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04-26-2008, 02:23 AM
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CSUF Socal Slayer
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Aliso Viejo, California
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Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall, which was actually a very good book.. read it for my criminal justice class. changes the way you think about things
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04-26-2008, 07:54 AM
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#338
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Vultures of Culture
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Gotham City
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OmegaSimmons
I recommend it, it stimulates your political mind, and serves necessary if you take interest in Sociology.
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I actually did a paper/essay on that for my college Sociology class. Got me a lot of extra credit, especially since my professor was a practicing Communist.
It wasn't a bad read. The whole thing is a good idea in theory.
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04-26-2008, 09:57 AM
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#339
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BOALT
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bay Area
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The Falcon and The Snowman - Robert Lindsey
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
Fade - Elliot Lewis
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04-26-2008, 01:40 PM
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#340
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Witty User Title
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: So Cal/562
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Generation Kill by Evan Wright
and Roberts Ridge by Malcolm Macpherson
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04-26-2008, 03:16 PM
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#341
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V-Neck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Dallas, Texas
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A Language Older Than Words- Derrick Jensen
Just finished his EndGame Series
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it's ironic.
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04-28-2008, 09:21 AM
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#342
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Vultures of Culture
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Gotham City
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'Invisible Monsters' was okay. Certainly not my favorite by Chuck.
Right now, I'm going to start reading 'Women' by Charles Bukowski
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04-28-2008, 10:02 AM
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Hate Train
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Bonesaw, GA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ScareKrow
Right now, I'm going to start reading 'Women' by Charles Bukowski
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I'm finishing up 'Slouching Torwards Nirvana' by Bukowski. It's a good read if you haven't read it yet.
I'm also reading 'The House on Mango Street' for my World Lit class and I can't stand it. The actual story isn't bad, I just hate Cisnero's style of writing.
The books I'm reading on my own time are:
'Steps' and 'The Devil Tree' by Jerzy Kosinski
'Searchin For God Knows What' by Donald Miller
'Then We Came To The End' by Joshua Ferris
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Run for the hills, the South's gonna take you!!!
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04-28-2008, 11:19 AM
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#344
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Vultures of Culture
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Gotham City
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I went to Borders and he has like 15 ****ing books of poetry. That's too expensive for me.
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04-28-2008, 11:33 AM
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#345
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Cupcake Couture
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: New Jersey
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I'm currently reading Ender's Game.
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I like cupcakes.
"Originally posted by Bobman7: **** you. You're never too old for cupcakes."
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04-28-2008, 11:56 AM
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#346
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I am a thinking thing oo~
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Ohio, not Taipei - ****
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Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman.
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flickr-Has, but does not condone the sharing of, noodz.
"Originally Posted by gentimmy: potz ur my hero"
"Originally Posted by AndyAllen019: By far the funniest post I have seen in quite some time[...] Well played, good sir, well played."
"Originally Posted by Brown LavaLamp: You are socially awkward penguin."
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04-28-2008, 01:09 PM
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#347
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Hate Train
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Bonesaw, GA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ScareKrow
I went to Borders and he has like 15 ****ing books of poetry. That's too expensive for me.
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Haha yeh, a buddy of mine and I just swap books whenever we finish one so it works out for us.
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Run for the hills, the South's gonna take you!!!
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04-28-2008, 02:27 PM
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#348
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Very Varenyam
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Edmonton
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I was at a flea market on saturaday and found Cormac McCarthy's The Road for 2 bucks so I went ahead and picked it up. Never read him before.
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04-28-2008, 03:08 PM
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#349
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El Capitan'
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by K-Saw
I'm finishing up 'Slouching Torwards Nirvana' by Bukowski. It's a good read if you haven't read it yet.
I'm also reading 'The House on Mango Street' for my World Lit class and I can't stand it. The actual story isn't bad, I just hate Cisnero's style of writing.
The books I'm reading on my own time are:
'Steps' and 'The Devil Tree' by Jerzy Kosinski
'Searchin For God Knows What' by Donald Miller
'Then We Came To The End' by Joshua Ferris
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How do you like the book by Donald Miller? I read his description on his web site, and it looks interesting.
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"Originally posted by i*heart*paintball: god if punctuation was a person, he would take a cab to your house and punch you in the face."
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04-28-2008, 04:06 PM
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#350
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Hate Train
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Bonesaw, GA
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This is probably my least favorite of his books. He's a spiritual writer who talks about the things Christians don't usually want to discuss. However, 'Searching For God Knows What', to me, is more of a study of the Bible and explaining the meaning of it, whereas 'Blue Like Jazz' is the story of his life and how he came to know God. I'd pick up 'Blue Like Jazz' or 'Through Painted Deserts'.
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04-28-2008, 04:15 PM
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#351
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I like my fatness
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Alabama
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Just finished Scott Turow's book 1L and now I'm going to read a little more Adrienne Rich over the rest of the week
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Planet Eclipse, Empire, Understood
Avarice
XSV OT
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04-28-2008, 05:50 PM
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#352
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: NC/VA/??
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At this exact moment I am not reading anything because it's finals week, but next week when I go on my trip I will be working on:
Children of Hurin by Tolkien (the one finished by his son/grandson, I can't remember which)
End War by Tom Clancy
Roughneck Nine-One by Antenori
(first person account of a green beret team's battle with an Iraqi armor unit at the beginning of the war)
Day by Day Armageddon by Bourne
(first person account of the zombie apocalypse, fiction obviously)
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04-28-2008, 06:31 PM
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#353
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juggalette
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen X
I was at a flea market on saturaday and found Cormac McCarthy's The Road for 2 bucks so I went ahead and picked it up. Never read him before.
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It is enjoyable.
About to start The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, any opinions? |
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04-28-2008, 09:02 PM
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#354
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Vultures of Culture
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Gotham City
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Quote:
Originally Posted by K-Saw
Haha yeh, a buddy of mine and I just swap books whenever we finish one so it works out for us.
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I was thinking about trying an ST: L Book Swap. |
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04-28-2008, 09:38 PM
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#355
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juggalette
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I would def be for it but I know when we tried to do a game swap in ST:T, **** got closed.
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04-28-2008, 10:16 PM
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#356
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Vultures of Culture
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Gotham City
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I think I messaged MVP about it like 2 months ago, but never heard back.
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04-29-2008, 09:11 AM
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#357
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Paintball Journalist
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NYC
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Then We Came to the End--Joshua Ferris (somewhat humorous fluff)
Fame and Obscurity--Gay Talese (fantastic New Journalism essay collection)
The Idiot--Dostoevsky (simply marvelous novel; hilarious, poignant, well translated from the original Russian)
That's what I'm reading at the moment--I highly recommend "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski. It's an amazing experimental novel.
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