01-02-2004, 06:11 PM | #121 (permalink) | |
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The guy that translated this version lived in a cave with his mother/wife (so says the lady who was in charge of the cash register when I bought it)...so you can understand that his point of view is, a little odd, to say the least. Now I'm reading Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught (GREAT book...for the ladies) I started it about 2 days ago and I'm almost done, but I don't want it to end.
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01-03-2004, 02:59 AM | #123 (permalink) |
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I just started reading The Elder Gods by David Eddings. So far my opinion seems to be a little higher than the average reviews but I can see it's going no where fast. I wouldn't have given it a chance if I hadn't enjoyed Eddings' other books.
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01-05-2004, 05:42 AM | #124 (permalink) |
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Location: Australia
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reading dracula by bram stoker
next up i got a number of short stoires by edgar allen poe, unless some of the other books i ordered turn up in time
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01-05-2004, 06:18 AM | #126 (permalink) |
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Location: VA
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I started/finished Da Vinci code last night. Someone said earlier in the thread that it was a cheap thriller, and in a way I agree with them. What kept me going was the attention to detail and all the puzzles that I'd try to figure out before the characters do (I mean, APPLE, come ON people...). Anyway, it was a fun afternoon. =)
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01-05-2004, 08:56 AM | #127 (permalink) | |
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Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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01-07-2004, 08:06 PM | #128 (permalink) |
beauty in the breakdown
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Last Man Standing, David Baldacci.
Merely a fast filler book. Im looking forward to getting back into my Tolkien
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01-13-2004, 01:39 PM | #131 (permalink) |
beauty in the breakdown
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Finally getting back to the Tolkien. Reading The Hobbit right now. I think then I will go through the Lord of the Rings again, and then on to the Silmarillion.
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01-13-2004, 03:26 PM | #133 (permalink) |
hip mama
Location: redmond, washington
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I'm reading a Macromedia Flash MX 2004 book, and "The Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers"
I really only read tech books these days or things relating to computers
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01-19-2004, 11:07 PM | #134 (permalink) |
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"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel...so far so good
Just got done with "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" by Tom Robbins...brilliant just like all of Robbins books.
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01-20-2004, 03:55 AM | #137 (permalink) |
Dubya
Location: VA
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I'm having some serious problems getting into Quicksilver, Stephenson's latest. This is the first book of his that I've been able to put down, which is disappointing. I'll try to read some more today...
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01-20-2004, 06:41 AM | #138 (permalink) |
Minion of the scaléd ones
Location: Northeast Jesusland
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Norman Cantor - Inventing the Middle Ages. It's a set of biographies of great medievalists and capsule assessments of their ideas.
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01-20-2004, 07:07 PM | #140 (permalink) |
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Location: seattle
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'The Death Ship' by B. Traven
and 'The Society Of the Specticle' by Guy Debaud on to read next pile: 'Big Sur' by Jack Kerouac 'Fierce Invalids From Hot Climates' by Tom Robbins 'One Hundred Years Of Solitude' by Marquez recently finished: 'The Other Wind' by Ursula K. Le Guin 'Return of the King' (for the third time) by Tolkien |
01-23-2004, 08:24 AM | #144 (permalink) |
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Location: Harlem
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Karate-Do: My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi
It amazing that Ive devoted so much of my life to Shotokan but Im just now reading the founders autobiography
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01-23-2004, 09:53 AM | #146 (permalink) |
Talk nerdy to me
Location: Flint, MI
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Just finishing up "The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass" so that I can read #5, "The Wolves of Calla"
It had been so long since I've read them, I decided to catch up and re-read the entire series. I can't believe how much I had forgotten about the storyline. I think this is Stephen King's best work!!
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01-23-2004, 11:15 AM | #147 (permalink) |
Walking is Still Honest
Location: Seattle, WA
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Wolves was great. I consider it his most compelling DT book yet. Previously, I switched between Wastelands and Drawing Of The Three. If you haven't read Insomnia, I recommend that for its DT connection; it's almost like it creates a Dark Tower religion!
Currently: From A Buick 8 - Stephen King (Christmas present)
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01-24-2004, 07:07 PM | #152 (permalink) | |
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Location: Denver, CO
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For me, I'm between books right now, but I've got a huge list of recommendations from the pile of books I've finished. The standouts: "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel "Lamb" by Christopher Moore |
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01-25-2004, 10:44 AM | #154 (permalink) |
The Mighty Boosh
Location: I mostly come out at night, mostly...
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Just started The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It's the funniest book I've read in a long time!
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01-26-2004, 05:11 AM | #156 (permalink) | |
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Location: Flint, MI
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01-26-2004, 05:29 AM | #157 (permalink) |
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Location: Camazotz
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Odd Thomas by Koontz. I'm pleased with this book. He's gotten much better since he started out. Though his ideas from book to book are often similar and his lead character generally shows the same sort of characteristics, there are enough distinctions to keep it enjoyable yet familiar. Next on the list, a couple novels by Phillip Dick.
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01-26-2004, 04:16 PM | #158 (permalink) |
Upright
Location: Rugby UK
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E=MC˛
the autobiography of the famous equation. if you ever thought you were to dumb to understand (i did). read this cracking book and impress those that dont cant or wont. its not as dry as you would think.
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01-26-2004, 04:38 PM | #159 (permalink) |
She's Actual Size
Location: Central Republic of Where-in-the-Hell
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I've been struggling through the Gunslinger...I keep picking it up, then putting it back down. Everyone tells me the series is well worth getting through the first book though, so I'll keep at it.
Also reading The House of Sand and Fog...
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