 1,656
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Agreed. She is incredible.

    Not to mention very beautiful. :o
    What are you reading now? Or am I being lazy..did you say what you are reading now?

    No, you are not lazy, i've finished Marisha's novell. Now i am reading "Tirza" written by Arnon Grunberg, a young dutch writer who live and work in NY (with a elderly women, so ive heard)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnon_Gr%C3%BCnberg
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Linda wrote:
    Is that Marisha a talent or what? I've finished the book, and must say i loved it......

    interesting... the reviews i've read seem to say it's a bit self-indulgent.

    i'm going to start reading 'fourth bear' by jasper fforde in the evenings. other than that, just legal texts.
  • Linda
    Linda Posts: 1,656
    soulsinging wrote:
    interesting... the reviews i've read seem to say it's a bit self-indulgent.

    i'm going to start reading 'fourth bear' by jasper fforde in the evenings. other than that, just legal texts.

    Yes, the characters in the book are bit self-indulgent...but a fun read, really
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Predators, Prey and other Kinfolk...about a woman growing up in polygamy. It's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!

    P.S. I should add that Under the Banner of Heaven (Jon Krakauer) is my favorite book.
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  • #X.
    #X. Posts: 142
    Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley. I would recommend anything by W. Mosley #X.
    "The Poet is a madman lost in adventure."
    -Paul Verlaine-

    "With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion."
    -Edgar Poe-
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,230
    Got a new Hitachi HDTV Camcorder/camera and the intructions are like a book, 157 pages.

    Peace
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    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Mel1979
    Mel1979 Posts: 17
    Currently reading The Silence of the Lambs - can't believe I haven't read it before now.
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,368
    Still reading Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi. It's non-fiction, interesting, and not choppy, it has a nice flow. Still the last two books I've read (Unless and Dirt Music) were more engaging.
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