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I read another one, Kurt Vonnegut, Armageddon Revisited, a posthumous collection of stories.

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5/04/08

earthlyparadise

A Moveable Feast, by Hemingway. I decided to re-read it in preparation for a trip to Paris. It's amazing how much more enjoyable a read it is now that I'm a little older!

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10 days ago

WallFlowerStudio

One of my favourites. I might just read it again : )

5/10/08

lewister6232

You guys only read one book at a time? :-) I usually have a fiction book going and am then in various stages with a few non-fiction. Have committed to finish all three I have going right now before I pick up another fiction piece.

Eats, Shoots and Leaves
Provocative Faith
Light Their Fire

Once I get those completed and reviewed, I'll be back with Imperium. I'm starting a series of reviews on fiction set in Ancient Rome, my favorite time period.

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5/10/08

Sandrasvision

I usually read several at a time. But right now I am concentrating on The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon for my bookclub.

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8/28/08

DelightedScribbler

Awesome book.

5/11/08

flashgordon

I've got a couple going. I just finished reading "The History of Human Rights" and "Driving with Dante". I read a poetry book the other day - yes, people still read poetry.

newgreatbooks.blogspot.com

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5/11/08

globalgirl

Just about to start "The Secret History of the American Empire" by John Perkins (same author of another fabulous book called "Confessions of an Economic Hitman". His new book is about the tyranny of corporate globalization and why resource rich countries continue to struggle in gross poverty.

www.johnperkins.org/paperback.htm

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5/13/08

arre

"Endymion" By Dan Simmons

Well, it's not 'Hyperion' but still really, really really awesome scifi-book. Most likely it's going to end up in my top-15 books ever -list...

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5/13/08

Pumpkin12pm

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski

Normally I have multiple books going at a time, but right now I'm trying to catch up on my comic book reading so I only have one book and a whole stack of comics.

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5/13/08

I am reading The Haiku Handbook, How To Write, Share, And Teach Haiku by William J. Higginson and Penny Harter. I am enjoying it so far. Maybe it will teach me how to write a few haiku.

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3/04/09

WordsmithJulie

I love haiku. There is another blogger on this site, lulubelleb, who has a blog called Lulu Haiku. Check it out.

5/15/08

dlaff

Dante's Inferno (again).

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5/16/08

I just finished reading Michael Chabon's Maps And Legends Reading And Writing Along The Borderlands. Read this book, purchases of the book go towards literacy.

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5/24/08

JDh888

i'm reading "Evidence of Unseen Things" by Marianne Wiggins

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5/25/08

birdiesquill

I'm reading Fools Crow by James Welch as well as two books that aren't released yet.

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5/26/08

Listener

I typically read three books at a time, one on my nightstand, one in my PDA, and one on my car CD player:

Physical book: _Lindbergh_ by A. Scott Berg
Audiobook: _Jane Eyre_ by Charlotte Bronte
Ebook: _Little Brother_ by Cory Doctorow

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5/27/08

nice

Hi. I'm halfway through "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain

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5/27/08

Bebe

Hi friends,
Just started "Friday Nights" by Joanna Trollope.
Bebe

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5/27/08

frammonney

Hi everyone,

I read a book and several historical books and studies at time. A book for my son, the other for a draft of a TV historical documentary.

My reading pleasure for my son: «Johnathan Livingston Seagull» by Richard Bach (French version translated by Pierre Clostermann).

For the historical documentary : various books / historical studies in French and English on the Swiss intelligence services during World War II.

François

P.S. I hope that my written English is understandable. This makes about 15 years that I do not actively practice it :-(

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5/28/08

MikeFrench

Hi Frammonney - your english is great! My Dad likes Johnathan Livingston Seagull, more for the music by Neil Diamond than than the book though. :-)
8/28/08

DelightedScribbler

Johnathan Livingston Seagull is one of my favorites!

5/28/08

I'm reading "Heloise & Abelard" by James Burge.

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6/28/08

lulubelleb

"The Dangerous Husband" by Jane Shapiro

6/28/08

Mhor

Do text books count? I don't let myself read during semesters so the last things I have read besides the news are my text books for Uni..

Molecular Cell Biology - Lodish
Immunobiology - Janeway
Principles of Biochemistry - Nelson

hahahaa riverting stuff I have to tell you...

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6/30/08

MikeFrench

You can have text books!

6/28/08

I am reading Green Your Place In The New Energy Revolution Jane Hoffman and Michael Hoffman.

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6/29/08

Jade08

I am reading The Best Short Stories of O. Henry.

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7/02/08

Just finished reading House of Many Ways by Diana Wynn Jones. It is a sequel to Howl's Moving Castle.

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7/06/08

JaneTurley

Hey Wehireu,
Can you enlighten us on Jen's request about "Water for Elephants?" I hopped over to your site earlier and I guess if anyone knows about it, it would be a librarian and book addict!

7/03/08

ABB (guest)

A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon. Started off skeptical, but thoroughly enjoying it. Doing a comparison to Jonathan Franzen 'The Corrections'.

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7/03/08

Oh ABB.. A Spot of Bother is on my bedside cabinet awaiting my perusal (along with about 20 others!) if it is only half as good as A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time it will be well worth the read !

The book I am currently reading is Six Hours Past Thursday by fellow blogger Jack Payne; it's an easy to read thriller set in the late sixties about a con man and I'm throughly enjoying it. I like a little adventure and excitement!

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7/03/08

dorsetgirl

I am reading 'An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 200 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge' by John O'Farrell. It is hilarious and the first book I have read in a long time which makes me laugh out loud. (Very emabarrassing on the train.)
It is also very informative, I learned more history reading this than I did in all my time at school and during teacher training! Should be a set text in schools...

'A Spot of Bother' is very good - appealed to my hypochondriac tendencies

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7/03/08

That book sounds just up my street Dorsetgirl - I love laugh out loud comedy but the truth is that there is actually very little out there. How many times have you picked up a book which says "Hysterically funny" or such like on the cover and its been as dull as dishwater?! Have you read America by Jon Stewart? It sounds like it's of a similar vein - it's done as a sort of historical text book of America through the ages. It certainly made me laugh!

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7/06/08

My friends and I just started a book club and we picked "Water for elephants" as out first book. Did we make a good choice? (Wide range of people, not all are big readers)

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7/06/08

Hi Jen,
I've not read that book so I can't advise; maybe one of the other members will enlighten us. I belong to a book group and it can be difficult to accomodate all tastes..but I think that's also part of the fun too; we spend ages discussing what book we're going to read next!(Obviously over copious amounts of alcohol) And also it's proved surprising how some people's reading tastes have widened (or not) as they have been forced to move out of their favourite genres.
If we argue too much over the next book we head to the best seller list and work our way down it till we agree on something that doesn't sound too banal and that we all might have a chance of enjoying.
I hope you enjoy your book club outings; I do. I'm also now an alcoholic but that's another story!

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7/07/08

Water for Elephants is really not my style. I read the review, and it does not seem to be the kind of thing I want to read. There is a lot of human suffering. I read books to escape or be informed. Deeply tragic books can be interesting. A lot of people find enjoyment in books with lots of suffering, pain, and pathos. That is the reason A Thousand Splendid Suns was so popular.

