read anything good lately? just finished catch-22 yesterday and am about to start the latest chuck palahniuk one [i]haunted[/i] recommend [i]half asleep in frog pajamas[/i] by tom robbins.
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fao people that read books
74 durable postsStarted 2005-09-07Latest 2007-08-20
I'm currently reading 'Marketplace of Revolution' since I caught a quote from it that was used in a Newsweek article a few weeks ago. I'm only in the first chapter but it's shaping up to be pretty interesting. The subtitle is 'How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independance' and the author is making a case as to how the country, as spread out as it was and as socially diverse as it was, was able to band together and mobilize to spawn the American revolution.
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Not sure if your into it but believe me - this book changes your life:
Kite Runner by Khaled Hussieni. [url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1594480001/qid=1126134506/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5636393-8024722?v=glance&s=books&n=507846[/url]
Its simply amazing.. 5 Stars alround... I was depressed for weeks after I read it...
If youre not into that - Im reading A long way down by Nick Hornby at the moment. Good shit as always from Nick.
f.
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how to make love like a porn star by jenna jameson (this is actually a good read)
against all enemies by richard clarke (political but still good)
bringing down the house i forget the author (about a MIT card counting team that took vegas for millions)
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[quote=devon]bringing down the house i forget the author (about a MIT card counting team that took vegas for millions)[/quote]
Sweeeet! That sounds like a good read!!! I need some Self-Help books in my collection. ;-)
f.
I actually just picked up haunted as well. Looking forward to digging into after finals.
I just read bill mahr-new rules last night. More of a novelty read but it was funny none the less.
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[quote=frisky]Not sure if your into it but believe me - this book changes your life:
Kite Runner by Khaled Hussieni. [url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1594480001/qid=1126134506/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5636393-8024722?v=glance&s=books&n=507846[/url]
Its simply amazing.. 5 Stars alround... I was depressed for weeks after I read it...
If youre not into that - Im reading A long way down by Nick Hornby at the moment. Good shit as always from Nick.
f.[/quote]
his surname is spelt: Hosseini, the farsi version in the roman alphabet :wink:
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^^ i know bro... Two things you should know about me.
- I cant typ
- I cant spel
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the firehouse. - i forgot the author.
report from 9/11. -- forgot the author.
spanking the donkey- matt taibbi
rainbow six the book, not the game.-- clancy
porn generation- how social liberalism is.....-- again, i forgot the author
CCH- GAAS- in depth look at the US Generally accepted accounting standards- 2005 edition
CCH- US tax law revisions and updates for 2006.
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CCH- US tax law revisions and updates for 2006.
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fuck yeah man... I was going to pick that up. how is it?
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[quote=frisky]Not sure if your into it but believe me - this book changes your life:
Kite Runner by Khaled Hussieni. [url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1594480001/qid=1126134506/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5636393-8024722?v=glance&s=books&n=507846[/url]
Its simply amazing.. 5 Stars alround... I was depressed for weeks after I read it...
If youre not into that - Im reading A long way down by Nick Hornby at the moment. Good shit as always from Nick.
f.[/quote]
got that sitting here too, on my list.
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ITS AWESOME PALMER
lol loving it. actually, its the only thing that lets me keep my job and charge asinine fees for work i find easy.
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Been reading Trainspotting. Gonna go onto House of Leaves after that.
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lately i've been reading The Master and Margarita by Mihail Bulgakov , pretty good book, try it
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I have been looking for a new author to admire for a long time, and have finally found him. If you like science fiction, try Robert Charles Wilson. I just discovered him this year and he is great. The Chronoliths, Spin, Bios and Blind Lake have all amazed me.
The last book I read was last month for work about Hedge Funds and their different strategies and mechanisms...boring as fuck. :?
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TV Guide - it was awesome :lol:
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[b]Power Of Myth - Joseph Campbell w/ Bill Moyers[/b] Fast read and totally engrossing - even if you aren't all that interested in mythology this book will still keep your attention the whole way through.
