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Author Topic: 2011 Book Thread  (Read 19064 times)

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Re: 2011 Book Thread
« Reply #75 on: October 27, 2011, 12:26:26 PM »

LOL!  I don't know if ivan actually got that reference.   :-o

prolly not
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Re: 2011 Book Thread
« Reply #76 on: October 28, 2011, 06:46:26 AM »

prolly not

Hunt for Red October, one of the Russian submarine maneuvers is called a "Crazy Ivan"

So crazy could be your middle name...
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Re: 2011 Book Thread
« Reply #77 on: October 28, 2011, 11:35:07 AM »

That's a relief. I was afraid to google it. I thought for sure it was something only the Urban Dictionary would define.
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Re: 2011 Book Thread
« Reply #78 on: October 28, 2011, 06:48:47 PM »

That's a relief. I was afraid to google it. I thought for sure it was something only the Urban Dictionary would define.

Well yeah there it also is where you wear the woman like a hat with her legs hanging down and you grab her ankles and.......

You're right, shouldn't Google that at all.
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Re: 2011 Book Thread
« Reply #79 on: November 02, 2011, 01:29:00 PM »

1.  Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
2.  Glass by Ellen Hopkins
3.  Empire by Orson Scott Card
4.  The Gunslinger by Stephen King
5.  The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6.  The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
7.  Cell by Stephen King
8.  The Testament by John Grisham
9.  Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
10.  Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
11.  The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
12.  The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
13.   The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
14.  Identical by Ellen Hopkins


Now:  Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein
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Re: 2011 Book Thread
« Reply #80 on: November 05, 2011, 05:18:10 PM »

I'm making my way through all of Tim Dorsey's Books...
1.Florida Roadkill (1999), ISBN 978-0061139222
2.Hammerhead Ranch Motel (2000), ISBN 978-0380732340
3.Orange Crush (2001), ISBN 978-0061031540
4.Triggerfish Twist (2002), ISBN 978-0061031557
5.The Stingray Shuffle (2003), ISBN 978-0060556938
6.Cadillac Beach (2004), ISBN 978-0060556945
7.Torpedo Juice (2005), ISBN 978-0060585617
8.The Big Bamboo (2006), ISBN 978-0060585631
9.Hurricane Punch (2007), ISBN 978-0060829674
10.Atomic Lobster (2008), ISBN 978-0060829698
11.Nuclear Jellyfish (2009), ISBN 978-0061432668
12.Gator A-Go-Go (2010), ISBN 978-0061432712
13.Electric Barracuda (2011), ISBN 978-0061876899


I've got 7 done this summer thanks to metro transit
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Re: 2011 Book Thread
« Reply #81 on: November 30, 2011, 09:37:17 PM »

1.  Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
2.  Glass by Ellen Hopkins
3.  Empire by Orson Scott Card
4.  The Gunslinger by Stephen King
5.  The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6.  The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
7.  Cell by Stephen King
8.  The Testament by John Grisham
9.  Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
10.  Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
11.  The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
12.  The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
13.   The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
14.  Identical by Ellen Hopkins
15.  Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein


Now:  The Colorado Kid by Stephen King
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Re: 2011 Book Thread
« Reply #82 on: November 30, 2011, 09:39:15 PM »

GOOOOOOAAAAAAAL!
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Re: 2011 Book Thread
« Reply #83 on: December 29, 2011, 02:25:58 AM »

1.  1/3/11 started Looking For Calvin And Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip by Nevin Martell-finished 1/20/11
2.  1/15/11 started How To Teach Pivotal Behaviors to Children With Autism:  A Training Manual by Koegel and Koegel et al-finished 1/24/11
3.  1/21/11 started South Park Guide To Life by Trey Parker and Matt Stone-finished 1/21/11
4.  1/24/11 started The Salmon of Doubt:  Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time by Douglas Adams-finished 2/22/11
5.  2/25/11 started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams-finished 3/22/11
6.  3/23/11 started 924 Gilman:  The Story So Far by Brian Edge-finished 4/29/11
7.  5/2/11 started Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore-finished 5/20/11
8.  5/23/11 started Brava Valentine by Adriana Trigiani--finished 6/17/11
9.  6/20/11 started The Birdwisher by Anna Joy Springer--finished 6/21/11
10.  6/22/11 started Palo Alto Stories by James Franco--finished 7/13/11
11.  7/14/11 started The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver--finished 9/8/11
12.  9/12/11 started The Vicious Red Relic, Love a fabulist memoir by Anna Joy Springer--finished 10/3/11
13.  10/3/11 started The Road by Cormac McCarthy--finished 10/13/11
14.  10/17/11 started Reamde by Neal Stephenson--finished 12/23/11

15.  12/25/11 started Goodnight iPad by Ann Droyd--finished 12/25/11
16.  12/26/11 started The Anti-Romantic Child: A Story of Unexpected Joy by Priscilla Gilman
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