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2/8/2010 11:57:01 PM

1. Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
2. Fever Pitch
3. World War Z
4. Catcher in the Rye
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
6. The Lovely Bones
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
8. Great Expectations

2/13/2010 10:52:24 AM

so i started in on yet another zombie novel today

imagine my surprise when it namechecks Raleigh and Hillsborough in the preface

2/13/2010 1:21:06 PM

1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Highly recommended
2. All Brave Sailors by J. Revell Carr meh.
3. Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock Recommended
4. Good To Great by Jim Collins
5. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Recommended
6. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Recommended
7. Callapse: How Societies Choose to Faile or Succeed by Jared Diamond
8. Made to Stick, Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
9. Great Bridge by David McCullough
10. Know-How by Ram Charan Recommended Reading Now
11. Nonviolence by Mark Kurlansky
12. Judgement by Noel M. Tichy & Warren G. Bennis
13. Crazy Busy by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
14. Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes
15. Race and Rally Car Source Book: The Guide to Building or Modifying a Competition Car by Allan Staniforth
16. Subaru Impreza by Graham Robison
17. How to Build a Successful Low-Cost Rally Car by Philip Young
18. Hands-On Race Car Engineer by John H. Glimmerveen
19. It's Not About The Bike by Lance Armstrong
20. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain


Finished another this past weekend.

2/17/2010 12:16:29 PM

(1) Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
(2) Eating the Dinosaur - Chuck Klosterman
(3) Killing Yourself to Live - Chuck Klosterman
(4) Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer
(5) The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
(6) Currently Reading - Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

2/17/2010 12:18:25 PM

^ what'd you think of the lost symbol?

2/17/2010 12:18:58 PM

I didn't mind it. Thought it was decent. Ending was a bit ho-hum.

Middle of that book was great though...I couldn't put it down.

I still think I enjoyed Angels and Demons the most of the Dan Brown books. I also enjoyed Deception Point as well (I think that was the one with all of the ice, i get it confused w/ digital fortress)

[Edited on February 17, 2010 at 1:54 PM. Reason : .]

2/17/2010 1:54:31 PM

I'm so not doing a book a week ...it's more like 2 weeks with zero, and then 1 with 3 or 4...whatever. I'm reading much more, and that's good enough.
--
I checked out 365 Days of Intimacy, and tried to read it today. It's horrible: it reads like an in-class journaling assignment from high school, and then to boot, she must have had a CRAZY horrible editor: quotes opened, and then never closed; "an house"; sometimes her tone was bellicose, and sometimes condescending.

I flipped through it and starting reading random spots in the book, and it's not just the beginning that's horrible.

2/17/2010 4:08:30 PM

Just finished High Fidelity. They did such a good job on the movie adaptation. I'm going to try Juliet, Naked, another Nick Hornby novel, next.

2/17/2010 8:15:02 PM

1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Highly recommended
2. All Brave Sailors by J. Revell Carr meh.
3. Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock Recommended
4. Good To Great by Jim Collins
5. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Recommended
6. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Recommended
7. Callapse: How Societies Choose to Faile or Succeed by Jared Diamond
8. Made to Stick, Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
9. Great Bridge by David McCullough
10. Know-How by Ram Charan Recommended
11. Nonviolence by Mark Kurlansky
12. Judgement by Noel M. Tichy & Warren G. Bennis
13. Crazy Busy by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
14. Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes
15. Race and Rally Car Source Book: The Guide to Building or Modifying a Competition Car by Allan Staniforth
16. Subaru Impreza by Graham Robison
17. How to Build a Successful Low-Cost Rally Car by Philip Young
18. Hands-On Race Car Engineer by John H. Glimmerveen
19. It's Not About The Bike by Lance Armstrong
20. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain


Finished another this weekend.

2/21/2010 4:36:17 PM

If you enjoy kitchen confidential, read Heat by Bill Buford.

bourdain has another book out, too (not exactly recent), but the name of it has slipped my mind.

[Edited on February 21, 2010 at 4:40 PM. Reason : title: the nasty bits]

2/21/2010 4:39:39 PM

we'll see what happens, I have to get some of these books before I can read them

2/21/2010 4:44:43 PM

I've got a copy of heat, and maybe nasty bits.

