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Post by Felix on Jan 25, 2008 8:16:06 GMT -5
Ares, are you reading a book about Helen Keller? A biography, her life story. She was a great lady. She lots of good things even though she couldn't see or hear.
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Post by aresvladimir on Jan 25, 2008 8:27:56 GMT -5
Ares, are you reading a book about Helen Keller? A biography, her life story. She was a great lady. She lots of good things even though she couldn't see or hear. Yes we have that book to read at school and I am reading it.I like it.
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Post by Red-Barchetta on Feb 4, 2008 5:43:50 GMT -5
Currently finishing up Katherine Kurtz's "Saint Camber".
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Post by Copperhead on Feb 4, 2008 15:44:51 GMT -5
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. A light, pleasant read.
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Post by victoriasuzette on Feb 4, 2008 15:51:26 GMT -5
My daughter finally convinced me to begin the Harry Potter series (I've already seen all of the movies). I'm on the 4th one, now.
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Post by Red-Barchetta on Feb 6, 2008 18:34:24 GMT -5
Am now well into "Camber the Heretic".
R-B Can hardly wait to lay eyeball on the author next year at Chattacon!
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Post by shadowlady on Feb 9, 2008 9:10:29 GMT -5
The thread reminds me that I need to go to McKay's and use up some of that store credit that i found at the bottom of my purse the other day. I'm not reading anything right now because we're in the middle getting a new place and all of our stuff is in storage. I miss my books.....
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Feb 9, 2008 11:55:20 GMT -5
Let me suggest "The Isles: A History" by Norman Davies.
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Post by victoriasuzette on Feb 11, 2008 8:06:57 GMT -5
Another great historical read is 'In the Heart of the Sea: the Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex,' by Nathaniel Philbrick.
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Post by shadowlady on Feb 12, 2008 17:05:36 GMT -5
So many books so little time. I live in Soddy-Daisy and when they closed down the Waldenbooks at Northgate i haven't bought many new books since. I'm not that overly fond of books a million and i just shudder even thinking about going to hamilton place.
Guess i'm just between a rock and a hard place
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Post by Laura Rice on Feb 13, 2008 13:29:44 GMT -5
I don't know why, but I pull this out every year and read this at Valentine's...A friend gave this to me. After a while...
After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn't mean possession and company doesn't mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead with the grace of an adult not the grief of a child. And you learn to build your roads today because tomorrows ground is too uncertain for plans and futures have ways of falling down in mid-flight. After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure that you really are strong and you really do have worth and you learn and you learn...
Veronica A. Shoffstall
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Post by Homebrew Dave on Feb 13, 2008 14:52:23 GMT -5
Just finished reading some more of John Ringo's works. Sunday I spent all day reading "Watch on the Rhine" . Started it about 10:30am and finished it about 6:30pm. Monday evening around 6pm, I started "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" and finished it Tuesday night around 11pm.
Next I'll probably pick up "Cally's War" and "The Hero" and that'll be it on all the Aldenata/Posleen books that are out in paperback until "Yellow Eyes" comes out in paperback hopefully in April or May and "Sister Time" likewise in November or December.
Ringo is rapidly turning into my favorite author.
Dave
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Post by mightejoe on Feb 13, 2008 15:27:17 GMT -5
Just finished "I Love You Beth Cooper" by Larry Doyle. Cute should make an interesting/funny movie. Am now reading "Soon I will be Invincible" by Austin Grossman. This should be a great movie: www.sooniwillbeinvincible.com/
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Post by Tookie on Feb 13, 2008 16:15:11 GMT -5
Guess i'm just between a rock and a hard place
Order them online. I can't remember the last time I went to a bookstore and bought a book. I had an order from B & N on my front porch this afternoon and should have one from Amazon tomorrow.
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Post by victoriasuzette on Mar 2, 2008 23:46:59 GMT -5
I just finished the Harry Potter series this morning around 3 (began around the first week in January). I must say that I was pleasantly surprised ~ I always thought of them as 'children's books' (well, I usually read non-fiction ~ and, if I do read fiction, it is normally Henry James, Taylor Caldwell, etc.). I greatly enjoyed that series of books (HP).
