The time trap (its about effectivly organizing) its a really good book i highly recomend it
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The time trap (its about effectivly organizing) its a really good book i highly recomend it
Thought there might be a thread like this in here somewhere.......
I usually read several at a time, depending on the mood. Usually, they are all vastly different from one another, so I don't get confused.
Fidel Castro by Robert E. Quirk
Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac
The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams
I don't go through books quickly, and don't usually care for fiction, although every once-in-a-while I'll pick one up. Sometimes I even finish them.
Currently reading Travels with Barley. It's about a guy that travels down the Mississippi River in search of the perfect beer joint. Really good book so far (half way through)
Also, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing 3rd Edition.
right now i'm reading the wealth of nations by Adam Smith. I'm almost done it. Its interesting but Smith tends to repeat himself quite a bit. for those who dont know, Smith is the forefather of economics, classical economics to be exact. this book is basically his philosophy on economics.
After this i'm prolly reading A General Theory of employment, interest, and money John Maynard Keynes. Same type of book, but it is the criticsm of Smith's TWoN, I wanna see how both men feel about economics...call me a weirdo but this interests me :smiley17:
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennon Manning
Stephen King's "The Stand".
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Originally Posted by JFellows
Awesome book, Horrible movie!
I've read that one about 6 times :smiley20:
My next favorite SK book is The Shining.
Just finishing up Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.
Then I'll be on to either The Stand by Stephen King or Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (the follow up to Wicked)
tim robbins skinny legs and all, hafe asleep in frog pajamas
and jon lee andersons che guevara
dustin
best stephen kig has got to be the dark tower seriesQuote:
Originally Posted by bigwhiteash
dustin
I've yet to see the movie (and, actually, given the chance I probably wouldn't see it at all - I wouldn't want to ruin my mental image of everything from the book), but it's my favorite SK book of all time. I've read it twice myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigwhiteash
IMO, the DT series had a few great books (Gunslinger, Wizard and Glass, The Dark Tower), but a few I really didn't enjoy at all (Drawing of Three, Wastelands, Song of Susannah).Quote:
Originally Posted by dustinpollock
DAMMIT..I totally forgot about those! Awesome booksQuote:
Originally Posted by dustinpollock
I guess my world has moved on :smiley2:
Tom Robbins. Awesome, awesome author. Skinny Legs is my favorite, followed very closely by Jitterbug Perfume and a newer one - Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates. I've got all his titles and all are good.Quote:
Originally Posted by dustinpollock
What quotes! Two I like besides the one in my tagline:
"Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet."
"...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line."
Oh boy! I am a book junkie. I'm going to live in this thread. I read several books at any one time.
My current novel is Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
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My current non-fiction book is The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
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I just finished reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Jackson was a master writer. Do yourself a favor and check out her stuff. You will be knocked-out.
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THE best King book, imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by JFellows
He did some good stuff as Richard Bachman too:
Thinner
The Long Walk
Running Man
Road Rage
Good stuff. If you haven't read them, you should.
Just finishing "Oil" by Upton Sinclair.
This is the book that "There Will Be Blood" was based on. The book is much better than the movie was.
Just past the half-way point of The Whole Truth by James Scott Bell.
as for Robbins it was hard getting in to his style at first (villa incognito) but i loved skinny legs and all
dustin
Haven't had too much of an opportunity to read much Robbins. I did read Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas. I really like how he wrote that book, entirely in the second person. Very interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by basil
There is no need to watch "The Stand" movie. Way too much is missing.
I also count "The Stand" as one of my favorite books ever.
Half Asleep is different from most of his others in more than one way - point of view, time frame, and something else - I dunno, maybe the character development was a little redundant - although it's good, it's also one of my least favs.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrtr33