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post #421 of 1206
2/11/08 at 6:36pm
The last book I read was Torments of the Traitor by Ian Irvine. I need to get hold of the next one; The Curse on the Chosen soon! Apparently it came out November 07.

Pay no attention to the cheesy names, these are damn awesome. Ian Irvine is a fantastic author, and all his novels link to one another, so it's really interesting to read them all of them and be able to see the connections.

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post #422 of 1206
2/12/08 at 4:43pm
I read all of the time. I read about 2-3 novels a week. I'm not much for "love" novels but this one is different. http://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Gree...2863005&sr=1-1

I don't agree with that second review. It's a great read and you will be cheering for the 'hero' and 'heroine'. It warmed my heart.


Dan
post #423 of 1206
2/12/08 at 5:23pm
"Spatial and Temporal Control of Temperature Gradients in Heat Conduction Problems",

Don't ask... don't tell!
post #424 of 1206
2/12/08 at 5:46pm
born on a blue day
post #425 of 1206
2/12/08 at 5:53pm
After my post yesterday I thought I should research that particular series I talked about and see when the next book is out. Well, it's already out!! But more exciting than that was by accident I saw that Isobel Carmody has released the 5th book in her Obernewtyn Chronicles. I read these when I started highschool, and have been waiting ever since to read the fifth book! I thought she had given up on the series.

So straight after work I went and bought both. I am now reading The Stone Key by Isobel Carmody
post #426 of 1206
2/12/08 at 6:39pm
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"Spatial and Temporal Control of Temperature Gradients in Heat Conduction Problems",

Don't ask... don't tell!

WOW!! Me too!
post #427 of 1206
2/12/08 at 6:51pm
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WOW!! Me too!

Ahhh... a true scholar and a gentleman! Do you want to discuss the finer points over a cup of tea?
post #428 of 1206
2/12/08 at 7:25pm
Lagarde & Michard "Moyen Age" my book on french writings from the beginning of the middle ages. It is very interesting, it has parallel writings in old french (archaic) and modern french, for comparisons.
post #429 of 1206
2/15/08 at 4:11pm
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_Treason's Harbour_, by Patrick O'Brian. From the Aubrey/Maturin series.

Number 9 in the series. I have only just started No.3 'HMS Surprise' - I do hope you are reading them in order - anything else would be highly improper
post #430 of 1206
2/24/08 at 8:46am
Reading Kent Follet's Pillars of the Earth so I can then go on and read World Without End.
post #431 of 1206
2/24/08 at 9:01am
Against Happiness - In Praise of Melancholy , Eric G. Watson
post #432 of 1206
2/24/08 at 11:29am
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
post #433 of 1206
2/24/08 at 4:58pm
The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman
post #434 of 1206
2/24/08 at 6:36pm
GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell

all I can say is .... GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!!!!
post #435 of 1206
2/24/08 at 7:57pm
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I'm starting Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street tonight.
post #436 of 1206
2/24/08 at 10:35pm
No Country for Old Men. Loved the movie, borrowed the book!
post #437 of 1206
2/26/08 at 5:00pm
A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah. An autobiographical account of the author's recruitment as a child soldier during the civil war in mid-90's Sierra Leone, the heinous acts he committed while under the influence of, among many things, the brainwashing tactics of the rebels, and his miraculous escape to America. A book that puts many things in my life in perspective. I'd suggest everyone read it, particularly in this lenten season where we are asked to be mindful of the meaning of sacrifice, or at a time in one's life where one is in the process of self-examination.
post #438 of 1206
2/28/08 at 11:46am
The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr

Just started it and loving every page.
post #439 of 1206
2/28/08 at 11:56am
Dean Koontz
The Darkest Evening of the Year
post #440 of 1206
2/28/08 at 12:12pm
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The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr

Just started it and loving every page.

Just started a couple of days ago myself. Before I knew it I was 50 pages in!
post #441 of 1206
3/3/08 at 3:09pm
Just finished Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Since it sold about a squillion (technical term) copies there must be plenty of folks here who have read it - what did you think?

For me the book acheives it's main (stated) purpose of provoking thought and raising interesting questions. Apart from that I found parts of the book insufferably smug and the authors' attempts to completely divorce their 'neutral' economic questions from any sort of moral context largely unconvincing.
post #442 of 1206
3/5/08 at 8:24pm
Right now I'm reading Skeleton Crew by Stephen King... about to finish up The Mist (yep, saw the movie already).
post #443 of 1206
3/20/08 at 7:30pm
Just finished Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.

Greg Mortenson should receive the Nobel Peace Prize and everyone should read this book.

It's as simple as that.
post #444 of 1206
3/20/08 at 7:43pm
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A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. Interesting tack on what it is all about.
post #445 of 1206
3/20/08 at 8:29pm
A bunch of cook books....so I can learn, not going so well....
post #446 of 1206
3/21/08 at 2:45pm
I know this is uber childish, but the Darren Shan seires, it's fantastic! I'm on Book three, and the author is also called Darren Shan.

