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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #250 on: October 05, 2006, 11:59:48 AM »
Quote from: pbsaurus on October 04, 2006, 12:55:21 PM
I finally finished the Baroque Cycle yesterday.  Fabulous work.  I forgot to put another book in my bag this morning so I will start the next one tomorrow.  Remind me to post in here what it is.

Profoundly Disturbing--Shocking Movies That Changed History by Joe Bob Briggs

That is the book that I will be starting today.  Quite a change of pace from The Baroque Cycle.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #251 on: October 05, 2006, 02:23:27 PM »
i am reading "he's just not that into you" good book.

but if your not into the chick stuff, and you enjoy star trek "double helix" is a good series. medical stuff just wasnt/isnt my thing, but, its pretty good, after the first 3 or 4 books, it just seems to repeat itself, so dont read the wholeseries lol. but thats really good
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #252 on: October 07, 2006, 08:58:46 AM »
In the process of juggling a few titles since I'm a slow reader and I change what I'm in the mood to read a few times before finishing any given book....
The Fires of Heaven, Book 5 of the Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
Steal This Computer Book 4.0 - Wallace Wang  (Yes, I paid for it.)
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #253 on: October 07, 2006, 11:26:58 AM »
I'm reading the Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox. This guy owes me a few sodas, if you know what I mean.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #254 on: October 07, 2006, 03:00:44 PM »
Quote from: ihatecliches on October 07, 2006, 11:26:58 AM
I'm reading the Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox. This guy owes me a few sodas, if you know what I mean.

Yeah, I love some of the stuff he put in that book.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #255 on: October 07, 2006, 09:27:50 PM »
Quote from: Crystalmonkey on October 07, 2006, 03:00:44 PM
Yeah, I love some of the stuff he put in that book.

I especially love that N is for Chuck Norris.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #256 on: October 07, 2006, 10:48:40 PM »
Next weekend I'm having an internet-book marathon (I'm borrowing 'I hope they serve beer in hell', AOM, My Tank is Fight, and maybe that Real Ultimate Power book if I can find it). Presently I'm reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X.'
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #257 on: October 14, 2006, 03:28:47 PM »
Mostly my textbooks and Psychological journal articles/ACA ethics for school (oh so exciting, the world of counseling is!), but every so often to give my brain a break I break out either Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Half-Blood Prince or Pullman's Golden Compass.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #258 on: October 14, 2006, 04:46:12 PM »
I'm reading Incredibly Close and Extremely Loud by Johnathan Safran Foer and it is really fucking shitty. I don't even want to finish it and I probably won't.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #259 on: October 15, 2006, 07:36:03 AM »
I'm reading The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew. It's pretty good, but not as good as The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe or Prince Caspian.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #260 on: October 15, 2006, 08:33:43 PM »
Just finished 'Nothing's Sacred' by Lewis Black....DAMN that's good stuff.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #261 on: October 15, 2006, 08:40:37 PM »
Quote from: Agent_Tachyon on October 15, 2006, 08:33:43 PM
Just finished 'Nothing's Sacred' by Lewis Black....DAMN that's good stuff.

I bought that but haven't yet had the chance to read it. Is it really that good? If so, I can't wait...
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #262 on: October 15, 2006, 08:42:17 PM »
Quote from: ihatecliches on October 15, 2006, 08:40:37 PM
I bought that but haven't yet had the chance to read it. Is it really that good? If so, I can't wait...

It's very funny if you like his style (I recommend the audio book if you get the chance).
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #263 on: October 15, 2006, 09:51:36 PM »
Quote from: Agent_Tachyon on October 15, 2006, 08:42:17 PM
It's very funny if you like his style (I recommend the audio book if you get the chance).

I love his style. Lewis Black is my GOD.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #264 on: October 15, 2006, 10:43:39 PM »
Quote from: ihatecliches on October 15, 2006, 09:51:36 PM
I love his style. Lewis Black is my GOD.

Good stuff, then I'd advise reading/listening (my preferance) on an empty stomach because you just may lose your lunch otherwise.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #265 on: October 16, 2006, 12:55:13 PM »
Quote from: Julep on October 14, 2006, 04:46:12 PM
I'm reading Incredibly Close and Extremely Loud by Johnathan Safran Foer and it is really fucking shitty. I don't even want to finish it and I probably won't.


I'm not a huge 9-11 lit fan but I heard it was well-written. Not even? I'm reading a bizarro book about homeless men that are actually descendents of the lost civilization of Atlantis. About to call it quits too if it gets any worse. :x
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #266 on: October 16, 2006, 03:20:15 PM »
Quote from: lupolux on October 16, 2006, 12:55:13 PM

I'm not a huge 9-11 lit fan but I heard it was well-written. Not even? I'm reading a bizarro book about homeless men that are actually descendents of the lost civilization of Atlantis. About to call it quits too if it gets any worse. :x

That actually sounds intense...what's it called?
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #267 on: October 16, 2006, 05:39:04 PM »
Quote from: lupolux on October 16, 2006, 12:55:13 PM

I'm not a huge 9-11 lit fan but I heard it was well-written. Not even?

I suppose it's well-written in the sense that it's refreshing and different. But the actual story just kind of gets dragged along. I was really into it at the beginning and it just looses everything. I really liked Everything Is Illuminated, which is why I picked this one up, but it just doesn't do it for me.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #268 on: October 16, 2006, 10:49:41 PM »
Quote from: Julep on October 16, 2006, 05:39:04 PM
I suppose it's well-written in the sense that it's refreshing and different. But the actual story just kind of gets dragged along. I was really into it at the beginning and it just looses everything. I really liked Everything Is Illuminated, which is why I picked this one up, but it just doesn't do it for me.

Everything is Illuminated??? If there's a book title that looks better suited to be in the back of a Dan Brown novel, I don't know what is.

I just finished 'The Silent World' by Jacques Yves-Custeau, LXG Volume 1 (I really want 2 before three is out next month!), and a few others.

Currently I'm reading 'Terror in the name of God', which is about terrorist psychology, and very interesting.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #269 on: October 17, 2006, 06:45:30 AM »
I'm reading "play poker like the pro's" and it sucks.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #270 on: October 17, 2006, 07:42:30 AM »
I'm reading nothing that is hosted by triptychos, it would appear.  I'm glad I decided to pay for a host for icemap.com.  Now, I need to move Bizb.biz and my other site over to that host.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #271 on: October 17, 2006, 09:14:38 AM »
Now I'm reading Beneath the Stones by Tori Q...it's a good story about vampires. I love vampires.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #272 on: October 17, 2006, 10:48:47 AM »
Quote from: Agent_Tachyon on October 16, 2006, 03:20:15 PM
That actually sounds intense...what's it called?

Its called Diogene's Garden by a Hungarian author named Robert Hasz. I just finished it. What a bizarro story...
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #273 on: October 17, 2006, 12:47:09 PM »
Quote from: BizB on October 17, 2006, 07:42:30 AM
I'm reading nothing that is hosted by triptychos, it would appear.  I'm glad I decided to pay for a host for icemap.com.  Now, I need to move Bizb.biz and my other site over to that host.

Well, that explains a lot. Time to move my stuff, I guess.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #274 on: October 17, 2006, 05:47:52 PM »
What happen?  Someone set up them the bomb?

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