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|  #62 Posted on 1.12.06 0244.47 | Instant Rating: 4.97 | Hemingway's Chair, by Michael Palin. I was expecting something a bit funnier by the ex-Python, but it turns from a clever little British character comedy into a pretty weird psychological piece by the end.
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|  #63 Posted on 1.12.06 0437.50 | Instant Rating: 8.00 | The Complete Peanuts, 1961-1962.
I've also been idly leafing through Songwriters on Songwriting -- I just finished the Leonard Cohen interview.
Last real book-type book I read was The Devil in the White City. I don't remember the last novel I read.
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Last 5 movies seen: The Sure Thing - Superman Returns - The Blues Brothers - Waikiki Wedding - Double or Nothing (1937) | DrDirt
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| #64 Posted on 1.12.06 0626.20 | Instant Rating: 8.37 | Tocqville's (sic) "Democracy in America."
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|  #65 Posted on 1.12.06 0655.04 | Instant Rating: 5.29 | 'A Feast for Crows' book 4 in the Songs of Fire & Ice series by George RR Martin.
The 3 books I read before that one were the first 3 in this saga.
Great books. He creates a tale in which basically everything is possible (main chars truely die left and right)
Because of this I have no idea in what direction the story is actually going. I have some ideas, but for all I know the chars involving those idea don't make it past the next chapter.
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| #66 Posted on 1.12.06 0708.27 | Instant Rating: 7.24 | I will finish "Hindred-Dollar Baby" by Robert B. Parker on the train ride home tonight. I am addicted to the Spenser Novels.
Last book read was "The Autumn of the Gun" by Ralph Compton on my flight to & from Dallas. You have to read a western when you go to Texas. I think it might even be the law in them there parts.
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| #67 Posted on 1.12.06 0833.48 | Instant Rating: 4.78 | Last Read: 'Runes of the Earth' (The W at Amazon)
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We're trying to decide on which RAD tool will work best for us with our Oracle database. JDev is extremely powerful, but HTML DB is much easier to use. But I digress....
Originally posted by dMp
'A Feast for Crows' book 4 in the Songs of Fire & Ice series by George RR Martin.
The 3 books I read before that one were the first 3 in this saga.
Great books. He creates a tale in which basically everything is possible (main chars truely die left and right)
Because of this I have no idea in what direction the story is actually going. I have some ideas, but for all I know the chars involving those idea don't make it past the next chapter.
I love this series for the very same reason! I can't predict *anything!* where this story is concerned.
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| I just knew they were building toward Robb Stark as king, but I guess that ain't happening and I nearly fell out of my chair when I realized that Mr. Martin had *believably* turned Jaime Lannister into a sympathetic (even noble!) character. |
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| #68 Posted on 1.12.06 0954.43 | Instant Rating: 5.14 | I finally gave in to my daughter's pleas for me to read Harry Potter. I must admit that I became quickly hooked. After tearing thru the first 4 books, I'm at the moment finishing up on "The Order of the Phoenix".
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| #69 Posted on 1.12.06 1057.36 | Instant Rating: 5.46 | Originally posted by dMp
'A Feast for Crows' book 4 in the Songs of Fire & Ice series by George RR Martin.
The 3 books I read before that one were the first 3 in this saga.
Great books. He creates a tale in which basically everything is possible (main chars truely die left and right)
Because of this I have no idea in what direction the story is actually going. I have some ideas, but for all I know the chars involving those idea don't make it past the next chapter.
I am slowly getting through this one. I bought it way back when the first print came out in hardback. I read the previous three "phone books" - (quote Lise from an earlier thread) within a month. I think I was turned off by the fact that Feast for Crows took way tooooo long to be written/published. The story is excellent though but Martin just took to long and I lost some interest.
Lately I've been reading Raymond Feist's books post Rift War series. Not as well written as Martin's series but still entertaining. A plus side to reading Feist's books as that there are a number of books that are already complete. I don't have to worry about him dying of a heart attack before he completes a story.