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7/07/08

JaneTurley

Thanks for that Wehireu.
I guess I kind of agree with you. I enjoy the odd novel such as you describe; my book group read The Kite Runner and watched the film too. We all agreed it was a great book and film but I couldn't read a book or watch a film like that too frequently - there's a lot to be said for fantasy and escapism because we all know there are such terrible things going on the world and sometimes you just need to keep your balance with the lighter things in life. That said, books like The Kite Runner are important too as an indirect records of our times and for some people the only way they will ever acquire a broader knowledge.
So from what Wehireu says it's possible Jen some of your members may find Water for Elephants a little hard going! Maybe you could try something a little lighter next time! How about the new James Bond book, written by Sebastian Faulks? Most likely, everyone will have read at least one of Ian Fleming's Bond novels so you could a real opener for discussion.

Why don't you let us know how the meeting goes?!

7/07/08

Thanks for all your input everyone. I'll let you know what I think of it and how the group likes it.

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7/13/08

ShoreBookworm

I loved Water For Elephants. There were several sad aspects to it, but it was nicely written and a really creative story. I always hated the circus, even when I was a child, so I didn't expect to like it at all, but the characters were so interesting and **spoiler alert** it has a happy ending.
9/28/08

JenWag57

I just realized I never wrote back about how I liked "Water for Elephants". I loved it. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. I would recommend it to anyone. Not only is it extremely well written but the story grabs you and you can't put it down.

7/07/08

ABB (guest)

Dorsetgirl, sounds like I will try that O'Farrell book.

The Book Club I attend, failed to meet tonight to discuss 'a Spot of Bother'. (For the long version, see: amateurbookblogger.blogspot.com/2008/07/spot-of-bother.html)

We have a Thousand Splendid Suns on the list too, but Patricia Wood's Lottery should maintain the tragic / comic balance. JenWag - Lottery is great, and Patricia Wood sometimes joins book clubs by video conf call on skype (free) if you plan with her when the meeting is. How cool is that?

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7/10/08

erkinkoray

I just read Untitled (A Skier) by Randie Lipkin. I thought it was great, though it's quite experimental and probably not to everyone's taste.

Am interested if anyone else has read this and what they might think.

Matt.

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7/12/08

JaneTurley

I haven't read that one Matt. It sounds very intriguing. In what way is it experimental? Style, subject matter or something else?

7/11/08

I read a graphic novel by Dean Koontz and Queenie Chan, In Odd We Trust.

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7/12/08

JaneTurley

Have you read any Ben Elton Wehireu? I'm reading Blind faith at the moment..it's taken me quite a while to get absorbed in it ; I think mainly because I find much of what he is writing about so repulsive.. England in a future where privacy is abhorred and emotions are paraded to the world. I can see where he is coming from and where he is heading, but I guess I just find it such an unpleasant idea... it will be interesting to see how it ends. Also, I'm not finding it funny... which I expected it to be.I've watched too much Blackadder I suppose !
7/13/08

Mhor

Oooh the new Odd Thomas book/prequel/comic.. Let me know what you think please Wehireu

7/13/08

Mhor

Oh and I am reading Emma...

Yes an old favourite..

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8/28/08

DelightedScribbler

*Sigh* Definitely an old favorite. I've read it several times and I always love it.
7/24/09

AQM22

I just finished The Princess Bride for like third or fourth or fifth time...I lost count. I am also currently re-reading The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey.

Right now, I don't have neither the time or money to read anything new. So sad.

7/13/08

sherriberean

When I have time to spare I've been reading John Gatto's "The Underground History of American Education". I posted a video on my blog of an interview he did a few years back. My blog title is "Another Brick in the Wall".

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7/13/08

I am reading The Other Wind by Ursula Le Guin. This is another Earthsea novel written in 2001.

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7/13/08

leetid

I am reading High Noon by Nora Roberts

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7/13/08

Thanks ShoreBookworm. I've read so many great reviews I knew some people must have liked it. And I'm glad for that spoiler because I think it would be too depressing w/o that type of ending.

Mhor, I love Jane Austen. Have read all her books, but the only one I've read more than once is Sense and Sensibility. That is my favorite. I think it might be because of the great job that Emma Thompson did with the movie version.

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7/13/08

flashgordon

I've got two going now:

Disappearing Peoples: Indigenous Groups and Ethnic Minorities in South and Central Asia. I'm reviewing it for indigenouspeoplesissues.com

Humanity at Stake: A Dialogue. This one I'm reviewing for newgreatbooks.blogspot.com

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7/22/08

I just read The Public Domain and am almost done reading The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez

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7/24/08

I'm reading "A World Lit Only By Fire" by William Manchester.

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7/27/08

okokokok

I adored that book (and title) "A World Lit Only by Fire." Remember exactly where I bought it when it came out. . . 1992.

I'm reading "Art in America" by Ron McLarty and. . . just finished "The Waitress was New" by Dominique Fabre. I recommend them both.

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7/28/08

lulubelleb

I bought it in hard cover, too. Liked the artwork on the cover, plus the weight and texture of the paper, along with the smell of the ink. I loaned it to my brother, who then lost it. Now I've got the trade paperback, a much more pedestrian edition. (sigh)

7/29/08

Onchong

I just finished the "100 Most Infamous Criminals" by Jo Durden Smith and "Murder Most Foul", Quarterly Crime Magz, No. 11. I am halfway through RD's "Unexplained Mysteries".

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7/29/08

WEBAdamant

I'm currently reading Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut.

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7/29/08

leetid

I am reading Homeport by Nora Roberts

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7/29/08

curlydesigh

I am reading The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie. Finished The Group for my book club, that is one where I like the movie better:)

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7/30/08

dorlana

I'm reading The Wheel of Darkness, by Douglous Preston and Lincoln Child. I've never read any of their books before. Even though I'm only on chapter 8 i can see that I will be reading more books by them.

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7/30/08

bookchica

I'm re-reading "Surely You Are Joking Mister Feynman".

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7/31/08

I am reading The Future of the Internet and How To Stop It by Jonathan Zittrain

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8/02/08

JaneTurley

Hmm..that one sounds a little controversial Wehireu! Are you dong a review?

8/02/08

Webster12

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden.

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8/28/08

DelightedScribbler

Love it. The movie was pretty good, too.
10/28/08

wrpalomo

Loved it too. Read it before it was popularized by the movie.

www.myrockingcradle.com
5/28/09

anujamouli

Isn't it a beautiful book. There was something so endearing about Sayuri and her journey as a geisha. I read it a few years back but I can still remember details - The elaborate process of getting into a kimono, her spilt- ink eyes, sweet mameha and bitchy Hatsumomo, the funky hairstyles (especially those of the novice geishas), the loss of Sayuri's virginity to that creepy doctor... Like I said it is a memorable and beautiful book.

8/02/08

Yes, I will be doing a review. It also is available for free as a download under the creative commons license at: futureoftheinternet.org/download

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8/06/08

JackMandora

I'm reading "The Humming Bird Tree". It's a coming of age novel about young love, innocence lost and betrayal.

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8/17/08

I finished reading Saturn's Children by Charles Stross. Sexy androids. An entertaining if a bit mixed up gag of a book. A cross between James Bond and Barbarella.

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8/17/08

Jade08

I am about twenty pages away from finishing The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan. I'm trying to decide what to read next...

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8/19/08

ranist22

The Homing by John Saul, and What is History (Lectures), Edward H. Carr. I normally read two or three at the same time, one of which is necessarily non-fiction.

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8/19/08

I just started "The Age of Faith" by Will Durant. I've had it on my shelf for years but found its length intimidating (more than 1000 pages). So far it's more accessible than I'd imagined.

