Oh great.....I always seem to pick the ones that bring me to tears.Originally Posted by Barb51850
Oh great.....I always seem to pick the ones that bring me to tears.
I don't watch much TV either, but I still have no time.
If you're like me you'll figure out the ending by page 250.
Hmmm.....now you have me thinking of what it could be. I'm going out tonight but I hope to get through a good chunk of the book by Sat.
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Originally Posted by 4bronxbombers
I'm reading The Kite Runner right now which I love so far...........I've heard good things about it.
I hated that book.
ok.....so now i hate the book............LOL. I'm pissed at something the main character did..........but I need to finish it. I'm hoping it has a good ending.
Merry f'ing Christmas
Told ya so.
ok.....so now i hate the book............LOL. I'm pissed at something the main character did..........but I need to finish it. I'm hoping it has a good ending.
I'm reading U2 by U2. It's a fantastic account of the band by the bandmembers themselves.
Just finished Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille...I love his John Corey books. This one isn't too bad, same funny dialogue, a very quick read. Now I'm starting A Street Without Joy by Bernard Fall, a look into the French Indochina debacle.
They ripped off The Pythons.
Just finished the Numbers Game. About the history of stats in baseball. Would strongly recommend wherever you fall on the stats in baseball debate.
Just started Those are Real Bullets, here's a summary of it from Amazon:
In the Irish Republic, January 30, 1972, is known as "Bloody Sunday," the day when 13 unarmed Catholic marchers were killed and another 14 wounded as, Pringle and Jacobson say, "part of a deliberate plan, conceived at the highest level of military command and sanctioned by the British government." An official investigation conducted immediately after the incident excused the army for its actions. A generation later, Tony Blair reopened the investigation, making all previously classified archives available to the investigators. Pringle and Jacobson, veteran journalists of the British Sunday Times who have covered the story from the beginning, offer the most complete retelling of the events that led up to that awful day and the horror that ensued.
Not exactly light reading, but non-fiction and Irish history is my forte. It's been excellent so far.
"We understand that John Henry must be embarrassed, frustrated and disappointed by his failure in this transaction. Unlike the Yankees, he chose not to go the extra distance for his fans in Boston."
Did you hate that part too - when he betrayed his bf? ugh......is there a lot more to hate? I'm at the part where he moved to CA....
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He's just an unlikable character who I had no compassion for. I only read about 50 more pages after he moves because I figured out the ending and my fiance confirmed it so I stopped.
I never knew about that book - it looks great! We're a houseful of Python lovers.They ripped off The Pythons.
Anyone here ever read anything by Ted Dekker?
"Strickland Propene does not have a vending machine. It smells, and I thank God every day I get home that I didn't get exploded. The end."
I'm reading I Hope They serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max
If you like stories about drunkeness and whorish behavior, this book is a good and funny read. Not for the easily offended.
Burns: I wonder if this Homer Nixon is any relation?
Smithers: Unlikely, sir. They spell and pronounce their names differently.
I finished Kite Runner.....*sigh* Good book but very sad IMO.
Now I'm starting Wicked......anyone read it? My bf read it 2x she loved it so much. She says it's very dark and mysterious.
Merry f'ing Christmas
Birth of a Dynasty by Joel Sherman
If they ask who was our star, give them twenty five names, and if you forget our names, just tell them we were Yankees.
I really liked Wicked but it takes a while to get into it. The first quarter or so is kind of choppy and jumps around. Stick with it because once the groundwork is layed it really gets good.I finished Kite Runner.....*sigh* Good book but very sad IMO.
Now I'm starting Wicked......anyone read it? My bf read it 2x she loved it so much. She says it's very dark and mysterious.
i'm reading the Holy Scriptures. i'm at book number 16 - Nehemiah - there may be hope for me yet...
I'm reading The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory. I've really enjoyed all the historical fiction books about the Tudor era by her. Next up is her newest book The Boleyn Inheritance.
I loved all those books. The first one was my favorite. Queen's Fool is good too.
Merry f'ing Christmas
I have some of her books just sitting on my book shelves. I need to be in the right frame of mind for historical fiction. I haven't heard anything negative about her books.
"Baseball, my son, is the cornerstone of civilization." - Dagwood Bumstead
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
She sits there so refined and drinks herself half blind
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I just finished Firefly by P.T. Deutermann. Pretty good, but a bit tough to follow at times. Before that I read The Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor, which was very good, Contact Zero by David Wolstencroft, which was a tough read, and Havoc by R.J. Pineiro, which was good. Tonight I'm starting Dark Justice by Jack Higgins, which doesn't look that great, but it'll do for now.