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| #70 Posted on 1.12.06 1113.11 | Instant Rating: 5.75 | I'm currently reading "The End" from the Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events series. I'm taking it slow because it is the last book in the series.
I'm also reading JJ Dillon's book "Wrestlers Are Like Seagulls" which I bought some time ago at an ROH show.
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| #71 Posted on 1.12.06 1131.14 | Instant Rating: 7.97 | | "Plane Insanity", which is written by a male flight attendent, pre-9/11, and is about all the wild stuff he's seen on planes. There are chapters one passengers getting into fist-fights, animals running all over the plane and the mile-high club. Light reading, quick and fun. | spf
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| #72 Posted on 1.12.06 1152.29 | Instant Rating: 5.57 | | (deleted by spf on 1.12.06 1154) | KJames199
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| #73 Posted on 1.12.06 1200.39 | Instant Rating: 6.70 | I haven't read an actual book in a long-ass time. I've started Skipping Towards Gomorrah (The W at Amazon) by Dan Savage, but I never seem to find the time to read much anymore. I really should - I have dozens of unread books here and they all look great.
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| #74 Posted on 1.12.06 1911.02 | Instant Rating: 3.56 | | I haven't read anything for pleasure in about 7 months. I've been working on my reading list for my Ph.D. exams, and they've kept me pretty busy. I'm currently working my way toward the end of Movies for the Masses, Popular Cinema and Soviet Society in the 1920's. | Deacon Jim
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| #75 Posted on 1.12.06 1951.32 | Instant Rating: 5.49 | With all of the lofty literary works mentioned, I almost hate to admit that I currently am reading " Controversy Creates Cash" by Eric Bishoff. It's actually pretty interesting to see things from his biased perspective.
I picked up the new Stephen King paperback "Cell" today to read next.
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| #76 Posted on 1.12.06 2041.54 | Instant Rating: 3.65 | The last one I finished was Breaking Point by Mario Cardinal, which is basically a textbook account of the 1995 Quebec soverignity referendum. I thought it was decent enough (and the CBC documentary that goes with it as well), but I'll also freely admit that it won't be on everyone's coffee table.
If I don't get the new Stephen King, Lisey's Story, for Christmas, that'll be a purchase for the next book I'm going to tackle.
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| #77 Posted on 2.12.06 0054.31 | Instant Rating: 4.74 | Last Book: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Post-Apocalyptic fiction gets me every time.
Current Book: The Joke's Over by Ralph Steadman
An autobiographical look at the artist's savage adventures with Hunter S. Thompson.
Next Book: Looking for a good biography of Bakunin
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| #78 Posted on 2.12.06 0117.13 | Instant Rating: 4.70 | Last Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Classic Romance Novel from the youngest Bronte(I think). A story I related to all too well. It was for Senior English.
Current Book: One Hundred Year of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Magical Realism novel involving a fictional towns growth over 100 years.
Next Book: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
I've been meaning to read this for ages.
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| #79 Posted on 2.12.06 2055.03 | Instant Rating: 5.42 | Currently reading Tom De Haven's It's Superman!, which is a realistic (well, sorta) take on the Superman story, set in the 1930s.
Next up: Probably M. John Harrison's Viriconium. Harrison's a fantasy author who Michael Moorcock (one of my all-time favorites) has raved about, so I'm looking forward to it.
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| #80 Posted on 2.12.06 2311.30 | Instant Rating: 7.97 | Current read: Chess Is My Life (astore.amazon.com) by Victor Korchnoi. The translation is far from smooth, but the fascinating story of probably the best player never to be World Champion makes for a compelling read. For those who dig reviews, here are three: John Donaldson's (jeremysilman.com) , Jeremy Silman's (jeremysilman.com) and Taylor Kingston's (chesscafe.com) (note that Kingston's review is in pdf format).
Last non-chess read: The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy (astore.amazon.com) by William C. Davis. Recommended for anyone interested in U.S. history in general and the Civil War in particular.
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