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Randomnity · 05-16-2007, 09:09 PM

I will be reading speaker for the dead and xenocide (sequels to ender's game, by orson scott card) as soon as I get the initiative to pick them up at the library, where they're waiting for me.

And also catch-22, when I pick it up, and also some book about string theory I'm struggling through, and I'm also 'reading' a book of "brain-exercises" or something like that. And I started reading a mindless Xanth book by piers anthony, but I got bored quickly. And I'm re-reading Redwall, too.

(I like to read many books concurrently, as you can see. I get too bored of one book if it takes longer than one session to read)

sundowning · 05-17-2007, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by cafe

To Kill a Mockingbird and Emma.

I'm at the part where Mrs. Elton comes to Highbury.

Kind of interested to see how it ends.

Also reading A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore (kind of gaimen-esque) and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.

Lookin4theBestNU · 05-17-2007, 03:41 AM

Reflections on the human condition by Eric Hoffer

AllAboutSoul · 05-17-2007, 04:52 AM

The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre.

Trystorp · 05-17-2007, 04:53 AM

I just joined a "50 books in a year" challenge group on LibraryThing. As I state in my post, I think I probably read far more than that but it should be interesting to track them over the course of a year.

LibraryThing post

Ah, I notice this is my first posting here. I've been lurking since the beginning but hadn't taken the plunge yet.

wyrdsister · 05-17-2007, 01:29 PM

I'm reading Coalescent by Stephen Baxter.

I lurve sci fi.

Rajah · 05-17-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by nottaprettygal

Nothing at the moment

Anyone want to give me a suggestion? I like books that make me cringe.

Chuck Palahniuk.

EDIT - Here's my favorite review from amazon about Palahniuk's Choke:

Quote:

Chief Justice Brennan in 1957 described this book when he wrote the Roth decision and defined obscenity. When a work is utterly without redeeming social importance and when for the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest, it is obscene. This book about a sex addict is marked by an immoderate and/or unwholesome interest in unusual sexual desire: the very definition of prurient. Choke could be subtitled: ' A Dictionary of Genitalia and Sexual Intercourse to Debase the Human Body and the Sex Act.'

Jasz · 05-17-2007, 02:17 PM

tipping point by gladwell

nottaprettygal · 05-17-2007, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rajah

Chuck Palahniuk.

EDIT - Here's my favorite review from amazon about Palahniuk's Choke:

Yikes. Okay! I'm going to read it.

Thanks.

raincrow007 · 05-17-2007, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trystorp

I just joined a "50 books in a year" challenge group on LibraryThing. As I state in my post, I think I probably read far more than that but it should be interesting to track them over the course of a year.

LibraryThing post

Ah, I notice this is my first posting here. I've been lurking since the beginning but hadn't taken the plunge yet.

Trystorp!

Ever read The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx?

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05-16-2007, 09:09 PM	#21 (permalink)
Randomnity insert random title here Join Date: May 2007 Type: ISTP Posts: 1,163	I will be reading speaker for the dead and xenocide (sequels to ender's game, by orson scott card) as soon as I get the initiative to pick them up at the library, where they're waiting for me. And also catch-22, when I pick it up, and also some book about string theory I'm struggling through, and I'm also 'reading' a book of "brain-exercises" or something like that. And I started reading a mindless Xanth book by piers anthony, but I got bored quickly. And I'm re-reading Redwall, too. (I like to read many books concurrently, as you can see. I get too bored of one book if it takes longer than one session to read)

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Trystorp Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INTP Location: Yukon Territory Posts: 12	I just joined a "50 books in a year" challenge group on LibraryThing. As I state in my post, I think I probably read far more than that but it should be interesting to track them over the course of a year. LibraryThing post Ah, I notice this is my first posting here. I've been lurking since the beginning but hadn't taken the plunge yet.