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Main Forums => Sticky Stuff (no pun intended) => Topic started by: Min on January 01, 2010, 01:46:59 PM
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List your goal and progress in this thread. My goal for this year is 26 books. Wait...do baby books count? Ok, 26 r-e-g-u-l-a-r books and 100 baby books.
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Baby Books:
1. Xerus won't allow it by Richard Hefter
Now: Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
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Seeing as I pulled off 50+ last year I'm aiming for 60, however I read an awful lot of Sci Fi and Fantasy so the goal is to have at least 20 of those books be something besides Sci Fi or Fantasy.
- 1. Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town (http://www.amazon.com/Dogtown-Death-Enchantment-England-Ghost/dp/1416587047/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262383864&sr=8-1) by Elyssa East - Learned some interesting things but wasn't a fan of the authors "narrative non-fiction" style and she jumped around a ton
- 2. Ulysses (http://www.amazon.com/James-Joyces-Ulysses-Stuart-Gilbert/dp/0394700139/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262623392&sr=8-6) by James Joyce - in progress and will be for a while
- 3. Uechi-Ryu Karate Do (http://www.amazon.com/Uechi-ryu-Karate-Do-George-Mattson/dp/0930559061/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2) by George Mattson - not really a full read, just a skim to review some of the kata, this is on here since I'll probably be reviewing the kata often
- 4. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core set (http://www.amazon.com/Warhammer-Fantasy-Roleplay-Core-Set/dp/1589946960/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263404711&sr=8-1) by Fantasy Flight Games - a brand new RPG game system that caught my eye, hope to start a game of it soon
- 5. and 6. Top 10 Book 1 and 2 (http://www.amazon.com/Top-Ten-Book-Alan-Moore/dp/1563896680/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263909720&sr=8-1) by Alan Moore - not as dark as some of Moore's stuff, had a very good sense of humor actually overall a highly recommended graphic novel
- 7. Mouse Guard Winter 1152 (http://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Guard-Winter-Graphic-Novels/dp/1932386742/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263909839&sr=1-1) by David Petersen - a visually stunning book about a mouse empire with overtones of Three Musketeers, good stuff
- 8. Chew Volume 1: Tasters Choice (http://www.amazon.com/Chew-Tasters-Choice-John-Layman/dp/1607061597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263909972&sr=1-1) by John Layman and Rob Guillory - a very weird graphic novel about someone who can eat something and get information on how it was grown and treated, or lived and died, rather disturbing when he starts eating murderers to learn about their victims
- 9. Brooklyn Knight (http://www.amazon.com/Brooklyn-Knight-C-J-Henderson/dp/0765320835/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265634532&sr=8-1) by C.J. Henderson - a solid 'meh' for this book, written in the style of an old serial, not that complicated a plot, excessive adjectives etc. - small aside I bought it from the author at a con this weekend and he was a pretty interesting fellow
- 10. The Occult Detectives of C.J. Henderson by C.J. Henderson - a collection of short stories of a lovecraftian nature, some were pretty good but he ruined it for me when he described Innsmouth as being 'on the Massachusetts coast up near Vermont', if Lovecraft is your thing you might want to have checked a map of New England before publishing
- 11. Baby's first Mythos by C.J. Henderson and Erica Henderson - a short illustrated book with the alphabet and numbers done up in rhyme about lovecraftian horrors with some great ink line drawings
- 12. Just another Judgement Day (http://www.amazon.com/Just-Another-Judgement-Nightside-Book/dp/044101674X/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266845504&sr=8-9) by Simon R. Green - a fun fast paced book about a detective in a dark reflection of London, the author does a good job in all his stuff
- 13. Fables: vol 12 The Dark Ages (http://www.amazon.com/Fables-Vol-12-Dark-Ages/dp/1401223168/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266845679&sr=1-1) by Bill Willingham - continuing with some great stuff in the Fables series, not too happy with some of the art but the writing is still good
- 14. Starfist: Wings of Hell (http://www.amazon.com/Starfist-Wings-Hell-David-Sherman/dp/0345501004/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267103520&sr=1-4) by David Sherman and Dan Cragg- the latest novel in a military sci fi setting, an enjoyable series
- 15. The Rise of the Terran Empire (http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Terran-Empire-Technic-Civilization/dp/1439132755/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268052949&sr=8-4) by Poul Anderson- a volume collecting short stories by the author that were written over decades that all took place in the same "world", fun classic scifi reading
- 16. The Graveyard Book (http://www.amazon.com/Graveyard-Book-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060530928/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268234865&sr=8-1) by Neil Gaiman- it seemed aimed at young teens but is the usual Gaiman blend of myth and fable, good short read
- 17. House of Mystery vol 1 (http://www.amazon.com/Graveyard-Book-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060530928/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268234865&sr=8-1) by Mathew Sturges and Bill Willingham- a graphic novel in the same world as The Endless, this one focusing on Cain's House of Mystery in the Dreaming
- 18. The Unwritten Vol 1 (http://www.amazon.com/Unwritten-Vol-Tommy-Taylor-Identity/dp/1401225659/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269371209&sr=8-1) by Mike Carey- a very good graphic novel about someone who turns out to be a literary character in the "real world"
- 19. Starman Omnibus Vol 4 (http://www.amazon.com/Starman-Omnibus-Vol-James-Robinson/dp/1401225969/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269371436&sr=1-1) by James Robinson- the continuing collection of a 90's run of DC comics, very well plotted for a monthly run
- 20-24. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (http://www.amazon.com/Percy-Jackson-Olympians-Hardcover-Boxed/dp/1423119509/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270477039&sr=8-7) by Rick Riordan- I read all five of these, I was quite impressed in that he didn't dumb down the greek mythology for the target audience of young adult, betrayal, death, love all there. These are quick and fun reads and I would definitely recommend them for bringing to the beach or on vacation
- 25. The Good, the Bad and the Uncanny (http://www.amazon.com/Just-Another-Judgement-Nightside-Book/dp/044101674X/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266845504&sr=8-9) by Simon R. Green - book 10 in the Nightside series, short fast paced supernatural detective novel, fun stuff
- 26. The Child Thief (http://www.amazon.com/Child-Thief-Novel-Brom/dp/0061671339/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271763782&sr=1-1) by Brom - a dark retelling of Peter Pan, I enjoyed it
- 27. What to expect when you're expecting (http://www.amazon.com/What-Expect-When-Youre-Expecting/dp/076115079X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271763864&sr=1-1) by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel - The title says it all on this one, just started and haven't finished yet
- 28. Eating well when you're expecting (http://www.amazon.com/What-Expect-Eating-Youre-Expecting/dp/0761133267/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271763864&sr=1-3) by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel - I've read more of this one since I'm the primary cook in the house
- 29. The Scourge of God (http://www.amazon.com/Scourge-God-Novel-Change/dp/0451462661/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273578696&sr=8-5) by S. M. Stirling - another book in the author series about life after technology stops working, I like reading this but the author keeps using deus ex machina to get out of problems
- 30. What your parents never told you about being a Mom or Dad (http://www.amazon.com/What-Parents-Never-About-Being/dp/0517886227/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273578918&sr=1-1) by Stan and Jan Berenstain - A cute fun read
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I didn't participate in this endeavor last year, but I think I will this year. I'm not exactly an avid reader and I tend to go in spurts. My current goal is to finish the Dexter series. I'm 3/4 the way through Darkly Dreaming Dexter (http://www.amazon.com/Darkly-Dreaming-Dexter-Vintage-Lizard/dp/0307473708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262388219&sr=1-1), now.
