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Post by Darth on Aug 3, 2017 8:01:45 GMT -8
If you are interested in participating in this thread please let me know. No use in my posting here if I'm just keeping a diary for my eyes only.
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Post by nuraman00 on Aug 3, 2017 8:11:54 GMT -8
Do we have to read the same books?
Or is this about any book discussion?
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Post by nuraman00 on Aug 3, 2017 8:13:07 GMT -8
If you are interested in participating in this thread please let me know. No use in my posting here if I'm just keeping a diary for my eyes only. Sometimes it's fun to read what other people are saying, even if I don't have anything to comment about. Just reading is enjoyable. So it would always be fore more than your eyes.  |
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Post by basketbills on Aug 3, 2017 8:36:47 GMT -8
I'm interested but I don't read fantasy or Science Fiction. I read a couple of good nonfiction books recently. Them by Jon Ronson was about a reporter who embedded himself with various fringe/extremist groups such as KKK, terrorists, and political extremists who believe the world is ruled by giant lizards. Actually pretty funny.
A Beautiful, Terrible Thing by Jen Waite is about the author's marriage to a guy who turned out to be a lying cheating sociopath. He fooled her for over 5 years before things started to unravel.
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Post by Darth on Aug 3, 2017 10:08:45 GMT -8
I intended this thread to be about any kind of books. I like learning about things people have read even (or especially) when I'm ignorant on the subject. I also like getting suggestions on books. Personally I like fantasy, mysteries, and thrillers. But I've read many classics too. I'm hoping oeople basically stick to books, but I'm merely the guy who started it so it is up to everyone to use it as they like. I know nothing of the subject (you (basketbills) talked about but that is how I learn).
So everyone please use this thread for anything book related (questions, summaries, rankings, aanything of interest to you).
;-) (Laimbeer, feel free to talk about Green Eggs and Ham).
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Post by basketbills on Aug 3, 2017 11:11:04 GMT -8
I read a lot of classics too since I run a book group. Just read Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos (fiction). It is set in 1920s New York and uses an experimental stream of consciousness Joyce-like narrative. He is an author that seems to overlooked now. He volunteered as an ambulance driver in WW1 as did his pal Hemingway.
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Post by nuraman00 on Aug 3, 2017 12:15:50 GMT -8
I intended this thread to be about any kind of books. I like learning about things people have read even (or especially) when I'm ignorant on the subject. I also like getting suggestions on books. Personally I like fantasy, mysteries, and thrillers. But I've read many classics too. I'm hoping oeople basically stick to books, but I'm merely the guy who started it so it is up to everyone to use it as they like. I know nothing of the subject (you (basketbills) talked about but that is how I learn). So everyone please use this thread for anything book related (questions, summaries, rankings, aanything of interest to you). ;-) (Laimbeer, feel free to talk about Green Eggs and Ham). Thanks. I usually read 2 - 3 books per year. Will get to the ones I read recently (at the end of last year and start of this year) in another post. I also have some nostalgia for some pre-teen books. Last one I read was 16 years ago, but I wouldn't mind at some point in my life re-reading those series. Because I'm sure I didn't read every book in those series when I was young anyways. Now, it's easier to check online and find out all of the books related to a series or universe. |
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Post by basketbills on Aug 3, 2017 12:34:45 GMT -8
I have gone back and read some of the books I read as a kid nuraman00. Some of them hold up pretty well. It takes you back.
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Post by nuraman00 on Aug 4, 2017 12:53:23 GMT -8
So everyone please use this thread for anything book related (questions, summaries, rankings, aanything of interest to you). ;-) (Laimbeer, feel free to talk about Green Eggs and Ham). What are you talking about? BillLaimbeer reads The New England Journal Of Medicine; The Yale Law Journal; Computerworld; and The Onion, every week. |
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Post by BillLaimbeer on Aug 4, 2017 15:47:18 GMT -8
So everyone please use this thread for anything book related (questions, summaries, rankings, aanything of interest to you). ;-) (Laimbeer, feel free to talk about Green Eggs and Ham). What are you talking about? BillLaimbeer reads The New England Journal Of Medicine; The Yale Law Journal; Computerworld; and The Onion, every week. I love The Onion. Great web site. Great vegetable. |
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Post by nuraman00 on Aug 4, 2017 16:27:19 GMT -8
I like them. I can't taste much of a difference between white, red, or yellow. Red seems a bit sharper, but not enough of a difference where if I took a blind taste test of 3 dishes and each had one of those onion varieties, that I'd be able to tell which one had which onion.
