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busterb · 10-02-2014, 01:59 PM

America, Imagine a world without her. by Dinesh D'Souza

limegreenc · 10-04-2014, 09:46 PM

We Were the Mulvaney's

Clodfobble · 12-18-2014, 09:08 AM

Just started listening to Neil Patrick Harris' autobiography. It's clear he had a ghost writer, but no shame in that. It's funny as shit. I cackled twice just in the 15-minute drive home. It was written as a "Choose Your Own Adventure," which you would think wouldn't port well into audiobook form, but so far it's working.

footfootfoot · 12-18-2014, 05:04 PM

Reading Orange is the New Black. Markedly different from the show. It is really obvious how TV completely whored-up the story to make "better" TV. I would argue that the material and especially Kerman's portrayal of life inside is poignant enough and ultimately would be better fare for a nation that consumes way too much processed bullshit either as food or food for thought.

DanaC · 12-18-2014, 05:30 PM

I recently finished a truly awesome fantasy book - got on a whim via Kindle lending - then discovered it was a recently published book and the sequel isn't due until some time next year. Boooo.

Anyway - really worth it for any fantasy fans - it's called The Shadow of What was Lost. Very original concept of magic, really good characters, a world that feels like it breathes and a story that keeps you turning the pages.

Now am reading the first in another fantasy series, by Joe Abercrombie. I loved his first trilogy (The First Law) and found his standalone novels to also be very entertaining. Well, he's done it again: The Shattered Sea trilogy, beginning with Half a King. Seriously, anybody who likes good fantasy needs to read this guy's work. His world building is really wonderful. You get a real sense of the cultures and histories, but done with such a light touch, you almost don't realise he's doing it.

He's a wonderful writer, with a beautiful turn of phrase, underscored with savagery and humour. His characters are complex and human.

Gravdigr · 12-19-2014, 04:51 PM

Started/finished "Last Call" by Rob Cornell last night/this morning.

Quote:

72,000 words of karaoke noir

Didn't start off very good at all, but, it must be good, I read all 202 pages in one sitting. That's kinda rare for me.

Got it free on NookHD.

BigV · 12-27-2014, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

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I would argue that the material and especially Kerman's portrayal of life inside is poignant enough and ultimately would be better fare for a nation that consumes way too much processed bullshit either as food or food for thought.

Agreed.

This bears repeating.

classicman · 12-27-2014, 02:17 PM

I am not a big reader, but I'm totally absorbed in this one.

BigV · 12-27-2014, 02:36 PM

Nom nom nom!

Clodfobble · 12-27-2014, 03:50 PM

Through the Language Glass, a good overview of the classic linguistic debate of how much our learned language shapes our thoughts and vice versa. Pretty good so far, but I geek out over linguistics stuff so maybe not the most fascinating to a normal person, I dunno.

Gravdigr · 12-27-2014, 05:24 PM

Received "Innocence" by Dean Koontz for Xmas, may start it, as I'm currently without reading material.

Anyone read it?

Griff · 12-27-2014, 09:36 PM

Just finished the Red Cloud biography The Heart of Everything That Is. Kinda make you hate whitey.

Lamplighter · 12-28-2014, 10:54 AM

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Just finished the Red Cloud biography The Heart of Everything That Is. Kinda make you hate whitey.

Until lions write their history, ...

Griff · 12-28-2014, 11:10 AM

Interestingly, Red Cloud did have an autobiography if we can stretch the meaning a bit.

http://books.google.com/books?id=PpE...page&q&f=false

footfootfoot · 12-29-2014, 07:32 AM

Soldier Girls

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12-18-2014, 09:08 AM	#2703
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Just started listening to Neil Patrick Harris' autobiography. It's clear he had a ghost writer, but no shame in that. It's funny as shit. I cackled twice just in the 15-minute drive home. It was written as a "Choose Your Own Adventure," which you would think wouldn't port well into audiobook form, but so far it's working. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-18-2014, 05:04 PM	#2704
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Reading Orange is the New Black. Markedly different from the show. It is really obvious how TV completely whored-up the story to make "better" TV. I would argue that the material and especially Kerman's portrayal of life inside is poignant enough and ultimately would be better fare for a nation that consumes way too much processed bullshit either as food or food for thought. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I am not a big reader, but I'm totally absorbed in this one. Attached Images __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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12-27-2014, 03:50 PM	#2710
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Through the Language Glass, a good overview of the classic linguistic debate of how much our learned language shapes our thoughts and vice versa. Pretty good so far, but I geek out over linguistics stuff so maybe not the most fascinating to a normal person, I dunno. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-27-2014, 05:24 PM	#2711
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12-27-2014, 09:36 PM	#2712
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Just finished the Red Cloud biography The Heart of Everything That Is. Kinda make you hate whitey. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-28-2014, 11:10 AM	#2714
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Interestingly, Red Cloud did have an autobiography if we can stretch the meaning a bit. http://books.google.com/books?id=PpE...page&q&f=false __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-29-2014, 07:32 AM	#2715
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Soldier Girls __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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