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Old 07-09-04, 09:38 AM
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To Be The Man by Ric Flair - Great book with very good stories and pictures.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Caroll

I like it alot.
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Now Reading - The Grand Crusade by Michael Stackpole

On deck - The Battle of Koniggratz: Prussia's Victory over Austria, 1866 by Gordon Alexander Craig
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Reading House Of Bones , by, Dale Bailey

Up next, Flicker , Theodore Roszak
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Finished John Sandford's Silent Prey last night.

Next up, Dan Brown's Deception Point.
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A birthday present all you need to know about Corvettes (sports car).
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Chuck Klosterman--Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs.

Tonight I met my favorite author at a reading/signing, Chuck Palahniuk so his book Stranger Than Fiction is next.
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Finished House Of Bones , by, Dale Bailey. Okay horror.

Was gonna read Flicker , by, Theodore Roszak, but just got
Anticristo: The Bible of Nasty Nun Sinema & Culture , by, Steve Fentone yesterday, so I'm gonna start on that.
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Just finished Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Call to Treason by Jeff Rovin

Just started Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian


Coming soon Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
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Finished Ken Follett's A Place Called Freedom.

Just started John Sandford's Hidden Prey.
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To Be The Man by Ric Flair - Great book with very good stories and pictures.
So am I. A must read for wrestling fans. It's much better than I thought it would be. I'll finish it tonight.

Next up, most likely the new Dean Koontz.
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Now reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky
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Just Finished:
  • Animal Farm, by George Orwell

    Up Next:
  • Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck
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    Old 07-18-04, 01:52 AM
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    I just finished Timeline by Michael Crichton the other day. Great book, I really enjoyed it. Not sure if I want to ruin it by watching the movie though (I've heard it's awful)...

    Started The Gunslinger the day after I finished Timeline and today I went ahead and bought the next two in the Dark Tower series to make sure I would have vacation reading material (July 22-27) I'm loving The Gunslinger so far.
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    Old 07-18-04, 05:39 AM
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    I just finished The Face by Dean Koontz. Fight Club is up next.
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    Old 07-18-04, 06:12 AM
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    Stranger than Fiction-- Chuck Palahniuk
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    Old 07-18-04, 07:18 PM
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    Originally posted by lewzer76
    I just finished The Face by Dean Koontz.
    What did you think of it? I'm thinking of picking it up.
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    "Love" by Toni Morrison

    On deck: "The Talented Mr. Ripley" by Patricia Highsmith
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    I just started "The Taking" by Koontz. Everyone said it sucks, but the first 70 pages have been good. Then again, it's my first Koontz book, so I have nothing to compare it to.
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    Old 07-18-04, 08:01 PM
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    I just finished Alex Haley's Roots. Longest book I have ever read, and like everyone who reads it I am sure, made me want to find out more about my family history.

    I am currently reading Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent. I find him riveting, but I just cannot read for more than twenty minutes at a time lest I have my mind completely blown.
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    Originally posted by Geofferson
    What did you think of it? I'm thinking of picking it up.
    I'd read this book a month or two ago, and though not bad it was a little slow for my taste. It is a fairly long book (649 pages) that could have easily lost a hundred pages or so. I thought he spent too much time setting the mood with overly descriptive paragraphs on the weather and how the house was decorated. I've read many of his books and they are usually fast paced if not somewhat predictable, but this one drug a little.
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    Old 07-20-04, 11:09 AM
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    Heinlein's The Star Beast
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    Just finished Chang and Eng by Darin Strauss and the Megatokyo collection.

    Started The Windup Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
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    About a month ago, I was #80+ on the waiting list for Lynne Truss' "Eats, Shoots & Leaves - The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" but checked my account and it seems I've already made it up the list. So I guess that'll be next -- I'm so curious why this grammar book has become such a sensation. (I do love the panda joke behind the title. )
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    Originally posted by Geofferson
    What did you think of it? I'm thinking of picking it up.


    It really kinda dies in the second half. It's not a bad read but it's overwritten. It's not his best.
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