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Aug 4, 2017 16:44:48 GMT -8
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Post by Darth on Aug 4, 2017 16:44:48 GMT -8
Small wonder Lame likes the onion. Laimbeer is like an onion. Anytime I look too closely at one of his dumb posts it makes me want to cry.
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Post by susie914 on Aug 4, 2017 17:33:35 GMT -8
I just finished "My Cross to Bear" by Gregg Allman. It was very very good. Of course I have always been madly in love with him forever, so I would love it no matter what. His passing so very sad.
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Post by basketbills on Aug 5, 2017 5:22:48 GMT -8
I just finished "My Cross to Bear" by Gregg Allman. It was very very good. Of course I have always been madly in love with him forever, so I would love it no matter what. His passing so very sad. I'd like to read that. I saw his fairly recent Dan Rather interview. He had quite a life and seemed like a decent guy. |
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Post by basketbills on Aug 5, 2017 5:23:36 GMT -8
What are you talking about? BillLaimbeer reads The New England Journal Of Medicine; The Yale Law Journal; Computerworld; and The Onion, every week. I love The Onion. Great web site. Great vegetable. Take it to the gardening thread. |
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Aug 5, 2017 8:23:04 GMT -8
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Post by Darth on Aug 5, 2017 8:23:04 GMT -8
But isn't that where we discuss books?
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Post by kinglurker on Aug 5, 2017 9:34:58 GMT -8
So everyone please use this thread for anything book related (questions, summaries, rankings, aanything of interest to you). ;-) (Laimbeer, feel free to talk about Green Eggs and Ham). What are you talking about? BillLaimbeer reads The New England Journal Of Medicine; The Yale Law Journal; Computerworld; and The Onion, every week. Which of them is a book? Just kidding ...  However, whoever reads those is a very well-read person. |
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Post by Darth on Aug 12, 2017 19:37:52 GMT -8
Prior to June 4th (averaging a book every 4 days-crazy) I read the Memory, Sorrow AND Thorn series. Without doubt one of my top ten fantasy series by Tad Williams. Amazing!
Completed 17 books since June 4th including:
Three Louise Penny Inspwctor Gamach mysteries. A modern day Agatha Christie but even better. Best read in order but not necessary. There is character growth as the series progresses and some past events are alluded to including a murde revisited with a different result. Gamache is not arrogant like Agathas Hercules Poirot and is actually French. Unlike the Belgian Poirot who is often mistaken as a frenchman by other characters and readers alike. Great books. Also another (myv8th) Merrily Watkins mystery by Phil Rickman. A catholic priest/ excorcist who smokes and a mother. Terrific series best read in order.
5 thrillers. The one by Clive Cussler is a popcorn thriller, Ben Coes was excellent, the 2 by James Rollins were fun reads. One was a combination Jurassic Park and Lost World (but mostly with plants and insects). My 2nd Douglas E Richards sci-fi thriller. Really good. Also a thriller by Preston and Child (co-authors of Relicand the rest of the Pendergrast series). This one was from a different detective series (less creepy) and the creature was a cyclopean King Kong. Fun.
Two Bernard Cornwell books ;my 2nd and 3rd) from his historical fiction Saxon Tales series. A fun and interesting way to learn.
A science fiction book from the Expanse series by James Corey. I enjoyed it but not enough to read the other eight books. But most folk rave about it.
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers. A sort of Pirates Of the Caribbean. Meh.ok.
Book one of the classic Lyonesse series. Quit after book one.Didn''t connect with the writer. Seemed outdated to me.
On books 2/5 of the Monarchies of God series. I liked book one enough to give the next a go. We shall see. .
Bdee bdee bahdee that's all folks!
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Post by basketbills on Aug 13, 2017 6:23:37 GMT -8
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Post by kinglurker on Aug 13, 2017 11:24:08 GMT -8
I generally don't read with that kind of speed either but I'll say this:
The first book that I have read is The Count of Monte Cristo. At the time, I was about 7-8 years old. The edition was in 4 volumes. I read the first volume....in less than 8 hours. I couldn't put it down.
Since then, in the course of years, I have re-read it several times in different languages, including the original. I always enjoy it. It always amazes me. I find it to be splendid. Also, it brings me back so many memories...
In my opinion, it is one of the best novels ever written or ever will.
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However, whoever reads those is a very well-read person.