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I've kinda given up on reading (well finishing) anything besides a textbook. But I just ordered The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin and I have hope for spring break.
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Various poems by my soul brother, Edwin Arlington Robinson.
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I read Richard Cory as a kid and really liked it....
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House of Leaves (again), Faust, and Fellowship of the Ring.
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At Home by Bill Bryson.
“We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.”
-Madeline Albright |
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Bare Faced Messiah
A (highly critical) biography of L. Ron Hubbard & his life story, including how he invented the 'religion' of scientology.
Freedom breeds war; and Peace, slavery. So it shall be forevermore: Men who love freedom buy it with their lives, and lovers of peace with their freedom. |
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Posted by Oryx
House of Leaves (again)
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love that book. weren't we just talking about that the other day???
Freedom breeds war; and Peace, slavery. So it shall be forevermore: Men who love freedom buy it with their lives, and lovers of peace with their freedom. |
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Mary Roach - Bonk and some photography composition book.
Her book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers was excellent too.
Everything is sweetened by risk.
-- Alexander Smith
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Finished the past two weeks:
Custer Died For Your Sins* by Vine Deloria
Faust
A book of e.e. cummings poems
In progress:
Fellowship of the Ring
The Road to Life by A. S. Makarenko
*Now on my list of required reading for everyone who lives in the US
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Hurrying to finish The Hundred Days by Patrick O'Brien so I can start Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris.
That Custer book sounds interesting. Care to tell us about it?
“We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.”
-Madeline Albright |
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Just finished Mr Unpronounceable Adventures, a trippy graphic novel of sorts - got it because of the description "William S Burroughs meets HPL." It was surreal and funny.
Reading now: Eternal Lovecraft - a collection, got it just for the TED Klein story The Events at Poroth Farm. Half way in, so far so good. Collections are dicey because there's bound to be a dud.
And re-reading If This Be Glory, a memoir of the Eastern Front by a German soldier told in the 3rd person - and this book is amazing!
Books on order: The graphic novel adaptation of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward and Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis - the 70's origian series by Len Wein and illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. I had this years ago and miss it - dark and moody telling of the Swamp Thing saga. Can't wait to read it again.
“You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.” |
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This book is pretty interesting, but I'm an archaeology major so it may be boring to others. At times it becomes a bit academic journalesque, though not to the extent that you're re-reading paragraphs, it's still quite easy to follow 
The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by: Carl Lipo and Terry Hunt
Just started this book on Monday and almost finished. It's horrific at times, but will definitely change your outlook on life.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by: Barbara Demick
I don't do magic Morty I do science! |
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Just finished William Friedkin's memoir: The Friedkin Connection. Some great insight into how his films got made. Now I'm reading a collection of short stories by Robert E. Howard.
“We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.”
-Madeline Albright |
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Halfway through Stephen King's "Different Seasons". Read "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" (and in my head heard Morgan Freeman's voice haha) and "Apt Pupil" so far. Two more novellas in that book to go.
Just finished "Star Island" by Carl Hiaasen.
Next up after "Different Seasons"... think A Clockwork Orange. Been meaning to read the book for awhile.
dsankt: In fact, the day I die yall are welcome to form an orderly queue and run a train on my eye sockets. I'll be dead and frankly, will not give a f*ck.
budda: That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Fuck me sideways this is insane.
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Currently Reading:
Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra (I saw part of the movie on TV a few months ago)
In Progress, But on Hold:
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
Wherever I Wind Up by R.A. Dickey (I'm a baseball fan)
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Just finished Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco. Just started Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road by Neil Peart.
“We are not going to have the kind of cooperation we need if everyone insists on their own narrow version of reality. … the great divide in the world today … is between people who have the courage to listen and those who are convinced that they already know it all.”
-Madeline Albright |
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Posted by Vampirequeen
Wherever I Wind Up by R.A. Dickey (I'm a baseball fan)
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I saw that Netflix added a movie about him to their list. maybe you could check it out if you are a fan of his.
http://www.flickr....rescueme1060/sets/
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I just finished The State Boys Rebellion By Michael D'Antonio.
I'm in the middle of Doctor Who: Frontier Worlds by Peter Anghelides.
And I just started My Lobotomy by Howard Dully.
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.
What an incredible book.
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing.
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Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
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"How to Talk to a Liberal, (If You Must)".....Coulter
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Ethics