"My point is you can't compare things with statistics." -Joe Morgan
"I've always felt that starting pitching is the most important part of the rotation." -Joe Morgan
Kevin: New York Squeaks
I finished Kite Runner.....*sigh* Good book but very sad IMO.
Now I'm starting Wicked......anyone read it? My bf read it 2x she loved it so much. She says it's very dark and mysterious.
I saw the musical yesterday. Much better then I thought it'd be. It's awesome how he ties everything in to the movie.
Just finished The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde and Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. Both were really good.
WoLP was sharp and entertaining.
AB was much more gentle but just as -- if not more -- entertaining.
I really liked Wicked, but it had some problems. Maguire is obviously very creative, and that creativity carried the book, but his writing is choppy and the sub-plots tend to either just stop abruptly or fade away without resolution, and so does the book itself. I read Son of a Witch and he seems to have cured his choppiness, but it left me with the same unsatisfied feeling at the end, like there was supposed to be some sort of thought provoking conclussion but instead it just kind of ends, unfinished. Still, well worth the read.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds - Robert Nesta Marley
I actually thought the way the musical ended was much better than the book. The musical leaves you with a smile on your face because in the end it was all worth it, whereas the book leaves you with the feeling that it was all for nothing.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds - Robert Nesta Marley
Hmm...interesting. I had no plans to read the book anyway, but that convinced me not to.
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I'm so far behind on my pleasure reading...I'll never get around to all the books I have.
Two Seconds Under The World
Story of the 1993 WTC bombing
It was then I knew I'd had enough,
Burned my credit card for fuel
Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand
Am I wrong though? I haven't really talked with a lot of other people who read it so I don't know what the general concensus is, but to me the ending felt flat and without any meaningful resolution. I still recommend the book to everyone I know, but I think that it could have been a classic in the hands of a more seasoned writer, instead of being just a really good book.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds - Robert Nesta Marley
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
-- Mahatma Gandhi
Oh, I have no idea - I just started it. What a bummer that the ending is flat since it's a good sized book.....
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Dr.Phils.....eating right book.
I'm reading The Game Within The Game by Walt Frazier. I'm enjoying it because I loved the way the NBA players of Frazier's day played the game. Basically, Clyde calls out about 85% of the current players in the NBA for not playing the game as it should be played.
Clyde's still cool in my book.
Just this past weekend I discovered Nelson DeMille. I quickly read The Gold Coast and now I'm reading Plum Island.
"Baseball, my son, is the cornerstone of civilization." - Dagwood Bumstead
Awesome books. I laughed my ass off reading Plum Island. He's soooo sarcastic.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude.
AKA The Jack Bauer memoirs?
Slaughter Is The Best Medicine
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FIRE JETER
It`s 4:00 AM in the morning.............."The Riot Act"
I just finished it this afternoon. I loved it. I kept thinking if I was going to have an affair it would be with that kind of guy...Awesome books. I laughed my ass off reading Plum Island. He's soooo sarcastic.
"Baseball, my son, is the cornerstone of civilization." - Dagwood Bumstead
No kidding!I just finished it this afternoon. I loved it. I kept thinking if I was going to have an affair it would be with that kind of guy...
I can't believe how much I laughed when reading that book. IMO, it's the best one. The others are good but Plum Island was great!!
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Other John Corey Books:No kidding!
I can't believe how much I laughed when reading that book. IMO, it's the best one. The others are good but Plum Island was great!!
The Lion's Game (2000)
Night Fall (2004)
Wild Fire (November 2006)
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"Baseball, my son, is the cornerstone of civilization." - Dagwood Bumstead
I just finished the biography on Roberto Clemente. What an amazing man.
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yeah it was a great book, I'm glad someone wrote a good bio of Roberto.
I'm gonna start reading "Thr3e" by Ted Dekker
"Strickland Propene does not have a vending machine. It smells, and I thank God every day I get home that I didn't get exploded. The end."
all pretty good books. I've read a bunch of his other stuff too: Cathedral, Spencerville, Rivers of Babylon, The General's Daughter, and Word of Honor. He amuses me...I laugh out loud at least once at his dialogue while reading his Corey books.
I read the local newspaper every morning. EVERY morning.
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I hear the movie is betterI read the local newspaper every morning. EVERY morning.
"Strickland Propene does not have a vending machine. It smells, and I thank God every day I get home that I didn't get exploded. The end."
"Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883" by Simon Winchester. Makes the interesting case that radical Islamism in the Far East is traceable to the Krakatoa eruption. Rich in historic detail. Prose a little tough to wade through at times.
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