disco_stu All American 7436 Posts user info edit post |
I finished Free Will..it's really short. I'm not going to turn this forum into a philosophical debate but I think he succesfully dispels the illusion while at the same time making a strong argument that the knowledge of us having no free will is actually empowering to be moral and improve our species. Good stuff.
I liked Moral Landscape as well, fun stuff to think about. I like the introspection his books cause. 3/5/2012 10:49:50 PM |
kdogg(c) All American 3494 Posts user info edit post |
On my Kindle.
3/9/2012 11:00:42 AM |
DM Veteran 393 Posts user info edit post |
Started this one at the end of lunch.
3/9/2012 5:04:52 PM |
TroopofEchos All American 12212 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Has anyone read 11/22/63? " |
I actually really liked it. If you've read any other King books, it's fun to pick out all the little tie-ins to his other stuff - a Where's Waldo of detail nods. It's a nice, depressing book but I'd read it again. 3/10/2012 8:49:55 AM |
SchndlrsFist All American 5528 Posts user info edit post |
I liked it ok. The premise is interesting, but it drags in places. It's too long. If King wasn't King than a good editor would have cut two to three hundred pages of filler/rambling. Overall, still a good book. 3/10/2012 12:25:20 PM |
The Cricket All American 2302 Posts user info edit post |
I have a question to you eReader people out there. When do suspect they will slash the prices of ebooks to ~$5?
3/26/2012 1:11:03 PM |
kdogg(c) All American 3494 Posts user info edit post |
On my Kindle.
3/26/2012 1:15:01 PM |
Rat Soup All American 7669 Posts user info edit post |
kindle version
3/26/2012 1:26:38 PM |
jokar2694 All American 801 Posts user info edit post |
4/1/2012 4:06:36 PM |
StillFuchsia All American 18941 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I have a question to you eReader people out there. When do suspect they will slash the prices of ebooks to ~$5?" |
not anytime soon, so long as the large publishing houses are in league with each other about keeping prices high
I think a few of them are being sued over this: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203961204577267831767489216.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories4/1/2012 6:29:47 PM |
Krallum 56A0D3 15294 Posts user info edit post |
Sup StillFurshia
I'm Krallum and I approved this message. 4/1/2012 6:30:11 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
And before that, just finished:
Fantastic. And highly recommended.
[Edited on April 2, 2012 at 9:56 AM. Reason : *]
4/2/2012 9:50:58 AM |
pdrankin All American 1508 Posts user info edit post |
Just finished Stephen King's new novel 11/22/63 it was a pretty cool read, but about 200 pages too long, like most king books.
Starting Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and What's the Matter with Kansas this week. 4/2/2012 9:59:53 AM |
AxlBonBach All American 45550 Posts user info edit post |
currently reading:
next up on my queue:
4/2/2012 12:13:01 PM |
ssclark Black and Proud 14179 Posts user info edit post |
i hear good things about american lion 4/2/2012 12:20:06 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
Dark Tower 3: The Wastelands and The Art of Raising a Puppy 4/2/2012 1:21:11 PM |
craptastic All American 6115 Posts user info edit post |
I also just started the 3rd book in the Dark Tower series. I haven't gotten to the part about Roland raising a puppy yet 4/2/2012 4:06:29 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
haha 4/2/2012 4:08:14 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
You have heard good things about American Lion because it's a good book. Read it last year, highly recommended. 4/2/2012 5:08:46 PM |
Slave Famous Become Wrath 34079 Posts user info edit post |
Real page turner
[Edited on April 3, 2012 at 10:44 PM. Reason : x] 4/3/2012 10:42:54 PM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
Question for you e-book readers out there.
Do you find yourself reading more or less now that you aren't carrying paper around?
if you weren't a heavy ready before has a Kindle or Nook made you read more often? 4/9/2012 3:37:35 PM |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17377 Posts user info edit post |
good so far
^what the hell man. you made a thread for those same questions & completely ignored the TT on the same topic.
4/9/2012 3:45:26 PM |
bronco All American 3942 Posts user info edit post |
Best line so far:
Quote : | "I grasp at each second, trying to suck it dry. Nothing happens which I do not seize, which I do not fix forever in myself, nothing, neither the fugitive tenderness of those lovely eyes, nor the noises of the street, nor the false dawn of early morning: and even so the minute passes and I do not hold it back, I like to see it pass." |
4/9/2012 5:40:01 PM |
kdogg(c) All American 3494 Posts user info edit post |
On my Kindle.
