What Are You Reading? Part 15 [September]
09-01-03 | 06:15 PM
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What Are You Reading? Part 15 [September]
Started the month off finishing Stephen King's second book in The Dark Tower series, The Drawing of the Three.
Next up, the third installment, The Waste Lands.
Next up, the third installment, The Waste Lands.
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09-01-03 | 09:04 PM
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That's some great reading. I'm going to start on them again soon so I'm refreshed for Wolves of The Calla.
Right now I'm still reading through Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. I'm halfway through The Body Thief.
Memnoch The Devil is next
Right now I'm still reading through Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. I'm halfway through The Body Thief.
Memnoch The Devil is next
09-02-03 | 10:32 AM
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Vanishing Act - Thomas Perry
Vanishing Act - Thomas Perry
09-02-03 | 10:36 AM
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Right now:
Sphere---Michael Crichton
Mystic River---Dennis Lehane
Next:
Angels & Demons---Dan Brown
L.A. Confidential---James Ellroy(I just love a good crime thriller)
Sphere---Michael Crichton
Mystic River---Dennis Lehane
Next:
Angels & Demons---Dan Brown
L.A. Confidential---James Ellroy(I just love a good crime thriller)
09-02-03 | 12:56 PM
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The 267 Stupidest Things Republicans Ever Said/ The 267 Stupidest Things Democrats Ever Said -- Jim Collins (this one is in the bathroom)
Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You Can Learn from Their Mistakes -- Sydney Finkelstein
Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You Can Learn from Their Mistakes -- Sydney Finkelstein
09-02-03 | 03:47 PM
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Now that I am out of college, I finally have time to read for myself, instead of assigned books for a class.
So far I've started out with Ken Macleod's The Star Fraction. From there, I think I will read either Sumathi Ramaswamy's Passions of the Tongue: Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970, or Stephen H. Watson Tradition(s): Refiguring Community in Virtue in Classical German Thought.
I might intersperse those with a little lighter reading, such as Joe Haldeman's The Coming or Douglas Niles Circle at the Center
It has been at least a year and a half since I have read something purely for pleasure. I literally have over 400 books in my library that I have not read that I have been picking up over the past year or so. I better get to crackin'.
So far I've started out with Ken Macleod's The Star Fraction. From there, I think I will read either Sumathi Ramaswamy's Passions of the Tongue: Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970, or Stephen H. Watson Tradition(s): Refiguring Community in Virtue in Classical German Thought.
I might intersperse those with a little lighter reading, such as Joe Haldeman's The Coming or Douglas Niles Circle at the Center
It has been at least a year and a half since I have read something purely for pleasure. I literally have over 400 books in my library that I have not read that I have been picking up over the past year or so. I better get to crackin'.
09-03-03 | 01:51 PM
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We had to read East of Eden in high school. What an excellent novel!
We had to read East of Eden in high school. What an excellent novel!
Of course, on my own, I've gone through most of his works over the years, my favorites being Cannery Row and In Dubious Battle.
East of Eden is quickly becoming one of those books I just can't put down.
09-03-03 | 04:12 PM
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Re: What Are You Reading? Part 15 [September]
Originally posted by Geofferson
Started the month off finishing Stephen King's second book in The Dark Tower series, The Drawing of the Three.
Next up, the third installment, The Waste Lands.
Started the month off finishing Stephen King's second book in The Dark Tower series, The Drawing of the Three.
Next up, the third installment, The Waste Lands.
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09-07-03 | 09:46 PM
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Just finished Book III of Stephen King's Dark Tower series, The Waste Lands.
This is my first time reading this series and it just keeps getting better and better with each successive installment I read!
Next up, I have to take a break from Book IV of the series to get Dennis Lehane's Mystic River out of the way before the movie comes out.
This is my first time reading this series and it just keeps getting better and better with each successive installment I read!
Next up, I have to take a break from Book IV of the series to get Dennis Lehane's Mystic River out of the way before the movie comes out.
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09-08-03 | 03:24 PM
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Well, I deviated from my intended plan a little. On Friday I decided to read Margot Wadley's The Gripping Beast.
The inside cover starts off with: "On the windswept Orkney Islands, off the northern coast of Scotland, the mysterious rings, standing stones, and elaborate tombs of ancient peoples still survive, as do the ruins of the Picts who followed them, and the monuments and graves of the Vikings, who ruled the islands for hundreds of years. Today's inhabitants, though gentle, modern Scots, try to keep alive their everpresent, turbulent history and the rich folklore of their ancestors...etc"
I was honestly a little disappointed with the book. I had hoped for more Norse/Scottish mythological background, but instead it just turned out to be a fairly normal murder mystery.
The plot was really unoriginal, in my opinion. Foreigner shows up, weird things begin happing to foreigner, several locals are against foreigner, try to kill foreigner, etc.
And throughout the book, the author kept throwing in little tidbits that are supposed to make it more emotional...instead it ended up reading a bit like a mid-day TV drama.
In the end, there was really nothing out of the ordinary.
The inside cover starts off with: "On the windswept Orkney Islands, off the northern coast of Scotland, the mysterious rings, standing stones, and elaborate tombs of ancient peoples still survive, as do the ruins of the Picts who followed them, and the monuments and graves of the Vikings, who ruled the islands for hundreds of years. Today's inhabitants, though gentle, modern Scots, try to keep alive their everpresent, turbulent history and the rich folklore of their ancestors...etc"
I was honestly a little disappointed with the book. I had hoped for more Norse/Scottish mythological background, but instead it just turned out to be a fairly normal murder mystery.
The plot was really unoriginal, in my opinion. Foreigner shows up, weird things begin happing to foreigner, several locals are against foreigner, try to kill foreigner, etc.
And throughout the book, the author kept throwing in little tidbits that are supposed to make it more emotional...instead it ended up reading a bit like a mid-day TV drama.
In the end, there was really nothing out of the ordinary.
09-08-03 | 03:45 PM
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Just finishing up Area 51: The Dreamland Chronicles by David Darlington
Next on the agenda is If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell
After that it's Stephen King's Rose Red
Next on the agenda is If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell
After that it's Stephen King's Rose Red