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No it is by sigurdardottirOriginally posted by eldiente View Post
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Agreed. I read so much during the day, I enjoy reading something fun like this in the evening.Originally posted by The_Tick View PostNot that, sickos.Comment
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"The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuaneComment
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Just finished Tree of Smoke by Johnson. Great stuff. For some reason my library only has the audio book for Train Dreams so I will have to break down and buy it.Originally posted by Non Sequitur View PostComment
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My wife is reading this now and won't put it down so I'll have to wait until she is finished. We both just finished In the Garden of Beasts and this fits in well from a historical perspective.
"You interns are like swallows. You shit all over my patients for six weeks and then fly off."
"Don't be sorry, it's not your fault. It's my fault for overestimating your competence."Comment
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The audio version narrated by will Patton is phenomenalOriginally posted by SteelBlue View PostComment
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I don't do well with audio versions. I drift off and miss things.Originally posted by eldiente View PostComment
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I find that if i'm driving, an audio book works fine. However, the minute I sit down on the couch with the intent of listening to an audio book, my mind drifts and I miss things. I also find that I forget details much quicker from an audio book, as I don't have the visualization of the words to fall back on.Originally posted by SteelBlue View PostPrepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach FinstockComment
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Just finished "The World's Strongest Librarian"
http://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Stronge...gest+librarian
It is a memoir written by an LDS guy with Tourettes syndrome that is getting a lot of buzz lately. A little slow in parts, but a decent read overall."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach FinstockComment
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It's been a while, but here are some that I've read recently with my thoughts for the most part if anyone is interested
The Last of the Doughboys - Starting 2003 the author interviewed every surviving veteran of WW I that he could find, I highly recommend this one
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Doughboys...+the+doughboys
My thoughts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/sho...w_action=false
Robert the Bruce - Historical Fiction about the Scottish Wars of Independance - Second in a proposed trilogy
http://www.amazon.com/Robert-Bruce-G...uce+jack+whyte
My thoughts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/sho...w_action=false
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution - excellent look at the beginnings of the Revolution thru the British evacution of Boston
http://www.amazon.com/Bunker-Hill-Ci...niel+philbrick
my thoughts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/sho...w_action=false
The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England - the history of the English Kings from Henry II to Richard II (1154-1399)
http://www.amazon.com/Plantagenets-W...nets+dan+jones
My thoughts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/sho...w_action=false
The Lost Abbot - latest in the Matthew Bartholomew medevial mystery series
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Abbot-Nin...rds=lost+abbot
I haven't written anything up - but it is a fun, quick read, better than the last couple in the series
World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945 - short look at WW II in the Med from the Torch landings to the end of the war
http://www.amazon.com/World-Mediterr...+mediterranean
my thoughts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/sho...w_action=false
and finally the lates Jack Higgins offering
The Death Trade - set post UBL killing - Sean Dillon and the crew battle his successors in Al Q and attempt to prevent Iran from gaining a nuke
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Trade-Ja...s=jack+higgins
Again no formal write up - but a quick, fun read
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."Comment
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My wife read this one - really really liked it - it's on my TBR (to be read) listOriginally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
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."Comment
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I can't listen to audiobooks when I'm at home, because there are too many distractions, but when I take a walk I'm almost always listening to an audiobook. I've also found that I don't enjoy listening to non-fiction on an audiobook, and I enjoy most listening to novels with rich language. There is something satisfying about the spoken word.Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post"The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuaneComment
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Maybe I'll give it a shot with Train Dreams. So, since you've read it already, any thoughts on the '12 Pulitzer snub? I thought that was very strange. I guess Johnson has good company though. I read somewhere that the last time no prize was awarded, A River Runs Through It was a finalist.Originally posted by Non Sequitur View PostComment
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