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qwerty1500 09-17-2011 12:25 AM

Re: What are you reading?
 
The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek

rebelknight 09-17-2011 12:16 PM

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Did any one else take advantage of borders going out of business. I stocked up for real cheap

The Poet 09-17-2011 12:41 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by timj219 (Post 1407886)
You're a better man than I am. I've attempted Finnegan's wake a couple times and Ulysses at least four times. But that's it for me. I've decided to admit defeat rather than submit myself to that kind of punishment again. I gave away my copies of both a few years ago.


Better? Highly debatable. More stubborn? Quite possibly. I have read Ulysses 3 or 4 times over the years, the first as a college course. The professor advised us on day one that there would be many things we did not understand, and the trick was to just keep on reading regardless.

As well as this served me with Ulysses, it was essential with Finnegan's Wake . . . which makes the former read like Dick and Jane. :r

elderboy02 09-20-2011 05:12 AM

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Just finished: The Lincoln Lawyer

I highly recommend it! :tu

MrClean 09-20-2011 05:20 AM

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A Dance with Dragons - George RR Martin.

Sorry, that's my geek showing. ;s

hotreds 09-20-2011 08:26 AM

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The New Road to Serfdom: A Letter of Warning to America by Daniel Hannan

elderboy02 09-20-2011 10:51 AM

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I am going to be starting: The Black Ice, which is written by the same guy who wrote The Lincoln Lawyer.

CigarNut 09-20-2011 12:45 PM

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Just started The Second Science Fiction Megapack by Robert Silverberg, Fredric Brown, Philip K. Dick, Alfred Bester, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Poul Anderson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Robert Sheckley, Fritz Leiber, C.M. Kornbluth, on my Kindle.

pnoon 09-20-2011 01:04 PM

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The Princess Bride by William Goldman.
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CigarNut 09-20-2011 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by pnoon (Post 1414971)
The Princess Bride by William Goldman.
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Always a great read!

Are you reading the book or the e-book?

pnoon 09-20-2011 02:36 PM

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Hard copy
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Moose6026 09-20-2011 04:18 PM

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Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend by gary L. Roberts

taltos 09-20-2011 06:07 PM

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Decision Points, George W. Bush

rebelknight 09-21-2011 10:00 PM

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Started 2 new ones today. Reading a history of god for school and nobody move for fun. Both decent reads so faf

taltos 09-22-2011 04:59 AM

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Will be starting An American Life by Ronald Reagan a little later today.

timj219 09-22-2011 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by rebelknight (Post 1416699)
Started 2 new ones today. Reading a history of god for school and nobody move for fun. Both decent reads so faf

A History of God is an excellent read. I really enjoyed it. I read "When God Was a Woman" by Merlin Stone right after it and that's a good book too.

TXRebel 09-23-2011 06:35 AM

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O Plata O Plomo? "The Abduction and Murder of DEA Agent Kiki Camarena" by J. Kuykendall.

rebelknight 09-26-2011 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by timj219 (Post 1417033)
A History of God is an excellent read. I really enjoyed it. I read "When God Was a Woman" by Merlin Stone right after it and that's a good book too.

Still working my way through history of god. I actually really enjoy it which i rarely say about school related reading. Finished my other book so i just started merit badges. I picked most of these up from borders for a nickel before they went out of business so hopefully i find some keepers

irratebass 09-26-2011 08:37 PM

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Getting ready to start Steven Tyler's book, which I could really care less to read, but I am out of books at the moment and someone let me borrow it, so what the hell.

BnBTobacco 09-26-2011 08:56 PM

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I'm reading Sabroso! The Flavors of Spain (Cookbook). I'll be trying these one of these days.

jsnake 09-26-2011 09:38 PM

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Just finished A Dance With Dragons and I have to say George R.R. Martin is a ****tard and the worst writer in the history of story telling. I do not want to give away anything and ruin Game of Thrones for those watching it on TV but trust me you will all be pissed off by the end of it. Probably be another 5 or 6 year wait for the next book. So glad I did not pay to read this garbage.

hotreds 09-27-2011 06:42 PM

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Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think by Victor Hanson

rebelknight 09-27-2011 11:18 PM

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Still working on a history of god for school. Started the undertaking tonight for some personal reading. Another nickel steal. Also finished merit badges. Hobestly was one of the most thought provoking things I've ever read.

Moose6026 09-28-2011 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by hotreds (Post 1422782)
Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think by Victor Hanson

That sounds like an interesting read.

emopunker2004 09-28-2011 01:58 AM

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A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1: A Game of Thrones

hotreds 09-28-2011 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Moose6026 (Post 1422976)
That sounds like an interesting read.

It is, in fact.

