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« Reply #75 on: Sep 15, 2005, 12:00 AM »
The Farmers Almanac is always an interesting read
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I love Douglas Adams (again , my first intro to the genious of Adams was The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy , serialized on CBC Radio , when I was probably 9 years old. (Oh CBC ...Come Back) )
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« Reply #76 on: Sep 15, 2005, 05:35 AM »
Yep, Adams is a classic.  Very funny, also like a lot of the cflassic sci-fi writers too, epecially arthur c clarke and Philip K Dick,  My fave in recent years is Robin Hobb (Real name Megan Lindholm or something like that) I love dragons, and her whole concept on dragons and serpents and astral travel (skilling) and animal bonding (wit) just spun me right out.  Farseer triliogy, Live ship traders is the 2 then the tawny man trilogy, just awesome.
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« Reply #77 on: Sep 15, 2005, 06:41 AM »
favorite author is john saul
  but i read anything that has mystery to it...and i like to read arts and crafts books,,,right now i am trying to learn how to use a scroll saw without being scared of it :shock:  not working so far so i'll keep reading
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« Reply #78 on: Sep 15, 2005, 09:09 AM »
Yay, Douglas Adams! I've just finished up The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Currently reading Quicksilver, Volume One of the Baroque Cycle, by Neal Stephenson. (Thanks, Kyle!)
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« Reply #79 on: Sep 15, 2005, 09:13 AM »
Just finished Strategic Management Theory: An Integrated Approach by Hill and Jones.    Wonderfully thoughtful and compelling.    :shock:
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« Reply #80 on: Sep 15, 2005, 09:15 AM »
Maxim, been a subscriber since issue 5, have all except issue 1 and 2.
Fark.com, great for news and tidbits.

The odd novel, but it's rare. 
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« Reply #81 on: Sep 15, 2005, 10:10 AM »

"loves executioner and other tales pf psychotherapy".  My head's fried.
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« Reply #82 on: Sep 15, 2005, 10:12 AM »
Quote from: Dirty Dancin' on Sep 15, 2005, 09:09 AM
Yay, Douglas Adams! I've just finished up The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Currently reading Quicksilver, Volume One of the Baroque Cycle, by Neal Stephenson. (Thanks, Kyle!)

Every few months I pick Quicksilver up and read another chapter , but havn't been able to get right into it. I love Neal Stephenson!
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« Reply #83 on: Sep 15, 2005, 10:33 AM »
Saucy, I'm glad you resurrected this topic, I love to read! How did your boys like the newest Harry Potter? I found the end quite sad & troubling. If you're ever looking for something to read to your boys with a stron female protagonist there's this book I read when I was younger that I fell in love with, it's called The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson. I'm not sure how available it is because it was published in 1975 (dang! it's older than I am). However, if your boys are more interested in sci fi & fantasy, then they may not like it. The description on the cover reads: Not since Lord of the Flies has there been such a powerful story of children forced to survive in a world without adults. It sounds like you're doing an excellent job of immersing them in the world of literature already, I'm very glad to hear about it!

As for what I'm reading, I'm trying to start Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. The story was inspired by Jane Eyre & tells the story of Rochester's first wife. I read it in school, & remembered how interesting it is; I haven't had a chance to start yet though. Recently I have re-read Life of Pi by Yan Martel, a very excellent book. Tales From Firozsha Baag by Rohinton Mistry, intertwining short stories about the residents of an apartment complex in Bombay. Mistry really does capture what apartment life is like sometimes, it doesn't matter if the apartment is in India or Canada; actually the stories remind me more of my aunt's apartment building, it's much larger than mine.
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« Reply #84 on: Sep 15, 2005, 05:05 PM »
Quote from: tan on Sep 15, 2005, 06:41 AM
favorite author is john saul
  but i read anything that has mystery to it...and i like to read arts and crafts books,,,right now i am trying to learn how to use a scroll saw without being scared of it :shock:  not working so far so i'll keep reading

I like John Saul too, my fave is Creature
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« Reply #85 on: Sep 16, 2005, 07:29 AM »
i didn't read creature yet...i don't think i got it, i had borrowed a few from my friend and last summer i popped in a yard sale and this chick was selling books and i was so excited i found 12 of his books in the stack, but i don't recall seeing creature in it only read 5 or 6 so far my favorite of his was brain child....interesting twists in that one but they are all good......i used to love stephen king but saul took first place

wanna read something freaky......read bentley little the return....i came across it ordering from book clubs just picked it for the hell of it had never heard of that author and holllllyyyy crap i will never read another horror book like that had me really fucked up for days.....i used to wake up in the middle of the night in panic cause i'd fall asleep reading and the story would go on in my dreams....never doing that again :shock: but it was totally an awesom book.....just should of read it through the day....haha

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« Reply #86 on: Sep 16, 2005, 01:58 PM »
I'm all about Chuck Palahniuk. He wrote the novel that Fight Club was based on. The rest of his stuff ranges from dark comedy to extreme vulgarity.
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« Reply #87 on: Sep 16, 2005, 04:31 PM »
 I'm a lover of Anne Rice. Theres just something about vampires. Her novels are very descriptive and dark, I like that.
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« Reply #88 on: Sep 17, 2005, 06:10 AM »
Believe it or not, I am really in a stage where I am thinking a lot about religion, spirituality, and belief in God. Wondering if there really is a God, if so....Are all these organized religions just something people conjured up out of their own ignorance hoping it will please God. And if there is a God, is he really laughing at how stupid his children are, and how they just can't get the big picture...(Before someone takes a stroke, that is just my opinion, and I am giving a background as to what, and why I am reading it) I am also facinated about how some people will believe so strongly in their religion to condem loved ones, start wars, kill, and sacrifice their own life all in the name of their God and religion. So I am reading a book right now called "God's Smuggler" written by a guy known only as "Brother Andrew". It's about his experiences, risking his life for years, smuggling bibles into places like Communist China, and Afganistan when it was under rule of the Taliban... Just so that Christians could have bibles to read...Intersesting stuff!
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« Reply #89 on: Sep 17, 2005, 06:21 AM »
Quote from: Ole Dirty on Sep 17, 2005, 06:10 AM
Believe it or not, I am really in a stage where I am thinking a lot about religion, spirituality, and belief in God. Wondering if there really is a God, if so....Are all these organized religions just something people conjured up out of their own ignorance hoping it will please God. And if there is a God, is he really laughing at how stupid his children are, and how they just can't get the big picture...(Before someone takes a stroke, that is just my opinion, and I am giving a background as to what, and why I am reading it) I am also facinated about how some people will believe so strongly in their religion to condem loved ones, start wars, kill, and sacrifice their own life all in the name of their God and religion. So I am reading a book right now called "God's Smuggler" written by a guy known only as "Brother Andrew". It's about a man who has been risking his life for years, smuggling bibles into places like Communist China, and Afganistan when it was under rule of the Taliban... Just so that Christians could have bibles to read...Intersesting stuff!
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« Reply #90 on: Sep 17, 2005, 06:23 AM »
I am really into stories of true life adventures. Just re-read In the Land of White Death, a russian sailors account of an expedetion to the North Pole in 1912. They did not make it. Only two members survived. Gripping stuff. Also read Cannonball! by Brock Yates, the real story of the Cannonball Run. Really good reading.
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« Reply #91 on: Sep 17, 2005, 06:41 AM »
Quote from: EvilTwin on Sep 17, 2005, 06:23 AM
I am really into stories of true life adventures. Just re-read In the Land of White Death, a russian sailors account of an expedetion to the North Pole in 1912. They did not make it. Only two members survived. Gripping stuff. Also read Cannonball! by Brock Yates, the real story of the Cannonball Run. Really good reading.

If you like real life adventures, here a classic novel written about a bunch of sealers back where I grew up, called "Death on the Ice by Cassie Brown"  "An unforgettable protrait of the bloody trade of seal hunting among the ice-fields when ships and men were expendable." some of the dialogue may be hard to understand because it is written as it was spoken in our dialect...But you'll get used to it a couple chapters in.... I still remember the story, when I read the book in high school. Brothers, fathers and sons found frozen to death, holding each other trying to stay warm on the ice flows. Very sad stuff
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« Reply #92 on: Sep 17, 2005, 07:27 AM »
sounds good. Where can I find a copy of it? Another one I read , on my dads advice, was The Lure of the Labrador Wild truly moving and sad :( But well worth the read.
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« Reply #93 on: Sep 17, 2005, 08:45 AM »
Quote from: EvilTwin on Sep 17, 2005, 07:27 AM
sounds good. Where can I find a copy of it? Another one I read , on my dads advice, was The Lure of the Labrador Wild truly moving and sad :( But well worth the read.

I thought it was kinda boring...all the boys did was stop in the wilderness for scoffs and cups of tea.... You'll love Death on the Ice if you like Lure of the Labrador Wild
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« Reply #94 on: Sep 17, 2005, 09:36 AM »
The only books I read are magazines...
-Xbox Magazine
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« Reply #95 on: Sep 17, 2005, 09:45 AM »
It was a slow read, but it was good. I guess I just appreciated it for what they were doing. the first white men into the wilds of Canada and all that Where can I find a copy of death on the ice? Is it Canadian, American or European? When was it written?
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« Reply #96 on: Sep 17, 2005, 01:17 PM »
I should be ashamed to admit it considering i am a newfoundlander, but i've never gotten around to reading Death on th Ice. I heard it was a really good novel though, maybe i'll break down and read it sometime soon.
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« Reply #97 on: Sep 17, 2005, 01:53 PM »
I finished, In the Heart of the Sea (The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex) by Nathaniel Philbrick and have started reading The Endurance (Shakleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition) by Caroline Alexander once again. Thanks for the recommendation Ole Dirty I will see if I can find a copy of Death on the Ice
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« Reply #98 on: Sep 17, 2005, 04:07 PM »
I am actually looking for something NEW to read and really miss not having something. I just finished "the five people you meet in heaven" and "The Poisonwood Bible". I might hit Chapters later (depends on the weather) to see if anything catches my eye!!
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« Reply #99 on: Sep 17, 2005, 10:33 PM »
The Chrysalids, that I'm reading to the boys , is set in Newfoundland!! (a thousand years in the future) .
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