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2/21/2012 2:55:50 PM

^ orly?

2/21/2012 2:56:25 PM

ittt we learn that minka can't count

2/21/2012 2:57:19 PM

hahahahahahahahaha oops


seriously, I'm giving up on today, I wish I could go back to sleep and then restart this day

2/21/2012 2:58:13 PM

Siddhartha is on my list as well, although i read it a long time ago, its one of my 'catch up' books, because some are going to take a week whereas some will only take a couple days.

if anyone has read One Hundred Years of Solitude, PM me mmkaaayy so we can talk about it

2/22/2012 1:25:49 PM

^
I don't usually re-read books, but that's one I definitely want to read again. Based on your list, I'd also recommend The Stranger.

I might read One Hundred Years of Solitude next. My brother's been trying to get me to read it.

2/22/2012 1:35:03 PM

its probably one of those books that is good to re-read once a year, its only like 100 pages amirite? food for the soul i guess. i have such a bad memory anyway, it will probably be like reading it for the first time again.

2/22/2012 1:42:15 PM

Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
1. Hex and the City
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

5. Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris
6. Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
7. Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis
8. Thin Rich Pretty - Beth Harbison
9. The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy - Steve Stoute
10. Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann


Up next American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

2/24/2012 10:39:19 PM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson
10) Necropolis - Michael Dempsey
11) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
12) The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
13) House of Chains - Steven Erikson
14) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
16) Currently Reading - Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia

2/25/2012 2:25:15 PM

1. Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan
2. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
3. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage - Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew
4. Eats Shoots and Leaves - Lynne Truss
5. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein

Not on pace for 52, but not quite disappointed.


Read Siddhartha a while back and was extremely disappointed. (Don't know why I would be disappointed; I've never really like anything by Hesse.) Just some schmuck wandering around seeking the answers to life's persistent questions, without ever figuring out what question he's actually asking. He's Deep Thought, trying to figure out that the answer is 42, before figuring out what the Great Question even is.

2/26/2012 1:07:21 PM

Finished
1. The liberation of alice love Abby Mcdonald
2. The Hunger Games
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
6. Good Christian Bitches
7. Game of Thrones
8. A Clash of Kings

Reading now
A Storm of Swords

To Read
A Feast for Crows
A Dance with Dragons
Wicked
Deadlocked Charlaine Harris (to be released later this year)

2/26/2012 6:57:50 PM

Finished
1. The liberation of alice love Abby Mcdonald
2. The Hunger Games
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
6. Bitter is the new Black Jen Lancaster forgot this one
7. Good Christian Bitches
8. Game of Thrones
9. A Clash of Kings

Reading now
A Storm of Swords

To Read
A Feast for Crows
A Dance with Dragons
Wicked
Deadlocked Charlaine Harris (to be released later this year)

2/27/2012 1:18:36 AM

1) The First World War -- John Keegan
2) Zone One -- Colson Whitehead
3) A Game of Thrones
4) A Clash of Kings
5) A Storm of Swords
6) A Feast for Crows
7) Keep the Change -- Steve Dublanica (Surprisingly interesting book about everything related to tipping)

In Progress:
8) A Dance with Dragons
9) Warrior Race: A History of the British At War -- Lawrence James (God, is it dry reading)

I wish I'd saved the Hunger Games trilogy for a few weeks to bring them into the 2012 count. Don't get me wrong, they're enjoyable books, but they're really fast reads and help pad the list. I had them read and done in two days (which says less about my reading and more about how much time I have on my hands).

Not sure what to land on next. Probably head back to nonfiction now that I've filled up vast quantities of mental real estate with mythical GOT stuff.