I'm not sure what series I'd like to tackle after this one, but it does seem that reading series rather than individual works keeps me involved.
Let's say my goal for 2010 is 15 books. A little better than one a month.
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Haven't participated before, but I think I could do with some goal setting as well. Figure it's about 52 weeks in a year, I will make a goal for 78 books. I have stayed away from crime fiction for a long time, with the exception of Michael Connelly, so I'm going to try to work alot more of that in than usual - starting with some Burke, and going to Lehane and Adrian McKinty. After that, we'll see.
- Rain Gods - James Lee Burke
Edit:
- Rain Gods - James Lee Burke completed ****
- Agents of Innocence - David Ignatius completed ***
- The Tin Roof Blowdown - James Lee Burke In Progress
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year).
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Seeing as I hardly have the time to read anymore.
I think I will make my goal 24 this year.
Two a month seems doable.
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Hi MichelleDenice. How about clicking over to the New Geeks On The Block area and creating an introduction thread? You can tell us, for example, how long you've been with the FBI.
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Oh now I see.
/me drops estimate a little.
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Baby Books:
1. Xerus won't allow it by Richard Hefter
2. The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
3. Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
Now: Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
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I'm in 50 books.
1. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: eclipse. (tick)
2. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: Breaking dawn (be done by the end of the day)
3. Some dean koonts one, not sure of name.
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3. Some dean koonts one, not sure of name.
they're all basically the same, just ctrl H select protagonist, replace with a different name.
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1) Darkly Dreaming Dexter (http://www.amazon.com/Darkly-Dreaming-Dexter-Vintage-Lizard/dp/0307473708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262388219&sr=1-1)
2) Dearly Devoted Dexter (http://www.amazon.com/Dearly-Devoted-Dexter-Novel-ebook/dp/B000FCK9MW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262980129&sr=8-11)
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1) Darkly Dreaming Dexter (http://www.amazon.com/Darkly-Dreaming-Dexter-Vintage-Lizard/dp/0307473708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262388219&sr=1-1)
2) Dearly Devoted Dexter (http://www.amazon.com/Dearly-Devoted-Dexter-Novel-ebook/dp/B000FCK9MW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262980129&sr=8-11)
3) Dexter In The Dark (http://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Vintage-Crime-Black-Lizard/dp/0307276732/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263320542&sr=1-1)
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I tried one of those BizB and couldnt get passed the first 20 pages, definitly not for me. Thinking of watching the series though, everyone is raving about it!
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1) Darkly Dreaming Dexter (http://www.amazon.com/Darkly-Dreaming-Dexter-Vintage-Lizard/dp/0307473708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262388219&sr=1-1)
2) Dearly Devoted Dexter (http://www.amazon.com/Dearly-Devoted-Dexter-Novel-ebook/dp/B000FCK9MW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262980129&sr=8-11)
3) Dexter In The Dark (http://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Vintage-Crime-Black-Lizard/dp/0307276732/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263320542&sr=1-1)
4) Dexter by Design (http://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Design-Novel-Jeff-Lindsay/dp/0385518366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264164225&sr=8-1)
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I'm in 50 books.
1. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: eclipse. - Stephanie Meyer(tick)
2. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: Breaking dawn - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
3. Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
The penultimate truth - Phillip K. Dick
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"Penultimate" - One of the worst misused words, ever.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/penultimate (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/penultimate)
second to last
or
second to lsst syllable?
Both are viable i think.
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If I had a dollar for every time I've heard it used as if it meant the ultimate ultimate waaaaaay ultimate, I could afford to pay for this post.
As a matter of fact, there's a commercial that runs on our local Clear Channel station that describes a local restaurant as the penultimate in fine dining experiences. I giggle every time I hear it.
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haha that's awesome!
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year). (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Essays-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0060504080)-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380815931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264545331&sr=1-1)
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Re-read 'Little Brother.' Now I'm on 'I Am the Messenger.'
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1. Mitla Pass (1988) written by Leon Uris.
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Baby Books:
1. Goose Goofs Off by Richard Hefter
2. Me Too Iguana by Richard Hefter
3. Who Can Trust You Kangaroo by Richard Hefter
4. Lion is Down in the Dumps by Richard Hefter
5. Stork Spills the Beans by Richard Hefter
6. Xerus won't allow it by Richard Hefter
7. David and Goliath by Patricia A. Pingry
8. Little Bear by Else Holmemund Minarik
9. The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
10. No Monsters for Me by Peggy Parish
11. Mommy's Little Girl by Kristin Khrin
12. Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
Regular:
1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
Now: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
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Now: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
That one got me all spun up when I read it. I wrote a review of it for my wife's book blog in case you're interested. It's here (http://twistyfarmy.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/worst-best-book/). :)
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Now: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
I read that book earlier this month, on my flight back from Florida. Loved it! :)
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I read that book earlier this month, on my flight back from Florida. Loved it! :)
Sarcasm is so hard to detect online sometimes.
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Haha. I don't have to read the review to know that you hated it.
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Haha. I don't have to read the review to know that you hated it.
Well, I did review it on Hackernetwork, way-back-when.
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Late to the party, but since I didn't exactly reach my goal last year, I'll go for a modest one book a month approach.
