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zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Originally posted by: zerocool1
recently read
fury - rushdie
after dark - marakami

currently reading
mass career customization-benko
new ideas from dead economists-Buchholz

Murakami rocks.
 

Rebasxer

Golden Member
Apr 10, 2005
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Just finished World War Z and Confessor (Last in Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth Series).
 

5to1baby1in5

Golden Member
Apr 27, 2001
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Harrington On Hold em

I am going to have to read it again though. I still keep loosing. :frown:
 

oogabooga

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Jan 14, 2003
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I'm in the middle of like three books. All three were gifts from the past few weeks or so, In order of how far I am through them.

Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
Jeremey "Spike" Van Wert - Not for the Faint of Heart: My journey into manhood in the Santa Clara Vanguard
Bill Clinton - Giving
 

Drako

Lifer
Jun 9, 2007
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Originally posted by: Rebasxer
Just finished World War Z and Confessor (Last in Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth Series).

I just finished The Wizards First Rule (Fist in Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth Series). I will probably go pick up the second book at lunch today.

 

angminas

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Dec 17, 2006
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Originally posted by: Brainonska511
I'm waiting on my "for fun" reading as I'm at school again, but I would be reading "Dracula" by Bram Stroker.

Right now, I'm reading "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes. I think the next thing I'll be reading some stuff by Rousseau....

Rousseau! Thanks for reminding me! I got The Social Contract and Discourse on the Origin of Inequality at the library bookstore a few weeks ago but put it away and forgot about it! While I went back to find it, I also saw two more books I got and forgot I was going to read (Rabbit, Run and Future Shock).

Anybody read any of these? :thumbsup: or :thumbsdown: ?
 

MattCo

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Jan 29, 2001
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Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Oh, I also recently re-read Enders Game, a MUST read for anyone even remotely interested in Sci-fi

Just finished it, two thumbs up.
 
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Originally posted by: angminas
Originally posted by: Brainonska511
I'm waiting on my "for fun" reading as I'm at school again, but I would be reading "Dracula" by Bram Stroker.

Right now, I'm reading "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes. I think the next thing I'll be reading some stuff by Rousseau....

Rousseau! Thanks for reminding me! I got The Social Contract and Discourse on the Origin of Inequality at the library bookstore a few weeks ago but put it away and forgot about it! While I went back to find it, I also saw two more books I got and forgot I was going to read (Rabbit, Run and Future Shock).

Anybody read any of these? :thumbsup: or :thumbsdown: ?

I've read part of the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality for my EuroCiv class - it was kind of boring (hence only part of it was read). I'll be reading the Social Contract and I think some other Discourse by Rousseau for my SoSc class this quarter.
 

Furyline

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Nov 1, 2001
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I'm finally almost finished with Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond; I've been struggling through it. I would not recommend it, I found it became boring and repetitive even though it is an interesting study and argument.

After this I think I'll stick to fiction for a while. Next up is The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk, which I'm looking forward to since I liked the other two books that I read by him.
 

Pollock

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Jan 24, 2004
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Only on about 500 of 1200 pages of Atlas Shrugged, but I like it a lot. Definitely read it. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by: Kev
World War Z - I'd recommend it.

My sister is reading this and said it was good, too. Alas, I have a half dozen other books to read in my free time. My friend says that Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is "excellent," so I'll pilfer it from him at some point.
 

TallBill

Lifer
Apr 29, 2001
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Reading "13 cent Killers", have not got far. Really need to settle down and finish it.
 
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Originally posted by: Pollock
Only on about 500 of 1200 pages of Atlas Shrugged, but I like it a lot. Definitely read it. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by: Kev
World War Z - I'd recommend it.

My sister is reading this and said it was good, too. Alas, I have a half dozen other books to read in my free time. My friend says that Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is "excellent," so I'll pilfer it from him at some point.

A guy just brought World War Z in to my seminar and thesis class for me, but I'm too busy with required reading for it right now. He praises it highly however.
 

Bryophyte

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Apr 25, 2001
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Originally posted by: Rockinacoustic
I just finished Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins- Really an underrated book.

I'm debating whether to start The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky before I go back to all the hoopla of school. If anything I'll more likely start reading ahead for Organic Chem and Calculus.

Re-reading my collection of Tom Robbins books is on my short list of things to do. One of my favorite authors. Going to re-read a bunch of Clive Barker too, it's been many years since I've read his books (just finished a couple of newer books he wrote for young adults called 'Abarat'. Pretty good stuff.)

I remember liking Dostoevsky, but I haven't read any for many years.

Originally posted by: BigJ
The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson. Absolutely fantastic book.

Comparably, I'd say The Malazan Book of the Fallen series is as good if not better than Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.

It took me a little time to get into this series, but I've really grown to love it. The Bonehunters was the most enjoyable so far.

The last book I read was David Brin's 'Kiln People'. I liked it (I've always loved Brin.) I don't know what I'm going to read next. I've got a pile of about 10 new books sitting by my bed that I'll start on this evening.

I had to catalog my and my kids' books recently because I was losing track of what we have and what we don't have. It was getting to be impossible to go to a bookstore and get anything. Excel is awesome, I can just print off the master lists and take them with me. :beer:
 

Dimmu

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Jun 24, 2005
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I just finished Devil in the White City a while ago. I would definitely recommend it, especially if you live in/around/know the Chicago layout well. That knowledge really makes the book hit home. Great read.
 

BigJ

Lifer
Nov 18, 2001
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I know I posted I was reading the Bonehunters by Erikson before. Well I just finished it, and I'm still in a state of wonder. The last 200 pages or so (in the 1100+ page book) were absolutely :Q
 
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