I finished
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Jared Diamond a few weeks ago, and thought it was a great book. It goes above and beyond saying "This is what is wrong!", and also does not simply attack big business, but Jared realizes that incorporating big business into using their resources more wisely is the best way to go about 'saving' our world. I would highly suggest it.
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Originally posted by Hektore
On the theme of discussing literature and a book club, do y'all think it would be feasible to create a book club on TFP(if we had enough interest) such that we would choose a book and read it together and discuss it while we go along?
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I really like this idea. It would help force me to keep up in my reading as I find some days I'll surge ahead, and then for weeks I'll barely touch a book. I'm not particular about genres, because I tend to find a genre I like, and stick with it for a long time when I would really like to get more breadth in there. If anyone else is interested I think this is a great idea; if the book is not at my small library, or my local bookstore it would take a few days for me to snag the reading.
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Originally posted by LadySage
"Choke" was funny but not nearly as good as "Haunted" by the same author.
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I read Lullaby and Survivor. I enjoyed Lullaby more than Survivor, but thoroughly enjoyed both. I did not read Choke, because I don't like reading one author over and over. I find I'll start slowing down in my reading as I get tired of their style. I might have to pick up Haunted instead of Choke though for my next read from him.
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Originally posted by LadySage
Just read the first Harry Potter.... I could not put it down... havent been to bed all night and cant wait to start the second. The movie left out so much! The books are definately a treat for child and adult alike and answer many questions the movie doesnt.
It has been a long time since a book has sucked me in so completely.
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The same thing happened to me when I read Harry Potter. I refused to read them, because of the hype, but took the first three books overseas with me last year, and ended up buying and plowing through the whole series. Order of the Phoenix was my favorite, but I'm afraid the movie will leave out so many details. I'm excited to see what happens in the 'last' book.
I'm currently reading
The Souls of Black Folk by
W.E.B. Du Bois. I know it sounds like a Sociology course read, and that's actually how I was initially introduced to Du Bois' style of writing. I really enjoy it! I must admit it's taking me longer to get through, but I'm almost done, and it has not disappointed.
I started
Into Thin Air by
Jon Krakauer, and so far it has intriqued me, but stories of wilderness survival always have.
My friend sent me
Adrift by
Steven Callahan last year, and I could not put it down.
After I finish Into Thin Air I think I'm going to finally read Ancient Iraq. It's been sitting on my shelf for too long without being touched.