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   3/27/08

   Naturalwoman

   not a hound, but i don't like to be caught without one.
   
   i'm reading dirty blonde

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      3/27/08

      kevingoodman

      I have never been much into fiction - The one fiction book on my list is writen by BC member Jack Payne - Jack I promise that as soon as things calm down I'll get on the couch and open Six Hours Past Thursday.
2. 

   3/27/08

   sellytapgirl

   Im almost done with the biography of Margot Fonteyn. Finished Rudolf Nureyev's biography about a month and a half ago. Vaslav Nijinsky's diaries are next.

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   1. 

      3/27/08

      kevingoodman

      I could probably get into reading biographies. I keep a list of my favorite quotes above my desk - it's like getting advice from histories greatest minds.
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      3/27/08

      sellytapgirl

      I really like it. Its funny learning little quirky things about some of the greatest ballet dancers in history.
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      3/27/08

      kevingoodman

      Oh yea I have read biographies it has just been along time. I read alot of artist biographies while in art school. I can understand.
3. 

   3/27/08

   riverstyxxx

   This is the coolest discussion I've seen on here

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      3/27/08

      kevingoodman

      It's actually kind of scary that my purchasing history is permanent.
4. 

   3/27/08

   soarkaios

   Reading The God Delusion right now. But I love books ;o.

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      3/27/08

      kevingoodman

      I just heard reference to that book today - The last religious studies book I read was Lost Christianities and Lost Scriptures both by Bart Ehrman - must have been 2006
5. 

   3/27/08

   daniel23

   Love books. I've read Thomas Hodgskin's "Labour Defended Against the Claims of Capital", as well as Charles H. George's "500 Years of Revolution", Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We", and St. Augustine's "On Free Choice of the Will."

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6. 

   3/27/08

   kevingoodman

   500 Years of Revolution is on my wish list.

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   1. 

      3/27/08

      daniel23

      Nice. It's great. Lots of original documents. The stuff on the radical Christians is particularly interesting. I just blogged about that, in fact:
      
      strength-freedom.blogspot.com/2008/03/of-god-and-man.html
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      3/27/08

      kevingoodman

      Thnx - I will have to come back to it my little one is distracting me.
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      3/27/08

      daniel23

      Cheers
7. 

   3/27/08

   aningeniousname

   Currently reading K Kelly's bio of the Bush family and a bio of Caligula, they both kind of tie in nicely together I think.

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   1. 

      3/27/08

      kevingoodman

      America seems to be the modern Rome
8. 

   3/27/08

   mawbooks

   These are all the books I've read this year, plus I've reviewed all of them on my blog. I've read a mixture of Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Fiction and Juvenile Fiction. I suppose I am a book hound!
   
   Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
   The Fiction Class by Susan Breen
   Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis
   Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
   Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
   Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
   The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
   Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza
   Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
   The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
   Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
   The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
   The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
   Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
   Cheap Psychological Tricks for Parents by Perry W. Buggington
   Mr. Popper's Penquins by Richard and Florence Atwater
   The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
   The No. Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
   Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
   Austenland by Shannon Hale
   The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
   The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
   Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee
   Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
   Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
   Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm
   The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
   What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng by Dave Eggers
   Rules by Cynthis Lord
   Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee
   My Brother’s Keeper by Patricia McCormick
   Cut by Patricia McCormick
   A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
   Sold by Patricia McCormick
   The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
   Everyman by Philip Roth
   The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
   The No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
   The Gift by Richard Paul Evans
   Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans
   
   I also keep a list of all the books I own on my website www.mawbooks.com. I haven't numbered them, I have hundreds, plus that's not any of my nonfiction, gardening, animation or photography books.

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   1. 

      3/27/08

      daniel23

      "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon"
      
      I really disliked that book. Made my skin crawl and my teeth grate.
   2. 

      3/28/08

      mawbooks

      The Curious Incident was good although I could have done without all the language. It was pretty crude.
   3. 

      3/28/08

      kevingoodman

      I wish I reviewed everything I read - there are a few books I feel people need warned about.
   4. 

      3/28/08

      mawbooks

      Such as?
   5. 

      3/28/08

      kevingoodman

      Street Smart Internet Marketing - Tips, Tools, Tactics & Techniques to Market Your Product, Service, Business or Ideas Online
      
      was a complete sham......this guy knows nothing about marketing and has regurgitated a lot of second rate second hand information from the internet.
      I can’t stand books like this because it gives honest people bad advice.
9. 

   3/28/08

   LGramlich

   I recently finished reading my husband's Talera trilogy (in the "John Carter of Mars" sword & planet tradition.)
   
   Current reads;
   (To indulge my Celtophile side) "Taliesin; Shamanism & the Bardic Mysteries in Britain & Ireland"
   (For inspiration with my art) "Painting Realistic Flowers in Acrylic"
   "Complete Guide to Acrylic Painting"
   "The Encyclopedia of Acrylic Techniques"
   "The North Light Book of Acrylic Painting Techniques"
   (The inspiration's worked, btw. I was struck w/a new idea "out of the blue" the other day. Pix on my blog, of course.)
   (Just for fun) "The Giant Book of Insults"

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10. 

    3/28/08

    Hippychikky

    reading right now
    
    Banking beer and robert the bruce
    
    great book picked it up at the thrift store and fell in love

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11. 

    3/28/08

    legbamel

    I'm constantly in mid-book. I get cranky if I haven't read anything for more than four hours. (Thank goodness for lunch break!) Right now I'm on a Stephen King kick, before that I read Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series, errrr, Bel Canto by someone I can't remember (which is a fantastic book, by the by), and Zadie Smith's White Teeth. These are all re-reads, as I've been cut off from my used book supply (stupid non-readers walking right past the store and buying nothing--like they couldn't afford a couple of dollars to keep the place afloat) and no one thought to give me a Barnes & Noble gift certificate over the holidays. Waaaaah!

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    1. 

       3/28/08

       kevingoodman

       I also get anxious if I feel like I am not learning anything new in a day. My dad is always reading Stephen King and other thrillers. I read the vampire chronicles along long time ago and recently a friend of mines book - Diving for Carlo’s. Poetry is the great exception when it comes to fiction.
12. 

    3/28/08

    wehireu

    I am reading Iain Banks Matter

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13. 

    4/04/08

    Listener

    Just finished Special Topics in Calamity Physics, which I thought was lots of fun. I've been reviewing audiobooks on my blog as well.

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14. 

    4/04/08

    shawie9877

    I'm currently reading "Mere Christianity" of CS Lewis- very profound:)

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15. 

    4/04/08

    jadeflower

    I've been reading Life of Pi. I only read it during my commute to work so the book has dragged. Can't the damn tiger just eat the kid already!

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16. 

    1/19/09

    famouspick

    The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
    The 4-Hour Workweek
    The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie
    Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry
    Naked Conversations : How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers
    Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
    The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
    Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore
    Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
    
    
    
    
    famouspick.blogspot.com
    Book recommendations from famous people

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17. 

    1/19/09

    AndiBob

    I am reading” Cine español en cien películas” by Miguel Ángel Barroso and Fernando Gil Delgado (...history of Spanish cinema/ 100 films)

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18. 

    1/19/09

    myriadlife

    I am reading Brick Lane by Monica Ali and Death at Intervals. Unusual combination but that's me!

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