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8/20/08

libdrone

I just finished House Lust by Daniel McGinn and need to blog about it.

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8/23/08

Louise

Hi -- I'm Louise, and I'm new to your group. Right now I'm reading Mario Vargas Llosa's The Bad Girl, which is just out in English. Unhappily, my hardback edition from Faber is missing a signature...

I've just started a new blog called Living with Books : Offbeat book reviews for eclectic readers. Hope you'll drop by sometime.

Louise

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8/26/08

JaneTurley

Hi Louise and welcome to The Book Readers Group.

Please feel free to join in or indeed start your own discussion relating to books.

8/25/08

I finished reading Space Vulture by Gary K. Wolf and Archbishop John J. Myers. Gary K. Wolf is the creator of Roger Rabbit. The book is a homage to classic space opera like Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond. It would fit right in the old fashioned pulps.

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8/26/08

GeoffreysPlace (guest)

Hi there...I'm reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. It's one of the most powerful, insightful books I've read for a year or two. I'm also reading or I should say re-reading a non-fiction book on political philosophy, called Anarchy, State and Utopia by Robert Nozick...not so sure about that one!

I do lighten up occasionally and last night I watched Shrek 2! Nah...not half as good as the first one! *grin*

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8/26/08

Unflappings

World War Z by Max Brooks. I heard rave reviews, and I love zombies, but it's taking me a little while to get into it. But I will admit that it's warming up to me.

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8/27/08

gosmelltheflowers

For whom the bell tolls by Hemmingway.

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10/28/08

wrpalomo

Did you like it? I was engrossed. I've lined up "A Farewell to Arms" next.

www.myrockingcradle.com

8/28/08

DelightedScribbler

Like several others here, I read several books at a time:

Down to Earth Sociology - James M. Hensling
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things - George Lakoff
Snow - Orhan Pamuk

Soon to start: El juego del ángel - Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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8/28/08

I finished reading Sly Mongoose by Tobias Buckell. It is a science fiction story set in a mix between a caribbean and Aztec future. The setting Chilo is quite interesting. The villains are wonderful, space zombies...

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9/02/08

CaptainD

Ice Moon by Jan Costin Wagner. A little heavy-going but I'm getting into it...

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9/04/08

Now for a little promotion for the big guys, Problogger Secrets For Blogging Your Way to a Six Figure Income by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett. A fast, easy read.

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9/06/08

I'm reading a new release by fellow blogger Paul Burman. It's called The Snowing and Greening of Thomas Passmore.

I'm really enjoying it - I find the prose quite different to other things I've read lately - like the title it has a sort of lyrical nature to it.

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9/09/08

farrah

I am currently reading Ray Bradbury's Now and Forever. Even though I LOVE the descriptions, I find myself having to re-read sections to understand what he's trying to do in the scene which can be frustrating at times ESPECIALLY since it's taking me so long to complete the book! I keep reading other books in between because I have to put his down...

Farrah from...
The Book Faery Reviews: www.tbfreviews.wordpress.com
Wife and Mom of 3: www.wifeandmomof3.net

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9/15/08

I just finished reading The First Billion is the Hardest by T. Boone Pickens.

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9/19/08

NYCMom

I just downloaded The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory. It's about Mary Queen of Scots. Loved The Other Boleyn Girl so I've got high hopes for this book.

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9/20/08

lulubelleb

If you're interested in that period, you might like these two, both by Margaret George:

"Mary Queen of Scotland & The Isles"

"The Autobiography of Henry VIII" - Don't let the title fool you, it's a novel...and pretty funny.

If you like biographies, in addition to historical novels, Antonia Fraser and David Starkey have each written highly readable books about major figures in this period including Mary Queen of Scots, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
5/28/09

anujamouli

I saw the movie with Eric Bana, Natalie Portman, and Scarlett Johannson. Fascinating stuff. I am trying to get my hands on the book. Bet it will be better than the movie.

9/20/08

I am currently reading The Sound On The Page Style and Voice In Writing by Ben Yagoda. Unlike, many books this book is taking a lot of time for me to read properly. It is filled with wonderful quotes from a variety of different authors, it also has numerous short interviews about style throughout the book. There is a six page list of interviewees in the back of the book. The book challenges Strunk and White, it does not just give examples of simple clear styles, it gives examples of very complex writing. Harold Bloom and Henry james are not simple styles. I found myself talking out loud and pondering what was being said.

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9/21/08

chispeak

Sartre's The Flies

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9/27/08

I'm not sure what to read next, The Predator State by James K. Galbraith, Writing & Personality Finding Your Voice, Your Style, Your Way by John K. DiTiberio, Wordless Books The Original Graphic Novels by David A. Berona with an introduction by Peter Kuper, or a Vampire Hunter D novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi.

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9/27/08

I just finished reading Wordless Books The Original Graphic Novels by David A. Berona. It is about wordless woodcut books. The artwork is very interesting. There is a blog on the book. wordlessbooks.blogspot.com

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9/28/08

growandsucceed

just finished Straight from the gut by jack welsh

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9/28/08

cipals (guest)

I am reading a book by Dan Brown about Cryptography..

www.resourcesandmoney.blogspot.com

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9/28/08

manju19

'Digital Fortress'? I liked it, but not as much as 'The Da Vinci Code'.
10/24/08

cipals (guest)

Yes.

10/01/08

I am reading Arrest Proof Yourself by Dale C. Carson and Wes Denham. Dale C. Carson is an ex-cop and attorney.

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10/02/08

inspiredhippie (guest)

I'm reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle -- on the NYT bestseller's list for a while now, and I believe it's Oprah's current pick. I'm also reading Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain.

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10/02/08

Creative Visualization is a really good book. Surprisingly practical for the subject matter. I think the book is in its 25th year edition.

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10/05/08

I just read The Predator State How Conservatives Abandoned The Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too by James K. Galbraith who is the son of John Kenneth Galbraith. It is an attack on supply side economics and at times is quite uncomfortable to read.

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10/07/08

I am working through Writing Begins With The Breath by Laraine Herring.

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10/07/08

freeatlast

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

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10/13/08

akyanks100

Swann's Way, by Marcel Proust

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10/15/08

Right now, I am reading Reading the OED, One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages by Ammon Shea. Nothing like a book by a word obsessed dictionary collector. I found the book on blog.oup.com one of my favorite blogs.

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10/17/08

blackthoughtsjb

I'm currently reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. So far so good. You can check out other books I've read on my blog, if you want.

JB

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5/28/09

anujamouli

Too wannabe Ayn Rand for me. Coelho is not in her league and his work is overrated in my opinion.

10/19/08

I did a short review of Reading the OED. I am reading Marsbound by Joe Haldeman. It is a first contact novel about meeting aliens on mars.

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10/20/08

Noobelers

I'm reading the Bible. The best so far compare to the other books I read like Harry Potter etc...

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10/20/08

bookchica

I'm reading the Ramayana series by Ashok Banker.

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10/23/08

I just read Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale and Illustrated by Nathan Hale a graphic novel retelling of a classic fairytale. I really enjoyed it.

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10/26/08

I am reading This Book Contains Graphic Language Comics As Literature by Rocco Versaci. Rocco Versaci teaches the course Comics As Literature at Palomar College. The style is very personable and easy to read.

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10/26/08

MissAttica

I'm currently reading Ildefonso Falcones' Cathedral of the sea. I'm only about half way through, and I love it so far!

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10/27/08

Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy

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10/28/08

destinedforwhat

Beautiful Boy by David Sheff.