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Post by Yea It's Her on Mar 17, 2008 15:58:55 GMT -5
Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey. LOVED her Kushiel books but so far I'm a bit lost in the beginning of the new series. It's a lot of information thrown at me at once. Love her as an author though.
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Post by Babs on Mar 17, 2008 16:25:30 GMT -5
Cross by James Patterson. Good detective/murder thriller.
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Post by Gary on Mar 17, 2008 16:48:32 GMT -5
Just finished an advance copy of "The Last Centurion" by John Ringo, which will almost certainly end up being the best selling book of his career to date as well as being the most controversial.
Currently, I am reading two books, "The Two Worlds" by James Hogan and "Strange Relations" by Philip Jose Farmer.
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Post by Homebrew Dave on Mar 17, 2008 18:08:20 GMT -5
Read "Cally's War" a couple weeks ago. I've been by Grumpy's twice since then and haven't found a copy of "The Hero" yet. I'm figuring next on my Ringo Reading List will probably be "Vorpal Blade" but I'm kind of leary about a book in which a nuclear submarine has been converted into a space craft since I looked at the possibility myself about 20 years ago for a short story idea I had and frankly the use of a submarine pressurized water reactor plant would not be a wise idea in zero-gravity. Mind you I speak from personal expertise in the matter because at the time I was a submarine reactor plant operator.
Dave
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Post by spastikcomma on Apr 25, 2008 10:44:31 GMT -5
I just finished "On Chesil Beach" by Ian MacEwan. It's short and poignant; interesting and very well-written. I can't go into it without spoiling it but it's going to be with me a long time.
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Apr 25, 2008 12:19:22 GMT -5
"The Infamous Bell With of Tennessee" by Charles Edwin Price
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Post by spastikcomma on Apr 29, 2008 9:48:48 GMT -5
Just finished "The Kite Runner." It was truly great, hard to put down. Which is pretty amazing because I hated the main charector through almost the whole book. Probably won't see the movie.
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Post by Homebrew Dave on May 10, 2008 17:20:29 GMT -5
Just recently read "Von Neumann's War" by John Ringo and Travis S. Taylor. Ringo (and his collaborators) continue to impress me with awesome prose and this book was no exception. Just when I thought the topic of alien invasions had been totally mined out, along come Ringo and Taylor with a very frightening new twist on one of the oldest themes in science fiction.
I stated above that I wanted to read "Vorpal Blade" which is also a collaborative work by Ringo and Taylor. Unfortunately, the book won't be out in paperback until October. Baen.com has the first 9 chapters available online as a teaser and also offers the whole book in ebook format for $6.00. I read the first 9 chapters and while they haven't quite addressed the concerns I expressed above, I am none-the-less hooked and strongly considering buying the ebook. My main hesitation is in that I don't really like reading a book on-screen. I prefer the portability of a real book. As a lark, I searched around for ebook reader devices but they run in the range of $400 each and, for my budget, that would quite negate any savings I might accrue on buying ebooks vs. buying paperbacks or even hard-covers. Typical price for new paperbacks being $8.00 and hard-backs being $24.00. I'd need to buy 23 ebook versions of books that are out in hardback but not yet out in paperback, or 200 ebooks that are also out in paperback to just break even.
Dave
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Post by mikeydokey on May 10, 2008 21:09:39 GMT -5
Alas, I cannot read, for I have no Eyes.
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Post by dvc on May 11, 2008 8:46:33 GMT -5
Peaceable Kingdom a collection of short stories by Jack Ketcham.
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Post by Justin Thyme on May 11, 2008 21:48:55 GMT -5
I'm currently reading The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury.
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Post by spastikcomma on May 13, 2008 7:06:22 GMT -5
I don't normally reread books, but I just finished "A Long Way Down" by Nick Hornby for the second time. This book is so good, with bits of truthiness slipped in here and there. It's much better than "High Fidelity." Please, please read this book.
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Post by daworm on May 13, 2008 8:33:59 GMT -5
Cryptonomicon
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Post by mightejoe on May 13, 2008 9:22:21 GMT -5
"How to Breathe Underwater" by Julie Orringer. Spastikcomma, Hornby recommends this collection of short stories.
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Post by spastikcomma on May 13, 2008 13:24:47 GMT -5
I'm on it Joe! Thanks.
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