Almost done with "Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid" - Denis Leary
Protip: When you can't remember the entire book name\author, do NOT google "Why we suck denis" on your work computer. Whoops. :oops:
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year). (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Essays-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0060504080)-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380815931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264545331&sr=1-1)-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman (http://www.amazon.com/N-Out-Burger-Behind-Counter-Fast-Food/dp/0061346713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265142355&sr=1-1)
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1) Darkly Dreaming Dexter (http://www.amazon.com/Darkly-Dreaming-Dexter-Vintage-Lizard/dp/0307473708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262388219&sr=1-1)
2) Dearly Devoted Dexter (http://www.amazon.com/Dearly-Devoted-Dexter-Novel-ebook/dp/B000FCK9MW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262980129&sr=8-11)
3) Dexter In The Dark (http://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Vintage-Crime-Black-Lizard/dp/0307276732/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263320542&sr=1-1)
4) Dexter by Design (http://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Design-Novel-Jeff-Lindsay/dp/0385518366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264164225&sr=8-1)
5) Wish you Well by David Baldacci (http://www.amazon.com/Wish-You-Well-David-Baldacci/dp/0446699489/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266889266&sr=8-1)
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Baby Books:
1. Fix it, Camel by Richard Hefter
2. Goose Goofs Off by Richard Hefter
3. Me Too Iguana by Richard Hefter
4. Nuts to Nightingale by Richard Hefter
5. Who Can Trust You Kangaroo by Richard Hefter
6. Lion is Down in the Dumps by Richard Hefter
7. Stork Spills the Beans by Richard Hefter
8. Xerus won't allow it by Richard Hefter
9. David and Goliath by Patricia A. Pingry
10. Little Bear by Else Holmemund Minarik
11. The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
12. No Monsters for Me by Peggy Parish
13. Mommy's Little Girl by Kristin Khrin
14. Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
15. Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff
16. Alice in Wonderland
Regular:
1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
I have been reading no real books. I have a feeling this will go on for quite a while.
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- Rain Gods (http://www.amazon.com/Rain-Gods-James-Lee-Burke/dp/1439128243/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268101011&sr=8-1) - James Lee Burke completed ****
- Agents of Innocence (http://www.amazon.com/Agents-Innocence-Novel-David-Ignatius/dp/0393317382/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268101268&sr=1-1) - David Ignatius completed ***
- The Tin Roof Blowdown (http://www.amazon.com/Tin-Roof-Blowdown-Dave-Robicheaux/dp/1416548505/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268101223&sr=8-1) - James Lee Burke completed ***
- Azincourt (http://www.amazon.com/Agincourt-Novel-Bernard-Cornwell/dp/B002XULZJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268101297&sr=1-1-spell) - Bernard Cornwell completed ****
- Starbucked (http://www.amazon.com/Starbucked-Double-Caffeine-Commerce-Culture/dp/031601348X) - A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture - Taylor Clark completed**
- Harlequin/The Archer's Tale (http://www.amazon.com/Archers-Tale-Grail-Quest-Book/dp/0060935766/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268101336&sr=1-1) - Bernard Cornwell (Grail Trilogy Book 1) completed****
- Vagabond (http://www.amazon.com/Vagabond-Grail-Quest-Book-2/dp/0060935782/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268101364&sr=1-5) - Bernard Cornwell (Grail Trilogy Book 2) completed****
- Moral Calculations: (http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Calculations-Theory-Logic-Frailty/dp/0387984194/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268086166&sr=1-17) Game Theory, Logic, & Human Frailty - Laszlo Mero completed ***
- Cannae: (http://www.amazon.com/Cannae-Hannibals-Greatest-Victory-Phoenix/dp/0753822598/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268101432&sr=1-1) Hannibal's Greatest Victory - Adrian Goldsworthycompleted****
- Envisioning Information (http://www.amazon.com/Envisioning-Information-Edward-R-Tufte/dp/0961392118/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2) - Edward Tuft completed ***
- Heretic (http://www.amazon.com/Heretic-Grail-Quest-Book-3/dp/0060748281/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_12) - Bernard Cornwell (Grail Trilogy Book 3) completed***
- The Last Kingdom (http://www.amazon.com/Last-Kingdom-Saxon-Chronicles/dp/0060887184/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3) - Bernard Cornwell (The Saxon Series, Book 1) completed***
- The Pale Horseman (http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Horseman-Saxon-Chronicles/dp/0061144835/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4) - Bernard Cornwell (Saxon Series Book 2) completed****
- True Enough (http://www.amazon.com/True-Enough-Learning-Post-Fact-Society/dp/0470050101/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268085341&sr=1-1):Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society - Farhad Manjoocompleted *****
- Lords of the North (http://www.amazon.com/Lords-North-Novel-Saxon-Chronicles/dp/0061149047/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_5) - Bernard Cornwell (Saxon Series Book 3) completed****
- Sword Song (http://www.amazon.com/Sword-Song-Battle-Bernard-Cornwell/dp/0061379743/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_8) - Bernard Cornwell (Saxon Series Book 4) completed***
- George III, A Personal History (http://www.amazon.com/George-III-Personal-Christopher-Hibbert/dp/0465027245/ref=pd_sim_b_1) - Christopher Hibbertin progress
- On deck: The Burning Lands: Saxon Chronicles Book 5 (http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Land-Novel-Saxon-Tales/dp/0060888741/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1)[/u] - Bernard Cornwell, and Lord North - The Prime Minister who Lost America (http://www.amazon.com/Lord-North-Prime-Minister-America/dp/1852855193/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268101620&sr=1-1) - Peter Whiteley
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year). (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Essays-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0060504080)-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380815931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264545331&sr=1-1)-finished 1/29/10.
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman (http://www.amazon.com/N-Out-Burger-Behind-Counter-Fast-Food/dp/0061346713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265142355&sr=1-1)-finished 3/8/10
4. 3/9/10 started Very Valentine: A Novel (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061257060/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0V1552WRMX2TC1T30RZG&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846) by Adriana Trigiani
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"Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid" - Denis Leary
Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser. *in progress* So far, it's a nice hatchet job on McDonalds\Disney sprinkled with subtle reminders on why we should vote Democrat. Still an interesting read.
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I have to read a lot for my classes (5 english classes) so I don't get a lot of time to read other things very much, but I did just finish As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner and I absolutely loved it. It was pretty confusing at first but it gets really good once you get into it and start understanding all the characters.
