What Are You Reading Part 22 [April]
04-04-04, 12:15 PM
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What Are You Reading Part 22 [April]
Past What Are You Reading Threads
March [pt21]
February [pt20]
January [pt19]
December 03 [pt18]
November 03 [pt17]
October 03[pt 16]
September 03 [pt 15]
August 03 [pt 14]
July 03 [pt 13]
June 03 [pt 12]
May 03 [pt 11]
April 03 [pt 10]
March 03 [pt 9]
February 03 [pt 8]
January 03 [pt7]
December 02 [p6]
November 02 [pt5]
Aug - Oct 02 [pt4]
Jul - Aug 02 [pt3]
April 02 [pt2]
Whatcha' Reading Part 1
What are you reading right now Part 0
Anyone up for more "capsule" reviews of the book you've just finished.... unless, of course, there is a better thread in which to place such a post e.g. maybe the author/book was already discussed and you can "bump" an earlier thread!
Can't believe that I'm still reading the first Otherland book by Tad Williams! Oh well.... maybe I'll be finished by the end of the month!
March [pt21]
February [pt20]
January [pt19]
December 03 [pt18]
November 03 [pt17]
October 03[pt 16]
September 03 [pt 15]
August 03 [pt 14]
July 03 [pt 13]
June 03 [pt 12]
May 03 [pt 11]
April 03 [pt 10]
March 03 [pt 9]
February 03 [pt 8]
January 03 [pt7]
December 02 [p6]
November 02 [pt5]
Aug - Oct 02 [pt4]
Jul - Aug 02 [pt3]
April 02 [pt2]
Whatcha' Reading Part 1
What are you reading right now Part 0
Anyone up for more "capsule" reviews of the book you've just finished.... unless, of course, there is a better thread in which to place such a post e.g. maybe the author/book was already discussed and you can "bump" an earlier thread!
Can't believe that I'm still reading the first Otherland book by Tad Williams! Oh well.... maybe I'll be finished by the end of the month!
04-05-04, 09:46 AM
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I'm slowly working through a book called "Sex, Time and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution"
by Leonard Shlain
It's fasacinating because he has some ideas that are hard to believe but he justifies them well. It's a slow read but it isn't too technical.
I'm also reading a bunch of young adult books. I'm a 6th grade teacher and our school is doing a staff readathon so I'm reading books that my students recommend to me. I really liked "Green Angel" by Alice Hoffman. It deals with the stages of grief after a loss. Definitely aimed for teenagers but enjoyable.
by Leonard Shlain
It's fasacinating because he has some ideas that are hard to believe but he justifies them well. It's a slow read but it isn't too technical.
I'm also reading a bunch of young adult books. I'm a 6th grade teacher and our school is doing a staff readathon so I'm reading books that my students recommend to me. I really liked "Green Angel" by Alice Hoffman. It deals with the stages of grief after a loss. Definitely aimed for teenagers but enjoyable.
04-05-04, 04:38 PM
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Haven't been reading much lately, but I just picked up "Against All Enemies" by Richard Clarke and have been working my way through it very slowly. So far it's very, very interesting.
04-05-04, 06:09 PM
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I just finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Right now I'm reading Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla.
Then after that it's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I'm rereading the series in anticipation for the 3rd film.
Right now I'm reading Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla.
Then after that it's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I'm rereading the series in anticipation for the 3rd film.
04-05-04, 09:46 PM
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Finished Black Cross by Greg Iles. It was as good as everybody said it was, and I recommend it also to anyone looking for a great WWII thriller. Next I'm going to read Chosen Prey by John Sandford.
04-06-04, 01:33 PM
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By the bed: California Fire & Life by Don Winslow
In the car: Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
In the briefcase: Done for a Dime by David Corbett
On the to-read shelf:
Firecracker by Ray Shannon (Gar Anthony Haywood)
Homicide Special by Miles Corwin
The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzwell
In the car: Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
In the briefcase: Done for a Dime by David Corbett
On the to-read shelf:
Firecracker by Ray Shannon (Gar Anthony Haywood)
Homicide Special by Miles Corwin
The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzwell
04-07-04, 01:32 AM
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Apart from the 3 computer books I have around all the time (Programming PERL, HTML/XHTML reference, and Javascript Reference), I've got 2 other books I'm working through (MySQL and Flash MX).
For non-computer reading, I just finished Flood by Andrew Vachss. Started reading the next Vachss book (Strega), but got diverted into The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy. And I've always got a Discworld book I'm working through (currently Witches Abroad).
For non-computer reading, I just finished Flood by Andrew Vachss. Started reading the next Vachss book (Strega), but got diverted into The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy. And I've always got a Discworld book I'm working through (currently Witches Abroad).
04-08-04, 11:37 AM
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Just finished Catch-22 Joseph Heller. I had forgotten how much damned word play there was in that book.
Now - The Last Place - Laura Lippman. A desperation book from my co-worker as I have nothing to read now.
Now - The Last Place - Laura Lippman. A desperation book from my co-worker as I have nothing to read now.
04-10-04, 12:10 PM
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Just finished "Against All Enemies" by Richard Clarke. Very interesting and very informative, but a lot of it comes off almost like sour grapes.
Now I'm just beginning to wade my way through "Ghost Wars" by Steve Coll.
Now I'm just beginning to wade my way through "Ghost Wars" by Steve Coll.
04-11-04, 12:36 PM
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Trying to finish If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell, and then going to work on The Cinema of Stanley Kubrick for a school project I'm doing on Kubrick. After that, the plans are to read some Hunter S. Thompson before jumping into the Lord of the Rings or Beatle biography books.
04-11-04, 12:52 PM
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Just finished...
A&R by Bill Flanagan
MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country
The Last Honest Place in America: Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas by Marc Cooper
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The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush by Peter Singer
Against All Enemies by Richard Clarke
A&R by Bill Flanagan
MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country
The Last Honest Place in America: Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas by Marc Cooper
Just starting...
The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush by Peter Singer
Against All Enemies by Richard Clarke
