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What's the last book you read?

Posted by soarkaios • 3/02/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: book, books, education, learning, literature

From cover to cover, not a few pages :P.

Me it was Cat and Mouse by James Patterson. Pretty good book if you're into thriller/mystery type.

Started God Delusion by Dawkins and The Human Touch by Michael Frayn.

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3/02/08

carlgalloway

The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Baigent, Leigh and Lincoln. Fascinating read if anyone wants to know.

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1. 3/02/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  I read that it was very good.
2. 2/16/09
  
  Stillthinking
  
  I read it. The authors were completely discredited, but very interesting read.
3/02/08

offendedblogger

An Introduction to Sociology.

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1. 5/14/08
  
  OzScot
  
  Ha! A man or woman after my own heart - it's all I normally read (Sociology books) - people think I'm a geek.
  
  Ben
2. 5/14/08
  
  acousticguitarist
  
  I thought you said Scientology ..I'm thinking Chelle..the ...the flu ....ummm
3/02/08

gosmelltheflowers

SHANTARAM!

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3/02/08

cooper

"Young Stalin".

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3/02/08

Anok

Um, I read a few simultaneously...

The battle for the soul of Capitalism, John C Bogle

Who will tell the people? I can't remember the author's name LOL

Chomsky on Anarchism, Chomsky

Zen shorts, John Murth (I think?)

Um...yeah there are a few more - I read and re read the People's history of the United Stated by Howard Zinn constantly...I refer to the Art of War on a regular basis....a few more - can you now tell why I am always so confused?

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1. 3/02/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  I am loaning you my Far Side series, just to balance all those others out hehe.
2. 3/02/08
  
  Anok
  
  I have it under my bed! Oh, no that is Calvin and Hobbes, never mind LOL.
  
  And a copy of Moby Dick - which I'm not sure where it came from, or why I have it under my bed
3. 3/02/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  Hehe I used to have the Anarchist Cookbook under mine until someone stole it from me. Probably my brother who wanted to be an anarchist.
4. 3/02/08
  
  Anok
  
  Or perhaps a very stealthy Anarchist Ninja
3/02/08

ender

I'm re-reading Snowcrash at the moment. Just finished the newest Elizabeth Moon book ... i think it was Victory Conditions. prolly hit cryptonomicon next.

i'm currently in the middle of a couple of books about the dine and a book about kit carson called blood and thunder.

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3/02/08

voodooKobra

The Trial by Franz Kafka

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1. 3/02/08
  
  clioandme
  
  A little something to prepare you for filing your tax return?
3/02/08

Aprilfreelance

I read several at time. Currently:

Alaska by James Michener

The Medieval Reader by Norman F. Cantor

Understanding the Bible by Stephen L. Harris

Making the Alphabet Dance: Recreational Wordplay by Ross Eckler

The Book of Acts, NKJV Bible

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3/02/08

MadameX

I'm having a very lightweight week because I'm sicker than a dog with something that might be a bad flu and might have gone into pneumonia. So far this week, I've read Michael Connelly's Echo Park, J.F. Freedman's Against the Wind, and Leslie Glass's Stealing Time. Right now I'm reading The Shadow of the Bear by Regina Doman with my daughter and Having a Mary Spirit by Joanna Weaver on my own...but before I got sick I was in the middle of Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) and a review of the Federalist Papers.

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3/02/08

aningeniousname

A biography of Marco Polo.

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3/02/08

soarkaios

It's interesting to see the books people read.
I think it says a lot about someone.

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3/02/08

carlgalloway

Nah, I'm pretty shallow, someone recommended it and I read it, don't have much of an opinion after the fact, at least not here where religious discussions get you into trouble

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3/02/08

pointlessbanter

The Wealth of Networks by Yochai Benkler

"How social production transforms markets and freedom."

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3/02/08

Carleenp

Running With Scissors, a Nana manga (volume 8), and Ten Years Thinner, which is a diet book that I am doing an ongoing review of for one of my blogs.

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3/02/08

jackpayne

An ancient retread--1962 copyright--The Zebra-Stripped Hearse, by Ross MacDonald.

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3/02/08

bnsullivan

Eric Clapton's autobiography.

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3/02/08

acousticguitarist

think and grow rich

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1. 7/27/09
  
  hatingtherain
  
  thats a good book
3/02/08

Majik

Still working on getting through "Blaze" by Richard Bachman.

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1. 3/02/08
  
  MadameX
  
  Interesting that you put it that way. My sister is a big King fan and returned it unfinished; are you having trouble "getting through" it?
2. 3/02/08
  
  Majik
  
  I usually only read a part of it once or twice a week. I have a lot of trouble finding time to read recently, but its interesting so far.
3/02/08

Musing

Hi, first post.

