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Post by bibboid on Mar 22, 2019 22:24:56 GMT -5
Mortal Engines. I have a son with Aspergers and he cannot sit still and read a book on his own, but he will sit and listen if I read to him. That's how we get through his English classes. I read to him and then he answers questions about what we read. We just finished Mortal Engines and while we wait for the rest of the series to be delivered, we are doing a section on Edgar Allen Poe.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2019 23:52:47 GMT -5
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy by Max Hastings.
Simply the best and most astonishing historical book I've ever read.
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Post by brown bricks on Mar 23, 2019 13:00:18 GMT -5
Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers by Michael Long and Nitro by Guy Evans. Finished both last night. I can't recommend Nitro enough.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 23, 2019 14:21:22 GMT -5
Watch by Keith Buckley (of Every Time I Die fame). Really enjoyed it. Dude has a unique voice as a writer and the story was good, if the metaphor was a little heavy handed.
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The Unconquered Sun
King Koopa
He has no pants! What a heathen!
Lord of Storms and Kittens!
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Post by The Unconquered Sun on Mar 23, 2019 14:23:19 GMT -5
Dan Brown’s Inferno, and it was every bit as bad as I had heard.
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Post by britishbulldog on Mar 23, 2019 20:43:57 GMT -5
Atlas Shrugged, my favorite book ever
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Nr1Humanoid
Hank Scorpio
Is the #3 humanoid at best.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on May 5, 2019 15:41:04 GMT -5
Second Child, a self proclaimed thriller (it is pure horror), by John Saul.
A nice mix of possession and The Bad Seed. I should know better than start out the day with Saul as the whole day vanished as I went through 300 pages. It was reminiscent of earlier experiences and often predictable, but so is pizza, which just means the comfort of nostalgia enhances the enjoyment.
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chrom
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Master of the rare undecuple post
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Post by chrom on May 5, 2019 15:56:52 GMT -5
Garfield tips the scales
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2019 16:17:05 GMT -5
Currently reading The Death of WCW 10th Anniversary edition.
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Post by nickcave on May 5, 2019 16:56:08 GMT -5
The Godfather was the last one I finished, a rare case of the movie being much better than the book. Just started re-reading to Kill a Mockingbird again.
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JIMBOB
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PLAY! REWIND! RELIVE!
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Post by JIMBOB on May 5, 2019 17:41:30 GMT -5
The Malta Exchange by Steve Berry
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Perd
Patti Mayonnaise
Leslie needs to butt out for fear of receiving The Bunghole Buster
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Post by Perd on May 5, 2019 17:48:28 GMT -5
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
The rare case where the movie is better. That may be a little unfair; as I’ve seen the movie numerous times, and it’s one of my favorites. But I’d been meaning to read the book, for years, and finally did. The book is just overly convoluted. Which I understand is something of a hallmark of Ellroy’s work. I read the Black Dahlia, a few years ago, and had the same complaint. It’s certainly not a bad book by any means. But I feel the movie distills the story into a much leaner, better flowing form.
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Post by prettynami on May 5, 2019 18:23:25 GMT -5
"Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy" by Paul Myers - A book about the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Watched them religiously as a kid, and I knew they broke up in a bad way... This being before I had the internet I never knew the specifics of why so that was the primary reason I read it. But the stuff on how they formed, the inner machinations of getting (and trying to keep having) a show, and their personal lives now was pretty interesting too. My favorite member as a kid was Bruce McCulloch, but boy I don't think I could get along with him in real life in any kind of creative process. Still, in the process of re-watching the show yet again, laughing all the way.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on May 5, 2019 18:47:20 GMT -5
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy by Max Hastings. Simply the best and most astonishing historical book I've ever read. If you enjoy historical books along those lines, I can't recommend enough The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam, and The Forgotten War, by Clair Blair. You finish those two books, you'll know everything there is to know about the Korean War.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on May 5, 2019 18:52:40 GMT -5
Max Damage, the latest Hal Spacejock book.
It's a sci-fi comedy series about a bumbling freighter pilot and his robot sidekick as they get into scrapes across the galaxy.
Laugh out loud funny at times. One of my favorite series.
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jagilki
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Nobody notices him; No, we noticed him
f*** Cancer
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Post by jagilki on May 6, 2019 15:17:00 GMT -5
Kings of Paradise and Kings of Ash books 1 & 2 of Ash and Sand.
I really liked these two because the magic that two of the main Characters develop. One has a unique power I've never really seen used like this before.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 6, 2019 15:27:22 GMT -5
Going through the Goosebumps Horrorland books for the blog. Most recent finished was Say Cheese - And Die Screaming
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on May 6, 2019 15:41:02 GMT -5
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. It's a cross between a coming-of-age tale and a murder mystery.
Plus, it's a Reese Witherspoon Book Club recommendation. That's how you know it's a classic.
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Post by Johawn on May 7, 2019 2:50:39 GMT -5
Just finished Under the Dome by Stephen King. Really enjoyed most of it.
Rereading some Terry Pratchett now while I figure out what to read next.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on May 7, 2019 4:45:11 GMT -5
Mindhunter by John E. Douglas - I watched the TV show on netflix and enjoyed it so much I was given the book as a gift. Was a good in depth read.
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