The last 'proper' book I read was All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell
post #447 of 1206
3/26/08 at 5:35am
Just started The End of Education by Neil Postman.
post #448 of 1206
3/26/08 at 6:38am
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal by Jared Diamond
(author of the now classic Guns, Germs and Steel)
post #449 of 1206
3/26/08 at 6:57am
Beautiful Boy

A tragic story about Crystal Meth addiction of a son and how a father handles it.
post #450 of 1206
3/26/08 at 7:37am
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh
The Glitter Dome
post #451 of 1206
3/26/08 at 7:53am
The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
post #452 of 1206
3/26/08 at 7:59am
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The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan

One of my very favorites!
post #453 of 1206
3/26/08 at 8:12am
The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Classmates from Revolution to Exile by Patrick Symmes.
post #454 of 1206
3/29/08 at 10:08am
Pat Barker's new novel, Life Class
post #455 of 1206
4/1/08 at 6:37pm
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Into The Wild by Krakauer.
post #456 of 1206
4/1/08 at 11:09pm
Timo K. Mukka : "Koiran Kuolema" ("Death of a Dog")
post #457 of 1206
4/2/08 at 3:26pm
Just started ATLAS SHRUGGED by AYN RAND.
post #458 of 1206
4/2/08 at 6:34pm
The Enlightened Mind by Stephen Mitchell (Thanks KBE!!)
post #459 of 1206
4/7/08 at 2:18pm
Just finished - 'The Winter Queen' by Boris Akunin

Started - 'Vernon Little God' by DBC Pierre
post #460 of 1206
4/7/08 at 2:33pm
Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War by Robert K. Massie
post #461 of 1206
4/7/08 at 2:44pm
Lush Life - Richard Price

Best,

Otto
post #462 of 1206
4/7/08 at 3:38pm
The Wheel of Time - Crown of Swords
post #463 of 1206
4/7/08 at 4:14pm
Just finished The End of Education by Neil Postman. Very good.
post #464 of 1206
4/7/08 at 5:40pm
Hey! I'm reading the novel that just won the Pulizer Prize, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Diaz. Awesome writer...
post #465 of 1206
4/7/08 at 9:55pm
Christianity for Dummies. I just picked a random book at my uni library...
post #466 of 1206
4/8/08 at 5:36pm
Just starting Endangered Minds -- Why Our Children Don't Think by Jane Healy
post #467 of 1206
4/8/08 at 6:27pm
Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett. Great read. Kind of the literary equivalent of a good sub sandwich.
post #468 of 1206
4/8/08 at 6:30pm
I'm almost finished with Norman Mailer's Of A Fire On The Moon, a non-fiction account of everything (it's very detailed) involved in the Apollo 11 moon shot. Sometimes it can try the patience, but the levels of, and control of the storytelling are amazing. I think the book is out of print too. I picked up my copy at a used bookstore and a new bookstore said they couldn't get me a copy.
post #469 of 1206
4/8/08 at 7:23pm
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Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. Le Guin

Set in a fictional European country Sci-Fi master storyteller Ursula K Le Guin weaves biographical tales of family struggles, loves lost and economic hardships. She paints wonderful word pictures of this fictional land.
post #470 of 1206
4/9/08 at 1:28pm
I'm reading Peony in Love by Linda Se. Had read her previous book Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and loved her very description of 19th Century China.

Circa 1905 - I finished reading Pillars of the Earth about a month ago and hated to see it end. I'm going to read World Without End next which is his continuation of Pillars that came out recently.
post #471 of 1206
4/13/08 at 8:39am
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Just in case anyone hasn't found this site yet..

Project Gutenberg has free download books/short stories available, about 17k volumes I believe they said that are out of copywright and in the public domain. Other links to free download books more than doubles that amount.

Music MP3 downloads too.

I found one very interesting read right off the bat when I first found the site. Bram Stoker's proposed first chapter of his Dracula (not included in the novel) is available for download. It was cut by the publisher over Stoker's wishes to keep it and is a great read, a great horror story in itself..

Also, several of late 19th century wordsmith Kate Chopin's works are available. What a wonderful storyteller she was!



http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
post #472 of 1206
4/13/08 at 10:10am
Ernest Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises
post #473 of 1206
4/13/08 at 11:51am
Trudi Canavan: Magician's Guild.
Meh.
post #474 of 1206
4/13/08 at 7:30pm
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Ernest Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises

One of my favorite writers. This book is sitting on my shelf waiting to be read. I've enjoyed everything else I've read by him.
post #475 of 1206
4/14/08 at 1:24pm
Robert Ludlum
The Bourne Ultimatum
post #476 of 1206
4/14/08 at 2:27pm
What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner by Emily Yoffe
post #477 of 1206
4/14/08 at 6:46pm
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One of my favorite writers. This book is sitting on my shelf waiting to be read. I've enjoyed everything else I've read by him.

Same here. I read this one years ago and wanted to re-read it. I am glad I did. It is a fascinating read on several levels. I only have about 20 pages left, so I'll probably finish it this evening.

Reading this also sparked my interest in bullfighting. I've been to bullfights in both Mexico and Spain and I found them absolutely revolting. However, he approaches them from a different angle and saw something in them I certainly did not. I don't think I'll ever go to another (although I might go back to Pamplona; his descriptions in the above book brought back many memories), but I do think I'll pick up Death in the Afternoon. Have you read this one?
post #478 of 1206
4/15/08 at 8:04am
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No, I haven't read Death in the Afternoon yet. So far, I've read Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms. I have The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell tolls on my bookcase at home. I especially want to read his short stories as I am partial to that medium. -Jim
post #479 of 1206
4/15/08 at 6:52pm
Just starting The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: Book One - Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson

I have been craving a bit of fantasy as of late and this seems to fit the bill perfectly.
post #480 of 1206
4/15/08 at 7:00pm
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No, I haven't read Death in the Afternoon yet. So far, I've read Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms. I have The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell tolls on my bookcase at home. I especially want to read his short stories as I am partial to that medium. -Jim

EH is an icon to me. If it's short stories you crave, you must buy The Collected Short Stories--the Finca Vigia edition. The definitive collection.

By the way, speaking of short stories, an apocryphal tale about EH. Someone once challenged EH to write a short story in ten words or less. His response?

"For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn."
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