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Post by Ms. Jericho on Jul 7, 2007 21:40:37 GMT -5
I want him to be evil because it means Dumbledore was wrong. But I don't want him to be because it means that Harry was right. I don't know which is worse. Good or evil Snape is still the man.
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Post by cactusjames on Jul 10, 2007 12:40:18 GMT -5
Happy Endings: The tales of a Meaty Breasted Zilch by Jim Norton came out today. I got that as well as the SP album and can't wait to give this a read. The cover itself is HILARIOUS. This may very well be the best book of all time. A review will be posted later after I finish reading this fucking gem.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jul 25, 2007 9:04:55 GMT -5
Still enconsed in Mickey Rivers' "Ain't No Sense Worryin'" - its my lunchtime at work book. I take it out to the little park behind the office, sit on a bench, and laugh. Lots of stories like this one.. One day I had come into the clubhouse and Cat (Hunter) and George were arguing.
George was saying, "Aw, I think you need to go here and rest."
And Cat said, "I ain't going nowhere!"
And they were in there arguing - they had a door closed a little bit.
I shouted, "Get him, Catfish! Get him, Catfish!" And I ran away.
George came out saying, "Who said that? Who said that??
That was funny.
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Post by 9 on Jul 25, 2007 9:39:23 GMT -5
I have to read that. Mickey Rivers stories are always good for laughs. Because I've been too lazy (and poor) to go to a bookstore, and I didn't want to trip over any Harry Potter geeks, I just re-read this excellent Stephen King short-story collection, which includes 1408:
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jul 25, 2007 10:01:42 GMT -5
Down the line you can borrow mine, or keep in mind Amazon used has it for around $1 now. I just used Amazon used this morning to buy a paperback thriller, on the recommendation of some fellow on the PWTOrch wrestling board, of all places. Got that one for a penny (well, plus $3.99 for shipping. Someone has to get paid)
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Post by grover on Sept 20, 2007 10:08:46 GMT -5
Currently about to finish up 'Rebels for the Cause', which is a few gems about the funnier and more controversial stories about The Arsenal which you don't hear about now-a-days. I just picked up two books yesterday which will be next in line. One is Crooked Little Vein, which is the first novel from one of my favorite comic book writers Warren Ellis. Michael McGill is a burned-out private detective who suddenly becomes enlisted by an army of presidential goons to retrieve the Constitution of the United States, but not the one we all know about. This would be the real Constitution (the one with invisible amendments) created by some of the Founding Fathers as a fallback for their great experiment. Along the way, McGill gains a polyamorous sidekick named Trix, gets scared to death by what men do with warm salty water, and descends into a world where crime, sex, and madness all seem to be the same thing.After that I'm going to read a book about legendary Radio 1 DJ John Peel.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Sept 20, 2007 10:16:28 GMT -5
Couple of things. I was looking for this thread last week and could not find it. Got so aggravated I gave up. Thanks for finding, and bringing back. It could use more action, you guys should read more and stop watching such dumb movies as you do. Heard about that Peel book. Good things, too. Here's my current find. Started reading after someone dropped a reference to it on the Torch wrestling board. Went to Amazon, liked the reviews, and liked the price of the used paperback ($0.01) HOT SPRINGS - Stephen Hunter Takes place in the post-WWII gambling and whoring den of the title. Shoot em up stuff, gangsters and lawmen, heroes and villians. Having a lot of fun with it.
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Post by grover on Sept 20, 2007 11:56:18 GMT -5
T, getting back to the Robert Jordan discussion we had a few days ago, and I did a quick search to see if there is any word on the 12th book, and supposedly, according to his dingbat cousin, it can be produced. I assume that Jordan had it pretty much laid out, and was adding things here and there, chances are filler since word is that's what the last 6 books seems to be filled with.
Read it from a message his cousin posted on his website. I called him a dingbat because he worded the message as if he was a character out of one of Jordan's novels, calling him "Cousin/Brother" and what not. Loons.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Sept 20, 2007 11:59:37 GMT -5
But whats corny about it is that Book 12 was not supposed to close things out, right? So even if Book 12 is put out, everyone is still left hanging.
