Plucky 0 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 I have to agree with O11. It seems I get a new Clancy book every year for my bday or xmas. I tried to read one and could only make it through 200 pages or so. Horrible. I'm just finishing up 'The Wolves of the Calla' by Stephen King. It's the 5th installment of his Dark Tower series. Awesome series and unlike anything he has ever written. I've also started reading 'Caught Inside - a surfer's year on the california coast' by Daniel Duane. It's been really good so far. I've stayed away from the heavy books the last year or so. After staring at a computer for 8 hours, I need something enjoyable and fun to read. I'm going to check out that Seuss guy next I think Link to post Share on other sites
METAL 0 Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Beat you - I made it to about 300 pages. (My excuse for this was "I was on a plane") Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 I actually quite enjoy them. A bit long and overwritten perhaps, but enjoyable all the same. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 "real world economic outlook" by ann pettifor I met this book by chance today and try to read in English. I have The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy from library. I have to read this first... busy... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Just finished "Nigger - The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word" by Randall Kennedy. He's a very entertaining writer (just look at his picture on the jacket - he's one humourous dude). An interesting, if US-centric review of the word. Link to post Share on other sites
Quadrophoney 0 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush by John W. Dean http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...=glance&s=books Definitely worth a read if you like a look into politics. Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston got recommended to me by several friends. is really good, though sometimes i have to read the dialogue outloud to understand what was spoken bc of the accent. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Love All the People by Bill Hicks. I'd never heard of him before I read this, well still going through it. interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 The Roads to Sata by Allan Booth. About the Brittish guy who walked from Hokkaido to Kyushu. Good travel writer and his daily adventures are for the most part amusing. Sometimes its slow though - Guess walking that far would be boring sometimes Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Crossing The Line The Autobiography of a Thief Bruce Reynolds. Memoir from a great train robber. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 TimeOut Good Pub Guide - London Edition. Link to post Share on other sites
nagpants 1 Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 The Seven Ages of Paris by Alistair Horne You might like this one, db. Quote: London is male, New York sexually ambivalent, writes Horne. But "has any sensible person ever doubted that Paris is fundamentally a woman?" The renowned historian (The Fall of Paris, etc.) thus conceives of his history of the city of lights as "linked biographical essays, depicting seven ages... in the long, exciting life of a sexy and beautiful, but also turbulent, troublesome and sometimes excessively violent woman." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...=books&n=507846 Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted June 14, 2004 Author Share Posted June 14, 2004 just finished MONKEY BUSINESS by John ROlfe and Peter Troob...candy to the ears of a guy who wished to become a Wallstreet guy as a kid! Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 This one looks good Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Quote: You might like this one, db. London is male, New York sexually ambivalent, writes Horne. But "has any sensible person ever doubted that Paris is fundamentally a woman?" Cheers nagpants, sounds interesting. So far I can certainly see that London is a Male that says things such as "eatin's cheatin". On the flip side Paris is certain a women. The streets themselves are too Stylish and good looking to be a man. I don't know about NY. I have been there and the positive impression that I got was that it is everybody's city. Everyone is living it their way yet all together in NY. particularly Manhattan where society was so communal the mood was your mood and everyone's mood at the same time. Like a big tribe. Christ, who am I trying to kid. Did you mistake me for someone intelligent? Link to post Share on other sites
nagpants 1 Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Nah, just thought that with you trying to get educated an' all, you might want to do so with something that interest you. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 We hope cheesechild won't be reading books like this one when they start reading: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...=glance&s=books Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 just finished up "notes from an even smaller island" by neil humphreys. its about a brit who lives in singapore for 5 years, it is quite comical and if youve been to singapore you can really relate to what hes saying. i found "the da vinci code" on our bookshelf so decided to crack it open. i cant see myself finishing it though. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Tarzan: "fitness program for women" Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Sounds intriguing. I'm cant get into anything at the moment, apart from newspapers. The Sundays are as big as a novel anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 Da Vinci Code Some "celeb choices": http://books.guardian.co.uk/summerreading2004/story/0,14706,1253323,00.html Link to post Share on other sites
Honest John 0 Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I'm on the Da vinci code at the mo as well. Interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 The report from slow life country "Cuba" by Yoshida Taro. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Angels and Demons. Only about 200 pages through it but it's pretty good so far. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 Currently working my way through 3 books. Next by Michael Lewis Another Road Side Attraction by Tom robbins My Life by Bill Clinton Link to post Share on other sites
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