The last book I read was Cerulean Sins by Laurell K. Hamilton. My vampire loving daughter had me read it.

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3/02/08

clioandme

The fourth in the Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith. markstoneman.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/the-no-1-ladies-detective-agency/

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1. 3/02/08
  
  mawbooks
  
  Just started this series! So excited. I liked the first one.
3/02/08

gosmelltheflowers

Also, The Gift by Nora Roberts

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3/02/08

mawbooks

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.

I read 13 books in February. Find them all here:
blog.mawbooks.com/2008/02/29/reading-review-for-february/

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3/02/08

doffer

Just finished "Asylum" by Peter Darvill-Evans, before that "The Book What I Wrote" by Eddie Braben.

Currently reading "If I Don't Write It Nobody Else Will" by Eric Sykes

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3/02/08

CraftyBeeSisters

Right now I am reading a book called SOMALY MAM, it has 14 chapters and I vowed to read it in 3 days, 5 chapters or so at the time, one more reading session and I will finish it!. It is about CHILD PROSTITUTION IN CAMBODIA. It is a social problem. SOMALY MAM is an activist against child prostitution and has won several Human Rights Awards. SOMALY MAM says that the parents themselves sell their daughters to brothels to pay their debts. I am a Social Anthropology student and it would be interesting to know why is that Cambodian parents seem to have a lack of emotional conection with their children to the point that they leave the girls at a brothel knowing in full what it will happen to them. I will search on the net to find out if there has been this type of research. The book is well written, easy to read and captures your attention, I could have read it in a day but have chores to do so I decided to read it in 3 days. Have plenty of books at home...

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3/02/08

Greekgeek

MYST: Book of Atrus.
I hadn't reread it in a while. It's a nice thumbsucker.

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1. 7/27/09
  
  hatingtherain
  
  I had a hard time following the MYST books, but there were parts i really liked
3/02/08

JillSaxon

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon

And a trade paperback of "Ultimate X-Men" Vol. 16. I'm a bit behind.

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3/03/08

phoenix007

Reading Beautiful Boy by David Sheff atm... Last book I "tried" to read was Veronika Decides To Die by Paulo Coelho. I think I need to wait until I'm in the right state of mind before re-reading it.

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3/03/08

lisamcglaun

The End of America but Naomi Wolfe

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3/03/08

marcxtg248

Harry Potter Book 7

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5/14/08

birdiesquill

The last book I finished was "A Case for Christ," and I'm currently reading "Fools Crow" by James Welch and "Higher Honor" by S. Kirkland.

Donna

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5/14/08

marcemerrell

The Outlanders by Gil Adamson. A great western! The main character, Mary Boulton, is widowed at 16, after she kills her husband. His brothers are after her and she's on the run. Well paced and heart-breaking. I'd recommend it!!

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5/14/08

kush86

At the moment I am reading "Richest Man In Babylon"

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1. 7/27/09
  
  hatingtherain
  
  also a good book
5/14/08

theclimbergirl

"Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival" by Carl Safina. It's about birds, and habitat, and beautiful places, and human impact on all of the above. I'm not a scientist, but the book is lovely, well-written, sad, and thought-provoking.

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5/14/08

wehireu

The Haiku Handbook

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5/14/08

casualinconcern

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

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5/14/08

Aprilfreelance

Currently reading Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maquire; The Collected What If? Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been; and Knights of the Black and White (book one of the Templar Trilogy) by Jack Whyte.

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5/14/08

OzScot

The Blind Watchmaker - Richard Dawkins.

Ben

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5/14/08

stilesjp

James Ellroy's The Cold Six Thousand, the follow-up to American Tabloid.

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5/14/08

whatlizsaid

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert & The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood.

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5/14/08

RobTK

just finished HAPPIER, a great read from Harvard professor.

www.blogtogreat.com/

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5/14/08

howisbradley

Brokeback Mountain for a book club, but it's actually a short story. The last book that I've read is Van Gogh The Complete Paintings.

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5/14/08

ThriftShopRomantic

Alice Hoffman's "Practical Magic."

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5/14/08

s2c97

In the middle of Richard Dawkins "God Delusion"

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5/14/08

acousticguitarist

That Elixir called Love - Ramtha

Secrets of Marketing Experts Exposed - Dale Beaumonts

Reading both at the moment (again)

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5/14/08

gentlemanbeggar

The Destroyer: Profit Motive

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5/14/08

lovelylissie

I just finished reading a light mystery by Joanne Fluke entitled Chocolate Chip Cookie Murders. I'm ready for something a little meatier and am getting ready to start The Last Empress by Anchee Min.