[Edited on February 21, 2010 at 4:48 PM. Reason : and you may borrow them.]

2/21/2010 4:48:40 PM

Thanks, I'll let ya know

2/21/2010 4:50:37 PM

1. Batman, The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
2. Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby
3. World War Z - Max Brooks
4. Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
6. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
7. Choke - Chuck Palaniuk
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
9 Currently reading - The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut

[Edited on February 21, 2010 at 10:15 PM. Reason : :]

2/21/2010 10:14:07 PM

I have plenty of catching up to do, but I might just go for it...

1. Netherland - Joseph O'neill
2. The Abstinence Teacher - Tom Perrotta
3. The Black Echo - Michael Connelly

2/21/2010 10:31:44 PM

since jan 1...

finished

1. twilight by stephenie meyer
2. new moon by stephenie meyer
3. dead as a doornail - book 5 by charlaine harris
4. definitely dead - book 6 by charlaine harris
5. all together dead - book 7 by charlaine harris
6. from dead to worse - book 8 by charlaine harris
7. dear john by nicholas sparks
8. frommers hawaii from $80 a day by jeanette foster
9. frommers kauai by jeanette foster

in progress

10. under the dome by stephen king (its on the ereader, will be reading it for awhile)
11. the lovely bones by alice sebold
12. the road by cormac mccarthy

in the library/bookshelf queue in no particular order

13. dead and gone - book 9 by charlaine harris
14. tokyo vice: an american reporter on the police beat in japan by jake adelstein (still need to get my paws on this... will buy if i cant find a free way to read it)
15. eclipse by stephenie meyer (not looking forward to it but already bought it with the first two. will not be reading the last one, breaking dawn)
16. what the dog saw by malcom gladwell
17. shoptimism by lee eisenberg
18. memoirs of a geisha by arthur golden
19. lost on planet china by j. maarten troost
20. lord of the flies by william golding (never read it in school, has always been on my long list of books to read)
21. fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury (again, never read in school, on the long list)
22. a touch of dead - series of sookie stackhouse short stories by charlaine harris (ebook)
23. dead in the family - book 10 by charlaine harris (due out in may, will have to wait a little for this one)

well, that everything on my list right now. its kind of fluid and changes pretty often but it will help keep me on track with whats on my list

[Edited on February 27, 2010 at 9:49 PM. Reason : kdsnkmnsd]

2/27/2010 9:49:18 PM

Fahrenheit 451 is still one of my all-time favorite books

2/27/2010 9:50:37 PM

not participating

2/28/2010 4:30:02 AM

^^why not read breaking dawn? Do you just not want to know how it ends? Or are you not getting into the series?

2/28/2010 8:45:06 PM

i think twilight is the shittiest series ever. i understand it was written for a younger audience but its not even good writing.

and i actually think its setting a bad example for all the kids reading it

edward is a possessive asshole and bella is a whiny insecure bitch

but i guess thats how teenagers act, lol

2/28/2010 8:54:49 PM

Kindle Deliveries for this Year...

1. Ravishing in Red Madeline Hunter February 18, 2010
2. Pleasure of a Dark Prince Kresley Cole February 16, 2010
3. To Tame a Dangerous Lord Nicole Jordan February 14, 2010
4. The Truth About Lord Stoneville Sabrina Jeffries February 10, 2010
5. The Elusive Bride Stephanie Laurens January 29, 2010
6. Kiss of Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novel Lara Adrian January 22, 2010
7. Reese's Bride Kat Martin January 22, 2010
8. Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story J.R. Ward January 20, 2010
9. Kiss of a Demon King Kresley Cole January 16, 2010
10. Dark Desires After Dusk Kresley Cole January 12, 2010
11. Dark Needs at Night's Edge Kresley Cole January 10, 2010
12. Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night Kresley Cole January 7, 2010
13. No Rest for the Wicked Kresley Cole December 30, 2009

2/28/2010 8:57:00 PM

^^i guess it just makes me wonder why you would read even more than 1 of these "shitty" books

2/28/2010 9:41:42 PM

i bought the first 3 at marshalls for like $6 each

i took 2 of them to hawaii and was on the beach for 4-5 hours a day... and only had what i brought to read (2 of the books)

2/28/2010 10:19:28 PM

I can understand why New Moon is the cut off point for alot of people in the series. It's 800 pages (give or take) of Bella moping around and being a cocktease to her werewolf best friend. If memory serves me correctly, Eclipse and Breaking dawn are a little more plot driven than the first two books, which makes them more bearable.

