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BOOKS! - what are you reading?
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Hrumph. Apparently LC's google is Broken.

Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.
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that sounds like a quite fascinating book. i do like a sea survival story.

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There is no pain on earth quite as severe as a broken Google.
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The tenth and last book in David Gemmell's The Drenai Saga.

Next: The new Steven King Dark Tower: The Wind Through The Keyhole. Can't wait.

I'm not a horror fan and I don't read Steven King horror novels. But this (now) eight book series is unbelievable! The guy is a genius!
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I'm in the middle of "The Pleasure Of My Company" by Steve Martin.

Just perfect.
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(05-03-2012, 07:28 PM)Disciple Wrote: The tenth and last book in David Gemmell's The Drenai Saga.

Next: The new Steven King Dark Tower: The Wind Through The Keyhole. Can't wait.

I'm not a horror fan and I don't read Steven King horror novels. But this (now) eight book series is unbelievable! The guy is a genius!

Wait til you read 1963. It's all coming back to him it would seem, finally.
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(04-08-2012, 06:43 PM)username Wrote: Hrumph. Apparently LC's google is Broken.

Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.

Hillenbrand is wonderful. I'll have to get this.
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Given the characters on Mock, I'm surprised that nobody has yet mentioned "The Pessimist's Guide to History" by Flexner and Flexner.

Pretty much self explanatory.

You'llll bust a gut laughing, even at the tragedies.
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(05-03-2012, 08:10 PM)Ma Huang Sor Wrote:
(05-03-2012, 07:28 PM)Disciple Wrote: The tenth and last book in David Gemmell's The Drenai Saga.

Next: The new Steven King Dark Tower: The Wind Through The Keyhole. Can't wait.

I'm not a horror fan and I don't read Steven King horror novels. But this (now) eight book series is unbelievable! The guy is a genius!

Wait til you read 1963. It's all coming back to him it would seem, finally.

Thanks for the tip. I'll put it on my "to read" list.
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(05-03-2012, 08:12 PM)Disciple Wrote: Given the characters on Mock, I'm surprised that nobody has yet mentioned "The Pessimist's Guide to History" by Flexner and Flexner.

Pretty much self explanatory.

You'llll bust a gut laughing, even at the tragedies.

that's going on my reading list. 44

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I've been re-reading some classics of late. I think The Pessimists Guide to History would be a good entertaining change. I'm gonna give that one a try too. Laughing and learning at the same time; hard to beat...
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(03-21-2011, 05:20 PM)username Wrote: After years and years of murder mysteries, I've switched over to what's often referred to as "urban fantasy". I prefer series (because I never want my books to end). I enjoyed the Jim Butcher Dresden File series (for example). The book I'm reading now isn't worth mentioning. It's just okay but I'm beginning to scrape the bottom of the barrel in urban fantasy books. I need to find a new genre.

Oh I absolutely love the Dresden Files, they're awesome. I tried Hamilton's books, too, but threw them away once they became more porn than anything else. I like the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris (HBO's True Blood, anybody?), but I am losing more and more interest with every installment. It's just a bit too naive and self-centered for my liking.

Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels, though, I can wholeheartedly recommend. Not sure if they count as urban fantasy since they are set in a parallel world, but it's a real treat for anyone who likes classic literature, wordplay, and intelligent story-telling.

Blurb from goodreads.com:
"Welcome to a surreal version of Great Britain, circa 1985, where time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem, militant Baconians heckle performances of Hamlet, and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection, until someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature. When Jane Eyre is plucked from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday must track down the villain and enter the novel herself to avert a heinous act of literary homicide"


(04-07-2012, 02:39 PM)Teacher Wrote: BTW, I am almost through reading the three-book series by Stieg Larsson. (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire, and The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest) So far I like the second one the best.

If you like to watch movies, try to catch the Swedish version of the trilogy on DVD. It is intense, very close to the books, and the actress playing Lisbeth Salander gives a really gripping performance.


(05-03-2012, 08:28 PM)Lady Cop Wrote:
(05-03-2012, 08:12 PM)Disciple Wrote: Given the characters on Mock, I'm surprised that nobody has yet mentioned "The Pessimist's Guide to History" by Flexner and Flexner.

Pretty much self explanatory.

You'llll bust a gut laughing, even at the tragedies.

that's going on my reading list. 44

Yep, on mine, as well. Smiley_emoticons_smile

I've just finished Bill Bryson's At Home: A short history of private life, which I thoroughly enjoyed, so I'm in the mood to get another tongue-in cheek history book.

From wiki:
"The book [At home] covers topics of the commerce, architecture, technology and geography that have shaped homes into what they are today, told through a series of "tours" through Bryson's Norfolk rectory that quickly digress into the history of each particular room."

It's basically a collection of historical anecdotes regarding those things that marked important steps in our social evolution, such as mortar, water closets, spices, corsets, food in general, etc. It mainly concentrates on the region of the US and Great Britain. Not always 100% historically correct, but very entertaining and humorous to read.


At the same time, I've started Terence McKenna's The Invisible Landscape, a book on hallucinogenic states of consciousness and shamanism. Very tough read, especially since I am not reading it in my first language, but very informative when you're into that kind of philosophy/mind-expanding stuff.
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i'm a Bill Bryson fan also, loved...very witty

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Ah, I haven't gotten around to check for other books he wrote yet, but that one looks promising. I vaguely remember that I had started his History of Nearly Everything a few years ago, but never finished due to lack of time. After having moved three times in the meantime, the book's probably buried somewhere in some box up in my attic. Gotta go find it and give it a second try.
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Maurice Sendak, author of the classic children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," died from complications after a stroke on Tuesday, said Erin Crum, a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers.

Sendak illustrated nearly 100 books during a 60-year career, winning dozens of accolades as he endeared himself to generations of children reared on his fanciful stories. One critic called him "the Picasso of children's literature." Former President Bill Clinton called him the "king of dreams."

Born in Brooklyn the son of Polish immigrants, Sendak grew up to take a few night classes but largely taught himself as an artist.

He is best known for his book, "Where the Wild Things Are." It tells the story of a boy named Max, who dresses in a white wolf costume and escapes his life at home by sailing to a remote land, where he discovers wild things who roar their terrible roars and gnash their terrible teeth.


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I started reading this and all I can say is Oh my! and I haven't even gotten to the submissive part yet.

Anyone else read it?
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No but I intend to.
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It's good so far. Very very racy! Look out Cowboy!
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NY Times book reviews, and others, said it was trite, boring, cliched overworked tired lame attempt at porn crap.

















































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