2/27/2012 2:30:05 AM

List update:

1) 1984 - George Orwell
2-4) Abhorsen Trilogy - Garth Nix
5) The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers
6) 100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
7) Metamorphosis and other stories - Franz Kafka

Next on the list (sort of in order):

Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
Cats Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
A Peoples History of the United States - Howard Zinn
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
All the Shah's Men - Stephen Kinzer

Maybes:
Pathologies of Power - Paul Farmer
World War Z - Max Brooks
Eragon Series??? - Christopher Paolini
LOTR Series ??? - J.R.R. Tolkien

2/28/2012 10:51:50 AM

Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
1. Hex and the City
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

5. Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris
6. Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
7. Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis
8. Thin Rich Pretty - Beth Harbison
9. The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy - Steve Stoute
10. Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann
12. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (what a messed up book )

Up next Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire

2/29/2012 2:47:48 PM

Finished
1. The liberation of alice love Abby Mcdonald
2. The Hunger Games
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
6. Bitter is the new Black Jen Lancaster forgot this one
7. Good Christian Bitches
8. Game of Thrones
9. A Clash of Kings
10. A Storm of Swords

Reading now
A Feast for Crows

To Read

A Dance with Dragons
Wicked
Deadlocked Charlaine Harris (to be released later this year)

3/2/2012 11:03:03 PM

Finished for 2012
1. The Hunger Games
2. Her Mother's Hope
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. Game of Thrones
6. Her Daughter's Dream
7. Eragon
8. Eldest

Reading Now
8. The Name of the Wind
9. Brisinger
10. A Clash of Kings

To Read
Stone of Tears
World War Z
Xenocide

3/2/2012 11:17:03 PM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson
10) Necropolis - Michael Dempsey
11) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
12) The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
13) House of Chains - Steven Erikson
14) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
16) Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia
17) Currently Reading - Halting State - Charles Stross

I would like to suggest that all you readers out there join http://www.goodreads.com and friend me (or not). I try to write at least a short review of each book I read and have been doing so for the past few months. It's a really good site to keep track of your reads and an awesome place to get book suggestions. I've found (and read) so many books suggested to me there that I didn't even know existed. Several of the best books I've read recently I found via this site.

3/3/2012 4:14:14 PM

i'm 8 books behind schedule

3/5/2012 12:27:30 PM

Finished
1. The liberation of alice love Abby Mcdonald
2. The Hunger Games
3. Catching Fire
4. Mockingjay
5. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
6. Bitter is the new Black Jen Lancaster forgot this one
7. Good Christian Bitches
8. Game of Thrones
9. A Clash of Kings
10. A Storm of Swords
11. A Feast for Crows

Reading now
A Dance with Dragons

To Read
Rumors - Anna Godbersen
Splendor - Anna Godbersen
Wicked
Deadlocked Charlaine Harris (to be released later this year)

3/6/2012 9:21:55 AM

1) When She Awoke --- Hillary Jordan
2) Forever Odd --- Dean Koontz
3) Thicker than Water --- Mike Carey
4) The Naming of Beasts --- Mike Carey
5) They Pour Fire on Us from the Sky --- Benjamin Ajak, Benson Deng, Alephonsian Deng, and Judy Bernstein
6) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children --- Ransom Riggs
7)Brother Odd -- Dean Koontz
8) I Love You, Beth Cooper --- Larry Doyle
9) How to Be Black --- Baratunde Thurston

Currently reading:
Needful Things --- Stephen King
I Kill Giants --- Joe Kelly & JM Ken Niimura

3/6/2012 9:25:02 AM

^^just an opinion...


Wicked sucked...

the entire series sucked...

I read it all hoping it would get better and there would be some great story...but there wasn't...probably because I just don't really like his style of writing...


I'm reading one of his other books (a spin on Cinderella) and I like it much better....but it's still not great...

