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Posted: 1/14/2006 7:23:13 AM | I am looking to continue my reading career (mostly cause I don't have a dating career) and would really like to know people's favorite books. I am into everything (intellectually) and have a large Chapters budget that I wish to start using up. Here's a list of a few I have read lately that I Liked
A Brief History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
A Heartbreaking work of staggering genius - Dave Eggers
A Million Little Pieces (still reading) - James Frey
The Corporation - Joel Bakan
If this is a post that has already been done, forgive me. I have sinned. | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 7:27:06 AM | I'd like to read books even just to have something to talk about with other people on here. I find I can only talk about myself for so long (not due to lack of ego, but more lack of accomplishment / interest) nor can I talk about girls that I like but probably won't date me. Let me know what ya like, and for any intellectualish types, I'm well enough read to have an ignorant opinion on most topics. Sometimes not completely ignorant though  | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 7:32:28 AM | I don't have specific favorite books
but "type" of books yes
I read "true crime" novels, I've always been interested in how the minds of killers work....
my mom used to say I should try to get into criminal psychology but I just dont' want to go to school for that long.....so I just keep reading the books haha | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 7:37:44 AM | | Ah yes.. I did over two years in criminology / psychology in university. I have read enough about how those minds work I guess. I will read about the occasional nut case still just to feel better about myself. Sure, my tires on my car need replacing, but buddy turned 12 people into lampshades. I'm fine. :) | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 7:55:00 AM | | I used to read only non-fiction....but lately it is all British or Canadian mysteries. | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 9:27:56 AM | | The only time I read fiction is if I am holiday it seems. I read mostly non-fiction, informational books. | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 9:34:44 AM | OK time to thank you all for not telling me who died in the last two Harry Potter books,. I have FINALLY finished them!
Now I can resume my usual reading fodder.
Back to anatomy, pathology, fact-based fictions and teens who drive you nuts, and Suduko!!!! | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 9:42:03 AM | i read a wide range of books...
as long as it keeps my attention then I will finish it...
doesnt then it will be left unread....
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Robin Cook
James Patterson
Danielle Steel
Nora Roberts
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Joined: 1/9/2006
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Posted: 1/14/2006 9:45:10 AM | | Sidhartha by Herman Hess and almost every thing writen by William Deveral | |
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Jagdeb
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Posted: 1/14/2006 10:10:21 AM | I am starved for another diana gibaldron book, drums of autumn was the first in the series.
Excellent writer, a little bit of fantasy, romance, history and enough real life circumstances to keep me busy. Anyone else a fan of her work?
I hear that she is coming out with a new book in the series and I cant wait. | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 10:35:26 AM | I love anything by Marian Keyes, Elizabeth Berg.
Right now I'm reading a fantastic book called ' The Yes Man' it's about a guy ( a brit) who for 1 year answers all questions with yes. It's non fiction and it's funny. | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 10:47:39 AM | wow tbah...
Siddhartha is brilliant. Actually, my favourite book. Not many have heard of it. Steppenwolf and Damien are also quite good albeit darker. Amongst the others the illiad, the divine comedy....i am a big fan of the classics. paradise lost, beowulf, the republic, Ovid, catch 22... But mainly into alot of philosophy.. | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 10:50:46 AM | My book club is reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini this month. It's not a book that I would have normally read but that's the whole idea of joining a book club. It's excellent & I can't put it down.
Other recent faves:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Dress Your Children in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Dry by Augusten Burroughs (for those who like A Million Little Pieces)
I tend to read humour & mysteries, so it's good to get into other genres. | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 10:50:48 AM | I just finished A million Little Pieces- James Frey and thought it was amazing
I absolutely loved Life of Pi- Yann Martel
But I have to say my all time fave is still I know this much is true- Wally Lamb.
But I am the kind of girl that will read anything. I love British humor- like Marian Keyes for light reading. | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 10:54:13 AM | The last book that i finished reading was Bill Bryson "A Short History of Nearly Everything" and another book called the "The Historian"
I have a few other books on the go, including "Shake Hands with the Devil" and "Your Call is Important to Us, the Truth about Bullshit"
For light reading, i like the Dan Brown books or the basic chick lit that you can shut your brain off for a couple hours, or some travel stories. a good one is "Long Way Around" by Ewan McGregor and some other actor dude or "Round Ireland with a Fridge" | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 11:05:27 AM | | Favourite book.........Hmmmm, probably the book that most influenced my life was, a book that opened whole new worlds for me, it gave me insights that have influenced me ever since. Yes, See Spot Run, is a classic | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 11:07:30 AM | Right now I'm reading:
Beyond Positive Thinking by Dr. Robert Anthony because I want to be there
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Spanish by Association because I want to learn it.
All time fav is Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 11:10:24 AM | i love to read. i am lost if i don't have at least one book on the go. right now i am reading a breath of snow and ashes by diana gabaldon, the 6th in the outlander series. but my favourite authors are probably douglas coupland and john irving. both apply to my quirky sense of humour.
ps i also love harry potter!! | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 11:12:18 AM | "I am starved for another diana gibaldron book, drums of autumn was the first in the series.
Excellent writer, a little bit of fantasy, romance, history and enough real life circumstances to keep me busy. Anyone else a fan of her work?
I hear that she is coming out with a new book in the series and I cant wait. "
jagdeb- actually the outlander is the first in the series. the latest, that i mentioned above, came out in the fall. | |
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Jagdeb
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Posted: 1/14/2006 11:37:18 AM | Happylulu!!
Thank you for the title I can find it now. How was it?? | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 11:42:46 AM | | My favourite author is John Irving. His books are amazing and have so much symbolism and meaning if you can get past the few dry parts near the beginning. If anyone wants to read a great book try "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by Irving. It's not his most popular (he has a couple that have been made into movies) but it is definitely his best, in my opinion! | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 11:44:54 AM | Hey Hobbes, I have read many of the books you have it seems. I'm big into the classics and have read a huge amount of philosophy (only liked a small portion of it.. depressing shi* at times*.
In classics I go with
Shakespeare - Four main tragedies particularly
Inferno - Dante
Bible (as literature)... (Ecclesiastes, Job, the Gospels particularly)
and on and on.. :)
and a new book called Viva La Repartee - for those of us who want to have that amazing comeback ready when the opportunity presents itself... | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 12:01:52 PM | Do comic books count?
I like Michael Crichton (sp?) and Tom Clancy for their writing style and involved storylines. At the moment I am reading Dan Brown's Angels and Demons, and it is a good book so far. | |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 2:06:44 PM | Curtis
Viva La Repartee - for those of us who want to have that amazing comeback ready when the opportunity presents itself... ah you'll do well here in the Forums Grasshopper!!! | |
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