#391
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 17th, 2011
"Heat" by Joyce Carol Oates
What's Everyone Reading?
#392
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 18th, 2011
My TV and internet was down for four days.
Back to to reading. I just finished three books by Lee Child: Nothing To Lose, 61 Hours and Worth Dying For.
Back to to reading. I just finished three books by Lee Child: Nothing To Lose, 61 Hours and Worth Dying For.
#393
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 18th, 2011
Essential Histories "The French-Indian War 1754-1760" Daniel Martson
The Invasion of Canada " Battles of the War of 1812" Ronald J. Dale
The Invasion of Canada " Battles of the War of 1812" Ronald J. Dale
#394
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 18th, 2011
A Helmet for My Pillow, by Robert Leckie
The war in the Pacific, 1942-45, as seen through the eyes of Leckie, a US Marine. Part of the foundation of the Steven Speilberg TV series The Pacific.
The war in the Pacific, 1942-45, as seen through the eyes of Leckie, a US Marine. Part of the foundation of the Steven Speilberg TV series The Pacific.
#395
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 18th, 2011
The Big Bam: The Life & Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville
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#396Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 18th, 2011
Went to library today and got another novel by Lee Child (The Hard Way) and one by Lawrence Block (Eight Million Ways To Die).
I will tackle them when I am not on the internet being frustrated with smart alecks.
I will tackle them when I am not on the internet being frustrated with smart alecks.
#397
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 18th, 2011
''To make a conservative angry, tell him lies''
The Fox network sure are experts at that.
The Fox network sure are experts at that.
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#398Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 19th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by gopher
Ah yes, but that is because conservatives are not very good at understanding the truth.''To make a conservative angry, tell him lies''
The Fox network sure are experts at that.
#399
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 25th, 2011
Life-Keith Richards
Team of Rivals-Doris Kearns Goodwin
Team of Rivals-Doris Kearns Goodwin
#400
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 25th, 2011
The Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway.
Memoirs of a 1934 hunting trip.....all hunting, all the time.
Just finished it actually.....a serious situation: I have nothing in the line-up.
Memoirs of a 1934 hunting trip.....all hunting, all the time.
Just finished it actually.....a serious situation: I have nothing in the line-up.
+1
#401Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 25th, 2011
Sniper One by Sgt. Dan Mills
True account of British snipers under siege in Iraq.
True account of British snipers under siege in Iraq.
#402
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 29th, 2011
I just finished reading Stephen King's Under the Dome, a whopping 1074 pages. The fictional town of Chester Mills is in, you guessed it, the state of Maine, and if you've read anything, by SK you'll fully appreciate that almost all of his stories and novels are usually set in the maritime state. The story opens on what will be known as Dome Day. In it an airplane will crash into an invisible barrier and a woodchuck will be cut in half as a force field envelopes the little town of Chester Mills and its occupants.
Very cool book!
Very cool book!
#403
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 29th, 2011
Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White ~ another in the Doc Ford series.
#404
The Stranger (Camus) + Three Crimes (Simenon)
Jun 29th, 2011
The Stranger (1942) by ALBERT CAMUS & Three Crimes (1938) by GEORGES SIMENON
#405
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jun 29th, 2011
I'm in the middle of The Equinox by MJ Preston.
I have an advance copy and at the risk of sounding bias, the
guy is bloody brilliant.
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I have an advance copy and at the risk of sounding bias, the
guy is bloody brilliant.
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#406
Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West (1985) by Cormac McCARTHY
Jul 3rd, 2011
Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West (1985) ~ Cormac McCARTHY
#407
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 7th, 2011
Right now..
I am reading
Death of a Parent
having just lost my Mom
and also my Dad several yrs ago
I tell u it is most enlightening
also, I have a whole list of books
one actually is on the Brain
and Memory
and.. I read Dr. Bernie Siegels book each day
365 Rx
I love mysteries and thrillers
and wanted to get the lates Stephen King novel
Sedona
I am reading
Death of a Parent
having just lost my Mom
and also my Dad several yrs ago
I tell u it is most enlightening
also, I have a whole list of books
one actually is on the Brain
and Memory
and.. I read Dr. Bernie Siegels book each day
365 Rx
I love mysteries and thrillers
and wanted to get the lates Stephen King novel
Sedona
#408
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 20th, 2011
Sworn off history for a bit.......
Reconnecting with the old boys.......Hemingway and Steinbeck.
Read The Green Hills of Africa, re read A Farewell to Arms. Remembered how much I admire Hemingway........how hard he is to put down.
Re read Travels with Charley, just started a re read of East of Eden. I remember the latter as the greatest book of my experience, but it has been 35 plus years.....
