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what are you reading. part 843 i just finished jose saramago's "seeing", which turned out the be
a bit of a follow up to "blindness". altho "blindness" is a much, much better book. it's funny how saramago can be so hit or mis. some of his books, such as "the gospel according to jesus christ", "the stone raft" and even "death at intervals" are absolutely brilliant, yet some of his others are merely ok. i'm considering what to read next and i've whiteled it down to this shortlist: the minotaur takes a cigarett break :: steven sherrill the night it rained dead crows :: marcel beyer snow :: orhan pamuk the encyclopaedia of snow :: sarah emily miano and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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I JUST finished Bangkok 8 (my 3rd attempt to read the book in 2 years ) by John Burdett, and have started Bangkok Tattoo (the followup). I've fallen in love with the characters, and find the man protagonist delicious. Just delicious.
I've started two books which are short story anthologies: and A collection of literature (short stories) from around the world, outside of the typical Western authors in the US and UK (or Germany, France, etc.). The book is divided into African, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, and Latin American writers/stories. I've only started on the first two stories (currently in the African authors sections), and I can already say this book is going to be superb. The stories were griping, heart wrenching, and just expertly well done. The bios provided for each author before the story are in themselves engaging. Really magnificent stuff. I've been breezing through books this last 2 months--I think I've read more in the last two months then I have in the last 2 years. Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.--The Buddha | |
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I'm going to pick up "Shit My Dad Says" soon. The Twitter account is hilarious! | |
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TheVoid said: I've started two books which are short story anthologies:
oh, good tip, i'm gonna check this out and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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RodeoSchro said: I'm going to pick up "Shit My Dad Says" soon. The Twitter account is hilarious!
do you have a direct link to the twitter account? and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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IstenSzek said: RodeoSchro said: I'm going to pick up "Shit My Dad Says" soon. The Twitter account is hilarious!
do you have a direct link to the twitter account? Yeah, here you go. I hope you find it as funny as I do! http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays Believe it or not, they're making a TV series of this. Starring William Shatner! LOL. | |
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I just picked up this one
Haven't started reading it yet, though. | |
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MacDaddy said: I just picked up this one
Haven't started reading it yet, though. You have to read some of the chapters twice, they're so intricately detailed. Dawkins doesn't just criticize--he dissects and skewers. His writing style is more humorous than angry, but his intent is not disguised. He's on a mission with that book. Christopher Hitchen's book, which is often compared to this one, "God Is Not Great" is actually funnier in places, but I would say the Dawkins book is a better read---it's been a while since I've read the Dawkins book though, and I honestly didn't get through Hitchen's book. The beauty of Hitchens book is that he turns away from Abrahamic religion bashing from time to time, and goes at my own religion (Buddhism) with as much ferocity. I found that refreshing since Buddhism is often given sort of a high brow 'pass' by many anti-religious authors. Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.--The Buddha | |
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MacDaddy said: I just picked up this one
Haven't started reading it yet, though. it's a good one, i read it last year. most of dawkins' books are worth reading. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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Lars, you're hot. | |
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Triumph Life After the Cult-A Survivor's Lessons | |
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TheVoid said: Lars, you're hot.
actually, i'm cold right now, i just turned up the heating and am warming my hands on a cup of warm coffee, sifting through my harddrive of live prince performances, looking for something i haven't listened to yet. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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RodeoSchro said: IstenSzek said: do you have a direct link to the twitter account? Yeah, here you go. I hope you find it as funny as I do! http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays Believe it or not, they're making a TV series of this. Starring William Shatner! LOL. that stuff is indeed hilarious. what a foulmouth dad has and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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To Kill the Devil. About assassination plots to kill Hitler. | |
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IstenSzek said: TheVoid said: Lars, you're hot.