Anyway, at the moment I'm reading The Courage To Write: How Writers Transcend Fear by Ralph Keyes in between my school work. And my friend just gave me two books he insists I must read: Storm Front by Jim Butcher and Dhampir by Barb & J.C. Hendee. So I guess I shall read those when I get the chance. Has anyone read them before? Any feedback? I think there are vampires involved and to be honest I have never been a big fan of vampires... So I am just a little reluctant. The only vampire tale I've ever liked is H.P. Lovecraft's "Shunned House" just because it's H.P. Lovecraft :-D
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Newbie made me read Barn Burning, from this anthology, (http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Stories-William-Faulkner/dp/0679764038/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269021975&sr=1-2) which doesn't count as a whole book, but I thought I'd at least mention it. Love the Faulkner.
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I won't set a goal for myself as I can't predict how much time I will have on the shitter a whole year in advance.
I did pick up Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire, sequel to Wicked, and Anathem by Neal Stephenson. I started with Anathem so I am still probably a couple weeks away from the other.
I am far enough in that my subconscious is trying to tie it in with Baroque Cycle/Cryptonomicon but it's still a bit of a stretch at this point.
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I'm really struggling to get through Wish You Well. Every time I expect some unexpected plot turn, nothing happens. I'm 1/2 way done and I have very little interest in finishing.
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That's how I felt going through Catcher in the Rye.
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I keep updating my original post with the what I'm working on, I'm up to 30 when my goal is 60 but I've only got 5 non-fiction so I need to step up that part.
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year). (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Essays-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0060504080)-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380815931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264545331&sr=1-1)-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman (http://www.amazon.com/N-Out-Burger-Behind-Counter-Fast-Food/dp/0061346713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265142355&sr=1-1)
4. 5/12/10 started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Played-Fire-Vintage/dp/030745455X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273697861&sr=8-1)
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My goal is going to be 42 books for the year. Several of the books I intend to read are books I've read before, but I'm only going to count the ones I don't remember towards my goal.
So far:
1. A New History of Witchcraft by Ann Moura (http://www.amazon.com/Ann-Mouras-New-History-Witchcraft/dp/1933320192/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981401&sr=8-1)
2. A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural by Gerina Dunwich (http://www.amazon.com/Witchs-Guide-Ghosts-Supernatural/dp/1564146162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981477&sr=1-1)
I'd best get a move on.
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1. A New History of Witchcraft by Ann Moura (http://www.amazon.com/Ann-Mouras-New-History-Witchcraft/dp/1933320192/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981401&sr=8-1)
2. A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural by Gerina Dunwich (http://www.amazon.com/Witchs-Guide-Ghosts-Supernatural/dp/1564146162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981477&sr=1-1)
I've re-assessed my goal. No way am I going to get through almost a book a week. I'm thinking a more realistic number is 21 books for this year.
3. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
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1. A New History of Witchcraft by Ann Moura (http://www.amazon.com/Ann-Mouras-New-History-Witchcraft/dp/1933320192/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981401&sr=8-1)
2. A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural by Gerina Dunwich (http://www.amazon.com/Witchs-Guide-Ghosts-Supernatural/dp/1564146162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981477&sr=1-1)
3. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
5. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (http://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Earthsea-Cycle-Book/dp/0553383043/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275620874&sr=8-1)
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Business Math & Statistics
Thinkwell Economics 2/Steven Tomlinson
Also: Non-adhesive binding Books Without Paste or Glue. (reread)
This will be my next project: http://winkout.com/wordpress/?p=302 (http://winkout.com/wordpress/?p=302)
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I'm in 50 books.
1. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: eclipse. - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
2. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: Breaking dawn - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
3. Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
4. The penultimate truth - Phillip K. Dick (unfinished)
5. The short second life of bree tanner - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
6. The Road - Cormac McCarthy (reading)
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Starting a new post and picking up at 31
- 31. Roadkill (http://www.amazon.com/Roadkill-Cal-Leandros-Book-5/dp/0451463196/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275911714&sr=8-1) by Rob Thurman - Another supernatural in present day series, I wouldn't buy them but if you can read them for free I'd suggest it
- 32. Changes (http://www.amazon.com/Changes-Jim-Butcher/dp/045146317X/ref=pd_sim_b_2) by Jim Butcher - Book 12 in this Wizard as a P.I. in Chicago series, very fun reads, good for the beach or on a flight
- 33. The Mirror of Worlds (http://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Worlds-Second-Crown-Isles/dp/076535117X/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275911973&sr=1-8) by David Drake - I love this authors military Sci-Fi and found this fantasy series to be very different from the typical ones, good book
- 33. The Gods Return (http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Return-Crown-Isles/dp/0765351188/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275911973&sr=1-7) by David Drake - the definite final for this fantasy series, slightly repetitive plotting towards the end (in the last couple of books) but over good stuff
- 34. Laugh Lines (http://www.amazon.com/Laugh-Lines-Ben-Bova/dp/1439133247/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277121607&sr=1-1) by Ben Bova - a collection of short stories and a couple of novellas, very enjoyable stuff
- 35. The War of the Dwarves (http://www.amazon.com/War-Dwarves-Markus-Heitz/dp/0316049360/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277899459&sr=8-2) by Markus Heitz - A second book about, well dwarves, by a german author. The plotting is predictable but not a bad book
- 36. Storm from the Shadows (http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Shadows-Disciples-Honor-David/dp/1439133549/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277899591&sr=1-1) by David Weber - this author does some very good military science fiction, his universe is getting almost too large and he has decided to break the one series into three that all have a different focus but take place at the same time. Not for everyone but I like it
- 37. The Silmarillion (http://www.amazon.com/Silmarillion-J-R-Tolkien/dp/B001JDQWUY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279557398&sr=8-2) by J. R. R. Tolkien - a classic that I never liked as a kid, but rereading it I really dig how much though Tolkien put into his world
- 38. The Misenchanted Sword (http://www.amazon.com/Misenchanted-Sword-Lawrence-Watt-Evans/dp/B000NW3OSK/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1279557474&sr=1-3) by Lawrence Watt-Evans - a humorous fantasy novel, short easy read
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year). (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Essays-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0060504080)-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380815931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264545331&sr=1-1)-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman (http://www.amazon.com/N-Out-Burger-Behind-Counter-Fast-Food/dp/0061346713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265142355&sr=1-1)-finished 5/11/10
4. 5/12/10 started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Played-Fire-Vintage/dp/030745455X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273697861&sr=8-1)-finished 6/10/10
5. 6/11/10 started Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newman (http://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Birdy-Frantic-Neurotic-Growing/dp/0143034774/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276288823&sr=1-1)
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I've given up on reading books for a bit. Instead, I'm making some. (clickzorz for full size)
(http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006112200181_t.jpg) (http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006112200181.jpg)
(http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006112201211_t.jpg) (http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006112201211.jpg)
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I've given up on reading books for a bit. Instead, I'm making some. (clickzorz for full size)
(http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006112200181_t.jpg) (http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006112200181.jpg)
(http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006112201211_t.jpg) (http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006112201211.jpg)
Are you just making blank journal/sketch books?