[Edited on April 9, 2012 at 5:46 PM. Reason : Mo betta]
4/9/2012 5:43:23 PM |
Roflpack All American 1966 Posts user info edit post |
4/13/2012 12:51:33 AM |
disco_stu All American 7436 Posts user info edit post |
4/17/2012 7:46:23 PM |
Nashattack All American 7022 Posts user info edit post |
anyone want to let me borrow Game of Thrones? or i'll buy it for a couple bucks? I want to read the first book to see if buying the last few is worth it 4/18/2012 12:59:29 PM |
disco_stu All American 7436 Posts user info edit post |
The first book is lightyears better than all the others, so while I recommend picking it up, I don't recommend using it as a barometer for the others. 4/18/2012 1:13:26 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
Finally getting some use out of my Kindle now. I've read these 3 books in the last few weeks. I really enjoyed the Nintendo book - can anybody recommend some good company history/profile books?
4/18/2012 2:40:43 PM |
hoppersun Veteran 449 Posts user info edit post |
Must... work on... term paper.... and not read anymore of:
P.S. I <3 my Kindle
[Edited on April 23, 2012 at 6:42 PM. Reason : no more heavy books] 4/23/2012 6:37:36 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
Currently most of the way through
Darkly funny and really well-written take on a dystopian future. 4/24/2012 12:07:53 AM |
DM Veteran 393 Posts user info edit post |
Evidently last night was "World Book Night 2012" (http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/). I ran into a couple that were giving away copies of "Ender's Games" in downtown Greensboro on my way to see "Thor".
I'm going to start the last of the "Fate of the Jedi" series at lunch today. This series has taken way too long to wrap up.
4/24/2012 12:15:02 PM |
wolfpack2105 All American 12428 Posts user info edit post |
Read the first and second. Bout to start this one.
4/24/2012 10:48:56 PM |
jokar2694 All American 801 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on April 24, 2012 at 11:43 PM. Reason : Fuck it, I'll fix it later. Won't try and post from a mobile device anymore. ]
4/24/2012 11:40:50 PM |
Lokken All American 13361 Posts user info edit post |
4/24/2012 11:55:09 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
^Oh Shit! I was not aware this book existed. Now that I am aware it just jumped to the top of my "TO READ" list.
Thanks for alerting me to that. 4/25/2012 1:30:47 AM |
bottombaby IRL 21954 Posts user info edit post |
I'm not currently reading anything because I'm hunting for something new that isn't overpriced for Kindle, but my last few reads were :
Sweet Addiction - Banks, Maya Delicious - Black, Shayla Generational Sins - Blair, Samantha Sweet Temptation (Heat) - Banks, Maya Sweet Persuasion - Banks, Maya Stranger - Hart, Megan 4/25/2012 1:38:52 AM |
Metricula Squishie Enthusiast 4040 Posts user info edit post |
I'm listening to: The Roman Way by Edith Hamilton
And about to start reading: The Character of Meriwether Lewis by Clay Jenkinson 4/25/2012 10:03:44 AM |
kdogg(c) All American 3494 Posts user info edit post |
On my Kindle.
4/29/2012 9:39:05 PM |
wolfpack0122 All American 3129 Posts user info edit post |
Currently reading:
Just finished a decent zombie book:
4/29/2012 10:22:19 PM |
wolfpack0122 All American 3129 Posts user info edit post |
Someone on another forum I frequent self-published this book that you can get for your nook/kindle for like $5. He gave me and a few others free copies to read and review. If you like post apocalyptic type fiction like, "Lights Out" or "One Second After" etc. then you would probably enjoy this one.
[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 3:26 PM. Reason : .] 5/1/2012 3:25:56 PM |
EuroTitToss All American 4790 Posts user info edit post |
resisting urge to be a douche 5/1/2012 4:30:50 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
5/9/2012 8:00:35 PM |
DoubleDown All American 9382 Posts user info edit post |
5/9/2012 8:24:06 PM |
ApexDave Veteran 143 Posts user info edit post |
^ You may have read it, but The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is another good one by Le Carre. It's shorter and a little less complex but I liked the characters more. 5/9/2012 10:14:06 PM |
DoubleDown All American 9382 Posts user info edit post |
Thanks, I'll check that one out! 5/9/2012 10:16:45 PM |
AlliePaige All American 4510 Posts user info edit post |
For Fun:
For Bookclub:
Two totally different books but I like both so far. 5/10/2012 11:34:42 AM |
DoubleDown All American 9382 Posts user info edit post |
^ dirty 5/10/2012 11:50:20 AM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
The hunger games trilogy... the chapters are just the right length for one chapter per "sitting" in my "reading room" 5/10/2012 11:51:44 AM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
A Clash of Kings 5/10/2012 12:02:33 PM |