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1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
2. I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
3. Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart

4. You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Mornin' by Celia Rivenbark
5. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
6.Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits and Conniptions by Celia Rivenbark
7. Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments by Celia Rivenbark
8. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
9. A Tale of Love & Darkness by Amos Oz
10. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
11. None to Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer
12. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
13. One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcie Marquez
14. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
15. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
16. Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
17. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
18. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
19. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
20. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Currently Reading:
20. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

5/10/2010 12:36:00 PM

Byrn Stuff
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1. The Big U -- Neil Stephenson
2. Cold Mountain -- Charles Frazier
3. Push -- Sapphire
4. Her Fearful Symmetry -- Audrey Niffeneggar
5. Mudbound -- Hillary Jordan
6. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay -- Michael Chabon
7. The First Five People You Meet in Heaven -- Mitch Albom
8. Dune -- Frank Herbert
9. The House of Sand and Fog -- Andre Dubus III
10. The Hunger Games -- Suzanne Collins
11. Catching Fire -- Suzanne Collins
12. Insatiable -- Gael Greene
13. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius -- Dave Eggers
14. The Tenth Circle -- Jodi Picoult
15. World War Z -- Max Brooks
16. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle -- David Wroblewski
17. The Boy who Didn't Sleep and Didn't Have To -- D.C. Pierson
18. The Eyes of the Dragon -- by Stephen King
19. Ender in Exile -- Orson Scott Card
20. Running with Scissors -- Augusten Burroughs
21. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close -- Jonathan Safran Foer

Currently Reading:
Crash -- Emily Hopkins

All of the girls in my freshmen English class seem to be reading this book, so I figured I'd give it a try. It's pretty interesting. The entire narrative is written in verse and it tells the story of a junior in high school getting addicted to meth then returning her home to suburban life.

5/10/2010 5:18:54 PM

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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
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Girls from Ames - Jeffrey Zaslow

5/10/2010 5:28:07 PM

elkaybie
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6. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay -- Michael Chabon

love love love--one of my favorites

5/10/2010 5:29:28 PM

Byrn Stuff
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^ so good!

5/10/2010 5:30:27 PM

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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. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
14. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
15. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
16. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
17. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
18. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
19. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
20. Currently Reading: Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
21. Currently Reading: The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

I know I shouldn't have, but I enjoyed the hell out of Percy Jackson.

5/12/2010 9:22:34 AM

Tarun
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still trying* to complete my first book of the year

5/12/2010 9:32:36 AM

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Sonia got me Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity is Near for my birthday. I am enjoying it mostly because when people ask me what I'm reading, I get to say

oh

not much

JUST COVERING THE COMPUTATIONAL CAPACITY OF THE HUMAN BRAIN

AND THE IMMINENCE OF POST-BIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE

NO BIGS

5/12/2010 9:35:31 AM

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I enjoyed the Percy Jackson books too. No shame.

5/12/2010 9:36:54 AM

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1. Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) - Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
2. How We Believe - Michael Shermer
3. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving - (do these count as books? it was like 12 pages long)
4. Enemies - Richard Harris
5. Now, Discover Your Strengths - Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton
6. Made to Stick - Chip and Dan Heath
7. Perfume - Patrick Süskind - Highly recommended! Pretty weird, but very intriguing.
8. Sandworms of Dune - Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson
9. Why Orwell Matters - Christopher Hitchens
10. Perdido Street Station - China Miéville
11. Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You - Sam Gosling
12. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susannah Clarke

Audiobooks:
1. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
2. Superfreakonomics - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
3. Lies My Teach Told Me - James Loewen
4. Swindled: From Poisoned Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee - Bee Wilson
5. New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer - Bill Maher
6. A Traveller in War-Time - Winston Churchill
7. My Life - Bill Clinton
8. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
9. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space - Carl Sagan
10. The House on the Strand - Daphne du Maurier
11. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
12. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
13. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
14. The Time Machine - HG Wells
15. The Post-American World - Fareed Zakaria
16. Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
17. Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
18. Gingerbread Girl - Stephen King
19. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
20. Relentless - Dean Koontz
21. Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
22. Dragon Tears - Dean Koontz
23. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson
24. Pandora - Anne Rice
25. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Steig Larsson

5/12/2010 10:20:59 AM

NCSUWolfy
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^ do you buy your audio books or borrow them? you listen to a lot of them, i get stuck with crappy hand me downs that my mom gets at yard sales bc i wont spend the cash on audiobooks

5/12/2010 10:34:16 AM

LunaK
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"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson"


reading that now

5/12/2010 10:35:41 AM

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Kindle Deliveries this Year:

1. Voyeur - Roxy Harte
2. Comfort Object- Annabel Joseph
3. Darkness Unleashed- Ivy, Alexandra
4. Darkness Revealed -Ivy, Alexandra
5. Darkness Revealed -Ivy, Alexandra
6. Beyond The Darkness- Ivy, Alexandra
7. Tamed - Maris, Lynne
8. The Reluctant Dom -Dalton, Tymber
9. Darkness Everlasting- Ivy, Alexandra
10. Embrace the Darkness -Ivy, Alexandra
11. Master of the Mountain Sinclair, Cherise
12. Diablo Blanco Club 2: Under Control- Qwillia Rain
13. When Darkness Comes Ivy, Alexandra
14. Breaking Free [Club Shadowlands 3] Cherise Sinclair April 3, 2010
15. Club Shadowlands [Masters of the Shadowlands 1] Cherise Sinclair April 2, 2010
16. Slow Hands Kelly, Leslie
17. Diablo Blanco Club 1: Unfair Advantage Qwillia Rain March 31, 2010
18. Ecstasy Unveiled Ione, Larissa March 31, 2010
19. Masters of the Shadowlands 2: Dark Citadel Sinclair, Cherise March 27, 2010
20. The Dom's Dungeon Cherise Sinclair March 25, 2010
21. Passion Unleashed Ione, Larissa March 25, 2010
22. Desire Unchained: A Demonica Novel Ione, Larissa March 22, 2010
23. Pleasure Unbound: A Demonica Novel Ione, Larissa March 22, 2010
24. Night After Night Smith, Kathryn March 18, 2010
25. Let the Night Begin (Brotherhood of Blood, Book 4) Smith, Kathryn March 14, 2010
26. Taken by the Night (Brotherhood of Blood, Book 3) Smith, Kathryn March 12, 2010
27. Night of the Huntress (Brotherhood of Blood, Book 2) Smith, Kathryn March 9, 2010
28. Be Mine Tonight (Brotherhood of Blood, Book 1) Smith, Kathryn March 7, 2010
29. Provocative in Pearls Hunter, Madeline March 2, 2010
30. Ravishing in Red Madeline Hunter February 18, 2010
31. No Rest for the Wicked Kresley Cole
32. Pleasure of a Dark Prince Kresley Cole February 16, 2010
33. To Tame a Dangerous Lord Nicole Jordan February 14, 2010
34. The Truth About Lord Stoneville Sabrina Jeffries February 10, 2010
35. The Elusive Bride Stephanie Laurens January 29, 2010
36. Kiss of Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novel Lara Adrian January 22, 2010
37. Reese's Bride Kat Martin January 22, 2010
38. Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story J.R. Ward January 20, 2010
39. Kiss of a Demon King Kresley Cole January 16, 2010
40. Dark Desires After Dusk Kresley Cole January 12, 2010
41. Dark Needs at Night's Edge Kresley Cole January 10, 2010
42. Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night Kresley Cole January 7, 2010

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 10:39 AM. Reason : and yes, i've read them all]

5/12/2010 10:38:34 AM

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"^ do you buy your audio books or borrow them? you listen to a lot of them, i get stuck with crappy hand me downs that my mom gets at yard sales bc i wont spend the cash on audiobooks "

No comment.

Or I get them from the library, rip them to my computer, and listen to them later.

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""The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson"


reading that now"

Good stuff, and I can't really figure out why. There are some long, drawn-out character development sections that don't have a lot to do with the story, but they manage to fit right in and feel perfectly natural in the book. And then there are a lot of plot points that should be long a tedious (financial transactions, descriptions of computers) that aren't tedious at all. They flow perfectly.
I guess that's what happens when you read books by a good author.


[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 11:17 AM. Reason : ]

5/12/2010 11:13:30 AM

LunaK
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^^ sweet jesus bb

5/12/2010 11:16:37 AM

Byrn Stuff
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"Sonia got me Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity is Near for my birthday. I am enjoying it mostly because when people ask me what I'm reading, I get to say

oh

not much

JUST COVERING THE COMPUTATIONAL CAPACITY OF THE HUMAN BRAIN

AND THE IMMINENCE OF POST-BIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE

NO BIGS"


Hilarious.

I'm in dire need of a trip to the library. Nothing on my shelves interests me.

5/12/2010 11:34:05 AM

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What can I say? I enjoy reading and I have the time to do it. You'd also be surprised what you can accomplish if you forgo the television and just read a book.