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10/28/08

wrpalomo

Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

www.myrockingcradle.com

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10/30/08

Right now, I am reading The Media Savvy Leader by David Henderson. It is due out on January 8, 2009. David Henderson sent me a copy of his book because I followed him on twitter. It was a nice surprise to see it come in. He is www.twitter.com/davidhenderson

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11/05/08

I finished reading The Media Savvy Leader today. I started and finishe The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett.

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11/10/08

I just read Hitler's Private Library by Timothy W. Ryback. It was very dark but interesting.

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12/10/08

JaneTurley

That's a book for me. Always been fascinated by German history. I'll have to google it.

11/12/08

blackthoughtsjb

Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah MacDonald

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11/17/08

onechordwonder

Just finished Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. About to revisit some HP Lovecraft stories.

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11/17/08

I am focusing on self-education and practical books for now, Organization for Dummies, Wining: The Answers,and Yoga RX.

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11/17/08

theliterate

Right now I'm reading Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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11/19/08

eph61820

This is a very kool idea... almost like visual bookshelf on Facebook....

I am reading... Reimagining the Church, Raising the Hunley, Worship Matters.

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11/19/08

Geheris

I am currently reading the original vampire book that started it all, "Dracula" by Brom Stoker.

After all this Twlight stuff I felt the need to return to the original. I am also re-reading the Iliad.

"Remember, fantasy is merely the portal of one's imagination, the innate yearning and realization that we were all meant for more than this mere existence of the flesh."

scarletlords.blogspot.com/

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5/28/09

anujamouli

The original Dracula remains my favorite piece of horror fiction. None can compare to the quintessential bad boy!

11/23/08

I am reading a poetry instruction book, Painless Poetry by Mary Elizabeth. It is a kind of generic overview of poetry written for high school level reading by Barrons so it covers all the basics. I've come to realize reading books on business and management and reviewing them has reduced my readership so it is back to poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

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11/25/08

reluctantrunner

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

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11/26/08

I am reading Ten Roads to Riches by Ken Fisher. It is unintentionally darkly funny at times. He gives tips on how to marry rich, become a plaintiffs lawyer (a modern day pirate) and sue people, what it takes to be a hedge fund manager, how to follow a leading CEO to riches, and many other things which are quite surprising. It may be a little bit too truthful (and sordid) for some people.

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11/28/08

The book thief by Marcus Zusak, so far it's very good

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11/29/08

MikeFrench

Me to - what a coincidence!

11/30/08

This morning, I finished reading a middle grade/young adult title, Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson. The title is very good. The cover is a gimme cover which means you see it and want to grab it. The content is also very entertaining. It is so well written that almost any good reader should be able to pick it up and enjoy it.

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12/03/08

RubysUpcycleDesign

Just picked up Loving Frank: A Novel, by Nancy Horan. Recommended by a book club I recently joined and one of the many written about Frank Lloyd Wright and his many clandestine affairs. Will review when finshed.

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12/03/08

I am reading Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman (Hardcover)
by Hank Wagner (Author), Christopher Golden (Author), Stephen R. Bissette (Author), Terry Pratchett (Foreword). It reviews everything that Neil Gaiman has written and also includes many color photographs, some original articles by Neil Gaiman, and many commentaries by artists like P. Craig Russell and Dave McKean

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12/07/08

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12/08/08

ABB (guest)

Re-reading Lottery by Patricia Wood (2008 Orange Prize Shortlist, Fiction and funny, though takes up serious themes and Pat Wood is joining our Book Club meeting tonight via internet conference so I need a refresh!). Inchworm by Ann Kelley (YA fiction), just started Inglorious by Joanna Kavenna (Fiction, also 2008 Orange Prize Shortlist) and got The Sea Lady by Margaret Drabble in the post for my birthday (thanks Mum)!

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12/08/08

Listener

I'm reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell. It's pretty long (~800 pg), so it's been a good book to read over Thanksgiving break last week when I had plenty of time to devote to reading. I think if I had started reading it at a normal pace, like I'm doing now, I'd have gotten bored.

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12/08/08

I read two childrens books today, The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman, and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish also by Neil Gaiman. Lots of fun and silliness.

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12/09/08

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12/09/08

libdrone

I recently finished reading Hospital by Julie Salamon. I was planning to do a blog post about it, but I can't decide what to say.

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12/09/08

bugztedy (guest)

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12/11/08

I am looking at starting The Taint and Other Novellas by Brian Lumley. It is based on the worlds of H.P. Lovecraft.

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12/14/08

jigsaw316

I am reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

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12/18/08

nycrican2

I am reading, "The Demonologist, The extraordinary career of Ed and Lorraine Warren" by Gerald Daniel Brittle. Love it so far.

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12/20/08

CaptainD

The Way to a Dusty Death by Alistair MacLean - not one of his best, but still quite a page-turner.

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10/26/09

GalaxyPress

I read a few books by him. I loved them, i.e. The Guns of Navarone, but that was many, many years ago.

12/20/08

I am reading Getting Results for Dummies by Mark H. McCormack. He works in sports managment.

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12/27/08

I just finished reading Arthur Plotnik, Spunk and Bite. Now, I am starting on Getting Things Done the Art of Stress Free Productivity by David Allen.

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12/28/08

I'm curently reading two books; Obama's autobiography Dreams From My Father and Fat Tuesday by Sandra Brown. I recently read Fat Tuesday by Gary Davison and when I heard there was another Fat Tuesday I thought I read that one too! Too very different books with the same title!

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1/03/09

I am reading Stacy Mitchell Big Box Swindle The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses

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1/04/09

jigsaw316

I am reading Devine Justice by David Baldacci.I have read his stuff before and he is very good!

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1/09/09

I am reading The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia. The main character is a clockwork woman with a wind up heart. It is steampunk.

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1/10/09

meg89

Stephen Mitchell's translation of Gilgamesh and American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

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3/18/09

authorexposure

I just picked up "American Wife". Post back and let us know what you think. I'm considering it as a book club selection. Thanks.

1/11/09

I am reading No Limits: The Will To Succeed by Michael Phelps with Paul Abrahamson. Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in the olympics in swimming. He is the olympian with the most medals. This book is about what it takes to be a champion.

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1/12/09

Vani

Mark twain short stories collections. Wonderful stories..

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1/15/09

amenohi

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho... not very interesting at the beginning but getting more interesting and deeper later, wonder how it would ends

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1/15/09

Amenohi, I've had the Alchemist on my book shelf for ages now and haven't picked it up to start it yet (one of dozens like that). I just took it off the bookshelf recently and moved it to my pile to read soon. Let me know what you think when you finish it.

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1/15/09

The Ghost In Love by Jonathan Carroll. Lots of fun and deep insights.

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1/22/09

urbanwitch

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer.

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1/24/09

Cat

I am reading "Reading the Enemy's Mind: Inside Star Gate, America's Psychic Espionage Program". Wow!

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1/24/09

I read Jack McDevitt The Devil's Eye.

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1/26/09

Right now, I am reading Building Hope Leadership in the Nonprofit World by John Bateson. It combines a memoir with a management book describing a very personal style of management.

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1/29/09

I'm reading Victoria Hislop's The Island. It's a family saga type of thing which I normally stay well away from but I thought I'd give it a bash. I'm 150 pages in with another 400 to go and I'm just reaching for the paracetamol....

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1/29/09

blackthoughtsjb

I just jumped on the "Twilight" bandwagon.