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5/15/08

cutekhartz

the last book i have read was our book in DBMS (Database Management Systems)...

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5/15/08

HomeHaven

Carolyn Jessop's story, "ESCAPE". The author was born into a polygamist community. Title sums it up. Couldn't put the book down. Her story is amazing.

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5/15/08

linksysone

Mine is not a book but a comic, archies comic . lol

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1. 7/28/09
  
  snappysparrow
  
  hahaha!
5/15/08

lordiwanttobewhole

Fountain House

This book is about the first clubhouse for people with mental illness. The clubhouse and hundreds more modeled after it puts the person first, not the illness. Stigma is reduced and rights are promoted.

It is an inspiring book and full of stories of brave men and women full of inner strength who succeed!

www.fountainhouse.org/

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5/15/08

vj0223

"Creating a World Without Poverty" by Professor Yunus who founded the Grameen Bank, which provides small loans to poor women for running their small business.

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5/15/08

Svelmoe

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine was the last book I finished.
Currently reading another SQL and a VB .NET book

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1. 1/19/09
  
  radu
  
  That's cool, I just finished a book about Reporting Services 2005 (that I find quite basic - I was expecting more) and I'm reading..."Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Query tuning and Optimization" OK, now I get back to using my newly created view
1/19/09

famouspick

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

This is the most disassociating book I've ever read. Try to read it all in one sitting -- it will totally blow your head and make you forget how to be normal.

famouspick.blogspot.com
Book recommendations from famous people

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2/16/09

Prongs

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
I have a review up in my blog. I'm shameless what ever. Check it out.
goodbooksinc.blogspot.com/

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2/16/09

mugshot

Somme Mud a moving book on the life of men in the trenches of World War one

worldwarrelics.blogspot.com/2009/01/somme-mud.html

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1. 2/16/09
  
  windroot
  
  You might also enjoy Paul Fussell's The Boys’ Crusade : The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945. Gives you a whole different perspective on the Greatest Generation.
2/16/09

Stillthinking

First They Killed My Father, a Child of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung.

Amazing, heartbreaking memoir of a girl, whose family died in the Killing Fields, and was forced to become a child soldier for the Khmer Rouge.

I am currently reading "Strong Motion" by Jonathan Franzen.

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2/16/09

windroot

A Beautiful Place To Die by Malla Nunn. A mystery set in South Africa in 1953. Very good first novel.

Man In The Dark by Paul Auster. Off-the-wall premise but very poignant at times.

I've just started a BookLOG at www.windroot.com/everyman/books.htm. I love reading and enjoy sharing my interests.

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2/16/09

robinj

cinderella for our adopted grand daughter

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2/16/09

kirewass

"Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui" by Karen Kingston.
Helpful tips for keeping our lives simple.

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2/16/09

rickbman

Last book I read was The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

Currently reading Sit Down and Shut Up by Brad Warner.

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2/16/09

sisterofmercy

Alan Carr's autobiography- Ooh Look Who It Is!

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2/16/09

sunnyberra

Hmm...I think that would be "The History of Murder". It was...interesting

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2/16/09

aningeniousname

Edward the first a great and terrible king.

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2/19/09

neonizer

Lost Souls by Michael Collins

Would not recommend.

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2/19/09

cazywaz

pride and predjudice.. im reading booky wook now

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2/19/09

godzilla100

Bible

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1. 2/19/09
  
  neonizer
  
  Did you actually finish it?
  
  ...and boo.
2/19/09

dosox

The Revolution (Kabir's Poem)

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2/19/09

CoyoteRose

Richard Dunn's Sugar and Slaves

Oh the joys of being a grad student.

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2/19/09

anicam

A book full of phylosophy ''THINK AND GROW RICH'' by Napoleon Hill. Still reading not yet through

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3/03/09

RobTK

Obsessive Branding Disorder (OBD) by lucas conley. recomended for anyone interested in marketing/branding.

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1. 3/04/09
  
  radu
  
  Sound interesting, I've seen it's Table of Contents on Amazon, I might add it in the 1000 books to read queue
  
  R
3/03/09

libertycast1

Finished both the classic Cannery Row by Steinbeck and also The Broken Branch which addresses the increasing partisanship and lack of constitutional ethics in a very profound way.

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3/03/09

angelshair

"Ulysse from Bagdad" autor Eric Emmanuel Schmitt.
I loved it!

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3/04/09

austenfan

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

I loved it! Looking forward to read the rest of the series.

