what are you reading this summer (763 hits)
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Submitted by loki (View user info) at 2009-06-15 22:23:38 EDT
I'm about halfway through Busted Flush edited by George RR Martin.
I can explain.
I went out to lunch with some friends of mine. On the way back to the office we stopped by this little express library. I'm not really sure why we were there, but I happened to notice the name George RR Martin on the book and checked it out. Personally I think he needs to get off his ass and publish the next book in his Song of Fire and Ice series. According to his website he has three titles but so far no books. I'm losing patience.
irrelevant yes yes fine
The point is, I checked out this book, started reading it and have no idea what in the hell is going on. Turns out this word "edited" is the key. It means that it's a bunch of chapters written by various people in some series I've never read and I have no idea what's going on. I'm slogging through it finding it good enough to keep going but not good enough to bother going back to the earlier books in the series.
I'm particular about what I read. There are only so many books I'm going to read in my lifetime and quite frankly I'm a slow reader and just can't bring myself to waste my time on a crappy book.
true story
So in conclusion while I can't give any glowing recommendations for this particular book, I do recommend The Other by David Guterson and maybe Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski but that one is a bit tough to get through at time.
I was going to attach a picture of the Busted Flush, but went with a picture of my puppy instead.
For more info about Busted Flush: http://tinyurl.com/koyudq
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Submitted by Manfre (user info) at 2009-10-05 17:12:21 EDT (#)
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I read all the Twilight books in jail this summer.
Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2009-06-17 20:08:51 EDT (#)
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The fall and decline of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbons to be followed by Simulation and simulacra by Baudrillard.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2009-06-17 17:17:06 EDT (#)
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The two sunny days we get for British summer have passed. That being saidI started at the beginning of Man Booker prize winners about two months ago. I'm up to Schindler's Ark (1982) which I've read before but I'd forgotten most of.
I've got to admit though, I'm thinking of cheating and watching the film; after reading a Rushdie book (Midnight's Children), pretty much everything else is going to be shite.
I'm hoping to get up to the mid 90's by end of July.
Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2009-06-17 16:47:51 EDT (#)
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A bunch of Neil Gaimman. Currently reading the Graveyard Book.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2009-06-17 12:39:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Been reading a lot of Dr. Seuss-type stuff with the baby...otherwise, nothing else really.
Submitted by kgbpasha (user info) at 2009-06-17 12:30:54 EDT (#)
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B is for Beer....-Tom Robbins.
Short and sweet.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2009-06-17 11:39:03 EDT (#)
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oh look, another dog picture
Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-06-17 02:07:41 EDT (#)
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Not summer here but I just finished Anna Karenina. I'm slogging through the classics atm.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2009-06-16 22:37:00 EDT (#)
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Emmision, I'm going to wade through that post.
I'm afraid that flying dog has been fixed. Oddly enough we were contractually obligated to do that because the breeder where we got him is a little nutty about her Aussie Bene Gesserite breeding program. He's a companion dog. One that is at this moment eluding capture from Sam who is trying to convince him that it is time to stop getting valuable treasure out of the recycling bin and go to bed. Ok he's dropped the G2 bottle and is running up and down the hall with a squeaky plush yellow star that he won in puppy school.
He ruled puppy school. It made me look like a really good dog trainer but really it's just that Aussies are really smart and will do anything for a hotdog.
Maddog, can Max catch a Frisbee? We're working on that. He's been fetching them since he was a baby but has only actually caught it in flight a couple of times. I fear that the problem is...me. I can throw a normal Frisbee just fine, but this is a Kong Frisbee designed not to be indestructible and also not hurt his teeth.
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2009-06-16 19:07:39 EDT (#)
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Holy fuck!!! That looks just like my dog, Max. Have you been secretly photgraphing him?
Submitted by pandora (user info) at 2009-06-16 16:32:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2009-06-15 23:27:21 EDT (#)
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"Stranger Than Fiction" by Chuck Palahniuk. It's a collection of true stories from Chuck's life with his commentary.
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I'm about halfway through "Choke". I've also been reading a lot of cookbooks, and books about art (my current fave is "Cartoon Modern", an out-of-print book about 1950's commercial illustration).
