Reading List '05

[Jam930]

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Oh... hah.

It's a good book.


Sorry... but you did make typo in the name which could have tragically thrown people way off... or maybe a little.

[NaOTa4231]

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Just finished Freakonomics. Not so sure what all the hype was about. Hopefully going to try and start A Clockwork Orange and Blink if I get time.

[mead1]

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I just finished Flowers For Algernon, and right before that I read A Clockwork Orange. You won't be disapointted NaOT, it's a wonderful book (If a bit hard to read for the first few chapters).

[blahblah18]

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mead, now you're qualified to watch the movie

[iggymatrixcounter]

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A lighter, but funny book on the English language I found at the Library is <u>Armed Gunmen, True Facts, and Other Ridiculous Nonsense</u> by Richard Kallan

Some of the funny things from it:

Deliberate Lie- More forthright than the inadvertent lie
Crazy Lunatic- Not a candidate for group therapy
Stupid Idiot- Often found in the company of the moronic jerk and the idiotic moron
Deadly Killer- A killer who's serious
Terrible Tragedy- A tragedy that's no laughing matter
Unsolved Problem- More problematic than a solved problem
General Public- A public worthy of salute
Original Founder-Forerunner to the second founder
Personal Friend- A friend you actually know
Jewish Rabbi- More authentic than a Catholic rabbi
Inocent Bystander- A bystander inexperienced in the ways of the world
Surviving Widow- The last one standing in an all-widow game of Russian roulette
Unknown Stranger- A stranger without a nametag
Approximately Around- Doubly unsure
Clap with Both Hands- But not with all three
Repeat Again- An encore presentation
Weave In and Out- A unique way of weaving
Circle Around- When circling square won't do
Perfect Utopia- Better than a run-down Utopia
Past History- History that's already happened
Easter Sunday- Holier, and more convienient, than an Easter Wednesday
Close Proximity- Nearer than distant proximity
Each and Every- When you want to cover all your bases, twice
Today's Soup du Jour- Fresher than yesterday's soup du jour
Necessary Prerequisite- When manatory compliance isn't optional
Fortunate Luck- More fortunitous than planned luck

pretty much the whole book is full of these things and I thought they were hilarious

[GuidoHunter]

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I plan on rereading Black Beauty (screw you, that book was awesome when I read it years ago) and No Relation. Ever heard of it? Yeah, neither had I.

You know those really old-looking books stores leave around to make something look more sophisticated? Well, I recently decided to start looking at them. Turns out most of them are just Readers Digest collections, but you find an occasional novel. I found one a while ago in a furniture store that looked really cool, but promptly forgot the name. Last weekend, I was in some store and I found the works of Voltaire, but some of the pages were bound together at the bottom. Very weird. But, there was No Relation, a book by E. Menot or Monot (I can't remember exactly).

So, I've decided to read it since I haven't read a novel in a while.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[stretchypanda]

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Monot.

I'm glad you found something valuable and the Polo Ralph Lauren Outlet. =)

[msbrunnettemickey]

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I finished the book The 5 people you meet in heaven.

Good book, i liked it a lot, it's a page-turner. I just think it was too short, i wanted to get more in the novel.

I also read On the street where you live by Mary Higgins Clark.

Very confusing book, but i got through it. It's a good mystery/suspense book.

It was also #1 New York Times bestseller.

[Cenright]

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I just started it, but I am in the book of Leviticus in the Bible.

[kickassbuddy]

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Good books I have read: 1984, The Kite Runner, Quicksilver (927 pages with small font!), and thats about it.

[russell35]

well i have read three books in my entire life

halo: the fall of reach
halo: the flood
halo:first strike

read them....do it.....or ill choke the fuck out of you

[esupin]

I'm reading some Agatha Christie books(The Hercule what's-his-last-name ones), which I highly recommend.
Also, I checked out Last of the Mohicans because I saw the movie a while back.

PS-The movie is great because Daniel Day Lewis absolutely nails the running-with-a-rifle-across-frontier-terrain-while-being-accompanied-by-superb-music scenes.

[NaOTa4231]

I really liked The Last of the Mohicans

[blahblah18]

Hercule Poirot... yes they're quite enjoyable..
hated LAst of the Mohicans

Just finished Time Enough for Love... damn Rober Heinlein is my hero if I haven't said that recently.

Maaaaybe I'll finally get around to reading Atlas Shrugged, I keep putting it off.

[The_Q]

Maaaaybe I'll finally get around to reading Atlas Shrugged, I keep putting it off.

You better read it. Just make sure you don't jump and hump Objectivism too hard.

Might as well read the Communist Manifesto and The Prince while you're at it. Those are classics that ever soon-to-be dictator should read.

Q