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Old 10-02-2014, 01:59 PM   #2701
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Old 10-04-2014, 09:46 PM   #2702
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Old 12-18-2014, 09:08 AM   #2703
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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.
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Old 12-18-2014, 05:04 PM   #2704
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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.
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Old 12-18-2014, 05:30 PM   #2705
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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.
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Old 12-19-2014, 04:51 PM   #2706
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Started/finished "Last Call" by Rob Cornell last night/this morning.

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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.
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Old 12-27-2014, 02:14 PM   #2707
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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.
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Old 12-27-2014, 02:17 PM   #2708
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I am not a big reader, but I'm totally absorbed in this one.
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Old 12-27-2014, 02:36 PM   #2709
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Old 12-27-2014, 03:50 PM   #2710
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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.
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Old 12-27-2014, 05:24 PM   #2711
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Received "Innocence" by Dean Koontz for Xmas, may start it, as I'm currently without reading material.

Anyone read it?
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Old 12-27-2014, 09:36 PM   #2712
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Just finished the Red Cloud biography The Heart of Everything That Is. Kinda make you hate whitey.
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Old 12-28-2014, 10:54 AM   #2713
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Old 12-28-2014, 11:10 AM   #2714
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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
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Old 12-29-2014, 07:32 AM   #2715
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