Honestly, I got stuck in the middle of I think its book 5. I still have the next batch of 3 shrink-wrapped in a nice box i bought in anticipation of getting to them. I got frustrated cause there is just too many things going on with too many characters. I read all the time, I do not like simple stuff, and this is too convuluted for me. I hated having to reference the index all the damn time. Its too much. I may revisit it, but I dont know.
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Post by grover on Sept 20, 2007 12:33:04 GMT -5
I'm not sure. I think things were supposed to end book 12. If not, well, there's no choice now. LOL
Dude, I don't even know when I will get around to reading these. I got to book 7, and the bad things everyone said was popping up hit me, and it started to effect my reading, even though I tried to ignore it. Supposedly, it only get worse.
Another thing, reading The Song of Fire and Ice, as well as the Malazan: Book of the Fallen series really makes knocks this series a good couple of pegs, especially Malazan.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 3, 2007 22:00:45 GMT -5
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Post by $heriff Tom on Nov 16, 2007 16:05:19 GMT -5
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Post by Ms. Jericho on Nov 17, 2007 18:39:56 GMT -5
I am reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.... again. It is one of my favorite books (along w/ The Cather in the Rye and To Kill A Mockingbird). I love Hardy. He's so grim.
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Post by grover on Nov 17, 2007 22:10:20 GMT -5
Currently reading: For rec reading. For school.
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Post by grover on Nov 29, 2007 10:36:49 GMT -5
Right now I'm about 1/2 way done with the 3rd book in the 2nd trilogy of Harry Turtledove's alternate history epic. These make for fun recreational reading.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 3, 2007 11:00:34 GMT -5
Love those books. As for me, back on my history kick. And this book is a gem. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In this engrossing study, Civil War scholar Boritt (editor of The Lincoln Enigma) offers a revealing history of that most famous piece of American oratory, the Gettysburg Address. Boritt opens with an evocative description of a stench-filled, corpse-strewn Gettysburg on July 4, 1863, after the battle. When Lincoln arrived a few months later to dedicate the national cemetery, he had an important task: "to explain to the people," writes Borritt, in plain, powerful prose, "why the bloodletting must go on." After vividly recreating the delivery of the address, Boritt discusses the speech's mixed reception. Republican newspapers praised it; Democrats, viewing it as the beginning of Lincoln's re-election campaign, belittled or tried to ignore it; one Democratic newspaper called the speech a "mawkish harangue." Just as bad, Lincoln's graceful oratory was garbled in transmission to newspapers. Most interesting is Boritt's recounting of how, after Lincoln's assassination, the speech was mostly forgotten until the 1880s, when Gettysburg increasingly became a symbol of a reunion between North and South, and the Gettysburg Address took on the sheen of America's "sacred scriptures." Lincoln's poetic language, says Boritt, helps the speech live on, and the message of "sacrificial redemption" still speaks to Americans today. This elegant account will delight readers who enjoyed Garry Wills's Lincoln at Gettysburg. (Lengthy appendixes parsing drafts of the speech, however, will interest mainly aficionados.) 16 pages of b&w illus., and b&w illus. throughout. (Nov. 19)
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Post by Chris on Dec 3, 2007 13:20:57 GMT -5
I am going to be reading Naked Lunch for about the 3rd or 4th (not counting the number of times I've listened to it on audio) time. I plan to start this week.
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Post by Ms. Jericho on Dec 20, 2007 21:33:18 GMT -5
Currently reading The Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir. One of the many books that I have purchased because of their connection to my guy Henry VIII.
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Post by Jackass on Dec 24, 2007 6:16:48 GMT -5
Is anyone considering a purchase of The Kindle. It's the wireless reading device that's being offered by Amazon??
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 24, 2007 9:35:56 GMT -5
See, that sorta thing does not float my proverbial boat. Looks like a landmark sort of thing, for what it is, and useful as all Hell. But I dont like the idea. I am old-school hold the book in my hand. I am one of those guys who will continue to buy the print newspaper as long as they are printed. I poke online for news while at work, but I enjoy leafing through my paper.
I love having my books on hand, to paw through and peruse, and them standing like sentries on my shelves at home. Technology catches up to all of us, but I am a stalwart in this fashion. I can see where people would love Kindle to death, but I am sticking with my paperbound tomes.
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Post by Chris on Dec 24, 2007 12:50:05 GMT -5
"I am old-school hold the book in my hand."
