Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Currently, Don *&%^-ing Quixote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I was forced to read "The Prince" by Machiavelli and now I'm being forced to read something about how fast food is ruining the country. Stupid summer reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I'm re-reading 'Tis by Frank McCourt for about the 300th time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Check the movie out , after , Batman , and see if it comes up to your expectations , or imaginings . I actually saw the movie before I knew there was a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I could never read that book... I saw the movie in the late seventies... they showed "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Deliverance"... The book is MUCH better than the movie. If you are into sci-fi, try Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein - great summer reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Thanks, Ron... I´m not much into sci-fi, really, but summer is the good time for other kind of reading... I know "Slaughterhouse Five" is a good book, but once I saw the movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Some sad news in the literary world. Micky Spillane has died at the age of 88. I have read some of his Mike Hammer books. He was a great mystery writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 I'm reading "The Millionaire Next Door" by Stanley & Danko. Forget the likes of Paris Hilton, this is a case study in the likes of Sam Walton or H.L. Hunt. (That is, someone who prefers to buy from JC Penney, drives a "domestic iron" sedan, has a wife who clips discount coupons instead of frequenting Macy's, and doesn't look "Rich," but is definitely worth at least $1 million.) In a nutshell: save/invest more than you spend, have a plan for the future, and find a "soulmate for life." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 How utterly boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 I just finished reading "The Narrows" by Michael Connelly, "Bones And Silence" by Reginald Hill and "A Dedicated Man" by Peter Robinson. What can I say? I like crime fiction, particularly police procedurals. If anyone else likes crime fiction, I highly recommend all of the aforementioned authors. Harry Bosch, Dalziel & Pascoe and Alan Banks are complex, funny and well-conceived characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Kurt Vonnegut rocks! Oh yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dappled Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I've just read The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas. "The Birds tells the moving story of a mentally retarded man, Matthis, who has an innate feel for poetry. Mattis is thirty'seven, an outsider doomed to loneliness. He lives with his sister, Hege, who is slightly older and who takes care of him. When she falls in love with a lumberman, Jørgen, Mattis realizes how Hege's life is full of frustrations. Eventually Mattis's confused actions lead to his destruction. One of the central symbols of the story is a woodcock, which brings a message from unexplained realms of life: Mattis bent down and read what was written. Looked at the graceful dancing footprints. That's how fine and graceful the bird is, he thought. That's how gracefully my bird walks over the marshy ground when he's tired of the air. You are you, that was what was written. What a greeting to receive. " I can recommend it wholeheartedly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I'm going to drop-out from this thread, I put the book back that I was reading & returned it to the library, after the story got all muddled in the middle & lost it's concept point. A lot of books, don't keep a straight plot, & it shows where the author tried to fit in other story ties. The only thing I'll be reading this summer, is this website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 The only thing I'll be reading this summer, is this website. That's the only thing that matters anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanTurtle Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 I finally finished all of the Dune[.i] books...not including prequels......and now a new one comes out 8/22......so yay...more reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Brave New World. Not quite what I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 (edited) American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis. Edited August 3, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Reading The Great Australian Trilogy by Bryce Courtenay again. Finished the first two books, The Potato Factory and Tommo & Hawk and have just begun the final book, Solomon's Song. The books are absolutely brilliant, Bryce Courtenay is a genius. The characters in his stories are part fact, part fiction, but all the historical information is factual and accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 this summer I have so far read "confessions of a food addict" by william leith "the perks of being a wallflower" by stephen chbosky "freakonomics" by stephen levitt& stephen dubner "war of the worlds" by HG wells "Haunted" by chuck paulaniuk "life after god" by douglas coupland I really enjoyed "confessions of a food addict", "the perks of being a wallflower" and "freakonomics", highly reccommend all of them, especially the later. I found "war of the worlds" quite boring, "haunted" quite pointless, probably the worst paulaniuk book i have read (read most of them but not "diary ", the one shawna mentioned). I have yet to make up my mind about "life after god". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 I haven't read "War of the Worlds", but I found the movie (with Tom Cruise) to be one of the most boring films I ever saw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis. That's one of my favorite books ever, along with the movie. I couldn't put it down when I rented it from the library & almost didn't give it back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 That's one of my favorite books ever, along with the movie. I couldn't put it down when I rented it from the library & almost didn't give it back! Bateman sees right through Bono and exposes him for the sleazy fraud I've always maintained he is. (I've just read that chapter) Apart from that, we don't have such alot in common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 I started reading Hitchhiker's again for the 100th time. I should probably read something new, but it amazes me how every time I read it I catch a joke that I missed all those other times. It's the only book that can really make me laugh out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 and it will still be funny after the 200th read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 I read it again every couple of years or so. It really is the most brilliantly funny book I've ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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