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  • Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,980

    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • Washington DC Posts: 7,376
    A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,815
    Just finished these two most recent books in the Saxon Tales series. Loved them.



    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,815
    This was recommended by a board member here....thought I already read it but I see now that I did not. I intended to read it!
    Series starts soon so I want to read it now.

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    Ms. Haiku said:

    A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson

    I read this and enjoyed the first half but he kind of lost me towards the end. How did you like it?
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,426
    Tough Jews
    About Jewish gangsters...Arnold Rothstein, Meyer Lansky, etc..
  • Washington DC Posts: 7,376
    riotgrl said:

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    I read this and enjoyed the first half but he kind of lost me towards the end. How did you like it?
    Almost half through :)
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    23scidoo said:


    I read this and liked it years ago
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    I wanted to go back to a classic, so am now rereading A Mote In God's Eye by Pournelle and Niven.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,980
    oftenreading said:

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    I read this and liked it years ago
    Amazing book..check this from the seme author..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
  • Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    jerparker20 said:

    Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

    Oooh, I picked that up but haven't started it. It's in the pile. Is it good?
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    oftenreading said:

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    Oooh, I picked that up but haven't started it. It's in the pile. Is it good?
    I attempted to start it last night, but my three month old had other plans for me...

    Hope to turn some pages over the weekend.
  • Washington DC Posts: 7,376
    Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    The Life We Bury


    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • Washington DC Posts: 7,376

    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Toronto Posts: 3,004
    Finally getting to the bottom of my reading pile, lol, on to The 10 Natural Laws Of Successful Time And Life Management by Hyrum W. Smith (hopefully some of this takes hold on me, lol).
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Earlier this year, I really got into reading Thomas Hardy. It started with Tess of D'Urberville. I absolutely loved that book. Absolutely, completely, fanatically loved it.

    A while later I went on to Jude the Obscure. Jude was Hardy's last novel. He lived several years after writing it but only wrote poetry from then on because Jude was given universal, scathing reviews. The book challenged the then current (late 1900's England) established customs of marriage, family and religion. It's another amazing piece of literature. However, it is also one of the most depressing pieces of fiction I've ever read and contains a passage that is more disturbing than any I can remember reading. After finishing the book I thought, "Well, is this just me?" So I looked up some reviews on Geed Reads and came across one that basically said in one line: "If you need just that little extra push toward suicide, this is the book for you." I thought that was outrageously funny and spot on. It's a great book, but not at all the place I would suggest starting Hardy with!

    And the other interesting thing is, after doing a little research, I learned that in real life, Thomas Hardy was known to be a generous, joyful, positive person who believed in the ability of humans to do good things and make life better. I guess he just let all the angst he ever possessed flow onto the page.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,557
    Halfway through, I can't wait to pick up this book and read whenever possible.
    This book contains the most deplorable human being ever put down on paper. (fictional)
    What does this say about me?

    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • Posts: 12,243
    Malroth said:

    Halfway through, I can't wait to pick up this book and read whenever possible.
    This book contains the most deplorable human being ever put down on paper. (fictional)
    What does this say about me?

    It says that you enjoy a well written book with fascinating characters (going by the synopsis I read).

    I just started reading Testimony, the autobiography/memoir of Robbie Robertson, one of the original members of The Band.
    ELITIST FUK

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