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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    florence151 wrote:
    An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser.

    It surprisingly has a lot to say about the decisions between the rich and the poor that the Occupy Movement is protesting.

    I remember reading that many years ago!

    Now - Intro to Real Analysis by Manfred Stoll.... :shock: For a math class. Kinda slow going, like a page a half hour.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Almost embarrassed to admit I had not read this yet -- picked it up at the airport yesterday and like what I have read thus far. I know I am the last person on planet earth to read this book but I figured I needed to check out what the deal was prior to the movie coming out. (The trailer looks/sounds incredible.)
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    Almost embarrassed to admit I had not read this yet -- picked it up at the airport yesterday and like what I have read thus far. I know I am the last person on planet earth to read this book but I figured I needed to check out what the deal was prior to the movie coming out. (The trailer looks/sounds incredible.)
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    I haven't read it.
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  • RYEzupSF
    RYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Leeze wrote:
    Someone on fb posted something about beetroots and I remembered a book that I've read before and really liked and I started reading it again. It's called Jitterbug perfume and was written by Tom Tobbins.

    Great read, also for the third time around :thumbup:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitterbug_Perfume

    I love this book. Tom robbins is great. Fucked up and great.

    ...Just finished Life by Keith Richards. I could not put it down. Good thing I have spent so much time on airplanes in the last 2 weeks. If you haven't read it I can't recommend it enough.

    Now I need a new book...
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,808
    Newch91 wrote:
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    Almost embarrassed to admit I had not read this yet -- picked it up at the airport yesterday and like what I have read thus far. I know I am the last person on planet earth to read this book but I figured I needed to check out what the deal was prior to the movie coming out. (The trailer looks/sounds incredible.)
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    I haven't read it.

    300 pages in and it has me. The trailer for the film with the Zep in the background is what got my attention recently....that and it is a David Fincher film. Throw it in your queue if you like Mystery.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    Almost embarrassed to admit I had not read this yet -- picked it up at the airport yesterday and like what I have read thus far. I know I am the last person on planet earth to read this book but I figured I needed to check out what the deal was prior to the movie coming out. (The trailer looks/sounds incredible.)
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    I haven't read it.

    300 pages in and it has me. The trailer for the film with the Zep in the background is what got my attention recently....that and it is a David Fincher film. Throw it in your queue if you like Mystery.
    I do like Fincher. I have too many books to read right now. I've heard about this book.
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  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    Leeze wrote:
    Someone on fb posted something about beetroots and I remembered a book that I've read before and really liked and I started reading it again. It's called Jitterbug perfume and was written by Tom Tobbins.

    Great read, also for the third time around :thumbup:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitterbug_Perfume

    Love that book!

    I'm one-third of the way through Tom Robbins "Villa Incognita". That guy is just awesome to read....there's a treat on every page
  • MK1980
    MK1980 Nottingham, UK Posts: 291
    The new Stephen King book, 11/22/63
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    MK1980 wrote:
    The new Stephen King book, 11/22/63
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    I have about 100 pages left!
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  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    rrivers wrote:
    MK1980 wrote:
    The new Stephen King book, 11/22/63
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    I have about 100 pages left!

    I just finished it yesterday. Thought it was great.
  • Nastasja
    Nastasja Posts: 9,668
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  • catefrances
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    i bought andy warhol - richard polasky
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  • intodeep
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    I just started The Strangest Tribe - about Seattle in the 70's and 80's leading up to the 'grunge' scene. Great read so far! The new SK and book 3 of Song of Fire and Ice are next on the docket.
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    I just started The Strangest Tribe - about Seattle in the 70's and 80's leading up to the 'grunge' scene. Great read so far! The new SK and book 3 of Song of Fire and Ice are next on the docket.
    Storm of Swords is one of my favorite fantasy books. It delivers the goods. It is the best book in the series so far IMHO

    You will laugh, you will cry, and at one point you will throw the book across the room
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Finished 11/22/63 last night. It was really good and touching at the end.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    intodeep wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    I just started The Strangest Tribe - about Seattle in the 70's and 80's leading up to the 'grunge' scene. Great read so far! The new SK and book 3 of Song of Fire and Ice are next on the docket.
    Storm of Swords is one of my favorite fantasy books. It delivers the goods. It is the best book in the series so far IMHO

    You will laugh, you will cry, and at one point you will throw the book across the room

    Second, it's one of the best books I've ever read fantasy or otherwise. Still working my way through book 5.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields

    Only 50 or so pages in but it's insane.
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields

    Only 50 or so pages in but it's insane.
    That sounds like it could be a good read. Living in Texas, the border violence of the last few years has been mind blowing. I honestly don't know how people in the border towns can have anything close to a normal life anymore.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    Who Princess wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields

    Only 50 or so pages in but it's insane.
    That sounds like it could be a good read. Living in Texas, the border violence of the last few years has been mind blowing. I honestly don't know how people in the border towns can have anything close to a normal life anymore.

    It's very good. It takes a little while to get adapted to his style of writing but once you get going it's great. Doesn't really sound like there is much of a normal life their anymore. Terribly sad. Does not portray the drug war the way our government and media do though.

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