Next up, Club Dead.

3/1/2010 12:09:57 AM

gladwell fans need to def add "What the Dog Saw"

Title essay alone makes it worth it, especially if you love dogs.

3/1/2010 12:12:59 AM

1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Highly recommended
2. All Brave Sailors by J. Revell Carr meh.
3. Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock Recommended
4. Good To Great by Jim Collins
5. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Recommended
6. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Recommended
7. Callapse: How Societies Choose to Faile or Succeed by Jared Diamond
8. Made to Stick, Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
9. Great Bridge by David McCullough
10. Know-How by Ram Charan Recommended
11. Nonviolence by Mark Kurlansky
12. Judgement by Noel M. Tichy & Warren G. Bennis
13. Crazy Busy by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
14. Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes
15. Race and Rally Car Source Book: The Guide to Building or Modifying a Competition Car by Allan Staniforth
16. Subaru Impreza by Graham Robison
17. How to Build a Successful Low-Cost Rally Car by Philip Young
18. Hands-On Race Car Engineer by John H. Glimmerveen
19. It's Not About The Bike by Lance Armstrong
20. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
21. The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
22. What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
23. The Total Money Makover by Dave Ramsey

3/2/2010 10:45:30 PM

I'm been sticking to shorter books, but I think I'm going to pick up a Game of Thrones this weekend. Hopefully, I can knock it down in a week.

3/4/2010 10:02:51 PM

^ i just noticed you're reading the sookie stackhouse series

how do you like it? i am finishing the 9th book tonight, love it!

3/4/2010 10:52:35 PM

I won't do 52 books in 52 weeks, but I will catalog what I've read so far this year.

1.
2.
3.
4. currently reading


I swear I read something else too. Maybe I'm thinking of Journal of Foreign Affairs

3/4/2010 11:16:27 PM

^^I thought the first two books were really entertaining. Club Dead was a little unimaginative and seemed incomplete. Hopefully, someone will off "Bubba" in book 4. I'd also like to see a return of the Maenad.



[Edited on March 4, 2010 at 11:22 PM. Reason : :]

3/4/2010 11:19:02 PM

(1) Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
(2) Eating the Dinosaur - Chuck Klosterman
(3) Killing Yourself to Live - Chuck Klosterman
(4) Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer
(5) The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
(6) Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
(7) Currently Reading Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

3/5/2010 10:24:56 AM

^ Slaughterhouse Five is on my list. Didn't care for Cat's Cradle, but thought Sirens of Titan was amazing.

3/5/2010 12:41:17 PM

^yeah, only a few pages in...but enjoying it so far

3/6/2010 11:40:13 AM

S5 is an awesome work -- if you haven't read it, you should clear your reading queue and finish it immediately. Should only take an afternoon

3/6/2010 11:41:35 AM

1. Batman, The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
2. Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby
3. World War Z - Max Brooks
4. Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
6. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
7. Choke - Chuck Palaniuk
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
9. The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
10. Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse Book 3) - Charlaine Harris
11. Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse Book 4) - Charlaine Harris
12. Currently Reading Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut

3/9/2010 7:33:04 PM

since jan 1...

finished

1. twilight by stephenie meyer
2. new moon by stephenie meyer
3. dead as a doornail - book 5 by charlaine harris
4. definitely dead - book 6 by charlaine harris
5. all together dead - book 7 by charlaine harris
6. from dead to worse - book 8 by charlaine harris
7. dear john by nicholas sparks
8. frommers hawaii from $80 a day by jeanette foster
9. frommers kauai by jeanette foster
10. dead and gone - book 9 by charlaine harris
11. grave sight by charlaine harris
12. grave surprise by charlaine harris

will finish in the next 10 days

13. the lovely bones by alice sebold
14. a touch of dead by charlaine harris
15. eclipse by stephenie meyer
16. the road by cormac mccarthy


in progress

16. under the dome by stephen king (its on the ereader, will be reading it for awhile)

3/15/2010 3:31:37 PM

A Bend in the Road - Nicholas Sparks
The Blind Side - Michael Lewis
The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks
The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks
Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
The Politician - Andrew Young
Game Change - John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
Good in Bed - Jennifer Weiner
The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks

I have Kite Runner and a few other books to choose from. I'm going kinda slow though

3/15/2010 4:05:12 PM

I don't read fast enough to finish 52 books in a year, but I've made it a personal goal to read on a more regular basis this year and so far I've been doing a decent job I think.