Submitted by SullyThePirate (user info) at 2009-06-16 16:04:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SPECIALk (user info) at 2009-06-16 15:38:19 EDT (#)
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+2 flying puppy
I just started reading L'Étranger by Camus..I found a brand new copy in my house..i didn't even know i owned it, in french no less.
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That book is best experienced in one sitting because it's only about 100 pages or something and when you're done you'll be drained emotionally. It sounds like you've already fucked this up though.
Submitted by SPECIALk (user info) at 2009-06-16 15:38:19 EDT (#)
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+2 flying puppy
I just started reading L'Étranger by Camus..I found a brand new copy in my house..i didn't even know i owned it, in french no less.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2009-06-16 14:58:57 EDT (#)
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I tend to read anything and everything. Today I'm reading medical reports about my wife, who just had a knee replacement. Getting old sucks, but it beats the alternative.
PS: Fuck Doodles and Shlongy. They are worthless assholes.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2009-06-16 13:58:05 EDT (#)
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he's gonna die before he finishes that series.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2009-06-16 13:46:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2009-06-16 09:10:18 EDT (#)
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If your flying dog ever breeds, I'll pay top dollar for a pup.
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haha
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2009-06-16 10:24:18 EDT (#)
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I have been picking up terry Pratchetts discworld books.
They have been compared to douglas adams but fantasy vice sci-fi.
I am also reading Ian M Banks "Matter" it kills the time.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2009-06-16 10:13:24 EDT (#)
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http://www.amazon.com/Brian-Ruckley/e/B001ILIBBU/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
the first 2 have been good. trying to get the 3rd.
then back to old school cyberpunk type stuff. http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Tom-Maddox/dp/1419122711
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2009-06-16 09:10:18 EDT (#)
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If your flying dog ever breeds, I'll pay top dollar for a pup.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-06-16 08:38:02 EDT (#)
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I have no idea what you're going on about and really have no wish to.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-06-16 08:06:00 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/119521
maybe this will help
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2009-06-16 08:00:35 EDT (#)
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Absence did not make the heart grow fonder.
In fact, it was the complete opposite.
Submitted by STIXS (user info) at 2009-06-16 07:27:41 EDT (#)
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Night, by Elie Wiesel
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2009-06-16 00:40:05 EDT (#)
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catscradle ???
Whoa!
Submitted by moopy4u (user info) at 2009-06-16 00:36:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Reading is cool.
Submitted by Ebenezer_Spooge (user info) at 2009-06-16 00:01:05 EDT (#)
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Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Vicar of Wakefield.'
Quite a harrowing tale, I'd imagine!
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2009-06-15 23:27:21 EDT (#)
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"Stranger Than Fiction" by Chuck Palahniuk. It's a collection of true stories from Chuck's life with his commentary.
Submitted by catscradle (user info) at 2009-06-15 23:23:24 EDT (#)
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OHHH, as for the actual post:
"Applied Partial Differential Equations"
Fun, fun, fun.
Submitted by catscradle (user info) at 2009-06-15 23:20:23 EDT (#)
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Concrete countertops?? Seriously...
I thought loki had died and gone to uber-hell.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2009-06-15 23:06:03 EDT (#)
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Lately, it's been how-to books: stucco, concrete countertops.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2009-06-15 22:54:05 EDT (#)
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I AM FASCINATED BY THE BANAL MINUTIAE OF YOUR MIDDLE CLASS LIFE
Submitted by sandmantate (user info) at 2009-06-15 22:53:11 EDT (#)
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I'm reading the gospel of the flying spaghetti monster, the old Foundation series and the Rama series. I'll sprinkle some Wil McCarthy and Stephen Baxter in as well. Also, some Hamilton if I can wedge it in.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2009-06-15 22:44:42 EDT (#)
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I'm reading What is the What right now. It's a Dave Eggers book about the Lost Boys of Sudan. Very good so far.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2009-06-15 22:42:25 EDT (#)
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Doodleeshithead, just STFU. You are a fucking retarded asshole/
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2009-06-15 22:40:08 EDT (#)
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Sweet photo...
Got nothing on the reading front for ya.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2009-06-15 22:36:40 EDT (#)
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Don't start posting again.
Seriously the one thing this site had going for it this year was that you disappeared.
Don't come back.
Submitted by cheerios (user info) at 2009-06-15 22:34:29 EDT (#)
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boring.