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K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain - By Ed Viesturs w/ David Roberts
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"The Elegance of the Hedgehog" by Muriel Barbery is the best novel I've read in a while. Loved it.
And a big high five to everyone who recommended "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortensen. That book is fantastic.
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"Security in this office park is a joke. Last year, I came to work with my spud gun in a duffel bag. I sat at my desk all day, with a rifle that shoots potatoes at 60 pounds per square inch. Can you imagine if I was deranged?" ---Dwight Schrute
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"Freedom: Creedos From The Road" by Ralph Sonny Barger.
An interesting little book that explores the concept of freedom and what it means to be free. The author does admit not recommending "living your life the Sonny Barger way".
Posted on: 2009/12/1 1:08
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The Wind Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Mirakami. Very nonlinear, experimental unusual book. I would also recommend Platform by Michel Houellebecq
Posted on: 2009/10/12 14:08
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Just finished Rona Jaffe's 'The Best of Everything' ... a great, guilty pleasure read about five women working at a New York publishing house back in the mid-50's. The other side of Mad Men.
Posted on: 2009/10/11 16:59
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'The #OOPS#up', 'geek love' and 'invisible monsters'...if you like entertainingly bizarre reads.
Posted on: 2009/10/11 5:01
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Edmund White's latest book, City Boy got a good review in the New York Times last Sunday. I read several of his other books including The Farewell Symphony, My Lives, The Married Man and Hotel Deville - all very good.
I typically tend to throw or give away my books soon after reading them to prevent clutter build up. In the latest pile of to be thrown away is The Sixteen Pleasures, but Robert Hellenga which I read while on vacation in Italy about 3 years ago. I'll probably be dropping this off with the rest of the pile off at Grace Van Vorst tomorrow or next week. There's a bunch I have sitting under my stairs for disposal.
Posted on: 2009/10/11 3:19
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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
The Historian has been described as a combination of genres, including Gothic novel, adventure novel, detective fiction, travelogue, postmodern historical novel, epistolary epic, and historical thriller. Excellent read.
Posted on: 2009/10/11 2:52
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Something about the Internet brings out the Kurt Vonnegut people. I read a bunch of them in my early twenties but I can?t remember a thing about them. But I assure you I read novels all the time and after all these years the only novel I could recommend to anyone, without knowing their reading tastes or what makes them tick, the only novel I could recommend to anyone is A prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. Anyone could read this novel and love it and never want it to end. If I knew more about the person I could tailor the recommendation more. Don?t get me started I am a book over that loves to talk about books.
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I like Freakonomics, just pre-ordered Superfreakonomics by the same authors. I also read The Undercover Economist and The Logic of Life, both by Tim Harford. And ordered Dear Undercover Economist by him. These are fun read! 
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i agree with the kurt vonnegut post.
sirens of titan is a great sci fi book of his.i also really liked hocus pocus.
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"waiting for snow in havana" - carlos eire
loved it!
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The Giving Tree.
Where the Wild Things Are. Took me about 10 min.
Posted on: 2008/4/17 18:08
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I would say anything by Kurt Vonnegut (a real sci fi writer) and if you are looking for non-fiction, you can't go wrong with "The Devil In The White City"
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"Deer Hunting with Jesus" by Joe Bageant.
Obama must have studied it just prior to "Bittergate". Laugh, cry, be outraged, and touched, all at the same time.
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JCbiscuit wrote: I just started Michael Pollan's follow up book, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto". So far it's a pretty interesting read.
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Just finished Duma Key by Stephen King - which was pretty good - and I read it on my Kindle. I so love this thing. Books are mostly $9.99 at Kindle store on Amazon - they have more than 100,000 titles.
You order the book on the web or on the Kindle and it wirelessly downloads the whole book in 30-45 seconds. It's light to carry, you can change the font in a blink if you forget your reading glasses, and it has a perfectly functional web browser (free web access at least for now).
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omg i loved this book. it was amazing. I decided to read it on someone's recommendation on here and i just wanted to say THANK YOU
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Here's two great books I've recently read:
Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni (Fiction) Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano (Nonfiction)
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I read "Drown" a while back, maybe as much as ten years? I recall enjoying it but my aging brain can't remember why. I've been intrigued by "Oscar Wao" but have yet to pull the trigger. otoh, over the last couple of months, I've belatedly discovered the writing of the late W.G. Sebald which is very beautiful.
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Three Cups of Tea by Mortenson! It is an awesome book. If you are interested...i'll even lend you my copy. By the way this is an awesome topic!
Posted on: 2008/4/14 19:55
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I recommend, People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks. It has action, history, mystery, and romance.
Posted on: 2008/4/14 19:51
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Thought I'd bring this thread back.
I'm trying to find a new book to read but am being very indecisive. Has anyone read "Drown" or "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" both by Junot Diaz? Any opinions?
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Wow a mini-series, that's such a great idea, that way we don't have to watch a rushed, watered down version of such a great book...if only there was a way to let him know =)
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Ender was 4 when the book starts...it would be interesting to see how children can handle the roles. I actually saw Orson Scott Card at a book signing at B&N a few years ago and he talked about the script them. I can't imagine doing the whole book in a two hour movie. Maybe a mini series on Sci Fi channel or something.
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Well the good thing is that Orson Scott Card is still in control of the script last I heard and he threw out every pitch they came to him with. That's when they decided to mix the 2 stories together to make the movie work, thus making the bond between Ender & Bean more relevant. Again, I doubt it'll be good, but i want to see it nevertheless. They're in pre-production, but no filming has started yet. He still wants kids to be the actors and not the WB style 28 yr old posing as kids...so they're looking for middle ground now.
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I can't imagine that they'll make a good movie out of the books. Are they filming? They've been saying that they are going to make a movie out the Ender's Game for years and nothing has even happened.
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I really want to read Ender's Shadow because they're going to mix Game & Shadow together to make the movie (even though it'll probably be a flop, I want to see how they pull it off
Posted on: 2008/2/21 16:51
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All we are doing is discussing books we enjoyed reading. I personally don't care who does what with their spare time, nor would I tell someone what to do with the spare time they have. This conversation is leaving a bad taste in my mouth. I'm not trying to be high and mighty because I like to read rather than watch TV. I think we all watch TV, too. Let's just drop it. Now, back to the topic of this thread.....
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We are what we pretend to be. So we must be careful what we pretend to be - Vonnegut
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Uh, didn't you start this back and forth this with your first comment, which implied that reading is a waste of time? Can we keep this thread to book recommendations please?
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