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1/30/09

susurro

Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza. It is a book about the massacre in Rwanda from the perspective of a survivor who was stuck in Rwanda after returning home from theological school in the US to visit relatives, some of whom did not survive. A portion of the proceeds from the book go to a children's charity fund of the same name that helps orphaned children in Africa.

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1/30/09

I took a short break from Building Hope and read I Can Make You Thin by Paul McKenna. The book includes a hypnosis CD which is kind of interesting. It is a very easy to read book with straightforward language. It is not so much a diet book but a psychological behavior management program for weight loss.

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2/02/09

stani101

currently reading - a man in full by tom wolfe. love it

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2/06/09

nwbliss

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Someday I hope to re-read it in the original Spanish...

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2/06/09

madnessabides

Just finishing up a reread of The Fellowship of the Ring. Up next, The Two Towers... I've been rereading some of my favorites series for review - I am having lot's of fun with it.

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5/28/09

anujamouli

I love Tolkien's trilogy. Aragorn is such a powerful character. Love him more that Frodo Baggins.

2/07/09

I am reading Six Hours Past Thursday by Jack Payne.

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2/08/09

matthewnicosia (guest)

World Without End by Ken Follett

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10/26/09

GalaxyPress

I finished that not too long ago. Great book, I think. It's a worthy sequel to The Pillars of the Earth.

2/08/09

PhoebeJordan

I'm currently reading Kiss of a Demon King by Kresley Cole and the eBook Moonlight Protector by Jessica Coulter Smith.

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2/10/09

PhoebeJordan

I'm currently reading A Kiss of Ashen Twilight by Rae Lori and I'm almost finished with the eBook Moonlight Protector by Jessica Coulter Smith.

2/09/09

I am reading an Advanced Reading Copy of A. Lee Martinez, Monster A Novel. It reminds me a bit of the humorous fantasy writer Robert Asprin. The book will be out in May of 2009.

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2/10/09

klambat

Am reading "Thirty Poems Of Hafiz Of Shiraz" translated by Peter Avery & John Heath-Stubbs

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2/11/09

theliterate

I am currently reading The Iliad by Homer. I actually like it. I thought it would be a bit difficult to read, but it's going quite nicely so far.

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2/11/09

rmaxwell142

I'm currently reading Battle Cry of Freedom from James McPherson. It's the most comprehensive book about the Civil War I've ever read.

Yes, I'm a nerd! I read 800+ page history books...for fun!

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2/12/09

I finished reading Linnea Sinclair's Hope's Folly. It is romantic military science fiction. Linnea Sinclair is quite a good writer. She has won several RITA awards for romance.

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2/14/09

danj88x

Just finished Sun Tzu's The Art Of War for like the 10th time

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3/02/09

I have several different things. The latest was The Caryatids by Bruce Sterling.

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3/04/09

LilOregonBug

Right now I'm reading Millicent's Gift. It's a young adults book, but I still love em'. I love it so far, it's about a little girl who has a magical gift, but it's a heavy burden.

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3/04/09

vulpine

Brisinger

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3/04/09

WordsmithJulie

At the moment I'm reading Mountains Beyond Mountains, about Dr. Paul Farmer and his work with the poor in Haiti. Tremendous.

Recently finished Peace Like A River, which has made it onto my all-time favorites list. Honestly, I cannot recommend it highly enough. I've got a review of it on my blog Calliope's Diary. A sublime read.

www.calliopesdiary.com

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3/04/09

I have two books in front of me, Words In Your Face A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz and Will Eisner Life, In Pictures Autobiographical Stories, the Will Eisner book is a graphic novel.

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3/06/09

vulpine

Reading Tiger & Fox by David Fields

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3/06/09

CaptainD

Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean.

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3/06/09

matthewnicosia (guest)

I just finished Alan Moore's Watchmen (can't wait to see the movie)...Now I'm working on Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower

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3/18/09

authorexposure

Post back when your done reading Parable of the Sower. I just tried an Octavia Butler book and enjoyed. I hear the one your reading is very good.

3/07/09

amphora

I'm rereading The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand right now.

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3/12/09

I read Big Bank Take Little Bank Poetry by Paul Beatty. Paul Beatty won the first National Poetry Slam in the United States. The poetry is different because it is meant to be memorized and performed in front of a live audience. So, it has a lot more rhymes and cultural references than the more staid academic poetry.

I also read a fantasy series of three books, The Blade, The Ring, The Chalice by Deborah Chester.

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3/12/09

I'm reading Paul Brown's Global Warning Last Chance for Change.

A second reading for me. Scary stuff about climate change that probably everyone should read.

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3/15/09

Rasberryswrlgirl

I just finished "Choke" by Chuck Palanhiuk and now I'm reading "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman.

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3/18/09

authorexposure

I just finished "Fledgling" by Octavia Butler. Now the club is reading "Peace Like A River" by Leif Enger.

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3/18/09

milaiswriting

I'm reading indecision by Benjamin Kurkel. It's pretty good so far.

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3/19/09

I just finished reading three weeks to say goodbye by C. J. Box
If you listened to John Bedford Lloyd's narration of Box's previous novel, Blue Heaven, you know you're in for another splendid reading with Three Weeks to Say Goodbye. If you overlooked Blue Heaven, don't miss this one!...
informationtypes.blogspot.com/2009/01/three-weeks-to-say-goodbye-by-c-j-box...

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3/19/09

I have started reading Social Software In Libraries Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online by Meredith G. Farkas

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3/21/09

ryanandrews

Brother Odd by Dean Koontz. And then Odd Hours, and then the other 'Odd Thomas' book.

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3/22/09

amphora

I put down The Fountainhead and grabbed The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Next, it's Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, then probably Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad or An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde before I get back to The Fountainhead.

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3/25/09

I am reading Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy

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3/29/09

I am on my next book, Robert Townsend, Up The Organization. This book is considered a classic of business writing.

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3/30/09

fantaghiro23

I'm interrupting my reading of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami so I can read Titus Groan (Book 1 in the Gormenghast trilogy) by Mervyn Peake . Why? I think I'd rather take the Wind-up Bird Chronicle in small doses.

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3/31/09

I just finished reading Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince, it's a great story about one of the humblest fables. In this story, the bravest janitor figth against the Emperor using his courage and heart. Read more...
informationtypes.blogspot.com/2009/03/fables-vol-10-good-prince.html

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3/31/09

I finished reading How The Way We Talk Can Change The Way We Work by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey. The authors are both professors at Harvard.

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4/04/09

I am reading What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis

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4/08/09

mimi101

The Nanny Diaries by Emma Mclaughlin & Nicola Kraus.

You can visit also my other posts for the books I've read recently.
mimicup.blogspot.com/2009/04/tales-of-beedle-bard.html
mimicup.blogspot.com/2009/03/choice-by-nicholas-sparks.html
mimicup.blogspot.com/2009/03/brida-do-you-believe-in-soulmates.html
mimicup.blogspot.com/2009/02/christ-lord-out-of-egypt-novel-reading.html

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4/08/09

LisaB

Hi! I just joined. I just completed Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell, and Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein.

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4/08/09

I am reading On The Road, The Original Scroll by Jack Kerouac. It reads as a single piece without paragraphs or indentation. It was typed on a single roll of paper in three weeks time.

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4/09/09

travelchi

Joshua by Joseph F. Girzone. Simple but very powerful and inspiring book.
I have just started a blog featuring short travel stories. If you would like to share a travel tale of your own please drop by!
www.travelstories.squarespace.com

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4/13/09

catthebeatnik

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. I'm rereading because I love it.

