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What books are you reading right now?

Discussion in 'Tilted Art, Photography, Music & Literature' started by sapiens, Aug 12, 2011.

  1. MrMD069

    MrMD069 Very Tilted

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    Space
    Finished Dead Bodies Bite, Vol. 2. Found it a bit disappointing as some of the stories had grammar and spelling mistakes. Also, a few of the stories appeared to be written by middle school students.

    Starting on Apocalypticon, yes, yet another zombie book. Last one in the Kindle library. Hopefully it'll be better than the last one.
     
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  2. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Decaying books in an abandoned manor home_ _ The Library ___.jpg

    Yuck!

    Please take a look at the Library thread, many cool photos.
     
  3. MrMD069

    MrMD069 Very Tilted

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    I was wrong about Apocolypticon, it's not quite a zombie book. Pretty funny as well. Definitely not what I expected, but in a good way. Fun read so far.
     
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  4. MrMD069

    MrMD069 Very Tilted

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    Finished Apocolypticon (author: Clayton Smith).Fun read. Going back to my barbarian days and will work on Conan The Barbarian, The Complete Collection by Robert E. Howard.
     
  5. SirLance

    SirLance Death Therapist

    Arisen, books 13 & 14. Also, still reading Lincoln at Gettysburg.
     
  6. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    Good Guys
    A new one by Steven Brust

    One of my favorite authors
    Always great plot, characters and banter from him


    Not another from the Vlad Taltos series
    But a totally new storyline
    Modern Earth...but with magic

    It will be interesting to see what he does with this
    Haven’t been disappointed with him yet
    His books are always fun...page turners

    ——

    Oh yeah...and re-reading The Organized Mind
    Need it right now...
     
  7. Leto

    Leto Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Toronto
    damn.... I've fallen down the Clive Cussler black hole of the Dirk Pitt universe. will be back once I've finished reading oh.... about 19 books.
     
  8. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    I know that memoirs aren't autobiographies in the sense of being chronological, more or less. But Elvis Costello's Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink jumps around like crazy.

    This memoir might be a Must Read for serious Costello fans, not so much for casual fans.
     
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  9. MrMD069

    MrMD069 Very Tilted

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    Switched gears and reading Great Tales Of The Golden Age Of Science Fiction by Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg.
     
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  10. MrMD069

    MrMD069 Very Tilted

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    Still reading Great Tales Of The Golden Age Of Science Fiction, but, did manage to squeeze in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis over the weekend.
     
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  11. Leto

    Leto Slightly Tilted

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    Toronto
    That Metamorphosis is a quick one. (drug induced??) I accidentally read it once, as it was a free item on my Kobo (e-reader) so I thought I would check it out.
     
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  12. Shadowex3

    Shadowex3 Very Tilted

    "Chumash". A complete Old testament with extensive commentary selected from the various biblical scholars. It's got the full rashi and onkelos too but only in the original hebrew. It's good to know where your people came from and where it all started.
     
  13. SirLance

    SirLance Death Therapist

    Not-God, a history of AA. Fascinating.
     
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  14. MrMD069

    MrMD069 Very Tilted

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    Finished Great Tales Of The Golden Age Of Science Fiction. WOOT WOOT!
     
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  15. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

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    Nebraska
    I ran across this article re: Kurtz, so am passing it on to you, @SirLance

    Remembering Ernie Kurtz
     
  16. MeltedMetalGlob

    MeltedMetalGlob Resident Loser Donor

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    Who cares, really?
    I just finished a Jack Reacher novel Echo Burning. My dad's been sending me these to read, they're really good.

    One thing I wanted to mention (and it was discussed here earlier) that I saw the movie before reading any of the books, and initially I was okay with Tom Cruise as the character. However, the more I read, the less and less Cruise fits him. In my own head, I picture Dolph Lundgren (in his 30's) as Jack Reacher, and he meshes perfectly.

    [​IMG]
     
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  17. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    The Honor Harrington series.
     
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  18. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

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    Nebraska
    HH author co-authored with Eric Flint "1633" a sequel to Flint's wildly successful "1632" which has spawned a whole series.
    I've read nearly all of the 1632 Universe novels and shorties.
     
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  19. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

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    Love that series.
     
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  20. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

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    I neglected to say what I'm currently reading: 1635: "The Wars For The Rhine" be Flint co-conspirator Anette Pedersen. In the Seventeenth Century family connections, arranged marriages, religion, (of the nobility only, of course) mattered much more than ideology.
     
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