edna Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Nope. A normal book... some 300 pages. And yes, some pictures at the end, black and white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 My book does! So buy it. OK, Uncle Joe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 So you suggest I should read "Whatever"? I just started it a couple of days ago... fever won´t let me remember much of what I read these days... i really liked it, reminded me of "l'etranger" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 My book does! So buy it. OK, Uncle Joe? I may just do that Ron. Either for myself or as a gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 I just read last weeks episode to House as i missed it and they dont show reruns. I was at the hospital with my Girfriend and her mom, cause she got bit by her dogs. They are soon to become Eunuchs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 "I believe everything I read. It's true. I write something down, then I read it, and I believe it." ~ Bob Saget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Too often these days we use the word 'amazing' a bit frivolous. An 'amazing' frappacino, an 'amazing' weekend, ad nauseam. Prepare for something truly "Amazing". Amazing book, amazing story, amazing man. Amazing, gorilla sized balls. Dig on it. The guy, strung a wire, illegally between WTC 1 and WTC 2, then walked out onto the wire. Like, what, 1400 feet up? Makes that frappacino seem like overpriced, leukwarm dishwater. Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Man ! My head is starting to spin just looking at that ! I wouldn't even want to just look over the ledge ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 I am nervous all the way down into my toes even thinking about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Groove on it. The guy did it? Eight times... Double groove on this.. In one hour. That's not balls, that is King Kong size stones. Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 I'm getting vertigo and an adrenaline rush from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 After Phillipe Petit's adventure, he inspired me to become intrigued by high walking. I recall, as a 20-something yr old, walking the two and a half inch wide handrail around my 3rd storey balcony in Key West, back and forth - back and forth, for hours at a time. Though not as high as Petit's walk, the results would have been equally disasterous had I fallen outward. I learned about life and myself through Petit's experience. As a lesson for us all, I later wrote this: It is not about the height of the walk nor the possibility of a fall upon which the highwire artist’s thoughts dwell; but the growing exhilaration formed during each advancing step ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 STP 21-1-SMCT Headquarters Department of the ARMY Soldiers Manual of Common Tasks Skill Level 1 October 2005 Umm...quite exciting. The book reads like putting together a baby crib...please refer to figure 052-192-1042-6. Marking a Trip Wire. Next i get to read on how to take apart an M16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Remember the scene from the original Time Machine movie starring Rod Taylor? When he asks the eloi lad about books and the eloi lad says, "Books? Yes, we have books" and shows him to the library and Rod grabs a book and it crumbles to dust in his hand. That's how I feel. The internet has reduced my reading by about 80%. Shameful. Where are my spinning, story-telling rings? I finally received Ron's (Steel2Velvet) book of poetry titled The Heart Of Peace last week. I flipped through it and read a couple of the poems and viewed some of the illustrations/photos but I haven't read it yet. I promise a review as soon as I've read it. It looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted January 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 BTW, I never mentioned I just read book 12 in "A Series of Unfortunate Events." I don't know why people think of this as strictly a childrens book series, I think it's brilliant. I give it an A. Right now I'm reading "Dave Barry's Greatest Hits." 'Tis funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 *bump* Come on, we're more literary than that! Last book I read was Sister of My Heart by Chitra Bannerjee Devakurni. Yes, I was surprised at the end. But it left some unresolved issues ultimately and it was a bit too... overdone. I give it a 4/10. I didn't really like it. Now I'm reading Altona by Jean Paul Sartre. It's going good so far I should be done with it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 I also read Sister of My Heart by Chitra Bannerjee Devakurni. I found it very difficult to understand. I really never got past page 1. But I'll give it a 4/10, too because I trust Radhi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Last book I read was Last Man Standing by David Baldacci. It took me ages to finish it because I kept forgetting about it, but it was quite good... 8.5/10. Right now I'm reading Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie. I don't usually read non-fiction, so it's a bit unusual... but it's very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 I also read Sister of My Heart by Chitra Bannerjee Devakurni. I found it very difficult to understand. I really never got past page 1. But I'll give it a 4/10, too because I trust Radhi. Please do! Easy reading, though.. it didn't take very long to finish. But, you didn't miss anything by not reading it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 I read 'Labyrinth' by Kate Mosse (not the model, she has no 'e' on the end!). It's a bit of a thriller blockbuster, along the lines of the Da Vinci Code, but in this book the action takes place in both the modern day and the 13th century. I was almost turned off by a dire metaphor on the first page (something along the lines of "the drop of blood fell onto her leg, exploding like a firework on Guy Fawke's night" - yissshk!) but the novel was actually very interesting and engaging. the author obviously did considerable research into the era of the crusades and you feel like you are learning as well as enjoying and exciting story. a light read but a good one! i'd give it 7.5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Remember the scene from the original Time Machine movie starring Rod Taylor? When he asks the eloi lad about books and the eloi lad says, "Books? Yes, we have books" and shows him to the library and Rod grabs a book and it crumbles to dust in his hand. That's how I feel. The internet has reduced my reading by about 80%. Shameful. Where are my spinning, story-telling rings ? Exactly , Joe ! Thus , I'm taking a little 'break' and diving back into some books instead of cyber-crap ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 The most recent book I finished reading was "Telegraph Days" by Larry McMurtry. NOT his best effort. With "Lonesome Dove" and "Anything For Billy" in his portfolio, "Telegraph Days" was certainly more of an exercise in supplying his publisher's demand. I was really disappointed. 2/10 at best. And I'm still in the middle of the Jamie and Claire series by Diana Gabaldon - for the third time. Excellent. They all get 20/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 I'm reading Catch 22. It's SO good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 The post above mine. I give it a 5 for creativity (use of double caps and an exclamation point for emphasis), but it's no page-turner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 I read the paper this morning..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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