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What Book Are You Currently Reading?

16,901 1,298 February 18, 2005 at 01:23 AM
Just want to know what the peeps on here read. I am reading

UFO GUIDEBOOK by: Simon Mennick


should be done sometime next week Big Grin

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07-12-2011 at 05:48 PM.
07-12-2011 at 05:48 PM.
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That's my plan Smilie
No. Take your time. After reading that trilogy, I've been having trouble getting into reading anything else! LMAO
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07-14-2011 at 12:29 AM.
07-14-2011 at 12:29 AM.
Times to Remember by Rose Kennedy.

So far this is my favorite: "In passing, I would like to pay tribute to whoever invented zippers."
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07-14-2011 at 06:16 AM.
07-14-2011 at 06:16 AM.
Still Life by AS Byatt.

So far this one little line struck me... "Narrative is one of the best intoxicants or tranquilizers"

She wrote this in 1985..I Couldnt help but think of how social media has forced many to be writers...and has given an outlet to those of us who are but don't really realize it....

Ok...end of profoundness...back to trolling....
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SlickChik
07-17-2011 at 02:31 PM.
07-17-2011 at 02:31 PM.
Finally finished Atlas Shrugged last night. It was a great book. I know some people absolutely hate Ayn Rand, but I agree with many of her philosophies. I loved The Fountainhead, too. Makes me feel better about my outlook on life. I'm not cold and uncaring, I just have no time for people who mooch off other other people's hard work and whine for others to fix their problems. Respect is earned, not owed. You have the right to live and be happy. I don't understand people who are offended by my right to be happy. laugh out loud
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AggieMom
07-17-2011 at 06:37 PM.
07-17-2011 at 06:37 PM.
Quote from SlickChik :
Finally finished Atlas Shrugged last night. It was a great book. I know some people absolutely hate Ayn Rand, but I agree with many of her philosophies. I loved The Fountainhead, too. Makes me feel better about my outlook on life. I'm not cold and uncaring, I just have no time for people who mooch off other other people's hard work and whine for others to fix their problems. Respect is earned, not owed. You have the right to live and be happy. I don't understand people who are offended by my right to be happy. laugh out loud
High Five Quite possibly the best book I've ever read, for all the same reasons.
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07-17-2011 at 06:44 PM.
07-17-2011 at 06:44 PM.
Iagree about Rand. It's almost time for my annual re-reading of both of those... Scratchchin

I just finished re-reading World War Z and I realized I hardly remember anything from the Gunslinger books, I can't find any of my copies, and I didn't finish the series... so I'm starting over & just cracked the first book on my Kindle.

THEN I have the whole George R. R. Martin series to read b/c I finally watched "Game of Thrones" on HBO so now I need to read the books. laugh out loud That should keep me busy for a while! Whee
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07-25-2011 at 10:20 PM.
07-25-2011 at 10:20 PM.
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Train To Pakistan [wikipedia.org] by Khushwant Singh
Done. Sombre novel set around the partition of India in 1947.

Also, finished "I Shall Not Hear The Nightingale" by the same author. Light novel read, set during the events leading to India's independence in 1947.

Next up Delhi by the same author.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi:_A_Novel
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07-25-2011 at 10:36 PM.
07-25-2011 at 10:36 PM.
Almost done with The Road.

Next up is Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
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08-10-2011 at 01:27 PM.
08-10-2011 at 01:27 PM.
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Done. Sombre novel set around the partition of India in 1947.

Also, finished "I Shall Not Hear The Nightingale" by the same author. Light novel read, set during the events leading to India's independence in 1947.

Next up Delhi by the same author.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi:_A_Novel
Delhi was a good novel.

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
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Zoe Moon
08-10-2011 at 01:33 PM.
08-10-2011 at 01:33 PM.
Crossfire by Dick and Felix Francis.
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08-10-2011 at 03:09 PM.
08-10-2011 at 03:09 PM.
Just finished the 3rd book of The Hunger Games Trilogy. Probably gonna read Chapterhouse Dune next.
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08-10-2011 at 03:20 PM.
08-10-2011 at 03:20 PM.
Quote from bridgeburner :
Just finished the 3rd book of The Hunger Games Trilogy. Probably gonna read Chapterhouse Dune next.
Did you like The Hunger Games? I'm looking for something new to read, I've heard good things about this trilogy...
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08-10-2011 at 03:36 PM.
08-10-2011 at 03:36 PM.
I liked it. Depends on what you want from a book though. Without giving the story away, it's set it first person, the main character is a girl, and the story is... well... can be brutal at times. But it's very well written.
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08-10-2011 at 03:58 PM.
08-10-2011 at 03:58 PM.
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Did you like The Hunger Games? I'm looking for something new to read, I've heard good things about this trilogy...
I loved it!! It's a great read.
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08-11-2011 at 05:23 AM.
08-11-2011 at 05:23 AM.
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I liked it. Depends on what you want from a book though. Without giving the story away, it's set it first person, the main character is a girl, and the story is... well... can be brutal at times. But it's very well written.
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I loved it!! It's a great read.

Sounds like I'm going to have to download these, I've heard too many people say it was a compelling storyline....
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