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  • BigPiney
    Huge Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 12362
    #976
    Originally posted by CardiacCoug View Post
    It doesn't seem like very many CUFers read fiction, but this was a fun read. My wife recommended it saying something like, "This book is so f'ed up. You would love it."

    Amazon.com: Gone Girl: A Novel (9780307588364): Gillian Flynn: Books
    I just reserved this form the library the other day and then look today and you have posted this last month. Excellent, I am looking forward to it.

    I read [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Regional-Mormon-Singles-Halloween-Dance/dp/0525951350"]Amazon.com: The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir (9780525951353): Elna Baker: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dFS%2BEtoWL.@@AMEPARAM@@51dFS%2BEtoWL[/ame]
    over the weekend. I am so glad I never spent time in post school singles wards. This is a funny, interesting book, though much more crass than I expected. She would do well in this forum.

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      • BigPiney
        Huge Member
        • Nov 2008
        • 12362
        #977
        oh yeah and I read Squirrel seeks chimpunk

        [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Squirrel-Seeks-Chipmunk-Modest-Bestiary/dp/0316038407/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344898676&sr=1-1&keywords=squirrel+seeks+chipmunk"]Amazon.com: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (9780316038409): David Sedaris, Ian Falconer: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K4PB5S0cL.@@AMEPARAM@@51K4PB5S0cL[/ame]

        I picked this up at the library because of hearing him on This American Life. Wow it was f'd up but funny. Not worth paying money for or at least not more than .50.

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          • Sullyute
            a day late/a dollar short
            • Jul 2010
            • 3308
            #978
            Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
            I just reserved this form the library the other day and then look today and you have posted this last month. Excellent, I am looking forward to it.

            I read Amazon.com: The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir (9780525951353): Elna Baker: Books
            over the weekend. I am so glad I never spent time in post school singles wards. This is a funny, interesting book, though much more crass than I expected. She would do well in this forum.
            She would make a great addition. She is no longer a practicing mormon. She gave a great recent interview with Radio West. Very honest, open, funny, and fair. Highly recommend you listen.
            "Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism" - Joseph Smith Jr.

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              • Jeff Lebowski
                Corporate lackey for Jesus
                • Nov 2008
                • 69638
                #979
                Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
                oh yeah and I read Squirrel seeks chimpunk

                Amazon.com: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (9780316038409): David Sedaris, Ian Falconer: Books

                I picked this up at the library because of hearing him on This American Life. Wow it was f'd up but funny. Not worth paying money for or at least not more than .50.
                I am a big David Sedaris fan. I know the reviews on this book were mixed, but I enjoyed it. When I was reading the chapter titled "The Faithful Setter" I was laughing so hard my wife was afraid I would pass out.
                "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.
                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                  • BigPiney
                    Huge Member
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 12362
                    #980
                    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                    I am a big David Sedaris fan. I know the reviews on this book were mixed, but I enjoyed it. When I was reading the chapter titled "The Faithful Setter" I was laughing so hard my wife was afraid I would pass out.
                    That one was great. Also the last picture in the book with the owl and the hippo, I lost it before I even knew what the story was about. I tried to explain the book to my wife as a modern Aesop's fables.

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                      • LA Ute
                        Receiver of Memory
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 19512
                        #981
                        I actually had a nightmare last night about Daniel Quilp, the villain in The Old Curiosity Shop. He's a pretty good villain.
                        “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                        ― W.H. Auden

                        "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                        -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

                        "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                        --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                          • FN Phat
                            I ♥ gateway sex
                            • Feb 2009
                            • 8691
                            #982
                            [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0893122726/ref=dp_otherviews_0/178-1610208-0460856?ie=UTF8&img=0&s=books"]Amazon.com: Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures (9780893122720): M. L. Wilson, S. H. Kosmatka@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/214oxpNn64L.@@AMEPARAM@@214oxpNn64L[/ame]
                            I'm your huckleberry.


                            "I love pulling the bone. Really though, what guy doesn't?" - CJF

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                              • happyone
                                Board Bookworm
                                • Mar 2009
                                • 5394
                                #983
                                Originally posted by Devildog View Post
                                Regardless of your position of where we are and what we are doing in Afghanistan, this book can influence your perspective.

                                It is about the Special Forces team (Green Berets) that was on the ground at the very beginning.

                                [YOUTUBE]HuUTZZA2KH8[/YOUTUBE]
                                This has just gone of my TBR pile

                                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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                                  • Devildog
                                    Motor Boatin' SOB
                                    • Oct 2010
                                    • 1239
                                    #984
                                    Originally posted by happyone View Post
                                    This has just gone of my TBR pile
                                    Cool.

                                    I hope you enjoy it. I suspect based on what you've listed in this thread... that you will.
                                    "We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school."
                                    -Thucydides

                                    "Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
                                    -Miyamoto Musashi

                                    Si vis pacem, para bellum

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                                      • dabrockster
                                        Senior Member
                                        • Aug 2009
                                        • 10934
                                        #985
                                        Originally posted by Devildog View Post
                                        Regardless of your position of where we are and what we are doing in Afghanistan, this book can influence your perspective.

                                        It is about the Special Forces team (Green Berets) that was on the ground at the very beginning.
                                        Funny you should bring this up. I am actually adding his other book to my list right now.

