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Post by Wardlow on Wardlow 54 on Jan 14, 2021 21:12:41 GMT -5
I'm actually re-reading the entire Animorphs series. I'm up to #16 The Warning, which means I've also read Megamorphs #1 and The Andalite Chronicles (which will never not be a tearjerker for me). I'm hoping to get through the "Golden Age" and into the ghostwriter era by next week.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jan 14, 2021 22:05:57 GMT -5
Starting the year off good with my annual re-reading of Do Androids dream of electric sheep.
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Jan 15, 2021 14:14:07 GMT -5
I've been reading Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon for ages.
I'm so bad with books, I buy cheap paperbacks and then put them on a shelf or in a box and forget to read them. I have a huge pile of books I've never actually read.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jan 15, 2021 16:31:26 GMT -5
I've been reading Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon for ages. I'm so bad with books, I buy cheap paperbacks and then put them on a shelf or in a box and forget to read them. I have a huge pile of books I've never actually read. I got the same issue. Last count my unread book pile is over 300.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Jan 15, 2021 18:51:00 GMT -5
I'm a little over a hundred pages in to The Color Of Law, which is all about the history of private and public efforts to segregate black and white communities. Absolutely fascinating, for all the wrong reasons.
A couple weeks ago, I stumbled on a random youtube video about reading a book a week. The guy explained that he takes the book and divides the pages by seven, so he has a set number of pages to read each day. I'm only three books in, but it's working so far.
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Post by Mr Mario Mario on Jan 15, 2021 19:00:42 GMT -5
Blood, Sweat & Pixels which is all about the behind the scenes of game development
Finished Slugfest: Inside the epic 50 year battle between Marvel & DC not that long ago
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Post by sammyss on Jan 21, 2021 12:43:18 GMT -5
I have just finished The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes and it was amazing. It took me a bit to get into it, but once i did, I could not put it down. It was a great story set in Kentucky during the depression and the WPA and library to the rural areas via horseback. The storyline was so good. Similar somewhat to The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek as they both involved this rural library at this time, but totally different stories. Once I finish a very important work together with the guys from www.topwritersreview.com/reviews/essayhave/ , I will start reading this book "While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy" by Arthur D. Morse. A good friend of mine recommended it strongly. It helps understand why FDR was no friend of the Jews.
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Post by Paul on Jan 22, 2021 14:08:30 GMT -5
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory" by Caitlin Doughty. It's pretty interesting (and a fun read, believe it or not!).
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Post by bibboid on Jan 30, 2021 18:22:20 GMT -5
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert Heinlein
There came a point in Heinlein’s career when he decided to tie all his characters together into one complete storyline. Loaded with sarcastic banter and random spurts of sex and violence. And best of all is the kitten named Pixel who says “blert”. Don’t read it as your first Heinlein because you will never be able to keep track of all the characters.
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Post by ToyfareMark on Feb 1, 2021 9:25:23 GMT -5
I just started reading The Ethical Slut. Yeah my life is changing radically lol.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Feb 2, 2021 0:11:59 GMT -5
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert Heinlein There came a point in Heinlein’s career when he decided to tie all his characters together into one complete storyline. Loaded with sarcastic banter and random spurts of sex and violence. And best of all is the kitten named Pixel who says “blert”. Don’t read it as your first Heinlein because you will never be able to keep track of all the characters. Few years ago I inherited a huge Heinlein collection. All I have read from him so far is Starship Troopers. I need to just pick one of the books in a box and start it. Working my way thru horror movie a day book. Pretty good stuff so far.
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Post by bibboid on Feb 23, 2021 0:43:13 GMT -5
Dune by Frank Herbert
Believe it or not, this is the first time in 45 or so years of reading science fiction that I have read this book. Now I realize why David Lynch was trying to accomplish when he made his movie. For every two things a character says out loud they say one thing to them self in their own head. It was enjoyable. Once our library starts having book sales again I will probably pick up a few more in the series.
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Post by Raskovnik on Feb 23, 2021 0:49:24 GMT -5
Dune by Frank Herbert Believe it or not, this is the first time in 45 or so years of reading science fiction that I have read this book. Now I realize why David Lynch was trying to accomplish when he made his movie. For every two things a character says out loud they say one thing to them self in their own head. It was enjoyable. Once our library starts having book sales again I will probably pick up a few more in the series. It’s really divisive but the fourth book, God Emperor of Dune, is by far my favorite in the series and kind of felt to me like the book Herbert wanted to write all along, he just had to work up to it. Dune Messiah and Children of Dune are also great but that God Emperor of Dune was just something else. I didn’t read any of the books that came after because I was so satisfied with it but I’ll get around to it eventually.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Feb 23, 2021 1:20:52 GMT -5
Dune by Frank Herbert Believe it or not, this is the first time in 45 or so years of reading science fiction that I have read this book. Now I realize why David Lynch was trying to accomplish when he made his movie. For every two things a character says out loud they say one thing to them self in their own head. It was enjoyable. Once our library starts having book sales again I will probably pick up a few more in the series. It’s really divisive but the fourth book, God Emperor of Dune, is by far my favorite in the series and kind of felt to me like the book Herbert wanted to write all along, he just had to work up to it. Dune Messiah and Children of Dune are also great but that God Emperor of Dune was just something else. I didn’t read any of the books that came after because I was so satisfied with it but I’ll get around to it eventually. God Emperor is my favorite Dune book as well. However I can't recommend enough reading the last two Dune books, Heretics and Chapterhouse. That's it. There are no other Dune books after the first six. Not a one.
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Post by ayumidah on Feb 23, 2021 2:15:37 GMT -5
Wonder Woman: Warbringer
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Post by warden on Feb 23, 2021 2:26:14 GMT -5
Atomic habits
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Post by Milkman Norm on Feb 23, 2021 20:02:28 GMT -5
The Gunslinger by Hugh Laurie. Its voice is exactly what one would expect from a book by Hugh Laurie.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Feb 25, 2021 4:18:44 GMT -5
I just finished For Us, The Living, by Robert Heinlein.
As good as it was, the afterword was more interesting. I've been reading Heinlein for almost twenty years, and never knew he had wives before Virginia Henlein, or that he practiced open marriages and enjoyed nudist colonies. Granted I could have guessed the last two just from his writings.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Feb 25, 2021 4:36:31 GMT -5
Very very slowly I am reading the Dune trilogy.
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Post by pinja on Feb 25, 2021 9:05:19 GMT -5
I'm halfway through Hermann Hesse's "Unterm Rad" ("Beneath the Wheel" / "The Prodigy") and it's good. Not Hesse's best work, but it features all of his signature wisdom. Helpful read during depressing times. Lots of similarities to "Dead Poets Society", but overall much more thorough and relatable. I'm also not sure as of now if it features gay love or if it is an ancient Greek like platonic love with physical overlaps. Anyway, there's a reason why Hesse is timeless. His humanity never had anything to do with time.
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