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  • #91
    Just finished "The Road".
    Excellent, emotional, painful.

    "I will do what I promised, he whispered. No matter what. I will not send you into the darkness alone."

    Next up is "The White Tiger"
    I intend to live forever.
    So far, so good.
    --Steven Wright

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    • #92
      I just finished a book called "The White Hotel." A very fine novel. Highly recommended. But really sad.
      When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

      --Jonathan Swift

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      • #93
        Shadows of Your Black Memory by Donato Ndongo Bidyogo.
        "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
        The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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        • #94
          Just finished the Hugo award winner "Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge.

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          • #95
            Originally posted by Green Lantern View Post
            I just finished BLOOD MERIDIAN and am still having some nightmares about some of the imagery. Holy crap.
            I'll have to read it. I could use a nightmare or two to liven things up.
            Just try it once. One beer or one cigarette or one porno movie won't hurt. - Dallin H. Oaks

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            • #96
              I finished In Cold Blood the other day. Waiting for Founding Brothers and McCullough's John Adams and The Great Bridge to come in at my library.
              "Nobody listens to Turtle."
              -Turtle
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              • #97
                Just finished Tears in the Darkness. I want to thank The_Tick for recommending it. It is excellent! If you have any intrest in WWII at all I would recommend it.

                Starting Persona non Grata by Ruth Downie - a historical mystey set in the Emperor Hadrian's time in Gaul.

                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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                • #98
                  Picked up John Adams by McCullough, Chernow's Alexander Hamilton, and Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman today at the library. I have a lot of reading to do.
                  "Nobody listens to Turtle."
                  -Turtle
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                  • #99
                    Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                    Picked up John Adams by McCullough, Chernow's Alexander Hamilton, and Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman today at the library. I have a lot of reading to do.
                    Two of my all-time favorite books. You are in for a treat.
                    "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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                    • #100
                      Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                      Picked up John Adams by McCullough, Chernow's Alexander Hamilton, and Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman today at the library. I have a lot of reading to do.
                      I've enjoyed everything I've read of McCullough's. I think you are in for a treat with John Adams. If you haven't already read Truman, I would highly recommend it.

                      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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                      • #101
                        Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                        I finished In Cold Blood the other day. Waiting for Founding Brothers and McCullough's John Adams and The Great Bridge to come in at my library.
                        Just finished In Cold Blood by Capote and 1776 by McCullough. In Cold Blood is a great read, anyone else read this but me and Surfah?
                        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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                        • #102
                          Originally posted by Gidget View Post
                          Just finished In Cold Blood by Capote and 1776 by McCullough. In Cold Blood is a great read, anyone else read this but me and Surfah?
                          I read it many years ago - long enough that I could read it again and enjoy it as much as I did the first time.

                          And 1776 is terrific, isn't it?
                          "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                          "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                          • #103
                            Capote is great. ICB is a great book.

                            For a lighter side of Capote, rent "Murder by Death"...an all-star mystery/comedy that is based on a caricature of Capote as a mystery writer.

                            You should also read Breakfast at Tiffany's. The movie is a lightweight version of the book, which is more raw and doesn't necessarily romanticize the lifestyles of Holly (and Paul). While the movie is great, the book is better.
                            Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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                            • #104
                              Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                              Shadows of Your Black Memory by Donato Ndongo Bidyogo.
                              wuap, have you had the chance to read Zeitoun yet? It seems like a book that would be right up your alley. I saw it at the bookstore the other day and browsed its pages for a while. It looked pretty good, but I am pretty tight on time to read extraneous books at the moment. Just wondering what you thought of it, if you've read it. Or anyone else (if they've read it), for that matter.

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                              • #105
                                Originally posted by Gidget View Post
                                In Cold Blood is a great read, anyone else read this but me and Surfah?
                                Yes. A classic.
                                "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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