Travels with Charley reminded me that while I admire Hemingway, I love Steinbeck.
Reconnecting with the old boys.......Hemingway and Steinbeck.
Read The Green Hills of Africa, re read A Farewell to Arms. Remembered how much I admire Hemingway........how hard he is to put down.
Re read Travels with Charley, just started a re read of East of Eden. I remember the latter as the greatest book of my experience, but it has been 35 plus years.....
Travels with Charley reminded me that while I admire Hemingway, I love Steinbeck.
#409
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 20th, 2011
I'm also reading "A Farewell to Arms" right now. Hemingway is one of my favorite writers.
Also on the go are "The Worldly Years: The Life of Lester Pearson 1947-72" by John English.
Last night I ordered Ted Sorensen's "Councillor" so I'll start that next week probably.
Also on the go are "The Worldly Years: The Life of Lester Pearson 1947-72" by John English.
Last night I ordered Ted Sorensen's "Councillor" so I'll start that next week probably.
#410
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 21st, 2011
The last Dortmunder novel by the late and great Donald Westlake. Hilarious as ever!
#411
Death Row Breakout & Other Stories (Bunker) / Point Omega (DeLillo)
Jul 29th, 2011
Just finished: Death Row Breakout & Other Stories (2010) ~ Edward BUNKER.
Next... Point Omega (2010) ~ Don DeLILLO.
Next... Point Omega (2010) ~ Don DeLILLO.
#412
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 29th, 2011
Just started Daniel Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea, finally found it after two years of looking for it, it was published in 1995 and I thought it was out of print. I didn't know it existed until just a few years ago, in fact I didn't know Daniel Dennett existed until just a few years ago. He's a philosopher at Tufts University in Massachusetts, and unlike most philosophers I've encountered, he manages to turn philosophy into something real, meaningful, and useful.
#413
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 29th, 2011
I have rediscovered East of Eden by John Steinbeck.
It just may be the best book of the twentieth century....or ever.
If you haven't read it.....do so.
It just may be the best book of the twentieth century....or ever.
If you haven't read it.....do so.
#414
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 29th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by Colpy
I read it many years ago, it was good as I recall. I'm just going to start reading "The Women" by T.C. Boyle, I just finished "After the Killing" by the same author, also quite a good novel.I have rediscovered East of Eden by John Steinbeck.
It just may be the best book of the twentieth century....or ever.
If you haven't read it.....do so.
#415
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 30th, 2011
I'm going lowbrow here. I read online comics - up to twenty a day. I'll give you a list of my favourites if you ask.
#416
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 30th, 2011
Gone West - The History of British COlumbia by some random author
#417
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 30th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by Bar Sinister
Lowbrow is good too, and frankly I think the distinction between high and low culture is a wholly artificial one invented by people who fancy themselves as highbrow and want a reason to look down on the rest of us. Effete snobs, in other words. I like a good play or a symphony, I also like a good tailgate party and a football game. And comic books. So I'm asking.I'm going lowbrow here. I read online comics - up to twenty a day. I'll give you a list of my favourites if you ask.
#418
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 30th, 2011
I'm reading The Age of Reason (1945) by Jean-Paul Sartre in an excellent translation by Eric Sutton. This is the first novel of a trilogy, followed by The Reprieve (1947) and Troubled Sleep (1949).. dealing with human freedom and its dilemmas. Unlike Sartre's existential philosophical works, which are almost impenetrable.. this book is engaging, accessible and thought provoking. Good enough that i intend to complete the trilogy.
#419
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 30th, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by coldstream
Yeah, you sure got that right. I once saw Sartre described as "the wall-eyed little man who figured it all out," and I remember thinking at the time that it's useless to have everything figured out if you can't explain it to anyone else. From reading a few other French thinkers I'm led to suspect that the French don't respect philosophy if it's not almost impenetrable.Unlike Sartre's existential philosophical works, which are almost impenetrable..
#420
Re: What's Everyone Reading?
Jul 31st, 2011Quote: Originally Posted by Dexter Sinister
Just remember, you did ask. These are in no particular order except for the first eight which I regard as the best of the bunch. All of the comics vary quite a bit in artistic quality, but I enjoy all of them. Oh, and there is this one. The comic is complete with a beginning and and ending and is regarded as an online comic classic. --Lowbrow is good too, and frankly I think the distinction between high and low culture is a wholly artificial one invented by people who fancy themselves as highbrow and want a reason to look down on the rest of us. Effete snobs, in other words. I like a good play or a symphony, I also like a good tailgate party and a football game. And comic books. So I'm asking.
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