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  • #61
    I'm going through the Dickens catalog and currently on Hard Times.

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    • #62
      Originally posted by Fiyero View Post
      I'm going through the Dickens catalog and currently on Hard Times.
      What a coincidence, I'm currently going through the Vivid Video catalog and am also on "Hard Times."
      Last edited by landpoke; 08-12-2009, 06:05 AM.
      There's no such thing as luck, only drunken invincibility. Make it happen.

      Tila Tequila and Juggalos, America’s saddest punchline since the South.

      Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday
      Today is Friday, Friday (Partyin’)

      Tomorrow is Saturday
      And Sunday comes afterwards

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      • #63
        Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post
        Now reading Heroes & Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys.
        I think I gave my dad this for father's day once. The beach boys have an interesting and sad story all there own, mostly because of Murray Wilson.
        "They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.

        Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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        • #64
          Originally posted by DrumNFeather View Post
          I think I gave my dad this for father's day once. The beach boys have an interesting and sad story all there own, mostly because of Murray Wilson.
          I'm barely into it and the thing is pretty brutal. It starts with Dennis Wilson on the brink of collapse at 39 married to a 19 year old. Oh yeah, that 19 year old is also the illegitimate daughter of Mike Love, Wilson's first cousin!

          I just barely started into the part where they're developing Murry Wilson.
          So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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          • #65
            Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post
            I'm barely into it and the thing is pretty brutal. It starts with Dennis Wilson on the brink of collapse at 39 married to a 19 year old. Oh yeah, that 19 year old is also the illegitimate daughter of Mike Love, Wilson's first cousin!

            I just barely started into the part where they're developing Murry Wilson.
            There is another one called "The Nearest Far Away Place" which I think focuses strictly on Brian Wilson which I hear is also interesting.
            "They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.

            Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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            • #66
              I haven't read Animal Farm since the sixth grade but apparently it is the origin of great thinking. I'll have to pick up a copy.

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              • #67
                Originally posted by RockyBalboa View Post
                Book 2 of the Dark Tower Series.

                The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

                The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

                The Art of War....by as Tony Soprano would call...SHOON ZOO.
                Loved the Dark Tower Series. I was really worried when he got hit by the van that he would die and not finish it.

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                • #68
                  I finished the Simon Scarrow book and am starting the new Harry Turtledove novel, Hitler's War. It is an alternative history using the premise that Chamberlin never signed the Munich Accord.

                  I may be small, but I'm slow.

                  A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

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                  • #69
                    Just finished

                    When Thunder Rolled: An F-105 Pilot Over North Vietnam by Ed Rasimus.

                    Rasimus flew 100 missions over North Vietnam between May and November 1966. The first few chapters recount his trip to Thailand and his first missions with the author trying to figure out how he can get out of combat flying without being a complete coward. After the first mission he figures he can do one more before quitting, and then another, and another until he has more than ten missions under his belt. By then pride in a job well done, and hatred for his flight leader take over.

                    Rasimus puts you in the cockpit and takes you on a thrill ride over the North. He talks about the difference between fighter pilots and pilots who just happen to be flying fighters. He compares the tougher missions to the adrenaline rush of stealing hubcaps as a youth in Chicago. He didn't need the hubcaps, but reveled in the thrill of being chased after the fact.

                    This book is fantastic!

                    Now I am jumping right into the sequel, Palace Cobra, which is about Rasimus' second tour in the Vietnam War as an F-4 pilot flying the same missions against the same targets, in a war we weren't trying to win but fighting not to lose.
                    Last edited by Flattop; 08-15-2009, 04:35 PM.
                    Col. Klink: "Staff officers are so clever."
                    Gen. Burkhalter: "Klink, I am a staff officer."
                    Col. Klink: "I didn't mean you sir, you're not clever."

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                    • #70
                      I read 1776 today. I was hoping to pick up Donald's Lincoln but the only copy was checked out at the library (It's a sad pathetic library here - I miss the SLC library, that place is amazing). The jacket of this caught my eye as I have been meaning to read it for awhile now. It was awesome. I learned quite a bit, including who Hugh Mercer was. There is an elementary school named for him close by.

                      Starting to read Capote's In Cold Blood now.
                      "Nobody listens to Turtle."
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                      • #71
                        The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. I read it a couple of years ago and decided to read it again.
                        Just try it once. One beer or one cigarette or one porno movie won't hurt. - Dallin H. Oaks

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                        • #72
                          Finally finished Devil in the White City last night. It was a little bit of a letdown, but I still learned a lot about Chicago at the turn of the century and how many things we have today that are a result of the world's fair.

                          Moving on to Gladwell's Outliers.
                          "They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.

                          Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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                          • #73
                            I started reading The Last Jihad series. It started out interestingly enough, but by book three, I realized that I had stumbled onto a smarter version of the Left Behind series. The upside is that the books have some interesting projections of what future world events will transpire (the guy's story line had a 9-11 type attack before 9-11 happened) and there is no profanity or sex. The downside is that it gets progressively evangelical and supernatural (starting with the 3rd book in the series The Ezekiel Option). It still is a pretty interesting and quick read and there are verw full dull moments.

                            Everything in life is an approximation.

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                            • #74
                              Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
                              I started reading The Last Jihad series. It started out interestingly enough, but by book three, I realized that I had stumbled onto a smarter version of the Left Behind series. The upside is that the books have some interesting projections of what future world events will transpire (the guy's story line had a 9-11 type attack before 9-11 happened) and there is no profanity or sex. The downside is that it gets progressively evangelical and supernatural (starting with the 3rd book in the series The Ezekiel Option). It still is a pretty interesting and quick read and there are verw full dull moments.

                              If Rush says you must read it then I bet it is great and loves America.

                              I am still mad at myself for reading Left Behind. I read the first one and hated it, but some sickening sense of need to complete things made me read 3, maybe 4 more. I never finished and even though I have no desire to read the books, I still feel like I need to so that I don't leave a series unread.
                              Get confident, stupid
                              -landpoke

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                              • #75
                                Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                                If Rush says you must read it then I bet it is great and loves America.

                                I am still mad at myself for reading Left Behind. I read the first one and hated it, but some sickening sense of need to complete things made me read 3, maybe 4 more. I never finished and even though I have no desire to read the books, I still feel like I need to so that I don't leave a series unread.
                                I have never ever listened to Rush's show. I don't even know what station it's on locally. I was intrigued by the buzz created when several elements of his books ended up happening shortly after he wrote about them. After reading, I think the buzz was overstated (shock!), but the first 2.5 books of the series were pretty enjoyable.
                                Everything in life is an approximation.

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