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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    rrivers wrote:
    I saw that book in Borders and put it on my wishlist so I wouldn't forget about it. Looked really interesting.

    Yeah so far it's good..although im not really into the meat of it yet. I saw an excerpt in a weekend magazine i get and was intrigued. The author's name is Shannon Moffet.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    soulsinging wrote:
    i had to read that in high school. it was ok. seemed like a crappier version of the chocolate war to me.

    I read that in high school, too. Stupid me - I didn't retain any of it.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    soulsinging wrote:
    i had to read that in high school. it was ok. seemed like a crappier version of the chocolate war to me.

    Yeah I picked up at the school books section in a bookstore. I read the Chocolate war in high school and really liked it.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • nick1977
    nick1977 Posts: 327
    I'm reading "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time"

    It is a GREAT book with an autistic person as the narrator. I would highly recommend it.
  • eddies grrl
    eddies grrl Posts: 509
    libragirl wrote:
    I just started a book called the 3 Pound Enigma: Unlocking the Mysteries of The Brain, so far it's very interesting.

    i thought the human brain weighed 9 pounds...
    Life is the riddle
    Of which we're caught in the middle.
    A couple of lucky ones
    Tangled up in too much love
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  • eddies grrl
    eddies grrl Posts: 509
    rarghrargh-brownstar wrote:
    heart of darkness
    -joseph congrad

    not very long.
    :p

    if you want a long book about the congo, read the poisonwood bible by barbara kingsolver. GREAT book.

    (and it's conrad- no "g") :)
    Life is the riddle
    Of which we're caught in the middle.
    A couple of lucky ones
    Tangled up in too much love
    ~cowboy junkies
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    eddie's grrl wrote:
    i thought the human brain weighed 9 pounds...

    nope...the average brain weighs 3 pounds...
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • eddies grrl
    eddies grrl Posts: 509
    libragirl wrote:
    nope...the average brain weighs 3 pounds...

    yeah, i have no idea. i took that line from the kid in jerry mcguire.
    Life is the riddle
    Of which we're caught in the middle.
    A couple of lucky ones
    Tangled up in too much love
    ~cowboy junkies
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    eddie's grrl wrote:
    yeah, i have no idea. i took that line from the kid in jerry mcguire.

    ah.....
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,374
    nick1977 wrote:
    I'm reading "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time"

    It is a GREAT book with an autistic person as the narrator. I would highly recommend it.
    I hosted a book club for that book at work. It was really interesting to talk about with a few people.
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  • Delivered_Wings
    Delivered_Wings Posts: 123
    I am reading "The Ride of Our Lives"

    Wonderful book.
    Be Sound...
  • Delivered_Wings
    Delivered_Wings Posts: 123
    MrMerkinball wrote:
    Life Expenctancy, by Dean Koontz

    I loved that book. I am a huge Koontz fan. Ever read By The Light of the Moon? Aside from Watchers that is my favorite.
    Be Sound...
  • Milhouse VanHouten
    Milhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    "To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever", an examination of the fierce rivalry between Duke University and UNC.
    "Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
  • dissidentbehindthec
    dissidentbehindthec Posts: 100
    Delivered_Wings wrote:
    I loved that book. I am a huge Koontz fan. Ever read By The Light of the Moon? Aside from Watchers that is my favorite.

    I'm also a huge Koontz fan. I loved Fear Nothing and Seize the Night, can't wait for the third one in that series - as well as his books Winter Moon and Odd Thomas (haven't read the sequel yet).
    Speaking as a child of the 90's....I never thought you'd habit.

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  • Ulalume
    Ulalume Posts: 48
    The Divine Comedy by Dante Alligheri.

    This is definitely my favorite book ever.
    How dark a woe! yet how sublime a hope!
    How silently serene a sea of pride!
    How daring an ambition! yet how deep--
    How fathomless a capacity for love!
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    I am about 3/4 through Scar Tissue by Anthony Keidis. That is a fantastic read for anyone wanting information and an inside look at the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

    Next on my list is either The Perfect Storm (not sure who authored it), or Wal*Mart: A History of Sam Walton's Retail Phenomenon by Sandra S Vance & Roy V. Scott.

    On the Wal-Mart book....I hate Wal-Mart, I really hate everything I think they stand for. This book is just for informational purposes to either support my hatred or enlighten me about things I didn't know.
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    dissidentbehindthec wrote:
    The Possessed - Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

    And if anyone's read his book The Idiot - it's my favorite book of all time.
    am 200 in on The Idiot, thinking its pretty fuckin good but had thoses expectation............have only Notes from the Undrerground left and I'll have done his major works...................think that The Possessed (my copy was called Devils) was his hardest read for me,
  • NuclearTreeFrog
    NuclearTreeFrog Posts: 225
    1984
    "The sun is shining, but not for me."
  • dissidentbehindthec
    dissidentbehindthec Posts: 100
    elmer wrote:
    am 200 in on The Idiot, thinking its pretty fuckin good but had thoses expectation............have only Notes from the Undrerground left and I'll have done his major works...................think that The Possessed (my copy was called Devils) was his hardest read for me,

    Yeah the Possessed is a pretty hard read, I've actually taken two breaks from it at different times, just to read something simpler for a while before going back to it.

    Let me know what you think of the ending in the Idiot ;)

    I haven't read anything else of his but I eventually want to read them all.
    Speaking as a child of the 90's....I never thought you'd habit.

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  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    nick1977 wrote:
    I'm reading "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time"

    It is a GREAT book with an autistic person as the narrator. I would highly recommend it.

    i just read that, too! it was very different...good stuff.

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