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Shawnee123 · 11-07-2007, 11:56 AM

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The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster, upon the enthusiastic recommendation of Shawnee123.

Thanks Shawnee!

Glad you like it and glad other Cellarites see its value.

I think I ordered it in like 4th grade from the scholastic book club. My mom always had to *try* to limit me to 5 or 6 books as I would have ordered them all. It was so good and I have re-read it as an adult.

All hail Milo!

Chocolatl · 11-07-2007, 10:19 PM

I just finished Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett this weekend. Of the 30+ Discworld books I've read, the books in the Tiffany Aching arc have been my favorites. I was a little disappointed by this one, though. I felt like I was just starting to get into the "good part" when the novel ended. Maybe because it's a children's book, it doesn't go quite as in depth as some of Pratchett's other novels.

Speaking of things ending too soon -- for those who enjoyed the His Dark Materials trilogy, I'd recommend Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman. It features a short story, "Lyra and the Birds," along with some other materials like a map of Oxford. It's not long by any means, but just long enough to draw you back in to Lyra's world for a while...

Tink · 11-07-2007, 10:32 PM

Finished Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?" by Jen Lancaster. An absolute hoot. ...."the bus driver slams on the breaks and my ass becomes an airbag for the poor sap sitting next to me". Based loosely on her life with her husband Fletcher living in Chicago.

Now on to 'Life's a Beach' by Claire Cook. So far so good.

Mockingbird · 11-08-2007, 09:57 AM

Postsingular, Rudy Rucker. Some damn good cyberpunk.. but oh, wait, it's free!

Read it!

Creative Commons rocks, have a blast.

DanaC · 11-08-2007, 10:50 AM

Right now I am supposed to be reading various sourcebooks on property in skill during the long eighteenth century....what I am actually reading is a really delightful biography of Karl Marx by Francis Wheen. Fascinating stuff. Nice to have the subject treated as a human being rather than the canonised view that tends to come from the left and the satanic view that tends to come from the right.

SteveDallas · 11-08-2007, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Tink

Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?"

Wow, that sounds fun!!

Umm let's see.. .Recently finished

"Not Much Just Chillin: The Secret Life of Middle Schoolers"
"Making Money" by Terry Pratchett (Discworld)

"Look Me In The Eye" by John Robison

Started and/or on deck:

"Farthing" by Jo Walton (*This was recommended on Boing Boing--and there was another mystery that sounded verrry interesting that I read about somewhere--I thought BB also--but now I can't find. I HATE when I see a book I want to read and then forget what it is before I can get it or make a note)

"Letters from Nuremberg" by Christopher Dodd
"The Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety is Changing How We Live, Work, and Love" by Richard Restak
"A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts" by Andrew Chaikin

Tink · 11-08-2007, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Umm let's see.. .Recently finished

"Not Much Just Chillin: The Secret Life of Middle Schoolers"

Started and/or on deck:

"Letters from Nuremberg" by Christopher Dodd

"....The Secret Life of Middle Schoolers". Sounds like something most of us parents of middle schoolers would like to know. :0)

"Letters from Nuremberg" by Christopher Dodd
I hear this is really good. Would love to read it sometime. I'm a history nut! Complete non-fiction and the occasional "novel-based on fact" but with a bit more creative license. Case in point: The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks. Great book. Anyone around live near Franklin, TN?

Though mostly Revolutionary & Civil War as well as old Britain. Went so far as to knock on a door in Star Tannery, VA a couple years back at the place where there is a family cemetary from 1787! Researched and found that with my dad.

Michaela · 11-08-2007, 09:21 PM

Does the Cosmo magazine in the breakroom count?

SteveDallas · 11-08-2007, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tink

"....The Secret Life of Middle Schoolers". Sounds like something most of us parents of middle schoolers would like to know. :0)

My take on it is, no, you probably wouldn't.

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Originally Posted by Tink

"Letters from Nuremberg" by Christopher Dodd
I hear this is really good. Would love to read it sometime.