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Yup. Here's the next one I did after that one.
(http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006131851451_t.jpg) (http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006131851451.jpg)
(http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006131853031_t.jpg) (http://www.bizb.biz/cam_dump/201006131853031.jpg)
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I'm in 50 books.
1. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: eclipse. - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
2. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: Breaking dawn - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
3. Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
4. The penultimate truth - Phillip K. Dick (unfinished)
5. The short second life of bree tanner - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
6. The Road - Cormac McCarthy (tick)
7. The Triumph of the Sun - Wilbur Smith (second read, gift...still reading)
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Too many to list, so a picture will do - somewhere between 1/4and 1/3 of these books need to be ~finished~. Mostly, the more "academic" things (i.e. the top right corner, a couple of the bottom right section, and half of the top middle section).
Hey, at least I've read all my textbooks I've accumulated over the years...>_>
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Very elegant.
My wife and I have a sprawling book collection that we can't really contain. Here's one of our shelves' worth:
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/bookshelf.jpg)
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Decent collection demo 8-)
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Much of it is cheap paperbacks.
However, the stuff we have insured is on the top shelf, second section from the right. That's where the first editions, signed copies, and other collectible books live.
This shelf is all fiction though. Non-fiction is in another built-in shelf across the room from the one pictured. Physics, chemistry, history, philosophy, and other non-fic live there.
I don't have a picture of that one though. I should go take one now... brb.
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*slowly reaches out to try and grab the books from Dem's library*
It a bibliophile's paradise. :D
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*slowly reaches out to try and grab the books from Dem's library*
It a bibliophile's paradise. :D
There are two more bookshelves upstairs, too. And a number of boxes containing books for which we don't have shelfspace. :(
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Man you're so lucky. I'm too poor to have a bunch of books, I just tried to buy 6 books off amazon but the shipping came to $90 CA
I'm not lucky, just obsessed with books and 18 years older than you are. :)
It's taken me a long time to accumulate all of these.
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I wish i had a long term "book collection" with someone
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^ got a criminal record? :P
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I'm not posting my bookshelves. Too messy.
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I'm in work, the only things on my book shelf here are:
design patterns
geek logik
ikigami
and packet soup :(
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*gasp* no instant ramen?
ivan: dooo eeet.
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We are big fans of the library in my family and the "pass-it-on" literacy club. Once everyone in the household has finished reading a book we:
1. return to it's owner (friend, library, etc.)
2. pass-it-on to someone who wants/needs it
As a result, while my brain has consumed many written words, we have a rather small book collection. Only the rare, old (read:in-need-of-rebinding) and valuable[SS] (signed & sentimental) ones stay. Of course my mother owns two copies of every single book my poems have ever been published in.
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Some of the non-fiction in our library (there's more upstairs):
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/bookshelf_nonfic.jpg)
That's correct. Sun Tzu's "Art of War" is physically separating my George H. Smith atheism books from my bibles and Qu'ran. :lol:
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Chemistry - like
Black holes - super-duper like
Gray's anatomy - like (what, no Gross anatomy book)?
So you have books about atheism and the Qur'an. But tell me, do YOU have the ultimate chocolate and coffee BIBLE cookbook?
Also, here's where most of my book money went to (a couple aren't even here; back in storage or with friends, or at my parents' house). Including my Arabic books and dictionary (appropriated nicknamed Hans Wehr - the author of the dictionary - by my old classmates).
And yeah, that red Genes X book in the bottom corner, that's what I wanted to burn the other night.
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I see the Qu'ran, I thought this was the nonfiction section ;P.
It's on the "Philosophy" shelf.
I do, however, have a book on creationism and why evolution is wrong. But that's on my "Humor" shelf.
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It's this one (http://www.amazon.com/Closer-Look-at-Evidence/dp/0971591113/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278618123&sr=8-1). After reading it I decided that there's no way they could actually have been serious when they wrote that book, so the only reasonable place for it in my library was in "Humor".
It's currently on a shelf right between one of my "Dilbert" books and Gary Larson's "A Prehistory Of The Far Side".
Seems appropriate.
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Your shelf categorization is how I wish bookstores would arrange things.
Speaking of creationism and evolution, I can't stand when people say evolution is wrong, and back up their argument by only saying "I think God made everything" or "because I believe in God." A legitimate argument that is not.
Besides, if god "made" us as is, then he should have put some better planning into designing our sinus cavities.
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Egads, and knee joints. Especially the poorly engineered knee joints.
/me shakes his cane
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Philosophical books up top to deprive short people of intellectual thinking?
"Up" and "top" and "short" are all pretty abstract, relative concepts.
Once you are better versed in philosophy, the location of the shelf is irrelevant. It is always within reach.
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Philosophical books up top to deprive short people of intellectual thinking?
...the shelves can only be on top if they exist; the shelves may or may not exist in any given moment. >_>
I also think bibles should be in the bibliography section.
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Yes but you cannot be versed in philosophy until you learn about it. If you cannot reach the shelf you ,arguably, can't obtain the knowledge and so the location of the shelf is relevant.
My dear, you will learn so much more in the journey to reach them than you ever would from the books themselves.
You will finally achieve enlightenment and discover that the books are empty.
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You will finally achieve enlightenment and discover that the books are empty.
Literally empty, or that even amidst the hundred of pages of written words in them, the material is utter...crap...thus making all knowledge within them moot, hence, empty (or void) of any real value?
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Literally empty, or that even amidst the hundred of pages of written words in them, the material is utter...crap...thus making all knowledge within them moot, hence, empty (or void) of any real value?
Yes!
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Besides, if god "made" us as is, then he should have put some better planning into designing our sinus cavities.
Egads, and knee joints. Especially the poorly engineered knee joints.
/me shakes his cane
What about the whole design? The overarching concept? Why would Someone Who can do anything make a machine that will rapidly decay if it does not consume fuel, decay a bit slower if it does, that processes said fuel in a highly inefficient manner that produces waste products that are toxic to the machine? I appreciate our capacity for contemplating the infinite, high-minded aesthetics, ethics, love and passion, but why be so cruel as to install that kind of software in a machine that must pretend it is something more than a creaking, groaning, drooling, farting, hacking, pissing, bleeding, sweating, hairy excreting smelly meatsack with a 70-year shelf life?