3/6/2012 9:30:45 AM

1) The Paris Wife - Paula McLain
2) The Book of Fate - Brad Meltzer
3) Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
4) A Secret Kept - Tatiana de Rosnay
5) Moneyball - Michael Lewis
6) The Pact : Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation
7) Is everyone hanging out with without me? - Mindy Kaling
8) Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times - eyal Press

Currently reading: The Hunger Games

3/6/2012 9:32:39 AM

^^I didn't like Wicked either. All of the political intrigue and relationship drama was interesting/impressive, but it just wasn't fun to read. In fact, it was really dry.

3/6/2012 9:33:34 AM

EXACTLY

i could not have said it better

3/6/2012 9:39:27 AM

^ word, well good thing i didnt shell out a bunch of moola for the books

i also need to stop reading books that are over 700 pages if i want to stay on target.


and i pink puffy heart my nook sooooo much along with my calibre software


[Edited on March 7, 2012 at 6:14 AM. Reason : .]

3/7/2012 6:12:50 AM

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"Wicked sucked... the entire series sucked..."

really? it's probably one of my favorite series behind harry potter & the hunger games. i've been a huge fan of the wizard of oz (books & movie) for as long as i can remember so maybe i somehow subconsciously forced myself to like the books? anything about oz from any perspective tends to intrigue me. i thought wicked was exceptionally good. i also liked gregory maguire's other books, especially the ugly stepsister.

3/7/2012 6:37:31 AM

i'm reading Ugly Stepsister now and like it MUCH better than the others...


I just did not enjoy the other series at all....

3/7/2012 8:16:33 AM

Any of y'all reading graphic novels? I just finished I Kill Giants, and I really enjoyed it. I'd like to add Craig Thompson's Habibi to my list because his last work Blankets was beautiful.

Also, Needful things is reminding me why I love Stephen King.

[Edited on March 7, 2012 at 9:10 AM. Reason : .]

3/7/2012 9:10:31 AM

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"i also need to stop reading books that are over 700 pages if i want to stay on target."

This is soooo my problem. For my next series, I think I'm going with short books, like the Sookie Stackhouse series.

I'm in the middle of an 800 page book right now, and a 900 page book, and I don't think they will ever end.

And my Mom keeps recommending Blanket and Habibi, so maybe I will pick those up soon.

I need a kindle, this hobby is getting expensive, and the waiting lists at the library are always too long.

[Edited on March 7, 2012 at 10:16 AM. Reason : ]

3/7/2012 10:10:55 AM

^^this isn't quite the same thing but I saw a graphic novel version of the Bible at Sam's Club the other night...

it actually looked pretty cool

3/7/2012 10:13:19 AM

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"Cats Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut"

That was a great book, if you haven't read it before...well, even if you have. If you like it I highly recommend Breakfast of Champions, Bluebeard, Galapagos, and Hocus Pocus.

They're all great and really easy reads. I tend to get too sleepy reading if I'm not so interested but these kept me going.

[Edited on March 7, 2012 at 11:24 AM. Reason : *]

3/7/2012 11:24:15 AM

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"And my Mom keeps recommending Blanket and Habibi, so maybe I will pick those up soon. I need a kindle, this hobby is getting expensive, and the waiting lists at the library are always too long."

Blankets is just the really sweet memoir, but his artwork really makes you ache for the characters. If he applies that same talent to Habibi, I'm sure it's wonderful. Also, have you considered pirating/e-reader apps. I read all of Game of Thrones on my phone.

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"this isn't quite the same thing but I saw a graphic novel version of the Bible at Sam's Club the other night..."

I bet that'd be really cool. R. Crumb's version of Genesis is an entertaining read. I considered finding graphic copies of the Genesis stories and Gilgamesh for my students.

3/7/2012 12:07:23 PM

Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
1. Hex and the City
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

5. Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris
6. Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
7. Imperial Bedrooms - Bret Easton Ellis
8. Thin Rich Pretty - Beth Harbison
9. The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy - Steve Stoute
10. Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld
11. Anthropology of an American Girl - Hilary Thayer Hamann
12. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (what a messed up book )
13. Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire


Up next The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

7 books behind

3/7/2012 3:17:14 PM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson
10) Necropolis - Michael Dempsey
11) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
12) The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
13) House of Chains - Steven Erikson
14) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
16) Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia
17) Halting State - Charles Stross
18) Currently Reading - Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

3/7/2012 7:35:07 PM

<3 Ender's Game. You're going to love it.