I'm enjoying it.. I'm about halfway done. It's part of the same trend I often here, where most of the people involved in WWII just won't talk about it. (I should have added Flags of Our Fathers, about the marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. It's written by one of their sons, who said that his father never talked about it and that he and his sibs were raised with instruction to tell reporters who called looking for interviews that Dad was gone fishing in Canada. Delaware County has chosen it as the fall "book for everybody to read" this year.)

Griff · 11-10-2007, 12:11 PM

The Developing Mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are.- Daniel J. Siegal

This is pretty fundemental stuff. Kids don't need all those classes just one good relationship with an adult who is present. Brain science and Buddist philosophy coming to the same conclusions.

Clodfobble · 11-10-2007, 05:46 PM

Thanks Griff, that's been added to my Christmas wishlist!

Cloud · 11-10-2007, 11:43 PM

Rereading an old favorite: The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley.

piercehawkeye45 · 11-12-2007, 09:55 PM

I just finished reading The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I liked it.

I then just started reading Confronting Iran by Ali M. Ansari.

rockerreds · 11-19-2007, 07:20 PM

Jane Smiley-Moo

Chocolatl · 11-19-2007, 07:57 PM

Pablo Neruda - One Hundred Love Sonnets

11-08-2007, 09:57 AM	#1009
Mockingbird Master of hand to mouth living Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tulsa, Okla Posts: 189	Postsingular, Rudy Rucker. Some damn good cyberpunk.. but oh, wait, it's free! Read it! Creative Commons rocks, have a blast. __________________ When you're low it's either wave that flag or stand there empty-handed. -- Achewood

11-10-2007, 12:11 PM	#1015
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The Developing Mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are.- Daniel J. Siegal This is pretty fundemental stuff. Kids don't need all those classes just one good relationship with an adult who is present. Brain science and Buddist philosophy coming to the same conclusions. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-10-2007, 11:43 PM	#1017
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Rereading an old favorite: The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-07-2007, 10:19 PM	#1007
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I just finished Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett this weekend. Of the 30+ Discworld books I've read, the books in the Tiffany Aching arc have been my favorites. I was a little disappointed by this one, though. I felt like I was just starting to get into the "good part" when the novel ended. Maybe because it's a children's book, it doesn't go quite as in depth as some of Pratchett's other novels. Speaking of things ending too soon -- for those who enjoyed the His Dark Materials trilogy, I'd recommend Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman. It features a short story, "Lyra and the Birds," along with some other materials like a map of Oxford. It's not long by any means, but just long enough to draw you back in to Lyra's world for a while...

11-07-2007, 10:32 PM	#1008
Tink Why oh why? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 186	Finished Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?" by Jen Lancaster. An absolute hoot. ...."the bus driver slams on the breaks and my ass becomes an airbag for the poor sap sitting next to me". Based loosely on her life with her husband Fletcher living in Chicago. Now on to 'Life's a Beach' by Claire Cook. So far so good.

11-08-2007, 10:50 AM	#1010
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Right now I am supposed to be reading various sourcebooks on property in skill during the long eighteenth century....what I am actually reading is a really delightful biography of Karl Marx by Francis Wheen. Fascinating stuff. Nice to have the subject treated as a human being rather than the canonised view that tends to come from the left and the satanic view that tends to come from the right.

11-08-2007, 09:21 PM	#1013
Michaela Lively Girl Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Montlake Terrace, WA Posts: 67	Does the Cosmo magazine in the breakroom count?

11-10-2007, 05:46 PM	#1016
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Thanks Griff, that's been added to my Christmas wishlist!

11-12-2007, 09:55 PM	#1018
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	I just finished reading The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I liked it. I then just started reading Confronting Iran by Ali M. Ansari.

11-19-2007, 07:20 PM	#1019
rockerreds Infamous Defamer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Philadelphia,PA Posts: 50	Jane Smiley-Moo

11-19-2007, 07:57 PM	#1020
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Pablo Neruda - One Hundred Love Sonnets

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