BeerAdvocate 09-28-2011 11:16 AM

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I just finished "The Passage" by Justin Cronin :tu :tu :tu
Great Vampire(ish), End of the World, Apocolypse type Fiction!

rebelknight 10-10-2011 11:12 PM

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Just started correction. About 10 pages in and i haven't seen a single period. Might get frustrated with this one but i'll give it some time before i judge it

arambo3 10-11-2011 12:17 AM

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Just started A Song of Ice and Fire Book 2 : A Clash of Kings

MrClean 10-11-2011 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by emopunker2004 (Post 1422977)
A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1: A Game of Thrones

:tu:tu

MrClean 10-11-2011 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by arambo3 (Post 1436136)
Just started A Song of Ice and Fire Book 2 : A Clash of Kings

:tu:tu

sevans105 10-11-2011 12:57 AM

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Kids were reading The Hunger Games trilogy, so I figured I ought to see what all the fuss was about. Good little series!

iamsolitary 10-11-2011 02:11 AM

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Finished A Game of Thrones yesterday. Going to read through LoTR again and then continue on with A Song of Ice and Fire

MrClean 10-11-2011 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by sevans105 (Post 1436173)
Kids were reading The Hunger Games trilogy, so I figured I ought to see what all the fuss was about. Good little series!

My son just finished the first book, he's ready to get the next one. He loved it and it sounds like it's pretty good, daddy might have to read them now!

BeerAdvocate 10-11-2011 10:11 AM

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Started "I dont have enough Faith to be an Atheist"

kelmac07 10-11-2011 01:00 PM

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The Enemy by Lee Child

Lonely Raven 10-11-2011 01:54 PM

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I just finished the first four books of Game of Thrones. When the show came on I didn't realize it was a book series, and honestly, the show is so well done, I feel like I read the first book twice!

I'll wait for book 5 to come out on paperback before I buy it. Or I'll get the audio book version if I take a long trip this winter.

I just plowed through Infection by Craig DeLouie which is probably one of the *best* zombie books I've read (great pacing, and reads like you're watching a movie).

And now I'm starting in on The Passage by Justin Cronin which came highly recommended by many friends, and appears to be an ongoing series.

I have other books I'm actively flipping through, but not really reading or getting into because they are too heady for me. (electronics books that are currently over my head)

BeerAdvocate 10-11-2011 02:51 PM

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And now I'm starting in on The Passage by Justin Cronin which came highly recommended by many friends, and appears to be an ongoing series.

I just finished The Passage and it was one of the best books I have read this year. You are going to love it!

The Poet 10-11-2011 02:53 PM

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I'm about halfway along Swann's Way, which means I've barely started reading Proust. :r

For fun and . . . uh, distraction . . . there's a copy of James P. Hogan's first 3 Giants SF novels in my "private reading room", underneath the sink. :D

Moose6026 10-11-2011 07:05 PM

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I Love Michigan / I Hate Ohio State by Rich Thomaselli

sevans105 10-11-2011 07:08 PM

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Marketing in the moment. Utilizing web 3.0 (social media)

76GTFan 10-11-2011 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by emopunker2004 (Post 1422977)
A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1: A Game of Thrones

About to finish "A Storm of Swords"

Best so far.

DTM 10-11-2011 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BeerAdvocate (Post 1436951)
And now I'm starting in on The Passage by Justin Cronin which came highly recommended by many friends, and appears to be an ongoing series.

I just finished The Passage and it was one of the best books I have read this year. You are going to love it!

I will agree that this was a very good book. Can't wait for the others to come out. I am currently reading The Walking Dead : Compendium One. It is the first 48 issues of the comic series. So far it is awesome. Can't wait for the show to resume in about a week.

688sonarmen 10-11-2011 07:39 PM

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Blood Meridian by McCarthy

elderboy02 10-12-2011 05:06 AM

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Just finished The Black Ice by Michael Connelly. I recommend it.

Now I am about to start Donnie Brasco.

Lonely Raven 10-12-2011 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DTM (Post 1437291)
I will agree that this was a very good book. Can't wait for the others to come out. I am currently reading The Walking Dead : Compendium One. It is the first 48 issues of the comic series. So far it is awesome. Can't wait for the show to resume in about a week.

So far the show can't touch the comics.

But...if they don't hold back, and really drive home the grit and barbarism that is man without government/authority/protection....

Apoco 10-12-2011 06:59 AM

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I'm trying to get into Neuromancer by William Gibson...but MAN is it dense.
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qwerty1500 10-12-2011 05:18 PM

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Ratification by Pauline Maier. It's a very well-written history of the debate on the Constitution in 1787-88.

Jasonw560 10-12-2011 05:29 PM

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I found my copy of Robert Bly's "Iron John", so I started that again. Great concept, but a little out there. So many I want to read.

rebelknight 10-12-2011 05:40 PM

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Still reading Correction in my free time but started Religions of the Silk Road for school today.


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