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Post by BØRNS on Jun 9, 2011 12:19:52 GMT -5
I just finished "The Michael Jackson Tapes" yesterday. Highly recommended for anyone curious about the truth behind the akwardness of MJ.
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Post by BØRNS on Jun 9, 2011 12:20:19 GMT -5
I'm starting "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell right now.
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Post by Barrett on Jun 11, 2011 1:44:47 GMT -5
I read "Hate List" by Jennifer Brown yesterday. That and "Willow" (whose author I don't know off the top of my head; haven't read that one yet) seem to always pop up as recommendations for me on Amazon (probably due to my love of John Green books) so I caved and got them both a while back. In some respects it was better than what I expected it to be. However, given everything we're presented in the story, I think it could have been even better by cutting out some stuff (for example, Part 2 (of 4) was nothing but flashbacks and that slowed the story down) and expanding upon some things that were glossed over.
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Post by BØRNS on Jun 11, 2011 4:28:49 GMT -5
I bought several used books about a month ago from amazon. They have some really great deals on used books- you can get used trade paperback, mass market paperback, and hardcover books in decent to great condition for $0.01 plus $3.99 shipping. I got the following:
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
The Private Adam by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Hyperspace- a scientific odessey through parallel universes, time warps, and the 10th dimension by Michio Kaku
Limitless by Alan Glynn
Forever Avenue by Michael Duffett
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Post by Brad on Jun 12, 2011 20:03:38 GMT -5
I'm still working on Heaven by Randy Alcorn and I just started Lita's book last week (had it for years but never got around to reading it.) I"m enjoying both
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Post by Parchandri on Jun 13, 2011 7:08:24 GMT -5
I purchased Stephen King's The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla. Now I'm ready to go when I finish book IV.
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Post by Parchandri on Jun 14, 2011 18:30:44 GMT -5
I'm a huge fan of Stephen King's work, what's everyone's favorite book by Mr. King? Aside from the Dark Tower series which is just phenomenal, the stand alone novel I enjoyed most was The Stand--I read the uncut version and it was such an awesome read. My second favorite is probably The Eyes of the Dragon. Flagg has got to be the coolest villain of all time and I love that he shows up in a lot of King's novels.
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Post by Revvie® on Jun 14, 2011 19:44:29 GMT -5
Started A World of Difference by Harry Turtledove, and in back up, i picked up Lamb by Christopher Moore.
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Post by BØRNS on Jun 26, 2011 23:33:18 GMT -5
Bought Limitless by Alan Glynn on Amazon for $0.01 (+$3.99 shipping, of course)
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Post by Barrett on Jun 27, 2011 2:14:51 GMT -5
I'm a huge fan of Stephen King's work, what's everyone's favorite book by Mr. King? Aside from the Dark Tower series which is just phenomenal, the stand alone novel I enjoyed most was The Stand--I read the uncut version and it was such an awesome read. My second favorite is probably The Eyes of the Dragon. Flagg has got to be the coolest villain of all time and I love that he shows up in a lot of King's novels. I have a decent collection of King novels but I truthfully haven't gotten around to reading 90% of them. That's the best example I have of my habit of purchasing several books at once and then buying more before I get any of those read. I think I have somewhere in the 20-25 range of his books. Of the ones I have read though, The Langoliers and Gerald's Game are probably my favorites. I have a common complaint with pretty much everything I've read of his so far though. They've all been great for the first 2/ 3 and then disappointed me in some way in their final third. I think once I realized that is when I started pushing my King books to the back burner in favor of whatever else I had. I'm really excited about 11/22/63 later this year, though. I love anything that deals with time travel so I think he'll have to go out of his way to disappoint me with this one. |
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Post by Revvie® on Jun 27, 2011 5:49:40 GMT -5
Im currently reading Lamb by Christopher Moore
I just bought 1984 by George Orwell
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jun 27, 2011 11:51:16 GMT -5
Started A World of Difference by Harry Turtledove, and in back up, i picked up Lamb by Christopher Moore. Big fan of Turtledove. You need to read his WorldWar series though. There's like a dozen books in the series. Basically, it's the middle of WWII. Everyone is blowing each other up. Then these aliens arrive with a plan to conquer the world. Thing is these aliens had sent a probe to earth 500 years earlier. In their society, nothing ever changes. The aliens have technology comparable to what we have today. They've got jet fighters, machine guns, a-bombs, tanks, armored cars, etc.......... They expected to be fighting knights on horseback. People changing so much in 500 years is not expected at all for them as their society just does not work that way. There's a whole series of books dealing with WWII, then there is a series dealing with the colonization fleet arriving. (The first fleet was just a conquest fleet.) It's very good stuff. Anyway, I just finished the Poisoner's Handbook. I'm debating on whether I want to read In the 'Plex (book about Google), Area 51: an uncensored history, iWoz or The Devil in the White City. |
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Post by Brad on Jun 27, 2011 11:58:48 GMT -5
I'm reading Kurt Angle's book. It's another one of those I've had for years but never got around to reading
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Post by Parchandri on Jun 27, 2011 12:26:59 GMT -5
I feel like there's going to be a huge void in my life when I'm done reading the Dark Tower series.
