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Sat Apr-08-06 01:15 AM
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What's the last book you read? |
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Mine: 1984
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Sat Apr-08-06 01:16 AM
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1. Four Trials by John Edwards |
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Sat Apr-08-06 01:24 AM
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2. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides |
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It was EXCELLENT! I'll probably think about the main characters from time to time for years.
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Sat Apr-08-06 10:06 AM
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21. Isn't it wonderful? I love that book. |
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And every time someone mentions it I have to nerd out and say, "I love that book!" because it's so frickin' great I can't help myself.
I have to nerd out further and say as a PSA of sorts: If you haven't read it yet, please read it. It's a modern classic. Really. I promise. :D
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Sat Apr-08-06 01:26 AM
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3. The Three Little Pigs. |
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Sat Apr-08-06 01:30 AM
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4. I read "hitlers war" now I am reading Kite runner |
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Sat Apr-08-06 01:31 AM
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5. Gnostic Philosophy : From Ancient Persia To Modern Times |
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Sat Apr-08-06 02:33 AM
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10. Oooo! I so bookmarked that. |
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Sat Apr-08-06 01:43 AM
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6. One Man's Wilderness, An Alaskan Odyssey |
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By Sam Kieth from the journals of Richard Proenneke
Awesome, just awesome.
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Sat Apr-08-06 01:48 AM
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I wish I knew how to write a screenplay. Lee was easily one of the most incredible women of the early-mid 20th century and deserves to have a big budget bio-pic made about her life. Lee Miller-A Life
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Sat Apr-08-06 01:52 AM
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8. Nella Larson--Passing. |
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Good book. Under-recognized classic of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Sat Apr-08-06 02:08 AM
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9. The Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns by Davis |
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Lousy history but a very interesting glipse into the mindset of what Americans in 1898 expected. Jingism comes of age.
"There is much talk about 'jingoism'. If by 'jingoism' they mean a policy in pursuance of which Americans will with resolution and common sense insist upon our rights being respected by foreign powers, then we are 'jingoes'." - Theodore Roosevelt in an October 8, 1895 interview in the New York Times,
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Sat Apr-08-06 04:03 AM
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11. The Taking by Dean Koontz. |
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Now reading Forever Odd by Koontz. Love him and Stephen King.
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Sat Apr-08-06 04:35 AM
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12. And, oh, darn, I forgot. The Best American Poetry, 1992. |
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I've been trying to get my hands on all of the BAP anthologies, lately, for my collection. So far, I've got '92, '94, '95, '98, 2000, 2001, 2002 and the Best of the Best American Poetry, '88-'97. Yeah. I know. I shouldn't torture myself this way. Poetry from the Age Before Bush? So depressingly hopeful.
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Sat Apr-08-06 04:55 AM
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13. Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson |
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I'm starting the second one now.
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Sat Apr-08-06 09:43 AM
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14. Delta of Venus, Anais Nin |
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Sat Apr-08-06 09:45 AM
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Awesome book. And yes, I read it for English.
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Sat Apr-08-06 09:47 AM
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Sat Apr-08-06 09:49 AM
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17. I am currently re-reading "The Caine Mutiny" by Herman Wouk |
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Sat Apr-08-06 09:53 AM
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18. Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman. (Kaneko Fumiko) |
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Translated by Jean Inglis Intro by Mikiso Hane
From the back cover:
"Her views were remarkable for a young woman with hardly any formal education who had grown up in an atmosphere where patriotism and loyalty to the emperor were viewed as the moral core of Japanese life. Defiant to the end, she hanged herself in prison at the age of 23 years. This readable book provides a clear account of the author's views expressed candidly, courageously and decisively." --Studies on Women Abstracts
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Sat Apr-08-06 09:56 AM
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19. Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight |
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Sat Apr-08-06 10:03 AM
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20. The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell by John Crawford |
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Actually, I'm only about halfway through it now, but it's good. He's coming to town next week--Wisconsin DUer's, check the WI forum for information on the reading if you're interested.
The last book I finished was "Lipshitz Six or Two Angry Blondes" by T. Cooper. It's about a family of Jewish immigrants who come to America in the early 1900's and lose one of their kids at Ellis Island. The mother, over time, becomes convinced that Charles Lindbergh is her long lost son and becomes obsessed with the pilot's life, sometimes to the point of neglecting her own family. It follows a few generations of the family through narrative and news clippings ending with the last of the family line in present day New York. I thought it was a good book for the most part but unfortunately it had some quirky twists and turns that I didn't think fit in with the rest of the story and they ended up making what should have been a really good book into something of a disappointment. Ah well. They can't all be amazing, right? :)
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Sat Apr-08-06 10:21 AM
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22. The last one I read was one I'd written. ;-) |
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Sat Apr-08-06 10:33 AM
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23. The Hat In The Ring Gang |
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The Combat History of the 94th Aero Squadron in World War I by Charles Wooley.
OK, so I'm something of a history nerd, but Medal of Honor winner Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker is a hero of mine.
I named my company after the nickname for the 94th Aero.
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Sat Apr-08-06 12:24 PM
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24. Herzog on Herzog (while listening to Blonde on Blonde) |
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Sat Apr-08-06 01:50 PM
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Sat Apr-08-06 02:00 PM
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26. The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury |
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A popcorn thriller à la The DaVinci Crap. Though not immediately forgettable as Dan Brown's work.
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Sat Apr-08-06 02:08 PM
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Actually, I just finished The Philosophy of Andy Warhol.
I would like to toss in another big :thumbsup: for Middlesex.
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Sat Apr-08-06 02:09 PM
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28. A Ceiling of Sky by Pat Ross |
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Sat Apr-08-06 02:11 PM
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which I am still reading.
about colonialism at it's very worst, the colony of the Congo, personally owned by King Leopold of Belgium, a monster in human form.
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Sat Apr-08-06 03:53 PM
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30. "The Third Secret" by Steve Berry. |
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I finished that last weekend; last night I started "The DaVinci Code." (Yeah, yeah, I'm behind the times - I was waiting for it to come out in paperback.)
In line next: "The Romanov Prophecy" by Steve Berry "No Place Like Home" by Mary Higgins Clark
After that, I'll need to acquire "The Templar Legacy" by Steve Berry
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Sat Apr-08-06 04:51 PM
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31. "Vienna Prelude" by Bodie Thoen. A pre WWII |
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set in Germany, Austria and environs beginning in late 1936...persecution, insanity (HITLER), heroism, sheeple, the good old works.
Just finished it and moving to its sequel..Prague Interlude/
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Sat Apr-08-06 04:54 PM
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32. Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter. |
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Pretty good. I may lend it to a less politically aware Republican-leaning friend of mine.
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Sat Apr-08-06 04:57 PM
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Either Memoirs of a Geisha or Among the Hidden....
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Sat Apr-08-06 04:59 PM
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34. Otherland--"The Sea of Silver Light" |
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Fourth book in a decent sci-fi by Tad Williams.
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