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Soooo... read any good books lately?

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king.tubby
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couldnt tell you the last time i saw a book thread. im currently reading "unlikely destinations," the autobiography of the couple that started lonely planet guide books. its pretty cool, and REALLY makes me want to travel. im also re-reading "wind in the willows" for the first time in probably 10 or 12 years. its quite enjoyable. so, what are you reading these days?
Jan 2 2008 11:06PM
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blackstarr
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Just Read: Amnesty After Atrocity- Helena Cobban
Reading: Failed States- Noam Chomsky
Will Read: For Whom the Bell Tolls- Hemingway

Recommend: Everything is Illuminated- Jonathan Safran Foer
Shake Hands With The Devil- Lt.Gen. Romeo Dallaire
Jan 3 2008 12:23AM
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B-Wald
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reading: cradle to cradle - bill mcdonough and michael braungart -- i'd definitely recommend this to anyone that is interested in environmentalism or is going into any sort of manufacturing. amazing ideas in it.

about to start: the nick adams stories - hemingway (short stories)

on deck: descartes: the life and times of a genius
Jan 3 2008 12:58AM
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drwclrk
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I <3 Hemmingway. Great book.
Jan 3 2008 10:19AM
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drwclrk
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my faves:

The Power of One
The Great Gatsby
Catcher in the Rye
Kite Runner
10,000 Splendid Suns
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
To Kill A Mockingbird
1984
The Man in My Basement
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Me Talk Pretty One Day

...just to name a few... I cant remember them all
Jan 3 2008 10:22AM
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jimmer
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i just started reading "Born Standing Up" the autobiography of Steve Martin. so far so good.
Jan 3 2008 12:58PM
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lunchmeat
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tuesdays with morrie and the five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom are realy good.
Jan 3 2008 1:02PM
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hotdog.garbage
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atlas shrugged, ayn rand... i also just read killing yourself to live which was also alright
Jan 3 2008 1:12PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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I wanna read I am Legend and the books that the TV show Dexter are based on. I have no idea how to check out books from my schools library though. I've only ever used it for studying.
Jan 3 2008 2:03PM
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klay
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i read The Kite Runner last month or something, and i thought it was superb. i know its a pretty common book, but if you haven't read it yet, definately go for it!
Jan 3 2008 9:30PM
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.makuma.
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not lately, but i am reading The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, which is possibly one of the worst books everr
Jan 3 2008 9:37PM
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brenker
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i dont know how to read
or type
Jan 3 2008 9:48PM
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SteezePatrol
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the ancestors tale by richard dawkins is interesting, but its wayyyy too detailed to sit down and read for more than a half hour. my attention span favours fiction novels
Jan 4 2008 12:52AM
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ShreddingthaGnar
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if you're looking for a good, inspiring read pickup "3 cups of tea" by greg mortensen. its the shit, kick ass book.
Jan 4 2008 1:42AM
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Piste.Off
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whale talk- i forget who
stones on water-i also forget who wrote it

both good books though
Jan 4 2008 1:52AM
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pho[tog]rapher
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^all good suggestions to mental note.

i'm wondering if anyone has read any good books that have anything to do with skiing/freeskiing. i've found doris lachapelle's book ( http://www.wildsnow.com/tips/booklist/book_review_lachapelle.html ) but haven't read it or even purchased it. everytime i go to amazon or something like that, i just killed with pages of ski-trip books, skiing for dummies, and the like. so if anyone knows of any good ski books or biographies (etcetc) throw them up here.
Jan 4 2008 2:49AM
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whattheshit
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just read : navy seals in vietnam
reading : the world is flat
               shake hands with the devil
will read : fifteen days
                

don't really read fiction.  if im going to read i want to learn something from it.
Jan 4 2008 3:06AM
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dave44
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I read a lot as a kid, I honestly can't remember the last book I read. Do textbooks count?
Jan 4 2008 6:32AM
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Fintendo
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The last great book I read was The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemen. It's seriously one of the most intense, hardest, and funniest book I've ever read. I suggest everyone to try and read it through.
Jan 4 2008 10:47AM
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Aenigma
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Weird, I just made a post about this somewhere else!  Anyways, here's my abbreviated list:


Desert Solitaire-Edward Abbey

The Fool's Progress-Edward Abbey  (really, any book by Ed Abbey is good)

The Dharma Bums-Jack Kerouac

Life Of Pi-Yann Martel

Three Cups of Tea-Greg Mortenson

1984-George Orwell

The Portable Henry Rollins-Henry Rollins

The Catcher In The Rye-J.D. Salinger

Requim For A Dream-Hubert Selby JR

Last Exit To Brooklyn-Hubert Selby JR

The Sirens of Titan-Kurt Vonnegut, JR (RIP)

Jan 4 2008 10:52AM
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Lateralis
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just finished tommy lees book. its actually pretty interesting
Jan 4 2008 3:08PM
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king.tubby
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great list! abbey is so great. kerouac is my all time fav. particularly desolation angels and lonesome traveler. life of pi is on my to-read list. isnt greg mortenson from bozeman? 1984 kicks ass. catcher in the rye? such a classic. vonnegut is always fun, though i havent read that one- breakfast of champions is one of my favorites.
Jan 4 2008 3:17PM
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Aenigma
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He sure is!  He's an absolutely terrible public speaker, too.  But his book is really awesome, it should be recommended reading for everyone.  Not just to raise awareness for the Central Asia Institute, but also to help straighten out people's huge misconceptions about the area and its cultures/religions.
Jan 4 2008 3:22PM
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flatspinblunt
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Just read = Catch 22 (Awesome book if you havent read)

Reading = Shakey (Neil Young Bio)

Next = Kite Runner
Jan 4 2008 3:34PM
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wilkesyachtingco
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read a book called the match before christmas. its about golf. also sort of brief biographies of ben hogan byron nelson ken venturi and charlie ward.  if youre a golfer you would probably like it.
Jan 4 2008 3:43PM
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TheQuailman
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Recently Read:

1984 - George Orwell

Rant - Chuck Palhuniuk

War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells

Slaughter-House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
  
Reading:

Survivor - Chuck Palhuniuk

Washington Irving (collection of short stories)
Jan 4 2008 5:02PM
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Whitlock
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Slaughter House V
Blue Like Jazz
Jan 4 2008 7:32PM
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sirskizalot
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i dont really read on my own time but im reading some dum book for french class
Jan 4 2008 8:02PM
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DDrem.
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i dont usually read for fun, but my history teacher from 9th grade, who was extremely wise said it was the greatest book ever written, so im in the midst of the 800+ page novel "The Brothers Karamozov" by Fyodor Dostoyevski. Its taking forever, but a pretty good read. I plan to read "Crime and Punishment" afterwards, by him.
I just finished Dante's Inferno, and it was rad
Jan 4 2008 10:13PM
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fizzlefry
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i read this book called red rain. its pretty cool. kinda shows how fucked up cops/the army are.
Jan 5 2008 2:00AM
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welcometojamrick
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try:

just read the road, into the wild, and complications: a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science over break all good books.
Jan 5 2008 1:08PM
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ski_DC
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into thin air by jon krakauer is a good one, about the everst disaster in 96

life of pie by jan martel. really good, pretty odd

Fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury is also excellent

Jan 6 2008 12:49AM
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Jamesl48
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I'm reading "I Am America (And So Can You!)" by Stephen Colbert right now and it is excellent like his show.
Jan 6 2008 1:21AM
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AwR
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Im going through a Jack Kerouac phase; I've read On the Road, Dharma Bums, and Big Sur.
All of the books are really good.  They are not too exciting like the Harry Potter series.
Jan 6 2008 1:28PM
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saucybiscuits
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animal farm- george orwell
Jan 6 2008 6:17PM
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Chummer3
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i am reading I Am Legend now, and all i can say is it it's awesome so far and definitely better than the movie. They are actually quite different from one another
Jan 6 2008 6:26PM
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BusyJohnSohn
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I just got back from Mexico, read the Jimmy Buffet book, "A salty piece of land" such a chill ass book, Jimmy Buffet is the man haha.
For my english ISU we had to do it on a piece of Canadian literature and I read No Great Mischief by Alsitair MacLeod which was also a pretty tight book.

Jan 6 2008 10:12PM
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TWoods
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go read "east of eden."

I just got "the portrait of dorian gray" from my mom.
Jan 7 2008 12:19PM
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Aenigma
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That's a really good one, I liked it a lot.  I hope you like paradoxes!
Jan 7 2008 12:34PM
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XtRemE11
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haha books, fuck that!
Jan 7 2008 4:31PM
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StanMcStanson
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stephen king. any of his.
Jan 7 2008 4:55PM
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jeremy.g
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The beach. one of my favorites definatlely check it out also slaughter house 5
Jan 7 2008 11:31PM
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406
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got that book for my dad for xmas
Jan 8 2008 12:50AM
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french_fry
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Last good book i read was "Angels of the Universe", by Einnar [sp] Gudmundsson, about a schyzophreniac man and his evolution through life. It was quite touching and really awesome.
Jan 8 2008 1:21AM
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Tapes
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The other day my dad suggested me to read Interzone by William S. Burroughs (pretty odd since it tells about a junkie faggot, Burroughs himself). I read it and absolutely loved it. I've read Burroughs' Junkie too and I'm going to read Naked Lunch, Ghost of Chance and The Ticker That Exploded too, since my dad has them all.
I just finished reading Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski, which I liked alot too.
Jan 8 2008 11:46AM
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k-otix_skier
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its a damn shame a lot of kids feel this way... but i wont lie, i cant really sit down and read a book unless its an assignment
Jan 9 2008 8:18PM
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ThaLorax
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That's a really good book. I really liked the Cherry Tree analogy he used.

Currently reading: "...And the Truth Shall Set You Free" - David Icke

About to read: Ticket to Ride (a biography about the Beatles' tours of 1968 and 1969.)
Jan 10 2008 1:15PM
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king.tubby
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i think it would freak me out if my dad ever suggested burroughs to me. ive only read naked lunch. it was really awesome, but pretty damn disturbing. and a little awkward when someone asks you what its about. "well, its about this heroin junky that likes to fuck young boys...."

Jan 10 2008 1:28PM
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Aenigma
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Haha, try explaining "Last Exit To Brooklyn" to your grandparents, it's a good time!
Jan 10 2008 1:32PM
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doritos
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Power of One is a dope book, I need to reread that. Currently reading I Am Legend (fucking good) and I'm going to start on Freakonomics eventually.
Jan 10 2008 3:00PM
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