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  • Corso
    Corso so poor I can't afford to comment on the PJ forum Posts: 201
    THE IMMORTAL CLASS, Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power, Travis Hugh Culley.
  • BlackThirteen
    BlackThirteen Posts: 423
    Women--Charles Bukowski
  • Corso
    Corso so poor I can't afford to comment on the PJ forum Posts: 201
    The Curse of Lono, HST and Ralph Steadman, similar to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but the location is Hawaii...
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Almost halfway through "Rebecca" and also reading the Pete Townshend bio that Eddie wrote the forward to.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • cornnifer
    cornnifer Posts: 2,130
    i just finished "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle". Man, thats some messed up shit.
    "When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    The Last Wish- Andrzej Sapkowski
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    'The Wisdom of India' - Lin Yutang
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    "The Big Rich" by Bryan Burrough. It's a detailed and very entertaining history of the four wealthiest oil families in Texas in the early 20th century, how they struck it rich, and their impact on all kinds of institutions including politics.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Nothingman54
    Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    I just finished New Moon. I didnt like it like the 1st book. I dont think the movie will be that great. I hope so.... Im gonna buy the next 2 books today. Has anyone read them? Are they good?
    I'll be back
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    since the last time i posted, i've probably read 8 more books.....averaging one a week...just flying this year! today at lunch i shall start paulo coelho's newest novel, the winner stands alone.
    Stay with me...
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  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    Hemingway's Chair - Michael Palin (almost finished)

    Queen of Babble Gets Hitched - Meg Cabot (about halfway through)

    Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin - Jon Bream (haven't gotten very far yet)

    Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami (started a short while ago)

    I think all of these are in English, I can't remember which books I've read in Finnish or English. :D

    also I have my never-ending reading mission in the form of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (in English aswell, that's why it's taking me forever.. :| ) which I've started many many times.
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Nothingman54 wrote:
    I just finished New Moon. I didnt like it like the 1st book. I dont think the movie will be that great. I hope so.... Im gonna buy the next 2 books today. Has anyone read them? Are they good?

    I struggled to get through the first book and bailed after that. The writing is horrible!
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,371
    Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama. It's flows very well. He's a great story writer.
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  • Back_Pedal
    Back_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    I'm rereading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I've figured out why a lot of it didn't stick the last time around, and that would be because of the writing style. There's a lot of run-ons that make some of the book hard to read, even though the plot is good.
    Thanks EPOTTSIII!
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Back_Pedal wrote:
    I'm rereading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I've figured out why a lot of it didn't stick the last time around, and that would be because of the writing style. There's a lot of run-ons that make some of the book hard to read, even though the plot is good.

    I loved that book.

    Just finished Atlas shrugged and now i've started A Game Of Thrones
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Back_Pedal wrote:
    I'm rereading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I've figured out why a lot of it didn't stick the last time around, and that would be because of the writing style. There's a lot of run-ons that make some of the book hard to read, even though the plot is good.

    I didn't care for that one. It felt like a short story that was stretched into a novel just to win prizes. Perhaps the most over-hyped novel I've read outside of Confederacy of Dunces. They both won the Pulitzer interestingly enough.

    I'm reading the Preacher series of graphic novels now. It's some crazy shit!
  • Restless Soul
    Restless Soul Posts: 805
    I'm reading Painting Mona Lisa which is quite interesting - all about the church mafia in 15th century florence.
    Also still trying to get through Dreams from my father by BO but it's stalled a bit, since I'm not commuting anymore. :lol:

    By the way, is anyone on Goodreads here? It's a good way of keeping track of your books, writing reviews and finding out about new books. If you are on there feel free to add me! This is my profile: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1022800 :D
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    The Blade Itself- Joe Abercrombie, book one of his First Law trilogy.
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    The Illiminatus Trilogy.

    ...what a trip!
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    "Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World" by Peter Chapman
    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.

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