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Breezy du Nord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:40 PM
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What are you reading?
I'll start:

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett: Man, Sam Vimes kicks ass. I think I'm in love with the dude.
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:43 PM
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1. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
I've justed started on it - don't know what to make of it yet.
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:43 PM
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2. the constitution and the bill of rights
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Sabriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:59 PM
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18. Don't bother. You won't like the sequel they have in the works. n/t
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one_true_leroy Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:44 PM
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3. Steinbeck's East of Eden and Einstein's Ideas and Opinions
both brilliant in different ways
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:44 PM
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4. Jaiva Dharma
best not to ask. :)
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the Princess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:44 PM
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5. Your post...................LOL
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:44 PM
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6. Hocus Pocus by Vonnegut
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Breezy du Nord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:45 PM
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9. ooh, Vonnegut
I love him. I've read "Slaughterhouse 5," but it sucks we don't discuss in Am Lit until May. :(
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:45 PM
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7. On the Road - Jack Kerouac
and for the bazillionth time, I might add.
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spatlese Donating Member (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:45 PM
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8. Barry and the Boys - Daniel Hopsicker
This is the story of Barry Seal, the biggest drug smuggler
in American history, who died in a hail of bullets with George
Bush's private phone number in his wallet...
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Pied Piper Donating Member (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:46 PM
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10. Crytponomicon by Neal Stephenson
Code-breakers in WW2 plus some present-day follow-up.
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:19 PM
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24. great book
The baroque cycle is even better, displaying an awesome understanding of European history.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:47 PM
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11. I was reading a novel called "Confinement"
by a woman named Carrie Brown (I think). But I got halfway through and it was too depressing so now I'm wasting time on the computer. I need something happy and light.
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:48 PM
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12. The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Pheeeew! That is a long title. By Julian Jaynes. It explains why primitive man developed religion.
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:50 PM
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13. Fat Man Fed Up
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eataTREE Donating Member (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:51 PM
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14. Sam Vimes is truly heroic.
My favourite of the Vimes Discworld books is Jingo.

Lately, I have read:

  • Homegrown Democrat, by Garrison Keillor. Next time can we run HIM for President?
  • The Plot Against America, by Phillip Roth. It's 1940, and Charles Lindbergh has just defeated Franklin Roosevelt in the Presidential election. Rampant anti-Semitism ensues.
  • Against Love, by Laura Kipnis. Feel depressed about your marriage or long-term relationship? No? You will after you read this.

Right now I am reading Mel Hurtig's latest screed, The Vanishing Country, about economic colonization of Canada by the USA. I voted for Mel once when he ran for Parliament. Don't regret it at all.
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Breezy du Nord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:53 PM
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16. Truth! Justice! Reasonably priced love! And a hard boiled egg!
:)

Oh, and you're right about Garrison Keillor. He rocks my socks.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:52 PM
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15. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Looking for signs. (And finding a LOT.)
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Sabriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 05:58 PM
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17. Canadian Immigration packet
Dry, but useful.
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x-g.o.p.er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:01 PM
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19. Divorce Law 101, lol
The wheretofore's and the heretofore's are a bit confusing.
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:03 PM
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20. Pratchett is pretty good
Fantasy, usually an escape theme, used as background for actual real-world satire. Of course he borrows a lot from other works, but has so far managed to keep a long series on a high readability level.

I currently read Sedaris' "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and local stuff.
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spatlese Donating Member (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:08 PM
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21. Me talk pretty one day is hilarious!!
Edited on Fri Nov-05-04 06:08 PM by spatlese
I buy everything in pairs.. hehehehe
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212demop Donating Member (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:08 PM
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22. Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
Reminds me that things could be worse. Way worse.
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DrZeeLit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:12 PM
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23. The Sunday Philosophy Club
It's by alexander McCall Smith, who wrote the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Haven't started; I just picked it up at the library; had to put a hold on it; quite a queue; assuming that's a good thing.
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redsoxliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:21 PM
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25. fahrenheit 451 - bradbury.
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:29 PM
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26. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
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jackelope72 Donating Member (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:44 PM
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27. The Magic of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
big fantasy nut here, esp. when it deals w/ themes of questioning the conceptions and "truths" you've been brought up with. Can't wait to read the rest of the series.
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coeur_de_lion Donating Member (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:46 PM
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28. Shakespeare's Richard III -- lots of parallels to this election
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jdots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:54 PM
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29. I've dug out the old Robert Anton Wilson books
anything funny i can get my hands on and some quantum physics books.......TURN OFF THAT T.V . !!!!!!!
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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 06:59 PM
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30. Don Delillo's Underworld, and Jon Stewart's America Inaction
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 07:12 PM
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31. Just picked it up today" The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler.
I'm reading it now...it's absolutely briliant so far. Great, great writing.

I got this based on the recommendations of some people here.

Thanks. :-)
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 07:19 PM
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32. The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 07:54 PM
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33. The Origin of Species
Strange, I am a biologist but I have never read this book before. He was so right about so many things without even knowing a thing about genetics. I am trying to finish it soon so I can start the third volume of the Baroque Cycle.
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RiffRandell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 07:55 PM
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34. Just finished "The Kite Runner".
Good book.
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b-ballgurl Donating Member (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-04 08:00 PM
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35. Hmmmmm
I am reading It's Not the End of the World By Judy Blume This book is about a girl's parents getting divorced. :headbang:
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