Official Book Thread - What You're Reading & Everything Book Related (merged)

#76
#76
I read Freakonomics a couple of months ago -- interesting stuff. It will challenge the way you think about things, for sure.
 
#77
#77
BigPapaVol said:
I've spent a lot of time reading literature of all varieties and am man enough to admit that I've read every Harry Potter book cover to cover. The books are extremely well written and very clever.

I'll be the first to raise my hand as not "pretty cool"
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I just finished the final Harry Potter. The entire series will be one that I will revisit many times I am sure.
 
#79
#79
I read two books while on vacation over the past few weeks:

The Secrets of the Hopewell Box: Stolen Elections, Southern Politics and a City's Coming of Age by James Squires (very good and easy to read); and
Days of Darkness: The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky by John Pearce (very academic and not so easy to read but I may have been suffering from lazy reader syndrome).
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
I've heard about this book. Would you say it's a difficult read?
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Much to the contrary. It more or less lends an "economist" view to such commonplace professions as real estate sales and (gasp) drug dealing. The chapter on children's names is a bit more statistical and dry, but even the novice reader can get through it in a couple of days. I chose to take it a little slower and ponder over the ideas presented a chapter at a time.

Give it a read and let me know what you think.
 
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#85
In addition to my Bible, and some very boring books published in Redmond, WA...

I am a big fan of Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series (Wizard's First Rule...)

I just finished reading Demons and Angles by Dan Brown and Velocity by Dean Koontz.
 
#87
#87
I wonder now that Rowling is rolling in royalties cash has she ever considered re imbursing the taxpayers from her public assistance days...so much for Libertarianism.
 
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JonWard said:
In addition to my Bible, and some very boring books published in Redmond, WA...

I am a big fan of Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series (Wizard's First Rule...)

I just finished reading Demons and Angles by Dan Brown and Velocity by Dean Koontz.
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I think the Dan Brown book is actually Angels and Demons, which puts DaVinci Code to shame.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
I think the Dan Brown book is actually Angels and Demons, which puts DaVinci Code to shame.
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I might have to check that out. While I was at the beach, one of my wife's relatives gave me a paperback copy of "Digital Fortress", his first book. I'll get around to reading it sometime.
 
#91
#91
angels and demons is much much better than Davinci.....i would love to see that book made in to a movie.....very cool book. Davinci was good too, really disapointed in the movie, they left a lot out.

i'm a clancy fan also....some of the op center books are very good. and i'm fairly fascinated with the Navy, specifically submarine warfare. there's one book that is non fiction, called "in harm's way" about the USS Indianaoplis, and it's sinking after it delivered the bomb. Great book, one of the best i've ever read. there's another book called "The Shark Mutiny" that sort of reminds me of the movie "Crimson Tide"....pretty interesting as well.

I like Thomas Harris too. Hannabil was great, and i was so disappointed in the movie....the book was truly much, much better.
 
#92
#92
jakez4ut said:
angels and demons is much much better than Davinci.....i would love to see that book made in to a movie.....very cool book. Davinci was good too, really disapointed in the movie, they left a lot out.

i'm a clancy fan also....some of the op center books are very good. and i'm fairly fascinated with the Navy, specifically submarine warfare. there's one book that is non fiction, called "in harm's way" about the USS Indianaoplis, and it's sinking after it delivered the bomb. Great book, one of the best i've ever read. there's another book called "The Shark Mutiny" that sort of reminds me of the movie "Crimson Tide"....pretty interesting as well.

I like Thomas Harris too. Hannabil was great, and i was so disappointed in the movie....the book was truly much, much better.
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I think they are making an Angels and Demons movie, I IIRC...

EDIT: Wikipedia says it was announced last year and filming is set to begin January 2008.
 
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#93
VOLatile said:
I think they are making an Angels and Demons movie, I IIRC...

EDIT: Wikipedia says it was announced last year and filming is set to begin January 2008.
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cool.......tks for the update.:thumbsup:
 
#94
#94
Just finished up the last harry potter book a few days ago, and i absolutely love them. people who say they are gay and are books that only losers read really irritate me. first, go read some of the books, not watch the movies. the movies are a terrible impression. i bet after reading the first few you won't be able to put it down. all i did for 2 days was read the 7th one.
 
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#95
ut 4 me said:
Just finished up the last harry potter book a few days ago, and i absolutely love them. people who say they are gay and are books that only losers read really irritate me. first, go read some of the books, not watch the movies. the movies are a terrible impression. i bet after reading the first few you won't be able to put it down. all i did for 2 days was read the 7th one.
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Me too. :geek:
 
#96
#96
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I kid, I kid. I'll probably end up reading them, too.
 
#97
#97
They are some of the most cleverly written books I have ever read. And I was born with my nose in a book.
 
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#98
LadyinOrange said:
They are some of the most cleverly written books I have ever read. And I was born with my nose in a book.
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Based on your recommendation, I will read them. At what age would you recommend them for my daughter? Maybe I'll buy her the set. (She is currently 6.5)
 
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