Just finished:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
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Starting:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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I wasn't sure if it was my type of book, but I am about a quarter or so of the way in, and so far, I am enjoying it.
wakwak007
04-05-09, 09:18 AM
I'm reading another Christopher Moore book, "A Dirty Job." I actually have about 25-30 pages left. I might pick up "The Lost City of Z," having heard some reviews on it.
IdgIe49
04-05-09, 02:09 PM
Finished Angels and Demons yesterday that was my first kindle purchase :D and am now reading a free kindle book called Snowbound.
Just finished "The End of Poverty" by Jeffrey Sachs
Started "Beyond the Sky and Moon" by Jaimie Zeppa
Ginwen
04-10-09, 12:52 PM
Finished
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Took me a bit to get into, but not bad.
Reading:
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Not the best written book, but a total page turner. Started at 11 or so, and finished 2/3 before I made myself go to bed.
Just read this
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It was good so now I'm reading the sequels
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Plus this when I feel like reading short stories
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Reading this http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SrWAo6OgL._SL500_AA246_PIkin2,BottomRight,-7,34_AA280_SH20_OU01_.jpg
except when my wife is using the kindle to read Stolen Innocence I switch to http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31YsKxYeS7L._SL160_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-dp,TopRight,12,-18_SH30_OU01_AA115_.jpg
Read:
Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
Decade - Celebrating Ten Years of Dark Horse Short Stories - by Various Writers and Artists
The Looking Glass War by John le Carre
Star Trek: Countdown TPB - Mike Johnson & Tim Jones, Story by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman, Art by David Messina
The Gods of Mars by Ray Bradbury
Just started:
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Please let me know what you think of this. I started it several months ago, but then got really busy and had to return it to the library. Haven't checked it out again since.
Absolutely atrocious book. I was curious how you'd insert Zombies into a book like this, and I was prepared for some plot changes to accomodate them; however, major characterizations were altered, important scenes and motivations changed, the style of Grahame-Smith did not mesh in any way with that of Austen, and little of Austen's precious humor shone through.
I never thought I'd read the word piss-pot in an Austen novel or encounter a baudy and cheap emasculation joke.
I wish I'd stopped reading this one; fortunately, I watched the BBC 6 hour mini-series while in the middle of this book so I got to enjoy much of what was lacking in this book.
Is that the first Dirk Pitt book you've read? They get better and better after that first one.
SpinalGuffman
04-29-09, 12:14 AM
A Guns n' Roses biography called "Watch You Bleed"
how is this?
SpinalGuffman
04-29-09, 12:19 AM
I've been reading a bunch of the Redwall books lately. Very formulaic, but I like the formula, Jacques has a great sense of good and evil. Latest was Lord Brocktree. One of the best, though the ending was rushed.
Also just started on The Dungeon series again, edited/conceived by Philip Jose Farmer. A six book series, written by several different authors. As might be expected, continuity is a problem. Still a decent read. I'm on book 5.
Finished this one
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12thmonkey
04-29-09, 08:36 AM
just started Dave Cullen's Columbine:
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Cullen addresses some of the media-spread misconceptions about the attack, as well as about the killers. So far (125 pages in) it seems incredibly detailed, and paints a very vivid and disturbing picture of what happened. Some of the situations he describes have been very difficult to get out of my mind
Not a "fun" read, but compelling and heartbreaking.
The Bus
04-29-09, 09:06 AM
Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon
First book of his I've read (aside from his superb, super-long <i>Wired</i> article "Mother Earth, Mother Board").
just started Dave Cullen's Columbine:
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Cullen addresses some of the media-spread misconceptions about the attack, as well as about the killers. So far (125 pages in) it seems incredibly detailed, and paints a very vivid and disturbing picture of what happened. Some of the situations he describes have been very difficult to get out of my mind
Not a "fun" read, but compelling and heartbreaking.
I just started the same book, let me know what you think once finished. I'd be curious to see what your overall opinion is if you end up having one.
Ginwen
04-30-09, 01:16 AM
Reading this now
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PAG
04-30-09, 03:12 PM
Is that the first Dirk Pitt book you've read? They get better and better after that first one.
Yes, Pacific Vortex! is the first Dirk Pitt novel I have read. I picked it because it was the first one in the series. I always like to start a series with the first book. I thought it was good, not great. I will read more Dirk Pitt.
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