Since Jan 1:

1. The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
2. Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn
3. Sphere - Michael Crichton
4. The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told - Numerous Authors
5. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

In Progress:

Star Wars: Dark Force Rising - Timothy Zahn

3/15/2010 4:43:36 PM

^ I think 13 or 26 books in a year would be a huge achievement for most people. I'm on book 12, and I haven't read this much since high school.

^^^ I hope True Blood lasts a few more seasons . I read the plot summary of book 5, and I think Jason's transformation would be pretty hilarious.


[Edited on March 15, 2010 at 5:10 PM. Reason : :]

3/15/2010 5:00:06 PM

1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
3. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
5. A Dolls House
6. Auntie Mame

3/15/2010 6:40:18 PM

1. The Other Woman....Jane Green
2. You Could Do Better....Stephanie Lehmann
3. The Beach....Alex Garland
4. Don't Even Think About It... Lauren Henderson
5. Dear John...Nicholas Sparks

3/16/2010 9:08:19 PM

(1) Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
(2) Eating the Dinosaur - Chuck Klosterman
(3) Killing Yourself to Live - Chuck Klosterman
(4) Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer
(5) The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
(6) Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
(7) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
(8) Currently Reading Liar's Poker - Micheal Lewis

3/17/2010 5:10:41 PM

finished

1. twilight by stephenie meyer
2. new moon by stephenie meyer
3. dead as a doornail - book 5 by charlaine harris
4. definitely dead - book 6 by charlaine harris
5. all together dead - book 7 by charlaine harris
6. from dead to worse - book 8 by charlaine harris
7. dear john by nicholas sparks
8. frommers hawaii from $80 a day by jeanette foster
9. frommers kauai by jeanette foster
10. dead and gone - book 9 by charlaine harris
11. grave sight by charlaine harris
12. grave surprise by charlaine harris
13. the lovely bones by alice sebold
14. a touch of dead by charlaine harris

started the memory keeper's daughter last night and will prob finish it later today

which will make 4 books in one week

3/17/2010 7:30:02 PM

LOVE the memory keepers daughter

3/17/2010 7:31:17 PM

just finished Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg

This book KICKS FUCKING ASS

I don't normally recommend books, but I can confidently recommend this book to anyone.

3/20/2010 3:45:17 PM

1. Batman, The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
2. Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby
3. World War Z - Max Brooks
4. Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
6. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
7. Choke - Chuck Palaniuk
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
9. The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
10. Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse Book 3) - Charlaine Harris
11. Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse Book 4) - Charlaine Harris
12. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
13. Current Reading - Lord of the Flies

Was hardly able to read at all this week. Going to the Smokies on Friday, so hopefully I can knock out some pages while on vacation.

3/21/2010 9:28:07 PM

finished

1. twilight by stephenie meyer
2. new moon by stephenie meyer
3. dead as a doornail - book 5 by charlaine harris
4. definitely dead - book 6 by charlaine harris
5. all together dead - book 7 by charlaine harris
6. from dead to worse - book 8 by charlaine harris
7. dear john by nicholas sparks
8. frommers hawaii from $80 a day by jeanette foster
9. frommers kauai by jeanette foster
10. dead and gone - book 9 by charlaine harris
11. grave sight by charlaine harris
12. grave surprise by charlaine harris
13. the lovely bones by alice sebold
14. a touch of dead by charlaine harris
15. the memory keeper's daughter by kim edwards
16. the road by cormac mccarthy

almost done with a reliable wife by robert goolrick

3/25/2010 12:40:57 PM

I have been slackin

3/25/2010 1:31:09 PM

set em up

3/25/2010 1:33:07 PM