What Are You Reading? Part 43 (January 06)
01-09-06, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Fincher Fan
I'd be keen to hear your thoughts when you're done as I seem to be the only the only person that loathes Reilly's writing.
You're not alone. I posted this response to Reilly's "Temple" a few months ago: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=420781&page=3. Now I see multiple recommendations of him in the "Recommend me a good adventure book" thread. Clearly some people like him though. For me, in the right mood I can enjoy mindless action in movies. But the same level of intelligence in books just doesn't work for me. Something stupid happens in a movie, and it just zips by and you're on to the next thing. But it a book, it's staring at you in black and white on the page. I like Crichton, Preston/Child, Rollins, but those guys seem to have a way of surrounding the action with more plausible science/conditions (at least for me).
01-09-06, 05:16 PM
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Just finished Lincoln Child's "Utopia":
I enjoyed it, especially being a big amusement park fan.
Finished a few things over the holidays, including:
Next up is probably:
Though I've got a lot of work to due at the moment, and won't have a lot of reading time in the near future.
I enjoyed it, especially being a big amusement park fan.
Finished a few things over the holidays, including:
Next up is probably:
Though I've got a lot of work to due at the moment, and won't have a lot of reading time in the near future.
01-10-06, 10:11 AM
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Still trying to finish the Historian...I just realized though what is taking me so long. The damn print is so small, guess I need to get glasses 
. Also reading No Excuses by Kyle Maynard
. Also reading No Excuses by Kyle Maynard
01-12-06, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by brainee
But the same level of intelligence in books just doesn't work for me. Something stupid happens in a movie, and it just zips by and you're on to the next thing. But it a book, it's staring at you in black and white on the page.
01-12-06, 04:55 AM
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Been reading on this for a while now and need to get it over with. Really enjoying it but its long as hell.
Might but up for some Tom Robbins for a lighter change of pace after this one.
01-14-06, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Bateman
Been reading on this for a while now and need to get it over with. Really enjoying it but its long as hell.
01-16-06, 05:04 PM
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"The Shadow Of The Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Link to the Complete Review website
I tried to read this early last month, but because of too many reasons I didn't get to read this until this past week. Once I started it was very difficult to put down. What an incredibly wonderful book.
Now that I'm done this I'm moving on to Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot.
I tried to read this early last month, but because of too many reasons I didn't get to read this until this past week. Once I started it was very difficult to put down. What an incredibly wonderful book.
Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets-an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.
01-17-06, 03:41 AM
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Originally Posted by OwlAtHome
This is a great book, you may want to read Fountainhead someday too.
01-17-06, 03:45 AM
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Originally Posted by M Riesenbeck
Just finished:
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins -- My seventh Robbins novel. I continue to marvel at his style.
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins -- My seventh Robbins novel. I continue to marvel at his style.
01-17-06, 01:02 PM
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Bateman,
You can't go wrong with Still Life With Woodpecker or Another Roadside Attraction. That said, I'm partial to Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, but I hesitate to recommend it until you've read a bit more Robbins... Fierce Invalids features a male main character so you may want to snuggle up with a few more of Tom's ladies first.
You can't go wrong with Still Life With Woodpecker or Another Roadside Attraction. That said, I'm partial to Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, but I hesitate to recommend it until you've read a bit more Robbins... Fierce Invalids features a male main character so you may want to snuggle up with a few more of Tom's ladies first.
01-17-06, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by M Riesenbeck
Bateman,
You can't go wrong with Still Life With Woodpecker or Another Roadside Attraction. That said, I'm partial to Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, but I hesitate to recommend it until you've read a bit more Robbins... Fierce Invalids features a male main character so you may want to snuggle up with a few more of Tom's ladies first.
You can't go wrong with Still Life With Woodpecker or Another Roadside Attraction. That said, I'm partial to Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, but I hesitate to recommend it until you've read a bit more Robbins... Fierce Invalids features a male main character so you may want to snuggle up with a few more of Tom's ladies first.
01-18-06, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Fincher Fan
I'd be keen to hear your thoughts when you're done as I seem to be the only the only person that loathes Reilly's writing.
That said, I did enjoy it.