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4/15/09

I just finished reading "In Odd We Trust by Queenie Chan" It was a very good graphic novel. I like the whole Odd series and it just keeps getting better.
informationtypes.blogspot.com/2009/04/in-odd-we-trust.html

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4/15/09

yourfindit

I just finished with "The Big Bad Wolf" by James Patterson. Awesome read!

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4/17/09

I am reading The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines

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4/19/09

I am on my next book, Here Comes Everybody The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky. This is about how communication technology has changed the ability to organize people around common interests like Wikipedia or Flickr, or protests, or meetups or all the possible social tools that allow voluntary creation of groups.

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4/21/09

liviaalexandra

Just Finished The Queens Fool by Phillippa Gregory and really enjoyed it, going onto The Virgins Lover next....x

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5/01/09

I am reading Good To Great by Jim Collins. It is a very solid business title.

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5/04/09

bassman2

Currently reading "Verses and Versions..." Russian poetry translated by Vladimir Nabokov.

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5/08/09

barbsblog

I almost finished The Zoo Keepers Wife but found it was a chore to read. We were reading it for our book club but I really wasn't enjoying it. I felt the author was really enamored of her own words and her research. She really made a very interesting story boring. I never got the feeling that they grieved for the lost animals, as I'm sure they must have. I thought it was going to be more of a story of the animals in the zoo, how she cared for them, etc. The story of saving all of the people could have been very interesting, also but I never got a real feeling for them. Needless to say I was disappointed.

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5/10/09

vulpine

"Under Pressure: The Final Voyage of the Submarine S-Five"

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5/11/09

I am reading books on library management. They are often quite boring. There is one I look forward to reading though, Thinking Outside The Book Edited by Carol Smallwood.

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5/11/09

bloomcreatives

Currently reading "Sons and Lovers" by DH Lawrence, which I am finding far more interesting than both "Women in Love" and "Lady Chatterly's Lover."

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5/14/09

I am reading Got Game How The Gamer Generation is Reshaping Business Forever by John C. Beck and Mitchell Wade.

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5/19/09

I just finished reading "The Associate by John Grisham" I enjoyed this book more than any book I have read in awhile, but it still lacks at the end. I have found over the years that Grisham doesn't know how to end a book as well as some other authors. Read the review of this book
informationtypes.blogspot.com/2009/05/associate-by-john-grisham.html

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5/28/09

anujamouli

I agree completely. Aside from "A Time to Kill" and "The Pelican Brief", all his climaxes have been wonky. MAkes me feel like a deflated tyre. The result is I have given up on him but by all appearances I belong to a minority.

5/20/09

I am reading Escape from Hell by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven. It is a sequel to Inferno, a fantasy about a modern man in Dante's Inferno. There is something very irreverent about this book. Sylvia Plath, Anna Nicole Smith, King Minas, the inspectors for the levees in New Orleans, and a variety of other characters have shown up so far.

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5/20/09

nataliew

The Forgotten by Faye Kellerman! Love her books.

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5/23/09

bookwormwannabe

I'm reading "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". It's quite hysterical, and I would recommend it to anyone - whether you love or hate Jane Austen.

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5/25/09

I am reading Fool's Gold Why The Internet Is No Substitute for a Library by Mark Y. Herring. For a nice contrarian view this is a very interesting book.

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5/28/09

anujamouli

I just finished reading the "Gypsy Morph" by Terry Brooks. It is the final part of the trilogy called "Genesis of Shannara". Brooks is one of my favorite writers. It is amazing how he can churn out one gem after another. The Gypsy Morph is proof of his genius. Most writers start off well and then falter as they burn out and wind up trying to recreate the magic of earlier books but not Brooks he was, is, and will always be brilliant.

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5/31/09

I am reading Robots Have No Tails by Henry Kuttner a reprint of the Planet Stories short story arc.

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6/01/09

amenohi

currently reading "Julie & Julia 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen" by Julie Powell
despite the f-words spread around in the book so far, I'm kinda inspired by it

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6/01/09

I have started reading The Toyota Way 14 Management Principles From the Worlds Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey K. Liker. This is not just a management book, it also covers the history of the company. Right now I am reading the story of how they created the Lexus and the first mass produced hybrid car, The Prius.

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6/03/09

drgmdc

I'm reading "Unlimited Power" by Anthony Robins >>> very interesting and a must read.

my blog:
espritt.blogspot.com/

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6/03/09

I have started reading The Beats A Graphic History, Edited by Paul Buhle. It is a graphic history of many different beat poets and writers including William S. Burroughs, Diane Di Prima, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Amiri Baraka, and many others.

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6/04/09

lovesexlaughs

I am currently reading Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates. She is a favorite author and I am reading through all her works and really enjoying it. I recently read Blindness by Jose Saramago which was wonderful - an amazing book, really. I love apocolyptic stories - this one was especially creative. I started reading him with The Gospel According To Jesus Christ - another excellent book.

I am an avid reader, as you may have noticed... I tend to read "through" authors. If I pick up a book I like, I tend to read more by the same author.

I have also recently discovered Southern gothic by reading Flannery O'Connor, The Complete Stories - which lead to The Harry Crews Reader. Incredible literature addressing life in the South.

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6/04/09

I am reading Connected The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives by Nicholas A. Christakis, M.D., Ph.D. and James H. Fowler, Ph.D. It is about social networks. According to the book, people have six degrees of separation and three degrees of influence.

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6/11/09

I have it Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Graham-Smith. It is illustrated which makes it even quirkier. I just finished reading The Thriving Library Successful Strategies for Challenging Times by Marylaine Block as well.

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6/15/09

How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein.

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6/16/09

AnnStorer

Bridge of Birds, by Barry Hughart.

Excellent, funny, engaging story about "an ancient China that never was". I recommend it!

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6/18/09

milosf

I am just beginning A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini. He wrote the Kite Runner as well. It makes me happy to be an American.

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6/18/09

I am reading The Insiders Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels by Andy Schmidt Featuring Tips & Insights From Comics Masters: Neal Adams, John Byrne, David Finch, Klaus Janson, Karl Kesel, John A. Romita Jr. and Many More.

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6/18/09

Prongs

Tender is the Night, Fitzgerald. Loving it so far

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6/18/09

just finished Emperor: gates of Rome by Conn Iggulden, it was a bit disappointing, not half as good as his Ghengis Khan series. I just started Nightshade by PC Docherty

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6/21/09

I have started reading The Huffington Post Complete Guide To Blogging by The Editors of The Huffington Post

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6/23/09

I just finished Where The Rain Is Made, a parnormal/shapeshifter with a Native American slant. This book is a historical/time-travel.

Very good reviews on Amazon and a wonderful read.

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6/23/09

justmck (guest)

Tokyo cancelled by Rana Dasgupta
interesting

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6/24/09

I just read The New Love And Rockets #1 by the Hernandez Brothers, a graphic novel.

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6/25/09

rajendradhakal (guest)

it's really good one have already read itv

6/25/09

Just finished Price of Desire by Leda Swann. An erotic historical. The writing was decent. The plot took a "weird" turn at the end and I wondered if the author was in a hurry to finish.

I wasn't enchanted, but I might try another by this husband and wife team who write under the pseudonym of leda swann.