Me too. In fact, even in the scope of my work, if I am given a lengthy document in electronic form, I print it out....even though I'm only going to use it right there at my desk, I still need to touch the pages.
My sister-in-law is big on reading books on her iPod...you can download the text of books to your iPod and read while on the train or whatever....sounds like a horrible idea to me.
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Post by baldvinny on Jan 7, 2008 19:14:54 GMT -5
since its winter, i have finally been able to get back to a little bit of reading...i dont have the list of books i read on our honeymoon, but here is what i have gotten thru recently good read. lots of interesting GNR stories, lots of good info on slash's relationship with axl and the whole breakup of the band. not too bad, pretty fast read. it was dubbed a "mystery" but it really wasn't. i am too biased to give any sort of review on this book. Duane is a GOD in my book, so i loved this bio. i was actually all bummed out when i got to duane's death, even though i knew it was coming i really want to start reading some classics, so i started with this one. i never realized how many different books and movies have taken cues from this book. i also just got a Barnes and noble gift card, and these books came in the mail today.... love clapton, cant wait to read this my next jump into the classics i dig cop books/mysteries was voted the best mystery of 2007, so i'll give it a whirl. a little true crime/non fiction
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 7, 2008 20:34:06 GMT -5
Hell of a reading list there. And you are really covering the gamut.
I am sort of doing the same. I am currently in a book about the Gettysburg Address, a fantasy novel about an Amazon warrior who swings a sword, and a whole slew of other tomes with bookmarks in the middle.
I am the biggest Sherlockian you know, by the way....I love Sherlock Holmes, the stories, the movies, the pastiches, it goes on and on. The atmosphere of those stories, and the characterizations involved, its a rollicking good read. I hope you enjoy.
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Post by baldvinny on Jan 8, 2008 12:08:00 GMT -5
so, last night i decided to start with the Sherlock Holmes stuff. i got a few pages in, and commented to Rose "now i know why Tom likes this stuff. there are so many big complex words!"
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Post by Jackass on Jan 8, 2008 12:53:44 GMT -5
1) LOL @ Vin for reading books on his honeymoon. The Kama Sutra wasn't even on the list!!
2) I just finished The Power Broker about Robert Moses which is the White Whale of literature to Tom Brown. An extremely interesting and well documented biography of the literal mover and shaker in New York politics for most of the last century.
3) I am currently reading a book about The Big Lebowski that my children bought me for Christmas. It is a great and easy read, discussing many elements of the film, interviews with cast members, as well as the actual people that the characters were based on.
4) On deck is a choice of the following: Volumes 2 & 3 of the bitchin graphic novel Ex Machina or Suicide In The Entertainment Industry an encyclopedia of every show biz related suicide committed in the 20th century. This was the book that David Hasselhoff was reading on the airplane in his brief scene in John Waters hysterical A Dirty Shame. I've glanced at this one, so it will probably get a read before Mayor Hundred's adventures.
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Post by baldvinny on Jan 8, 2008 14:15:42 GMT -5
check your reading comprehension there jackass
second line " dont have the list of books i read on our honeymoon"
and since you asked, the Kama Sutra WAS on that list
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 8, 2008 14:21:11 GMT -5
I just finished The Power Broker about Robert Moses which is the White Whale of literature to Tom Brown
I am currently on page 553, putting me about halfway through. But I think I only read about 10 pages in the year of 2007. It sure looks impressive on my credenza here in the ofice.
Funny note on the subject, I was walking around at lunchtime and noticed a statue of LaGuardia for the first time, and I have been working on and off in this area since 1992. Its like, a block away. It actually looks more like a statue of Jackie Gleason, but I digress.
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Post by Ms. Jericho on Jan 8, 2008 14:37:40 GMT -5
Can you please finish that book. I can't be that good if you have been reading it as long as I have know you.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 8, 2008 15:02:55 GMT -5
See, problem now is that I have gone so long since I read really any of the book, and the opening chapters were read around the turn of the century, so a lot of it is well, forgotten. I am afraid I am going to have to start over from the beginning, and I dont really want to do that at this current time.
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Post by Ms. Jericho on Jan 8, 2008 17:07:35 GMT -5
Wave the flag.
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