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  • AlbertaGirl70_
    AlbertaGirl70_ Posts: 1,738
    Has anyone read "This All Encompassing Trip"(Chasing Pearl Jam Around The World) by fan Jason Leung? I just discovered it on Amazon and bought it

    I just finished up the chapters covering the Canadian tour follow,and one of the bands mentioned "Hey Rosetta" is playing Canada Day long weekend festivities in my city...very cool......
    I will walk w/my hands bound
    I will walk w/my face blood
    I will walk w/my shadow flag

    Memories back when she was smooth and strong
    and waiting for the world to come along...

    Eddie solo Vegas Oct 31,Nov 1 2012
  • Carey
    Carey Posts: 2,361
    The second S&M sexy-poo book
    "Can't buy what I want because it's free..."
  • zarocat
    zarocat Posts: 1,901
    Just finished 'Anthem' by Ayn Rand. Brilliant! A short read & straight to the 'point'. :D
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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    zarocat wrote:
    Just finished 'Anthem' by Ayn Rand. Brilliant! A short read & straight to the 'point'. :D

    I read "Anthem" when I was a teenager. Now, looking back, I am able to appreciate what nonsense Rand's "philosophy" is. The actual writing of the book itself was more or less OK.
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    2024-09-27 Ohana 1
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    2025-05-03 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
  • traveljunkie
    traveljunkie Posts: 663
    I started this last night and did not want to put it down.
    I stopped only because my eyes were literally closing on me.

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    “I worked really hard on this set. I just told you we’re gonna have a great night, so I don’t need any fuckin’ help from anybody.” EV, 7/2/09
  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    zarocat wrote:
    Just finished 'Anthem' by Ayn Rand. Brilliant! A short read & straight to the 'point'. :D

    By the way, I see you're going to Amsterdam 1, 2. See you there! :):):)
    1998-06-30 Minneapolis
    2003-06-16 St. Paul
    2006-06-26 St. Paul
    2007-08-05 Chicago
    2009-08-23 Chicago
    2009-08-28 San Francisco
    2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
    2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
    2011-09-03 PJ20
    2011-09-04 PJ20
    2011-09-17 Winnipeg
    2012-06-26 Amsterdam
    2012-06-27 Amsterdam
    2013-07-19 Wrigley
    2013-11-21 San Diego
    2013-11-23 Los Angeles
    2013-11-24 Los Angeles
    2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
    2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
    2014-10-09 Lincoln
    2014-10-19 St. Paul
    2014-10-20 Milwaukee
    2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
    2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
    2018-06-18 London 1
    2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
    2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
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    2023-09-02 St. Paul
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    2024-09-15 Fenway 1
    2024-09-27 Ohana 1
    2024-09-29 Ohana 2
    2025-05-03 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,441
    I'm reading The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq right now. It's good :)
  • zarocat
    zarocat Posts: 1,901
    vant0037 wrote:
    zarocat wrote:
    Just finished 'Anthem' by Ayn Rand. Brilliant! A short read & straight to the 'point'. :D

    By the way, I see you're going to Amsterdam 1, 2. See you there! :):):)

    ha ha...

    You and I will be discussing Ayn Rands nonsense because I don't believe it is nonsense. You up for it? :lol:
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    1998: Barrie
    2000: Montreal, Toronto, Auburn Hills
    2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal
    2004: Boston X2, Grand Rapids
    2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
    2006: Toronto X2
    2009: Toronto
    2011: PJ20, Montreal, Toronto X2, Hamilton
    2012: Manchester X2, Amsterdam X2, Prague, Berlin X2, Philadelphia, Missoula
    2013: Pittsburg, Buffalo
    2014: Milan, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Detroit
    2016: Ottawa, Toronto X2
    2018: Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona
    2022: Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto
    2023: Chicago X2
    2024: New York X2
  • oona left
    oona left Posts: 1,677
    "Oblivion" by David Foster Wallace.

    The man's brilliance cannot be overstated.
  • mikalina
    mikalina Posts: 7,206
    Christian Gray - ( is something else ).... :P
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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    zarocat wrote:
    vant0037 wrote:
    zarocat wrote:
    Just finished 'Anthem' by Ayn Rand. Brilliant! A short read & straight to the 'point'. :D

    By the way, I see you're going to Amsterdam 1, 2. See you there! :):):)

    ha ha...

    You and I will be discussing Ayn Rands nonsense because I don't believe it is nonsense. You up for it? :lol:

    It'd be a hard sell to tell my wife that we flew all the way to Amsterdam on our honeymoon just so I could debate Ayn Rand! :lol::lol::lol:
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    2009-08-23 Chicago
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    2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
    2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
    2011-09-03 PJ20
    2011-09-04 PJ20
    2011-09-17 Winnipeg
    2012-06-26 Amsterdam
    2012-06-27 Amsterdam
    2013-07-19 Wrigley
    2013-11-21 San Diego
    2013-11-23 Los Angeles
    2013-11-24 Los Angeles
    2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
    2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
    2014-10-09 Lincoln
    2014-10-19 St. Paul
    2014-10-20 Milwaukee
    2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
    2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
    2018-06-18 London 1
    2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
    2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
    2022-09-16 Nashville
    2023-08-31 St. Paul
    2023-09-02 St. Paul
    2023-09-05 Chicago 1
    2024-08-31 Wrigley 2
    2024-09-15 Fenway 1
    2024-09-27 Ohana 1
    2024-09-29 Ohana 2
    2025-05-03 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
  • guitar59
    guitar59 Posts: 1,221
    Enkidu wrote:
    Wow, this 50 Shades of Gray is really making its rounds. What is it people like about it? is it graphic? Sexcapades right? ;)

    Anne Rice's wrote a Sleeping Beauty Series quite a few years ago, basically erotica/porn and apparently its getting some recognition because of this 50 Shades hype. I read it years ago and it was pretty darned good.