Also anything by Carlos Castaneda is worth the read anyday.
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[quote=qwerty2222]lately i've been reading The Master and Margarita by Mihail Bulgakov , pretty good book, try it[/quote] :RockOn:
The last book I read was The Secret Life of Salvador Dali by the man himself. The book is the ultimate in thought and surrealism. Salvador Dali covers everything from polymorphism to why he doesn't eat spinach, and he does it with a bang! And it`s one of the most funny books i read. I recommend u guys to read it.
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[quote=J-Shock]Been reading Trainspotting.[/quote]
i've read that, good book. try [i]filth[/i] by irvine welsh sometime, fucked up as all hell, but might be better than trainspotting imo.
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you wanna read a really fucked up book??
read "god is a bullet"" by boston tehran
about a murder, and a cult. really stomach churning type reading.
also reccommend the beach by alex garland-- milllion times better than movie. and his other book -- the tessaract.
also, marv alberts first book-- i'd love to , but i got a game-- is fucking histerical. really really funny. just picked it up for the second time yesterday.
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I have been reading a hell of a lot of John Steinbeck this year - just finished 'The Pearl' by him and it was up to his usual high standard.
Starting 'The Rum Diary' by Hunter S Thompon tonight, heard good things about this author.
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[quote=GregWhelan]Starting 'The Rum Diary' by Hunter S Thompon tonight, heard good things about this author.[/quote]
his best work imo.
I just finished Jeff Noon "Vurt" crazy but interesting [quote=qwerty2222]lately i've been reading The Master and Margarita by Mihail Bulgakov , pretty good book, try it[/quote] agreed, one of my favourite, classics
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watching the english by kate fox .. a must read for anyone visiting my fair country...it gives u an insight into the unwritten rituals and rules of english society
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i'll add that for anyone who hasn't read it - catch-22 is an absolutely brilliant book. a must-read if ever i've read one.
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Paul Auster is the best living American novelist that I have read and his last two books, The Book of Illusions and Oracle Night are his best works.
Haruki Murakami writes some of the most mind bending fiction I've ever read and I HIGHLY recomend him. Everything I've read by him is amazing but
Kafka on the Shore, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World are some of his best.
-Jake
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peloquin - i thought catch 22 was garbage - just rambled on and on, no story, was funny for a while but then the whole drawn out anecdotes kind of bored me after about page 200
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[quote=GregWhelan]peloquin - i thought catch 22 was garbage - just rambled on and on, no story, was funny for a while but then the whole drawn out anecdotes kind of bored me after about page 200[/quote]
hm... i hardly put it down.. really enjoyed it
I retract some of my statement....not garbage, some of it was clever and funny....just got bored with it very easily
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starting Midnight's Children, and get the impression i'll have to swat all distraction away and jump in feet first...
read Don Delillo.. Mao II. White Noise(not like the movie). Underworld(not like the movie). thank god he knows how to use this language...
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Bought these yesterday:
Howard Handelman - The challenge of Third World development (third edition) Joel S Migdal - State in society [i]studying how states and societies transform and constitute each other[/i]
Just been reading
David M Malone - The UN Security Council (from the Cold War to the 21st century) Roel van der Veen - Africa from the Cold War to the 21st century (English title was 'What happened to Africa?' I believe) Thompson - An introduction to African politics
And been reading a fantasy book in between ;-)
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And been reading a fantasy book in between ;-)[/quote]
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I stard to read davincy code is intgeresting at the moment readed if you can,
I'm reading a grassroots publication...
MercuryNation and You - A guide to a better sex life
what's a book?
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An archa?c information carrier which was commonly in use before the invention of the Personal Computer. Also part of the so-called 'print media'. Weird stuff if you ask me.
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[quote=Yao]Weird stuff if you ask me.[/quote]
Especially the stuff in your list mate... Some serious shit you've been readin'. f.