Keta
ketaskeep.blogspot.com

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6/25/09

I started Ad Nauseam A Survivor's Guide to American Consumer Culture. Edited by Carrie McLaren and Jason Torchinsky. One of the reasons I read so much is that I don't watch television. I am not fond of ads.

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6/26/09

rajendradhakal (guest)

it's very nice

7/02/09

cacdawson

I Have just finished reading Tom Lloyd's The Stormcaller, an epic fantasy novel. Loved every minute of it.

Can't wait for the second!!

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7/02/09

rajendradhakal (guest)

really it's very nice and appreciable

7/02/09

Reading now, Red Fire by Deidre Knight. Paranormal/suspense.

Keta Diablo
ketadiablo.blogspot.com

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7/02/09

I read Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. It was an interesting fantasy novel.

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7/10/09

I have finished two more books, How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer and The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert V.S. Redick.

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7/14/09

Reading Say Everything How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming and Why It Matters by Scott Rosenberg, cofounder of salon.com

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7/15/09

nataliew

Reading A Prayer for Owen Meany. Really good so far!
thebookinn.blogspot.com/

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7/16/09

rajendradhakal (guest)

it's very nice blog

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7/19/09

wehireu

Thanks rajendradkhal. Appreciate the compliment.

7/18/09

I am reading Talent Is Overrated What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin.

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7/19/09

icecreamnchocolate

i am again reading twilight...

icecream-and-chocolates.blogspot.com

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7/19/09

fullcircle

I am reading The Pond by Tamera E Lawrence. It begins at the beginning as a true incident and then becomes a fiction. A great mystery novel...I cannot put the book down

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7/22/09

I am reading Wildfire by Sarah Micklem it is a fantasy novel.

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7/25/09

I'm reading 'the instance of the fingerpost' by Ian Pears for the second time as I enjoyed it so much a few years ago

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7/25/09

barbsblog

I just finished The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. It's my new favorite book.

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7/25/09

I have started reading The City and The City by China Mieville. The book is a murder mystery set in an imaginary city Beszel in what would be contemporary Eastern Europe. It reads like the present, but everything is just slightly off. The names sound real, but if you look closely, they are just slightly off from reality.

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7/26/09

icecreamnchocolate

i'm about to finish NEW MOON...i don't know what's got into me but i'm into stephenie meyer nowadays...

icecream-and-chocolates.blogspot.com

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7/27/09

milosf

I love her too. I am about to start the last one. They are addicting.

7/27/09

milosf

I'll have to read that one soon. I hear it is wonderful.

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7/28/09

I have started reading How The Mighty Fall And Why Some Companies Never Give In by Jim Collins.

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8/02/09

momlovesumar

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8/02/09

I am reading In Search of Excellence by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.

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8/06/09

I am reading Brian Lumley Harry and The Pirates And Other Tales From the Lost Years. It is a set of weird tales.

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8/10/09

chrishokeblog

Reading The Adventure of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon.

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8/11/09

I am reading the Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie. Michael Chabon has a new nonfiction title coming out in October, Manhood for Amateurs. Michael Chabon is a really excellent author. They even have a graphic novel called The Escapist based on The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.

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8/11/09

chrishokeblog

Wow, that's awesome. Thanks for the heads up about the new Chabon book, Wehireu. And that graphic novel sounds cool, too.
9/05/09

jpcane

I had read Kavalier and Clay and the Escapist series with Luna Moth. Very enjoyable reads. Gotta love cameos of Stan Lee.

8/16/09

writingimpromptu

I am reading A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman. It is a great book so far. Ru Freeman will be writing a guest post on my blog on Tuesday, August 25th about Sri Lanka, where the book is set, also. I can't wait!

imlostinbooks.blogspot.com

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8/16/09

mbleavitt (guest)

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

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8/18/09

I just finished reading The Age of Ra by James Lovegrove.

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8/18/09

honeychuckles

I finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. (I wrote a review about the movie on my blog recently) I just started reading The Boy In Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.

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8/20/09

blogfriendsworlwid

I find western novels from internet.
It is really good.
The Louis L'Amour Collection is the world's finest collection of authentic western novels.

in my blog you can see their home page..

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8/20/09

Geheris

I am currently reading not a book, but cooking magazines! Vegetarian Times, Gourmet, and Italian Cuisine

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8/22/09

I just finished reading Ariel by Steven R. Boyett.

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8/26/09

FaithfulinPrayer

The Politcally Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal by Robert Murphy

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8/27/09

RAGordon

I am almost finished with Blogging Heroes - which interviews about 50 of the most successful bloggers, great book!

Also working my way through a lot of Philip K. Dick's books, at the moment reading The Divine Invasion.

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8/27/09

RubysUpcycleDesign

The Year of Magical Thinking. Joan Didion.

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8/28/09

I am reading Songs of A Dying Earth Stories In Honor of Jack Vance Edited by Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin, introduction by Dean Koontz.

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8/31/09

I just finished reading The Management Myth by Stewart Matthew and The Practice of Management by Peter Drucker. I am working on reading Graceling by Kristin Cashore.

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9/02/09

I have started reading The Case For Books Past, Present, and Future by Robert Darnton who is the head of the
Harvard University libraries. This book is a collection of essays many of them originally published in
the New York Review of Books. The book opens with a section entitled Google and the History of Books.
Harvard University is part of the Google digitization project for books. The form I am reading the book in is
that of an egalley from Netgalley. The book is already quite interesting.

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9/04/09

lorrainekid

I have read just a bit of The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

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9/04/09

jpcane

Just finished The Magicians by Lev Grossman. Wonderful book. I recommend it.
Now I'm reading Fool by Christopher Moore. I had read a few of his other novels: Lamb, Fluke, Blood Sucking Fiends and You Suck.

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9/05/09

I am reading The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King, it is a Sherlock Holmes novel.

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9/07/09

madnessabides

Just picked up the paperback of Neal Stephenson's Anathem... man, do I love me a good fat paperback - and so far (100 odd pages) so good.

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9/08/09

Just read Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. It is a pyschological thriller set in a criminal asylum. Will be a movie starring Brad Pitt

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9/10/09

Am reading the graphic novel. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 The Authorized Adaptation by Tim Hamilton

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9/12/09

Am reading Free The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson. Chris Anderson is the Editor In Chief for Wired Magazine.

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9/13/09

Just finished Elmore Leonard's When the Women Come Out to Dance and about to start on Stephen King's Different Seasons.

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9/17/09

I'm also reading Neal Stephenson's Anathem, it's very good though a bit dry in the beginning

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9/19/09

Reading The Whuffie Factor Using the Power of Social Networks To Build Your Business by Tara Hunt. Term Whuffie invented by Cory Doctor.

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9/19/09

Reading The Whuffie Factor Using the Power of Social Networks To Build Your Business by Tara Hunt. Term Whuffie invented by Cory Doctor.

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9/21/09

musicandbooks

I've just started reading The Clan of the Cave Bear: A Novel by Jean M. Auel.

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9/23/09

I am about to start on Taylor Mali, What Learning Leaves a poetry book.

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9/25/09

I am about to start And Then There's This How Stories Live And Die In A Viral Culture by Bill Wasik.

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9/26/09

kcrisman

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Succeed or Fail by Jared Diamond

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9/29/09

Jared Diamonds is a wonderful writer. His book, Guns, Germs, and Steel is truly interesting as well.

I am reading The Cost of Bad Behavior How Incivility Is Damaging Your Business And What To Do About It.