3/7/2012 7:39:12 PM

50 pages in and really liking it so far. I'll be done with it very soon.

3/7/2012 8:05:49 PM

soooo i'm still on my 3rd book i lost it for a little while between my car and work, and then i just never made time to read. here's to hoping i reach my personal goal of 12! not looking too promising though.

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"Up next The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis "

loved it! haven't read it in years though

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3/7/2012 9:39:18 PM

I started it Robopocalypse, and it's soooooo gooooood. [/teengirlsquad] It reads as expected like World War Z with tech instead of the undead.

3/7/2012 9:56:18 PM

1) The First World War -- John Keegan
2) Zone One -- Colson Whitehead
3) A Game of Thrones
4) A Clash of Kings
5) A Storm of Swords
6) A Feast for Crows
7) Keep the Change -- Steve Dublanica
8) A Dance with Dragons

Now reading: Would it kill you to stop doing that? (Henry Alford), which will hopefully be some light, humorous reading (sorely needed after blasting through A Song of Fire and Ice over the past month) while providing some etiquette tips (my total lack of comprehension regarding manners being one of my most glaring flaws)

Next up, I think, will be Cruising Attitude, an occupational memoir about flight attendants. I've been obsessed with that kind of book lately, reading about waiters and cooks and casino employees and the like.

3/8/2012 5:02:25 PM

1) The Passage - Justin Cronin
2) Rule 34 - Charles Stross
3) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
4) Bitter Seeds - Ian Tregillis
5) The Coldest War - Ian Tregillis
6) Arguably - Christopher Hitchens
7) House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
8) Animal Farm - George Orwell
9) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Translated by W. A. Neilson
10) Necropolis - Michael Dempsey
11) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
12) The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
13) House of Chains - Steven Erikson
14) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
15) Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson
16) Monster Hunter International - Larry Correia
17) Halting State - Charles Stross
18) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
19) Currently Reading - Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card

3/10/2012 11:47:49 AM

1) The Paris Wife - Paula McLain
2) The Book of Fate - Brad Meltzer
3) Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
4) A Secret Kept - Tatiana de Rosnay
5) Moneyball - Michael Lewis
6) The Pact : Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation
7) Is everyone hanging out with without me? - Mindy Kaling
8) Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times - eyal Press
9) The Hunger Games
10) Catching Fire
11) Mockingjay

(yea, i read those three in the past 4 days... thoroughly enjoyed )

i gotta figure out what's next

3/11/2012 9:25:15 AM

oooh good now i have another person to talk about it with

3/11/2012 11:31:05 AM

i kind of can't wait for the movie now - i hope they do a good job with it.

3/11/2012 11:41:25 AM

we already know madge isn't going to be in it...sooo...i'm a little worried about how it will turn out

3/11/2012 3:04:04 PM

yea, i read the thread in entertainment.... i did just see an interview posted with the author - she said she's really happy with how it turned out.

that's something i suppose

3/11/2012 4:33:19 PM

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" loved it! haven't read it in years though"

I like the movie better. The book is very 80's.

3/11/2012 10:06:07 PM

well it was written in the 80's, so yeah

3/11/2012 10:18:00 PM

Yeah but there are plenty of books written in past eras that have a timeless quality to them.

3/11/2012 10:20:33 PM

if i can track down the hunger games books i think i may read them next week since i won't be busy at work...

that way i'm all caught up before the movie comes out...

however...i am queued at like 865 for the first book at the library and i'm not going to buy them...


if any body would loan them to me i would greatly appreciate it

3/12/2012 11:47:43 AM