                                        "Fearless: The life of Adam Brown".. It looks awesome..

                                        Video:
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                                        Song made in his honor:
                                        Fearless: The Song | Eric Blehm
                                        http://fearlessnavyseal.com/fearless-the-song/



                                        A few other interviews done about him including his 2 kids:

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                                        Last edited by dabrockster; 08-15-2012, 06:24 AM.

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                                          • Gidget
                                            Philosophical Goldilocks
                                            • Nov 2008
                                            • 1312
                                            #986
                                            Originally posted by CardiacCoug View Post
                                            It doesn't seem like very many CUFers read fiction, but this was a fun read. My wife recommended it saying something like, "This book is so f'ed up. You would love it."

                                            Amazon.com: Gone Girl: A Novel (9780307588364): Gillian Flynn: Books
                                            I grabbed this from Costco, hoping to get to read it soon. Heard some good reviews from peers. I read both non-fiction and fiction. I love fiction, and I have learned that I can be proud of that, even as an adult.
                                            I am a philosophical Goldilocks, always looking for something neither too big nor too small, neither too hot nor too cold, something jussssst right. I'll send you a card from purgatory. - PAC

                                            You know how President Hinckley said he doesn't worry about those who pray? The same can be said for men who are self-aware enough to know when there's a life to be lived outside of the world of video games. - Anonymous

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                                              • Devildog
                                                Motor Boatin' SOB
                                                • Oct 2010
                                                • 1239
                                                #987
                                                Originally posted by dabrockster View Post
                                                Funny you should bring this up. I am actually adding his other book to my list right now.

                                                "Fearless: The life of Adam Brown".. It looks awesome..
                                                Right on.

                                                Fearless is in my TBR pile.
                                                "We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school."
                                                -Thucydides

                                                "Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
                                                -Miyamoto Musashi

                                                Si vis pacem, para bellum

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                                                  • hostile
                                                    lollygagger
                                                    • Dec 2009
                                                    • 5736
                                                    #988
                                                    Read this on vacation last week.



                                                    Very good recounting of the dust-bowl - land policy, agricultural practices, weather, and the people who lived through it and remain.
                                                    "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."

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                                                      • happyone
                                                        Board Bookworm
                                                        • Mar 2009
                                                        • 5394
                                                        #989
                                                        Originally posted by hostile View Post
                                                        Read this on vacation last week.



                                                        Very good recounting of the dust-bowl - land policy, agricultural practices, weather, and the people who lived through it and remain.
                                                        That looks good, it will go on my TBR list at the library

                                                        Since I've last posted I've been reading a lot of historical fiction

                                                        [ame="http://www.amazon.com/The-Fall-Templars-Robyn-Young/dp/0525950680/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1346715227&sr=8-2&keywords=requiem%3A+the+fall+of+the+templars"]Amazon.com: The Fall of the Templars (9780525950684): Robyn Young: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51o1ESTiK7L.@@AMEPARAM@@51o1ESTiK7L[/ame]

                                                        Not bad - a bit of a conspiresy novel - Edward I has it in for one of the leaders of the Scots Templars. He also wants to use them to conquer Scotland


                                                        [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Caspian-Gates-Warrior-Rome/dp/1590207823/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346715342&sr=1-1&keywords=the+caspian+gates"]Amazon.com: The Caspian Gates: Warrior of Rome 4 (9781590207826): Harry Sidebottom: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XVnZPwJ2L.@@AMEPARAM@@51XVnZPwJ2L[/ame]

                                                        average - seems like a bridge novel in the series

                                                        [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Emerald-Storm-Ethan-Gage-Adventure/dp/0061989207/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346715396&sr=1-1&keywords=the+emerald+storm+william+dietrich"]Amazon.com: The Emerald Storm: An Ethan Gage Adventure (9780061989209): William Dietrich: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51I1uXc3MxL.@@AMEPARAM@@51I1uXc3MxL[/ame]

                                                        Flashmanesque with a little Indiana Jones throne in - fun read, but don't take it seriously

                                                        [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Spartacus-Gladiator-Ben-Kane/dp/1250001161/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346715670&sr=1-1&keywords=spartacus+the+gladiator"]Amazon.com: Spartacus: The Gladiator (9781250001160): Ben Kane: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yh6dulMKL.@@AMEPARAM@@51yh6dulMKL[/ame]

                                                        Excellent historical fiction - the plot is plausible, and very violent.

                                                        [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Sins-Father-Clifton-Chronicles/dp/1250000971/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346715605&sr=1-1&keywords=sins+of+the+father"]Amazon.com: The Sins of the Father (The Clifton Chronicles) (9781250000972): Jeffrey Archer: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51U2NEGnAtL.@@AMEPARAM@@51U2NEGnAtL[/ame]

                                                        fun read, but I expected more from Mr. Archer - book 2 of series and definately not a stand alone.
                                                        Last edited by happyone; 09-03-2012, 04:47 PM.

                                                        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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                                                          • eldiente
                                                            Senior Member
                                                            • Dec 2009
                                                            • 311
                                                            #990
                                                            Outstanding

                                                            Originally posted by hostile View Post
                                                            Read this on vacation last week.



                                                            Very good recounting of the dust-bowl - land policy, agricultural practices, weather, and the people who lived through it and remain.
                                                            I too enjoyed this and found it's telling matched family lore from the same time and places

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