I mean, what gives?
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Yes!
Holla!
And ivan, I meant more along the lines of the location of maxillary sinuses makes draining inefficient since it has to defy gravity, as opposed to the other 3 groups of cavities. =/
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Holla!
And ivan, I meant more along the lines of the location of maxillary sinuses makes draining inefficient since it has to defy gravity, as opposed to the other 3 groups of cavities. =/
And I meant our pathetic sinus design is the least of it. The whole package is flawed. To think it was deliberate is sufficient cause to embrace atheism, if only out of pique.
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And that is partly why I think creationists are wrong.
I can't be an atheist on principle of my mom making sacrifices to send me to a religious school til I was 15; I'd feel bad.
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You will finally achieve enlightenment and discover that the books are empty.
I talked to a man on a mountain.
He turned out to be just a crank:
He gave me a book, its title was "Freedom",
But all of the pages were blank...
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A song I wrote 10 years ago. It's about a guy who's looking for someone that will lead him to freedom.
It's ironic.
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It's ironic.
...don't ya think?
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I would just like to take this moment to say, not everyone who frequents this forum agrees with your opinion of those books which are "empty". Some may disagree and say that they are not "empty". Myself would say that calling any book "empty" is offensive, regardless of how humorous one may find the text.
Even though I may be one of two people here who actually believes in a god, what is more of a slap was the disrespect to the books themselves. Just because you disagree with it's contents, does not mean that the words are useless or worthy of trolling or flaming (or burning). You don't see me making fun of Demo's books on aethism.
$0.02
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Wunderkind: I thought demo was just comparing how the experience is greater than anything you can take away from a book, not that they're useless or "empty". Why else would somebody read books and have bookshelves filled with them if they were just "empty"?
Yup.
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I was mostly going off on a rant of my own personal opinions which I understand goes in another forum, whoever I was directly referring to this post:
... the material is utter...crap...thus making all knowledge within them moot, hence, empty (or void) of any real value?
Which is what triggered the personal rant. Because I've spent the last five days around some very arrogant atheists who are just as bad a Christians when it comes to shoving their beliefs down your throat and I couldn't take it anymore.
So I snapped. Shamefully so, but I'm not taking it back.
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I totally get agnostics, they don't believe in god. They are just scared incase he hears them.
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I was mostly going off on a rant of my own personal opinions which I understand goes in another forum, whoever I was directly referring to this post:
Which is what triggered the personal rant. Because I've spent the last five days around some very arrogant atheists who are just as bad a Christians when it comes to shoving their beliefs down your throat and I couldn't take it anymore.
So I snapped. Shamefully so, but I'm not taking it back.
I forget that sometimes joking/mocking tones don't come across great via the web. Bah. I wrote that, but I wasn't being serious when I said that. And those were about the philosophy books, not religious texts btw. In case that wasn't clear.
Overall though, no book is completely worthless - if even the smallest minority of people can gain some sort of insight or joy from a book, then it has value, regardless if the majority agree or disagree on its contents. They are what help us expand our minds in some way or another.
...and I have a feeling you were referring to me with the no books should be "burned." Again, I would never ACTUALLY burn one. But, haven't you ever read a textbook that just gives you the worst headache, and you glare at it as if your eyes can set it
aflame? ever?
P.S. My belief on God is that "it" (gender-neutral) is the energy in the universe from which everything was formed. What would that even fall under?
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P.S. My belief on God is that "it" (gender-neutral) is the energy in the universe from which everything was formed. What would that even fall under?
Deism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism)?
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Deism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism)?
Could be; when I was in middle school, I went all hypothetical about how the bible could have been a journal, in a sense, written by a select few over time, and the Rabbi actually liked my train of thought and said he wished more people wouldn't take things so literally. But I've learned so much about rabbinic law that tries to interpret the bible, that its not quite that either.
Oh well. It's faith (edit: for me) that really matters, not what kind it is.
Hah, from books to religion. Go figure.
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Nope. :D
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I'm more into science and faith. :evil:
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No wait!!! Science THAN faith.
Jeepers. >_>
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There's one book I really want to read. "Dancing Naked in the Mind Field" by Kary Mullis (the guy who invented the PCR and got a Nobel Prize for it, revolutionizing DNA analysis in many forensic and biological fields).
He attributes his idea to make the PCR to LSD use, doesn't believe that HIV causes AIDS or that CFC's caused the ozone depletion (against pretty much all science canon) and that he saw an alien in form of a FLUORESCING RACCOON.
I'm interested in reading about this guys ideas, since he's obviously very well-educated (in the traditional sense of the world), and how he came to all these conclusions that are obviously against the thoughts of most scientists.
And come on, glowing raccoons? That HAS to be epic!
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He liked lsd, I like him. That's how it works.
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That's fine. I hate both arrogant Christians and Athiests alike. But what really drives me crazy is those darn Agnostics... Make up your mind, and if you can't don't lean to one side and bash the other.
I have this in my frak profile:
Here is what Thomas H. Huxley, the Father of Agnosticism, had to say about why he felt compelled to invent the term:
I have never had the least sympathy with the a priori reasons against orthodoxy, and I have by nature and disposition the greatest possible antipathy to all the atheistic and infidel school. Nevertheless I know that I am, in spite of myself, exactly what the Christian would call, and, so far as I can see, is justified in calling, atheist and infidel. I cannot see one shadow or tittle of evidence that the great unknown underlying the phenomenon of the universe stands to us in the relation of a Father [who] loves us and cares for us as Christianity asserts. So with regard to the other great Christian dogmas, immortality of soul and future state of rewards and punishments, what possible objection can I-who am compelled perforce to believe in the immortality of what we call Matter and Force, and in a very unmistakable present state of rewards and punishments for our deeds-have to these doctrines? Give me a scintilla of evidence, and I am ready to jump at them.
In other words:
"I don't like atheists, even though I probably am an atheist, because I don't believe in God. On the other hand, I have seen no evidence that the Christians are wrong. So mark me down as undecided and I'll get back to you when one of God's messengers drops down into my living room, or I see something on a piece of toast. Just don't call me an atheist."
Pfui.
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And Wunderkind, if any of my rants have made you feel uncomfortable about expressing your opinions here, please be assured that I deeply respect your faith. They were by no means personal attacks, and never will be.
That goes for the rest of you people, too.
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I hate people who generalize.
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Generally speaking, so do I.