    I haven't read it, but know two friends who did and said the writing is horrible. Twilight quality.

    .
    Just finished book one, I enjoyed Twilight more, it was written for kids, so it read like it was for kids. 50 Shades is for adults, and is not well written. That being said I ordered the next 2 in the series and will read them. Not great quality literature, but...sometimes I need to read fluff.
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    vant0037 wrote:
    zarocat wrote:
    Just finished 'Anthem' by Ayn Rand. Brilliant! A short read & straight to the 'point'. :D

    I read "Anthem" when I was a teenager. Now, looking back, I am able to appreciate what nonsense Rand's "philosophy" is. The actual writing of the book itself was more or less OK.

    :lol:
  • Sprunkn7
    Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Wolf Hall
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • Pamela0222
    Pamela0222 Posts: 1,544
    mikalina wrote:
    Christian Gray - ( is something else ).... :P


    LOL I couldn't agree more!!
    The thing I like most about time is that it's not real. It's all in the head. Sure, it's a useful trick to use if you want to meet someone at a specific place in the universe and have tea or coffee- but that's all it is- a trick. There is no such thing as the past. It exists only in the memory. There is no such thing as the future. It exists only in our imagination. If our watches were truly accurate, the only thing they would ever say is "Now". That's what time it is. It's "Now". - Damien Echols
  • of.the.girl
    of.the.girl Posts: 10,026
    mikalina wrote:
    Christian Gray - ( is something else ).... :P
    That is putting it one way. I'm on the 3rd book and already a 1/4 of the way through since I started it late last night.
  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    mikalina wrote:
    Christian Gray - ( is something else ).... :P
    That is putting it one way. I'm on the 3rd book and already a 1/4 of the way through since I started it late last night.
    I read all 3 in 36 hours :shifty:
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  • of.the.girl
    of.the.girl Posts: 10,026
    mikalina wrote:
    Christian Gray - ( is something else ).... :P
    That is putting it one way. I'm on the 3rd book and already a 1/4 of the way through since I started it late last night.
    I read all 3 in 36 hours :shifty:

    I read book 1 in a day
    book 2 took me 2 days just because of my little men and baseball...
    and book 3...well....I see it being done tonight with some breaks in between. :oops:
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Newch91 wrote:
    I don't read Fiction. It's a waste of my time.

    But I just finished The Kennedy Curse, and picked up Michael Lewis' Liars Poker and Ronald Kessler's bio on Joeseph P Kennedy, Sins of the Father. I'm on a big Kennedy family kick this summer so far.
    I'm really interested in JFK, RFK, and the rest of the family. What are some JFK books you'd recommend? I put 2 on my Amazon wishlist: "An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963" and "Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years". Also, have you been to the JFK library and museum?
    I have been to the library/museum. Very cool for JFK fans.

    Unfinished Life is good. Never read Brothers, but I hear its good. I recommend The Kennedy Curse by Edward Klein and Doris Kearns Goodwin's excellent tome called "The Kennedys and Fitzgeralds" about the two most storied families (apart from the Bulgers :lol: ) in Boston history. Just a fantastic account of late 19th and early 20th century politics in ethnic America. I began reading Ronald Kessler's Sins of the Father. Joe Kennedy (JFKs dad) was a real piece of work. That family is amazing, sad, tragic and fascinating all in one. I love the Ted Kennedy garbage too. He was a horrible individual. There's another one I recommend on the Kennedy wives (Rose, Ethel, Jackie) that my mom read and said its awesome.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Newch91 wrote:
    I don't read Fiction. It's a waste of my time.

    But I just finished The Kennedy Curse, and picked up Michael Lewis' Liars Poker and Ronald Kessler's bio on Joeseph P Kennedy, Sins of the Father. I'm on a big Kennedy family kick this summer so far.
    I'm really interested in JFK, RFK, and the rest of the family. What are some JFK books you'd recommend? I put 2 on my Amazon wishlist: "An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963" and "Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years". Also, have you been to the JFK library and museum?
    I have been to the library/museum. Very cool for JFK fans.

    Unfinished Life is good. Never read Brothers, but I hear its good. I recommend The Kennedy Curse by Edward Klein and Doris Kearns Goodwin's excellent tome called "The Kennedys and Fitzgeralds" about the two most storied families (apart from the Bulgers :lol: ) in Boston history. Just a fantastic account of late 19th and early 20th century politics in ethnic America. I began reading Ronald Kessler's Sins of the Father. Joe Kennedy (JFKs dad) was a real piece of work. That family is amazing, sad, tragic and fascinating all in one. I love the Ted Kennedy garbage too. He was a horrible individual. There's another one I recommend on the Kennedy wives (Rose, Ethel, Jackie) that my mom read and said its awesome.
    Thanks for the recommendations! I have so many books to read this summer. Hopefully I finish them before school starts and can read a JFK book. I'd love to visit the museum this summer. Looks like a really cool place to visit.
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