5/12/2010 11:42:28 AM

LunaK
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Oh totally... I love to read too. I'm still impressed

5/12/2010 11:43:29 AM

bottombaby
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*lol*

Please note that I don't exactly read "literature." They're all Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance, Fantasy, and Erotica.

5/12/2010 11:46:56 AM

Byrn Stuff
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I cannot wait 'til summer: I'm going to nothing but read and game.

[Edited on May 12, 2010 at 1:14 PM. Reason : .]

5/12/2010 1:14:46 PM

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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
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon

Currently Reading:
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth


I really like the Percy Jackson books...they are my beach reading books. I read them all last summer so I'm rereading them again.

I need to find another series of books that I can pick up when I'm done with these.

5/12/2010 5:38:52 PM

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Double digits!!

1. Netherland - Joseph O'neill
2. The Abstinence Teacher - Tom Perrotta
3. The Black Echo - Michael Connelly
4. City of Thieves - David Benioff
5. Waiting for the Mahatma - R. K. Narayan
6. The man who was Thursday - G. K. Chesterton
7. The Sound of Trumpets - John Mortimer
8. Legend of a Suicide - David Vann
9. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle
10. Call for the dead - John le Carre

5/12/2010 7:02:44 PM

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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
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
17. a reliable wife by robert goolrick
18. fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury
19. falling angel by william hjortsberg
20. lost on planet china by j. maarten troost
21. what the dog saw by malcom gladwell
22. showdown by tilly bagshawe (audiobook-- cheesefest)
23. manhunt by janet evanovich (cheesiest audiobook evarrr)
24. pirate latitudes by michael crichton
25. an ice cold grave by charlaine harris
26. tokyo vice: an american reporter on the police beat in japan by jake adelstein (my library finally bought a copy!!)
27. a grave secret by charlaine harris
28. abraham lincoln: vampire hunter by seth grahame-smith
29. one amazing thing by chitra banerjee divakaruni (my library finally bought a copy!!)

almost done with

30. the last song by nicholas sparks

getting ready to start

31. chelsea chelsea bang bang by chelsea handler

5/15/2010 12:25:02 PM

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read in 2010

The name of the wind - patrick rothfuss
barbarians at the gate - Burrough
the dispossessed - ursela k le guin
the greatest trade ever - zuckerman
the man who loved books too much - bartlett
the billionaires vinegar - wallace
soldier of the mist - gene wolfe
soldier of arete - gene wolfe
why beautiful people have more daughters - miller/kanazawa
sandworms of dune - herbert
au revoir to all that - steinberger
the vintage caper - mayle
toujours provence - mayle
the last tycoons - cohan
retail superstars - whalin
the omnivore's dilemma - pollard
the big short - michael lewis
traitor to his class - brands
night of knives - esselmont
the middle sea - john julius norwich
paradise of cities - john julius norwich

in progress
the house of morgon - chernow
the partnership - ellis
gods at war - davidoff
commonwealth of thieves - kenneally
imperial life in the emerald city - chandrasekaran

on deck
byzantium the apogee - Lord john julius norwich
darwins black box - behe
andrew carnagie - nasaw
the art of strategy - nalebuff
confidence - kanter
the drunkard's walk - Mlodinow

open to suggestions...

5/16/2010 1:26:51 AM

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two free audiobooks today at audible.com. just have to sign up for an account and cancel it. apparently, you can do this multiple times if you use different credit cards.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2009042

5/16/2010 2:50:57 PM

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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
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth

5/17/2010 1:05:30 PM

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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
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Currently Reading:
Dead Until Dark

I have officially decided to start these novels now.

5/17/2010 6:52:30 PM

eli
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I just downloaded David Cross' audiobook if that counts.

5/17/2010 6:53:08 PM

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finished this up about a week ago



first book i've read for non-school non-work purposes in probably 10 years

I am 30 though...and no I'm not gonna be reading a book a week now

5/17/2010 7:01:59 PM

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"first book i've read for non-school non-work purposes in probably 10 years"


5/17/2010 7:38:01 PM

TreeTwista10
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I'd like to read this though



but yeah, i used to read a lot more...i could go through a 400-500 page novel in a week in my younger days...I just don't read as much nowadays...less free time, other distractions

in one sense its easier to just watch a movie nowadays...although ironically, the entire reason I even read Wiseguy is because I liked Goodfellas so much, and theres similar motives behind my desire to read Casino

5/17/2010 8:06:02 PM

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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
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth
11. Dead Until Dark

5/18/2010 1:52:04 PM

sawahash
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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
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth
11. Dead Until Dark

Currently Reading:
Living Dead in Dallas.