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9/29/09

GalaxyPress

I am reading "Cargo of Coffins" by L. Ron Hubbard. It's a fun read and so are a lot of the others he wrote in the 30s and 40s during the Golden Age of Pulp Fiction. The writing is fast and furious with lots of action and plot twists. I love it.

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10/03/09

I am reading The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.

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10/05/09

I am reading Alice Fantastic by Maggie Estep who is a slam poet and novelist.

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10/07/09

I am reading Confessions of A Radical Industrialist Profits, People, Purpose-- Doing Business By Respecting The Earth-- Ray C. Anderson with Robin White.

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10/07/09

Just finished Stephen King's Different Seasons and starting now on Nightmares and Dreamscapes.

thebooksofmylife.blogspot.com/

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10/08/09

GoldenApples

Hi everyone, I'm a newbie.

I'm currently reading Green by Ted Dekker. I had to put the Poisionwood Bible on hold to read Green.

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10/08/09

Infinitus

I'm finishing up 'Operation Albion' by Michael B. Barrett, the other night I read Rudyard Kipling's 'The Man Who Would be King'. I will probably start 'No Greater Ally: the Untold Story of Poland's Forces in World War II' by Kenneith K. Koskodan this weekend.

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10/14/09

I am reading The Quiet War by Paul J. McAuley. It is hard science fiction.

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10/19/09

I am reading Sunflowers A Novel of Vincent Van Gogh by Sheremy Bundrick. The author is an art historian.

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10/22/09

I am going to start on The Art of Innovation Lessons In Creativity From America's Leading Design Firm by Tom Kelley with Jonathan Litman.

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10/25/09

kcrisman

The Complete Franz Kafka. Currently one third of the way through the Metamorphosis.

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10/26/09

transpoengineer

Beyond the Lie by Alice Smith...

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10/29/09

I am reading Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey. It is an engrossing mix of hardboiled noire and dark urban fantasy.

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10/31/09

I am reading Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Going to follow it up with the next books in the series. Seems to me the best fantasy these days are written for children.

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11/01/09

Just finished Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters. Not as good as The Lightning Thief.

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11/03/09

rricardoiuk

I don't have all the time I would like (who the hell invented sleep, anyhow?), but reading Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kako.

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11/04/09

Just finished Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth. Need to look for the next book in the series.

thebooksofmylife.blogspot.com/2009/11/percy-jackson-and-battle-of-labyrinth...

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11/05/09

Am reading The Peter Principle Why Things Always Go Wrong by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull. This is a new 2009 Edition.

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11/06/09

Jesser (guest)

I am reading The Loop, regarding wolf protection. www.thetrademarkcompany.com

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11/10/09

Just finished reading Magyk by Angie Sage. It is Book 1 of Septimus Heap series. Interesting. Love the magical creatures in the story.

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11/11/09

alatecablebill

Hi! I'm reading Just After Sunset by Stephen King.

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11/12/09

TaraCronica

I've just started reading "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Adiche
and I'm also reading "it's the thought that counts" by David R.Hamilton as well as "The Vortex" by Esther and Jerry Hicks

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11/12/09

thecantankerouscan

1) Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. Wildly entertaining and well-written but a little too all-over-the-place for me. Four stars * * * *

2) Down to the Dirt by Joel Hynes. Fantastic eastern Canadian author. I loved this novel. May not have as big an impact on those not from eastern Canada but worth the read all the same. Five stars * * * * *

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11/14/09

Just finished Flyte, Book 2 in Angie Sage's Septimus Heap series. A Human Hatching of a dragon, the long lost Flyte Charm and being rescued by a tree.

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11/14/09

I am reading Working With Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

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28 days ago

Heruvim

I'm reading Arturo Pérez-Reverte - "Secret Meridian", to be honest its kinda boring(. I was promised new book by Dan Brown.. Can anybody comment on that?

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26 days ago

Right now, I am reading Smart Networking Attract A Following In Person and Online by Liz Lynch

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26 days ago

I always have 3-4 books going at one time -- must be my short attention spane.

November books I'm reading,

New Moon
Draw Into Darkness, Annette McCleave (loving it)
Enchantress Mine (on oldie from Beatrice Small)
Slave To Sensation (Nalina Singh) paranormal

Keta Diablo
www.ketadiablo.com

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24 days ago

I've started reading Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars by William Patry. William Patry is the senior copyright counsel for Google. He even includes a disclaimer that his opinions are not necessarily the same as those of Google.

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20 days ago

I am reading Cory Doctorow's Makers

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20 days ago

Just finished Physik, Queste and Syren (Books 3-5) of the Septimus Heap series.

thebooksofmylife.blogspot.com/2009/11/syren.html

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19 days ago

selfdeprecate

I'll be reading Sometimes a Notion by Ken Kesey if the damn library would hurry up and get it back in stock

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19 days ago

AnastasiaFB

I've just finished Satan: a Biography by Peter Maxwell-Stuart. I added a review to my blog. I'm also reading The Great Terror by Robert Conquest and The Towers of Silence, part three of the Raj Quartet by Paul Scott.

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18 days ago

I have started on The Elements of Expression by Arthur Plotnik.

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17 days ago

I just finished The Elements of Expression this morning and am startin on Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. It is a steampunk novel set in Seattle.

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16 days ago

gratefulquinn

I just finished "The Road" and might start a Tom Robbins book . I am going to see the movie I do reviews on books ..check them out, it would be good to get some feedback from professionals..Quinn nycyouarehere.blogspot.com/search/label/Books

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15 days ago

cndflix

I am reading "Nietzsche, Life as Literature", Alexander Nehamas. [Turkish version, translated by Cem Soydemir].

...Nietzsche sees the world as an artwork...
...The biggest aim in our life is to create ourselves...

Thank you.

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15 days ago

Jackrabbit

I'm reading Antjie Krog's "Country of My Skull." It's about the truth commission they held in South Africa after the end of apartheid.

It's both beautiful and profoundly depressing... *sigh*

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14 days ago

Ellad2

"Against the flow" by Dee Caffari
The first woman to sail solo the "wrong way" around the world. Incredible...

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14 days ago

I am reading Me 2.0 by Dan Schwabel. It is about personal branding. I found out about it on Mashable...

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13 days ago

Just finished Dhampir and Sister of the Dead. Both books from the Noble Dead series written by Barb & J.C. Hendee.

Interesting vampire hunter series with a half-vampire heroine and half-elf hero.

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10 days ago

Finished reading Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and am starting on Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman.

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10 days ago

WallFlowerStudio

Right now I'm reading "Virgina Woolf and Vannessa Bell" by Jane Dunn. A pretty good bio, so far, on the sisters.

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9 days ago

"Orcs" by Stan Nichols. silly and brainless, but entertaining nevertheless

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7 days ago

Jackrabbit

Right now I'm on to Boethius' "Consolation of Philosophy" for my exams.

*beats head against wall*

I love Boethius' style, the poems are gorgeous, and Lady Philosophy kicks butt and all that, but there's a REASON I wasn't a philosophy major in college. As much as I love thinking about the "big questions," I don't have the patience to tease all this out.

But if you want an interesting take on why there's suffering in the world and how a person should respond to tragedy, Boethius is pretty cool...

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4 days ago

Reading A Guide to the Good Life {the ancient art of stoic joy} by William B. Irvine.

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4 days ago

Jesser (guest)

I am reading John Adams. www.thetrademarkcompany.com

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4 days ago

lorrainekid

I'm reading fresh start by doug fields. I got it for free by volunteering as a book blogger. Check out my blog for the widget so you can receive free books too!

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3 days ago