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There are two types of people I hate:
1. Those who are intolerant of another person's culture
2. The Dutch
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There are two types of people I hate:
1. Those who are intolerant of another person's culture
2. The Dutch
I'm surprised Parisians didn't make that list. Yes, not French, but Parisians, because those outside the city are nice.
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I've had nothing but good encounters with Parisians. It's all the tourists that annoyed me.
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If I had time I'd inventory all my books. We have a lot. But I also borrow from my dad.
Our books are in five or six different book cases and then there are many boxes of them in the garage.
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1. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: eclipse. - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
2. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: Breaking dawn - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
3. Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
4. The penultimate truth - Phillip K. Dick (unfinished)
5. The short second life of bree tanner - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
6. The Road - Cormac McCarthy (tick)
7. The Triumph of the Sun - Wilbur Smith (tick)
8. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks (reading)
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I think the only new reads for this year for me are:
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Really good book. It reminded me a lot of Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe. Lots of made up words, based on real words so you pretty much know what they mean... until 200 pages later when he describes the thing and it's not quite what you thought the whole time. But very interesting and not typical scifi. I would expect no less from him.
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire.
Sequel to Wicked, but unlike Wicked, just awful. I think the protagonist was made as dull as possible on purpose. Instead of reading this, just read Wicked twice.
Everything else I read was re-reads of stuff on my shelf.
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year). (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Essays-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0060504080)-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380815931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264545331&sr=1-1)-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman (http://www.amazon.com/N-Out-Burger-Behind-Counter-Fast-Food/dp/0061346713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265142355&sr=1-1)-finished 5/11/10
4. 5/12/10 started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Played-Fire-Vintage/dp/030745455X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273697861&sr=8-1)-finished 6/10/10
5. 6/11/10 started Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newman (http://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Birdy-Frantic-Neurotic-Growing/dp/0143034774/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276288823&sr=1-1)-finished 7/19/10
6. 7/26/10 started The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Kicked-Hornets-Nest/dp/030726999X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280187643&sr=8-1) by Stieg Larsson
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1. A New History of Witchcraft by Ann Moura (http://www.amazon.com/Ann-Mouras-New-History-Witchcraft/dp/1933320192/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981401&sr=8-1)
2. A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural by Gerina Dunwich (http://www.amazon.com/Witchs-Guide-Ghosts-Supernatural/dp/1564146162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981477&sr=1-1)
3. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
5. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (http://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Earthsea-Cycle-Book/dp/0553383043/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275620874&sr=8-1)
6. The Witches' Goddess by Janet and Stewart Farrar
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year). (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Essays-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0060504080)-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380815931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264545331&sr=1-1)-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman (http://www.amazon.com/N-Out-Burger-Behind-Counter-Fast-Food/dp/0061346713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265142355&sr=1-1)-finished 5/11/10
4. 5/12/10 started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Played-Fire-Vintage/dp/030745455X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273697861&sr=8-1)-finished 6/10/10
5. 6/11/10 started Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newman (http://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Birdy-Frantic-Neurotic-Growing/dp/0143034774/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276288823&sr=1-1)-finished 7/19/10
6. 7/26/10 started The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Kicked-Hornets-Nest/dp/030726999X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280187643&sr=8-1) by Stieg Larsson-finished 8/18/10
7 through 11. (I count five since this is an anthology of all five volumes) 8/20/10 started The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy/dp/0345453743/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282342045&sr=1-1) by Douglas Adams
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1. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: eclipse. - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
2. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: Breaking dawn - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
3. Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
4. The penultimate truth - Phillip K. Dick (unfinished)
5. The short second life of bree tanner - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
6. The Road - Cormac McCarthy (tick)
7. The Triumph of the Sun - Wilbur Smith (tick)
8. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks (tick)
9. Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Death Paper - Mase, Motoro (tick)
10. Ellerbisms - Mark Ellerby (Web comic) (Tick)
11. Bellen - Box Brown (Web Comic) (tick)
12. Fear and loathing in LA - Hunter S. Thompson (started)
I'm going to need a miracle to even hit twenty. *shame on me* :|
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1. A New History of Witchcraft by Ann Moura (http://www.amazon.com/Ann-Mouras-New-History-Witchcraft/dp/1933320192/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981401&sr=8-1)
2. A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural by Gerina Dunwich (http://www.amazon.com/Witchs-Guide-Ghosts-Supernatural/dp/1564146162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981477&sr=1-1)
3. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
5. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (http://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Earthsea-Cycle-Book/dp/0553383043/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275620874&sr=8-1)
6. The Witches' Goddess by Janet and Stewart Farrar
7. Old Man's War by John Scalzi
8. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
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:cry:
I remember that book fondly from my childhood.
Of course, I was also probably 12 years old or so the last time I picked it up. I may be remembering it more fondly than it deserves. That has happened to be several times when I've tried reading a book I loved as a kid...
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As a kid it was mostly encyclopedias and non-fiction. Stuff like Grey's Anatomy and the Congressional Record. I did read a little sci-fi though, mostly Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke, et al. I discovered non sci-fi fiction when I went to college, and have been more well rounded since.
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:cry:
I remember that book fondly from my childhood.
Of course, I was also probably 12 years old or so the last time I picked it up. I may be remembering it more fondly than it deserves. That has happened to be several times when I've tried reading a book I loved as a kid...
I read that book within the last year as a classic of fantasy that I'd missed when younger and it wasn't all that good. I think for the time it was written it was ground breaking.
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whenever i got done with my library book in middle school, i would grab an edition of the encyclopedia and start to skim it.
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year). (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Essays-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0060504080)-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380815931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264545331&sr=1-1)-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman (http://www.amazon.com/N-Out-Burger-Behind-Counter-Fast-Food/dp/0061346713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265142355&sr=1-1)-finished 5/11/10
4. 5/12/10 started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Played-Fire-Vintage/dp/030745455X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273697861&sr=8-1)-finished 6/10/10
5. 6/11/10 started Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newman (http://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Birdy-Frantic-Neurotic-Growing/dp/0143034774/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276288823&sr=1-1)-finished 7/19/10
6. 7/26/10 started The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Kicked-Hornets-Nest/dp/030726999X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280187643&sr=8-1) by Stieg Larsson-finished 8/18/10
7 through 11. (I count five since this is an anthology of all five volumes) 8/20/10 started The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy/dp/0345453743/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282342045&sr=1-1) by Douglas Adams-finished 10/27/10
12. 11/3/10 started The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells (http://www.amazon.com/Crowning-Glory-Calla-Lily-Ponder/dp/B002T4500A/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288908411&sr=1-1)
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Finally updating. Giving up on tracking the kids books.
