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America, Imagine a world without her. by Dinesh D'Souza
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10-04-2014, 09:46 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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We Were the Mulvaney's
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12-18-2014, 09:08 AM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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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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12-18-2014, 05:04 PM
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To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
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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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12-18-2014, 05:30 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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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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12-19-2014, 04:51 PM
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Started/finished "Last Call" by Rob Cornell last night/this morning.
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12-27-2014, 02:14 PM
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12-27-2014, 02:36 PM
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Nom nom nom!
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12-27-2014, 03:50 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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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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12-27-2014, 05:24 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
Join Date: Apr 2007
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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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12-27-2014, 09:36 PM
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still says videotape
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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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12-28-2014, 10:54 AM
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12-28-2014, 11:10 AM
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still says videotape
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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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12-29-2014, 07:32 AM
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To shreds, you say?
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Soldier Girls
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