5/18/2010 4:44:24 PM

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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
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth
11. Dead Until Dark
12. Living Dead in Dallas

Currently Reading:
Club Dead

5/18/2010 11:03:08 PM

saps852
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im really far behind but i finished into the wild finally

5/19/2010 12:31:01 AM

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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.
5.
6.

currently reading


Yep, still It's interesting but I have to read it in doses.

5/19/2010 3:07:25 AM

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Promise I'm not trying to be a dick here

but what is supposed to be the advantage of rushing through a bunch of shitty books? Why not spend good time with a couple of good ones and really get something out of it. Idk

I dnl and this includes lbo

5/19/2010 9:22:22 AM

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^ I agree but there's no reason you couldn't read 52 good books in 52 weeks.

5/19/2010 9:23:34 AM

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It takes time to get through great books and to give them the thought they deserve

you could do it but you wouldn't get much out of it IMO. Too much white noise; need less books to really extract the value rather than just pass the narrative under your eyes

5/19/2010 9:25:46 AM

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^^ I wish that were true but I just don't have the time . I love to read but also gravitate toward longer books it seems like. And with work and home improvement it's just not physically possible for me to get through that many books this year without skimming over them too fast. I keep reading this thread to see what other people are reading but I am probably going to be around 20 books this year and that is reading as often as I can.

I guess maybe what you were getting at is that you could find plenty of good books that would allow one to reach the goal without reading subpar books or speed-reading, but I kind of have a set list of books (that continues to get backlogged haha) that I want to read.

[Edited on May 19, 2010 at 9:35 AM. Reason : ]

5/19/2010 9:33:48 AM

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Yeah I'll be surprised if I even reach 20 books to be honest. Too much life going on.

5/19/2010 9:34:54 AM

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I hear you! I'm not on pace to hit 20 right now either, but my goal was to finish all the major house stuff I want to do by this summer which will leave me the second half of the year to play catch up (I tend to read a lot more in fall and winter anyway).

5/19/2010 9:36:42 AM

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The reason I'm getting through these books really fast is because a lot of these books I read while I'm sitting on the beach or while I'm babysitting. When I'm not really in the frame of mind to read great works in literature but I'm in the mood to read a great story.

5/19/2010 9:40:20 AM

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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
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth
11. Dead Until Dark
12. Living Dead in Dallas
13. Club Dead

5/19/2010 3:13:42 PM

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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
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth
11. Dead Until Dark
12. Living Dead in Dallas
13. Club Dead

Currently Reading:
Dead to the World

Yeah I'm going through these books pretty fast.

5/19/2010 4:03:55 PM

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i read whatever interests me, im not trying to impress anyone with my book list. i am trying to circle back & read some books that i never read in school that most people have already read. those are usually easier and i can polish them off in a day or two.

i read when i travel. looking back on my list i've probably read a whopping 5 books at my house, the rest have been on airplanes, airports, cars or beaches. travel = vacation = chill time, not in the mood for a literary fuck fest

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
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
17. a reliable wife by robert goolrick
18. fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury
19. falling angel by william hjortsberg
20. lost on planet china by j. maarten troost
21. what the dog saw by malcom gladwell
22. showdown by tilly bagshawe (audiobook-- cheesefest)
23. manhunt by janet evanovich (cheesiest audiobook evarrr)
24. pirate latitudes by michael crichton
25. an ice cold grave by charlaine harris
26. tokyo vice: an american reporter on the police beat in japan by jake adelstein
27. a grave secret by charlaine harris
28. abraham lincoln: vampire hunter by seth grahame-smith
29. one amazing thing by chitra banerjee divakaruni
30. the last song by nicholas sparks
31. lord of the flies by william golding

on deck

32. chelsea chelsea bang bang by chelsea handler
33. many bloody returns by charlaine harris & others

5/19/2010 4:08:38 PM

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Read the Night Watch series.

5/19/2010 4:10:07 PM

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just looked it up on amazon, looks similar to the sookie stackhouse series, which i highly enjoy

only 4 books, i will check it out and see if i like it, thanks for the recommendation

5/19/2010 4:13:57 PM

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Glad I could help!

I'm looking for some great modern space opera/dystopian/cyberpunk reading. I say modern because most of the cyberpunk genre was written from like 1975 to 1995. I'm looking for something written in the past ten years at least.

5/19/2010 4:17:02 PM

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is it weird that i cant find the night watch series at my library? is it super obscure or something?

5/19/2010 8:06:11 PM

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