What are you reading now? - Page 57

phxrising · November 28th, 2007, 12:05 PM

I am Legend

seems pretty good so far, way to short.

krepitch · November 29th, 2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Heucrazy

I'm reading "The Golden Compass". I got the trilogy box set off of Amazon for 13 bucks brand new.

Now it's time to see what all of the hype is about.

Got my set yesterday.

Pariah · November 29th, 2007, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by krepitch

Got my set yesterday.

I'm only about 60 pages or so in, but I can't make up my mind: is it boring or not? It's a strange thing to be torn on, I know. But some pages and situations I enjoy, others I just don't.

Griffin · December 2nd, 2007, 08:47 PM

Just finished The Exorcist. Don't know what to read next.

Louis · December 3rd, 2007, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Louis

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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Originally Posted by Pariah

Awesome book.

Book was meh. I liked up until it took the turn it did and no longer became about the beginning plot.

After that I felt drab and like a repeated story.

Pariah · December 3rd, 2007, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Louis

Book was meh. I liked up until it took the turn it did and no longer became about the beginning plot.

After that I felt drab and like a repeated story.

Wow. You're the only person who I've heard with this response.

Louis · December 3rd, 2007, 05:39 PM

Now reading Kite Runner.

I am starting to realize how terrible my typing is. So many forgotten or misplaced words. Yeesh.

krepitch · December 6th, 2007, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Pariah

I just spent a few minutes on librarything.com...it's okay, I guess. I need to play around with it more.

I wish I could add more than one book at a time. For example, I have all of Jim Thompson's books. So I search on "Jim Thompson," and get everything I need--but I can only click on one at a time. That's really annoying.

There's a new feature on this site where you can request advance reader's copies of books. You can get books for free...you just have to review them.

I just requested my first, so I'm not entirely sure how it works, but you might want to check it out.

http://www.librarything.com/wiki/ind...arly_Reviewers

Zebes · December 8th, 2007, 07:35 AM

For the Love of Politics: Bill and Hilary the White House years
Come on People: From victims to victors
The Mind of Thomas Jefferson

Donald · December 11th, 2007, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 82CardsGrad

The Ronald Reagan Diaries...

I am listening to The Reagan Diaries right now.

Also listening to:

If I Did It (the oj confession book)

A Christmas Carol read by Jim Dale

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic

Spook Country (barely started this one)

Around the holidays, I always seem to start up a variety of books for some reason.

Linderbee · December 11th, 2007, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Donald

I am listening to The Reagan Diaries right now.

Also listening to:

If I Did It (the oj confession book)

A Christmas Carol read by Jim Dale

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic

Spook Country (barely started this one)

Around the holidays, I always seem to start up a variety of books for some reason.

:kablooey:

Mulli · December 11th, 2007, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Donald

I am listening to The Reagan Diaries right now.

Also listening to:

If I Did It (the oj confession book)

A Christmas Carol read by Jim Dale

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic

Spook Country (barely started this one)

Around the holidays, I always seem to listen to ten audiobooks at a time for some reason.

wow, that is a lot.

Pariah · December 11th, 2007, 11:58 AM

"The Great Influenza: The Story of the Dealiest Pandemic in History," by Johm M. Barry.

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Originally Posted by AMAZON

From Publishers Weekly
In 1918, a plague swept across the world virtually without warning, killing healthy young adults as well as vulnerable infants and the elderly. Hospitals and morgues were quickly overwhelmed; in Philadelphia, 4,597 people died in one week alone and bodies piled up on the streets to be carted off to mass graves. But this was not the dreaded Black Death-it was "only influenza." In this sweeping history, Barry (Rising Tide) explores how the deadly confluence of biology (a swiftly mutating flu virus that can pass between animals and humans) and politics (President Wilson's all-out war effort in WWI) created conditions in which the virus thrived, killing more than 50 million worldwide and perhaps as many as 100 million in just a year. Overcrowded military camps and wide-ranging troop deployments allowed the highly contagious flu to spread quickly; transport ships became "floating caskets." Yet the U.S. government refused to shift priorities away from the war and, in effect, ignored the crisis. Shortages of doctors and nurses hurt military and civilian populations alike, and the ineptitude of public health officials exacerbated the death toll. In Philadelphia, the hardest-hit municipality in the U.S., "the entire city government had done nothing" to either contain the disease or assist afflicted families. Instead, official lies and misinformation, Barry argues, created a climate of "fear... [that] threatened to break the society apart." Barry captures the sense of panic and despair that overwhelmed stricken communities and hits hard at those who failed to use their power to protect the public good. He also describes the work of the dedicated researchers who rushed to find the cause of the disease and create vaccines. Flu shots are widely available today because of their heroic efforts, yet we remain vulnerable to a virus that can mutate to a deadly strain without warning. Society's ability to survive another devastating flu pandemic, Barry argues, is as much a political question as a medical one.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Donald · December 11th, 2007, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mulli

wow, that is a lot.

I almost started "Playing for Pizza" but I am holding off until I finish one of these (close to done on Christmas Carol and the OJ book).

Pariah · December 11th, 2007, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Donald

I almost started "Playing for Pizza" but I am holding off until I finish one of these (close to done on Christmas Carol and the OJ book).

That's a pretty fun read.