actually, i'm cold right now, i just turned up the heating and am warming my hands on a cup of warm coffee, sifting through my harddrive of live prince performances, looking for something i haven't listened to yet. Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.--The Buddha | |
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TheVoid said: Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.--The Buddha all that extra shit in your post is making me queezy and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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IstenSzek said: TheVoid said: Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.--The Buddha all that extra shit in your post is making me queezy Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.--The Buddha | |
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TheVoid said: You have to read some of the chapters twice, they're so intricately detailed. Dawkins doesn't just criticize--he dissects and skewers. His writing style is more humorous than angry, but his intent is not disguised. He's on a mission with that book. Christopher Hitchen's book, which is often compared to this one, "God Is Not Great" is actually funnier in places, but I would say the Dawkins book is a better read---it's been a while since I've read the Dawkins book though, and I honestly didn't get through Hitchen's book. The beauty of Hitchens book is that he turns away from Abrahamic religion bashing from time to time, and goes at my own religion (Buddhism) with as much ferocity. I found that refreshing since Buddhism is often given sort of a high brow 'pass' by many anti-religious authors. it's a bitch replying to your message and getting rid of your Buhhda sig first. Thanks for the insight, looking forward to reading it and will also pick up Hitchen's book. | |
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MacDaddy said: TheVoid said: You have to read some of the chapters twice, they're so intricately detailed. Dawkins doesn't just criticize--he dissects and skewers. His writing style is more humorous than angry, but his intent is not disguised. He's on a mission with that book. Christopher Hitchen's book, which is often compared to this one, "God Is Not Great" is actually funnier in places, but I would say the Dawkins book is a better read---it's been a while since I've read the Dawkins book though, and I honestly didn't get through Hitchen's book. The beauty of Hitchens book is that he turns away from Abrahamic religion bashing from time to time, and goes at my own religion (Buddhism) with as much ferocity. I found that refreshing since Buddhism is often given sort of a high brow 'pass' by many anti-religious authors. it's a bitch replying to your message and getting rid of your Buhhda sig first. Thanks for the insight, looking forward to reading it and will also pick up Hitchen's book. np You'll love it! Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.--The Buddha | |
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The Megillah. | |
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TheVoid said: IstenSzek said: all that extra shit in your post is making me queezy Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.--The Buddha Arse | |
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Aelis said: UGH!!!! What is that thing! Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!!!!! Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.--The Buddha | |
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TheVoid said: Aelis said: UGH!!!! What is that thing! Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!!!!! Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.--The Buddha That thing is rather cute! | |
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IstenSzek said: RodeoSchro said: I'm going to pick up "Shit My Dad Says" soon. The Twitter account is hilarious!
do you have a direct link to the twitter account? I have him on facebook...its HILARIOUS! ~~~~~ Oh that voice...incredible....there should be a musical instrument called George Michael... ~~~~~ | |
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I'm reading crap.
Well it's not crap just mindless stuff. I'm getting through the Sookie Stackhouse books. I'm on 7 or 8. I forget. MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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it's my third time reading it. it's my all-time fave, and one of my characters (kevin) references it a few times in "gaging noel" and reads small portions of it to another character (ben), so i decided it was time to read it again to pick the most applicable lines to have kevin read aloud. maybe it's because i grew up in foster care, but i have never identified with a character as much as i do homer wells, who is probably the only artistic representation of an orphan (aside from the saccharine crap that is "annie") i know of. as kevin is loosely based on me, and an orphan, it felt fitting to translate my own love of the book, and to use some of the more defining lines like that was when wilbur larch gave up on finding homer wells a home. that was when dr. larch said that homer could stay at st. clouds for as long as he felt he belonged there. that was when st. larch said "well, then, homer,i expect you to be of use."
for homer wells, this was easy. of use, he felt was all that an orphan was born to be. [Edited 5/6/10 14:02pm] Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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HamsterHuey said: my other favorite irving... i love him and his writing so much. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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- I'm still reading "Under The Dome" by Stephen King (damn, what a tedious book! )
- I just bought "Six Easy Pieces" and "Red Wind" by Walter Mosley, and started the first one. - I'm waiting for the new installment of the "30 Days of Night" novel series to come in the mail at the end of the month. "Love Hurts. Your lies, they cut me. Now your words don't mean a thing. I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..." -Cher, "Woman's World" | |
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