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Post by Revvie® on Jun 27, 2011 16:56:10 GMT -5
Started A World of Difference by Harry Turtledove, and in back up, i picked up Lamb by Christopher Moore. Big fan of Turtledove. You need to read his WorldWar series though. There's like a dozen books in the series. Basically, it's the middle of WWII. Everyone is blowing each other up. Then these aliens arrive with a plan to conquer the world. Thing is these aliens had sent a probe to earth 500 years earlier. In their society, nothing ever changes. The aliens have technology comparable to what we have today. They've got jet fighters, machine guns, a-bombs, tanks, armored cars, etc.......... They expected to be fighting knights on horseback. People changing so much in 500 years is not expected at all for them as their society just does not work that way. There's a whole series of books dealing with WWII, then there is a series dealing with the colonization fleet arriving. (The first fleet was just a conquest fleet.) It's very good stuff. Anyway, I just finished the Poisoner's Handbook. I'm debating on whether I want to read In the 'Plex (book about Google), Area 51: an uncensored history, iWoz or The Devil in the White City. I might look into his WWII series then, I enjoyed the majority of his into the darkness series and I have read a few of his time travel novels. I was curious about his others stuff, and I might pick it up here soon. |
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jun 27, 2011 21:22:21 GMT -5
Big fan of Turtledove. You need to read his WorldWar series though. There's like a dozen books in the series. Basically, it's the middle of WWII. Everyone is blowing each other up. Then these aliens arrive with a plan to conquer the world. Thing is these aliens had sent a probe to earth 500 years earlier. In their society, nothing ever changes. The aliens have technology comparable to what we have today. They've got jet fighters, machine guns, a-bombs, tanks, armored cars, etc.......... They expected to be fighting knights on horseback. People changing so much in 500 years is not expected at all for them as their society just does not work that way. There's a whole series of books dealing with WWII, then there is a series dealing with the colonization fleet arriving. (The first fleet was just a conquest fleet.) It's very good stuff. Anyway, I just finished the Poisoner's Handbook. I'm debating on whether I want to read In the 'Plex (book about Google), Area 51: an uncensored history, iWoz or The Devil in the White City. I might look into his WWII series then, I enjoyed the majority of his into the darkness series and I have read a few of his time travel novels. I was curious about his others stuff, and I might pick it up here soon. Most of his stuff that I've read is his alternate history stuff. He's got two books where Japan invades Hawaii after Pearl Harbor and occupies it. He's got a couple of books (that I haven't read) where the Nazis don't surrender after Hitler's death, but they continue an underground resistance. |
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Post by @3CountRadio on Jun 30, 2011 0:25:31 GMT -5
"Nerd Do Well" by Simon Pegg
Highly recommended.
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Post by TotalDivaCustoms on Jun 30, 2011 10:52:34 GMT -5
Just finish reading Rosario Tijeras by Jorge Franco, the book is an amazing piece of literature. I highly recommend it.
I'm starting to read "The Queen of the South" by Arturo Perez Reverete.
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Post by Revvie® on Jul 4, 2011 10:37:29 GMT -5
Finished Lamb by Christopher Moore and am starting Robocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
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Post by Parchandri on Jul 13, 2011 19:17:59 GMT -5
I finished The Dark Tower IV last night and moved on to Dark Tower V. Wizard and Glass was amazing! Incredibly heart wrenching story about Roland Deschain's past.
Also, I purchased The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah.
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