1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
6. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
8. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Now: The Talisman by Stephen King
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Now: The Talisman by Stephen King
*shudder*
I hated that one. The only King novel I hated worse was "Black House".
Bleah. Considering how much I like pretty much everything else King has written, I'm forced to assume these two books sucked because of Peter Straub.
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I like Jack Sawyer. But the book was long and confusing. I didn't dislike it. But I didn't love it either. Black House was no good? They're supposed to be working on a third now.
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1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
6. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
8. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
10. The Talisman by Stephen King
Now: 1984 by George Orwell
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I like Jack Sawyer. But the book was long and confusing. I didn't dislike it. But I didn't love it either. Black House was no good? They're supposed to be working on a third now.
Black House was completely written IN PRESENT TENSE. At first it was just kind of irritating, but by about the 4th or 5th chapter it was extremely distracting.
By the end of the book, it was nearly intolerable.
That, and the whole ham-fisted shoving of the storyline into the Dark Tower universe. That was really unnecessary and gratuitous, in my opinion.
As always, your mileage may vary.
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1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
6. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
8. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
10. The Talisman by Stephen King
11. 1984 by George Orwell
Now: The Brethren by John Grisham
Like I said on assfacebook, I didn't like 1984. Details about imprisonment and torture...not fun for me. And that was a full third of the book. Not that I thought it would be a fun read but...
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1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
6. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
8. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
10. The Talisman by Stephen King
11. 1984 by George Orwell
12. The Brethren by John Grisham
Now: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I liked The Brethren. It was a bit far fetched though. I kept saying, "why don't they just..." alot. Still fun though. I'm running dangerously low on remaining Grisham books.
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Hellp just discovered this thread. Love to see people still reading...A LOT of books! The type of books I read (philosophy and existential) don't allow me to read 50 or more...data overload :-o
Last year (2009) I read 4 books by Nietzsche
1) Nietzsche Contra Wagner
2) The Anti-Christ
3) War and Peace by Dostoyevsky of the Idols
4) Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Also, by 9 by Dostoevsky
1) The Gambler 6) The Dream of A Ridiculous Man
2) The Idiot 7) The Double
3) The Eternal Husband 8) A Disgraceful Affair
4) White Nights 9) A Gentle Creature
5) Notes From the Underground
2010 (taken it a little easy to download 2009 lol) but so far have read:
1. Gone To Texas (Forrest Carter)
2. Vengeance Trail of Josey Wells (Forrest Carter)
3. Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky)
4. Spiritual Practices of the Ninja (Ross Heaven)
5. Letters to A Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
6. A number of comics (Batman, Iron Man, Thor)
7. Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts) ...in the early stages/probably will be my last one for 2010 (it's 936 pages)
-Afrostotle :mrgreen:
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1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
6. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
8. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
10. The Talisman by Stephen King
11. 1984 by George Orwell
12. The Brethren by John Grisham
13. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Now: Ford County by John Grisham
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year). (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Essays-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0060504080)-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380815931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264545331&sr=1-1)-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman (http://www.amazon.com/N-Out-Burger-Behind-Counter-Fast-Food/dp/0061346713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265142355&sr=1-1)-finished 5/11/10
4. 5/12/10 started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Played-Fire-Vintage/dp/030745455X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273697861&sr=8-1)-finished 6/10/10
5. 6/11/10 started Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newman (http://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Birdy-Frantic-Neurotic-Growing/dp/0143034774/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276288823&sr=1-1)-finished 7/19/10
6. 7/26/10 started The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Kicked-Hornets-Nest/dp/030726999X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280187643&sr=8-1) by Stieg Larsson-finished 8/18/10
7 through 11. (I count five since this is an anthology of all five volumes) 8/20/10 started The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy/dp/0345453743/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282342045&sr=1-1) by Douglas Adams-finished 10/27/10
12. 11/3/10 started The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells (http://www.amazon.com/Crowning-Glory-Calla-Lily-Ponder/dp/B002T4500A/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288908411&sr=1-1)-finished 12/8/10
13. 12/9/10 started Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris (http://www.amazon.com/Squirrel-Seeks-Chipmunk-Modest-Bestiary/dp/0316038393/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292359865&sr=1-1)
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Almost time for a new book thread! I didn't make my goal this year. I blame it on having a baby. I guess I better set my goal low this year because I'm having another baby this year, lol.
1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
6. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
8. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
10. The Talisman by Stephen King
11. 1984 by George Orwell
12. The Brethren by John Grisham
13. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
14. Ford County by John Grisham
15. Riding the Bullet by Stephen King
Now: Pirate Latitude by Michael Crichton
I was surprised to realize that this book is actually about pirates in the 17th century. I thought it was about software piracy, duh. Anyway, it's pretty good so far.
I enjoyed Ford County, but I don't think Grisham should have read it. Michael Beck reads Grisham's books wonderfully. Grisham struggled with it and it took away from the stories at times. But the stories themselves were really good. I enjoyed.
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25 is the goal this year.
1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year). (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Essays-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0060504080)-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-was-Command-Line-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380815931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264545331&sr=1-1)-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman (http://www.amazon.com/N-Out-Burger-Behind-Counter-Fast-Food/dp/0061346713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265142355&sr=1-1)-finished 5/11/10
4. 5/12/10 started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Played-Fire-Vintage/dp/030745455X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273697861&sr=8-1)-finished 6/10/10
5. 6/11/10 started Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newman (http://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Birdy-Frantic-Neurotic-Growing/dp/0143034774/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276288823&sr=1-1)-finished 7/19/10
6. 7/26/10 started The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Kicked-Hornets-Nest/dp/030726999X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280187643&sr=8-1) by Stieg Larsson-finished 8/18/10
7 through 11. (I count five since this is an anthology of all five volumes) 8/20/10 started The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy/dp/0345453743/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282342045&sr=1-1) by Douglas Adams-finished 10/27/10
12. 11/3/10 started The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells (http://www.amazon.com/Crowning-Glory-Calla-Lily-Ponder/dp/B002T4500A/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288908411&sr=1-1)-finished 12/8/10
13. 12/9/10 started Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris (http://www.amazon.com/Squirrel-Seeks-Chipmunk-Modest-Bestiary/dp/0316038393/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292359865&sr=1-1)-finished 12/27/10
Yep missed the goal. I'll need to set a more realistic one this year.
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Yeah, me too. By alot.