Books you're currently reading???

Kitsune · 10-25-2004, 09:46 AM

Jon Stewart's America -- has anyone else picked this one up, yet? I started cracking up the moment I opened the cover and saw the old school book check-in/out stamp on the inside cover.

I give it higher marks than The Onion's Our Dumb Century.

dar512 · 10-25-2004, 09:59 AM

Programming Ruby : The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide - Dave Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt
How to Play Jazz and Improvise - Jamie Aebersold
Rereading Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Just finished rereading The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle

tikat · 11-09-2004, 09:15 AM

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Just finished rereading The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle

I just finished Tamsin by the same author.

SteveDallas · 11-09-2004, 03:30 PM

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Rereading Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

So what does he have to say about it?

I've read several of Card's things. I really really liked Ender's Game, but I was profoundly ambivalent about most of the others.

glatt · 11-09-2004, 03:37 PM

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So what does he have to say about it?

I've read several of Card's things. I really really liked Ender's Game, but I was profoundly ambivalent about most of the others.

I also loved Ender's Game. I figured that it was so good, Card must be a great writer, and I read a buch of his stuff too. At first I enjoyed everything, but then I read a few books with no substance and realized he was just phoning it in. Then there's the whole political aspect of Card in the real world, but that's already been covered here in the past.

melidasaur · 07-24-2005, 12:58 PM

Since HP 6 is now finished, I had to find some new books to tide me over... plus I'm not in school anymore, I have no job and law & order reruns are starting to bore me... so far this summer I have enjoyed:

Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold - Fabulous
Lunch at the Picadilly by Clyde Edgerton - NC book
An Innocent, A broad - Anne Leary
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
Witches - Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl

Dumb books that I read:

Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks - I thought it was really stupid. I know a lot of people like his books, and I thought I would be one of them, but this book was just dumb...

10-25-2004, 09:59 AM	#2
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Programming Ruby : The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide - Dave Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt How to Play Jazz and Improvise - Jamie Aebersold Rereading Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card Just finished rereading The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle

07-24-2005, 12:58 PM	#6
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	Since HP 6 is now finished, I had to find some new books to tide me over... plus I'm not in school anymore, I have no job and law & order reruns are starting to bore me... so far this summer I have enjoyed: Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold - Fabulous Lunch at the Picadilly by Clyde Edgerton - NC book An Innocent, A broad - Anne Leary Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl Witches - Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl Dumb books that I read: Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks - I thought it was really stupid. I know a lot of people like his books, and I thought I would be one of them, but this book was just dumb... __________________ I love England, what can I say?

10-25-2004, 09:46 AM	#1
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Jon Stewart's America -- has anyone else picked this one up, yet? I started cracking up the moment I opened the cover and saw the old school book check-in/out stamp on the inside cover. I give it higher marks than The Onion's Our Dumb Century.

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