Bo Rida
Fry's dog Seymour
Pulled one over on everyone. Got away with it, this time.
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Post by Bo Rida on May 23, 2020 1:06:24 GMT -5
Just finished reading Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami.
Absolutely mental. Also the first book in ages to really grab me.
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Post by bibboid on May 30, 2020 14:44:09 GMT -5
Double Star by Robert Heinlein. An actor is brought in to impersonate a politician who has been kidnapped. How long can he pull it off before he is found out?
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Post by Limity (BLM) on May 30, 2020 15:03:49 GMT -5
Double Star by Robert Heinlein. An actor is brought in to impersonate a politician who has been kidnapped. How long can he pull it off before he is found out? That's an overlooked Heinlein classic, along with other classics like Friday.
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Post by Starshine on May 30, 2020 17:37:28 GMT -5
I’m finishing up ‘Presence’ by Amy Cuddy. It’s about what the title is, and gives you insights on how to bring it out best in you. Really enjoyed it.
I’m also reading trades of DC’s New 52 ‘All Star Western’ at the same time.
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Post by francisbaud on May 30, 2020 17:47:27 GMT -5
The last thing I've read was "The subtle art of not giving a f***" by Mark Manson.
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Ultimo Gallos
Grimlock
Dreams SUCK!Nightmares live FOREVER!
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on May 30, 2020 23:40:54 GMT -5
Too Ugly for SHow Bizness THe story of growing up a fat Zappa fan in bumf*** Ohio
A small press zine kinda thing a buddy wrote almost 20 years ago. Just found my copy after thinking I lost it 10 years ago.
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Post by bibboid on Jun 15, 2020 18:29:57 GMT -5
Web of Everywhere by John Brunner.
After an invention that allows instant teleportation between any two points on earth causes society’s collapse, an explorer abandons a blind poet, goes to a party, and tries to trick a girl into falling in love with him.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Jun 15, 2020 19:41:04 GMT -5
Just finished reading Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami. Absolutely mental. Also the first book in ages to really grab me. If you haven't already checked out his other work, I'd highly recommend "The Wind Up Bird Chronicle" and "Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End Of The World"
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Jun 15, 2020 19:42:01 GMT -5
Finishing up "The Disaster Artist" within the next day or so. Fin to start on "The Splendid And The Vile" by Erik Larson.
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Post by bibboid on Jun 24, 2020 17:01:55 GMT -5
The Book of Lists #3 - a perfect book for when you need to...um...sit and read for five or ten minutes. In the 70s and 80s this series was very popular. It’s still fun to read even if some of the lists are a bit dated.
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Johnny Flamingo
Hank Scorpio
Killing the business one post at a time
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Jun 24, 2020 19:35:40 GMT -5
Just finished I Still Believe by Jeremy Camp which was very good. Also enjoyed the movie.
Currently reading “A History of the Soviet Union; From the beginning to its legacy” by Peter Kenez. Really fascinating read if you are into history. I am enjoying the way he writes.
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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 Jun 24, 2020 19:50:10 GMT -5
Life by Keith Richards; The autobiography of the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist. His life is about as wheels off as you’d expect. Yet to find out if he can be killed by conventional weapons.
Hearts in Atlamtis by Stephen King: I read this heats ago and forget how good it is. Some of King’s beat work, IMO. Low Men in Yellow Coats is just so heartbreakingly beautiful and sad.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Jun 24, 2020 20:19:34 GMT -5
I'm 150 pages into Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It's a slow read only because it's very dense with ideas that deserve unpacking and considering.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jun 24, 2020 21:59:22 GMT -5
I’ve been contemplating buying new books, but currently trying to read what’s been collecting dust in my room, including:
Moonraker by Ian Flemming The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut (probably the worst Vonnegut novel I’ve read to date)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2020 22:02:30 GMT -5
If at Birth You Don't Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny by Zach Anner.
I'm enjoying the stories and positivity. Zach Anner is a funny dude. I wish I had more time to read - I would have been done with this a while ago. Just can't sit down to open a book for enjoyment much these days.
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Post by bibboid on Jun 27, 2020 18:31:48 GMT -5
Killer Station by Martin Caidin
I had high hopes for this since Caidin wrote Cyborg (which developed into The Six Million Dollar Man), and Marooned and The Final Countdown (both turned into movies). It has a great premise followed by 200 pages of background and scene setting, and then a series of swerves that make little sense. Tack on a quick and implausible ending and the book crashes to an end.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Jul 3, 2020 14:56:27 GMT -5
Moonraker by Ian Fleming.
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Post by Starshine on Jul 3, 2020 16:19:19 GMT -5
Terry Pratchett’s ‘Moving Pictures.’ Digging the focus of the satire in This one.
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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 Jul 3, 2020 17:14:54 GMT -5
I’m listening to the audiobook of “Ball Four” by Jim Bouton (read by the author). It’s an interesting look into a place and time in baseball. And I can see why it was so scandalous when it was released. But boy, has some of it not aged well. Beaver shooting... yikes.
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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 3, 2020 18:00:31 GMT -5
Teemu Selanne’s autobiography. It’s ok. I assume it’s originally written in Finnish and a translation because the English is a bit clunky. There’s nothing wrong with it but it seems a little off. Know what I mean?
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