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3/04/09

Kingjoe

The Four Hour Work Week: Tim Ferris. Highly recommended for those looking for an excuse to quit their 9-5 job

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1. 7/28/09
  
  tcinvestor
  
  A great read. One of my favorites.
3/04/09

IntoTheAzureSea

The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason

It will become a movie next year, i believe.

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4/04/09

archiegottlieb

melkii bes by fedor sologub.

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4/04/09

cazbah88

Coming Up Next by Penny Smith - it was okayish.

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4/04/09

musTraysManagement

"The Quantum Happiness" by Vikas Malkani & Deepak Chopra.

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4/04/09

dsriharsha

Sandman : The book of dreams
edited by Neil Gaiman

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4/04/09

cashmere

Just finished Change Of Heart by Jodi Picoult.
Book's good.. Made me cry. LOL!

Now I'm reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini...
Recommended.. Book's not finished and I'm recommending already.

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4/04/09

mxoso

By now I am reading a hand book on edible wild plants.
I picked up some of them for a very good salad and omelet.

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4/04/09

lettershome

Am reading In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. See the movie *Capote* with Philip Seymour Hoffman for the background.

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7/27/09

hesmai88

The Stranger by Albert Camus

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7/27/09

amrhima

the fabric of the cosmos........wonderful book.

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7/27/09

mylittleponys

HRH By Danielle Steele

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7/27/09

Chucklington

Don't laugh...Alice In Wonderland!

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1. 7/28/09
  
  tcinvestor
  
  How far down the rabbit hole are you going?
2. 7/28/09
  
  snappysparrow
  
  highly recommmended!
7/27/09

stellak

Night Watch by sergei lukyanenko..I reaaly enjoyed it

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7/27/09

trailofpen

The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

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7/27/09

christibroer

Resilience by Elizabeth Edwards and Nemesis by Dame Agatha Christie.

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7/27/09

mkizzle15

Julie and Julia by Julie Powell. Awesome. Totally recommend it.

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7/27/09

Edgycater

Just re-read "1984". George Orwell was just a little early. He is looking more like a prophet all the time.

edgycater.blogspot.com

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7/27/09

tcinvestor

The Disappearance of The Universe - Gary Renard and
2012 The Return of Quetzalcoatl - Daniel Pinchbeck

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7/28/09

AngieA

The Isaiah Effect - Gregg Braden

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1. 7/28/09
  
  tcinvestor
  
  Great book. Glad you found it. What did you think of it? I have read all Gregg's books except for the new one which is at the top of the pile. Title - The Spontaneous Healing of Belief.
7/28/09

HelloAnnie

The Emotional Intelligence. and now I am picking up a new book for a course I am teaching in Mandarin for non-native speakers.

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7/28/09

TJlubrano

I'm reading several books at the same time. I recently read 'Motivation, Agency & Public Policy of knights, knaves, pawns and queens' by Julian Le Grand. This was for my thesis. For fun I'm now reading The Fade by Chris Wooding.

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7/28/09

ThriftShopRomantic

Just something quick. "Darkly Dreaming Dexter," the book that inspired the Dexter series on HBO.

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7/28/09

thelittledoughgirl

Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros. Amazing.

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7/28/09

HallucinatingHeavn

Odd Hours by Dean Koontz, which I might add I waited a year to come out in paperback so it would match the rest of the series I own.

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7/28/09

rokphoenix

It's impossible to select the absolute best. But two I can absolutely read anytime are ;
The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama and
Imagining India - Nilekani Nandan

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7/28/09

owlbarn

God of small things - Arundhati Roy

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1. 7/28/09
  
  snappysparrow
  
  i know that book.. the fraternal twins!
7/28/09

snappysparrow

Motives for Writing by Robert Keith Miller

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7/28/09

amybyrd21

Dr Suess Green eggs and Ham and one about feet and one about hats.

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7/31/09

Bconvis

Since I am always in the middle of three books (one at home, one in my car, one at work), I am always finishing three books. The last three? Duma Key (King), Book 4 of the New Ledi Order Series (star Wars), and Amber and Blood (A Dragonlance Novel).

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8/01/09

Chucklington

I'm reading Patricia Cornwell's Jack The Ripper - Case Closed at the moment, in which the crime author charges artist Walter Sickert with the infamous 1888 crimes. It's an interesting read, but I'm pretty skeptical about her 'judge and jury' approach.

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8/01/09

obviouslydarren

Pompeii by Robert Harris, I was in Italy at the time and visited Pompeii whilst I read it so it kind of brought it to life. A good book.

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10/07/09

sorcerer

master of game sidney sheldon

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