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01-24-2008, 10:10 PM
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It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of the movie 'Field of Dreams.' So when I spotted the novel 'Shoeless Joe' by W. P. Kinsella, of course I had to give it a go. I thought it was pretty darn good. Could be that I'm a bit bias though...
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02-01-2008, 07:45 PM
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The Glass Bead Game, by Hermann Hesse. I don't think I quite "got" it.  |
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02-01-2008, 08:58 PM
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this is a masterpiece I strongly recommend it to anyone.
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02-02-2008, 12:55 AM
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"A Study in Scarlet"
The first Sherlock Holmes story.
It was like a train wreck.
They make Holmes out to be so great and then in the next book, he's (litterally) shooting up cocaine.
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02-02-2008, 05:01 AM
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Hey! I'm reading The Glass Bead Game right now! It's kick ass!
Last book I read was Slaughter House 5, after receiving so many glowing recommendations for it from members here. It was fucking great. He took such a classic subject of war, and somehow twisted it into time travel and aliens. My kind of stuff!
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02-02-2008, 10:29 AM
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Finished Vurt by Jeff Noon a few days ago. It was bizarre but I liked it.
Just launched into God Emperor of Dune. Frank Herbert is a brilliant writer.
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02-02-2008, 11:05 AM
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I just finished Steven Brust - Yendi, and I'm not sure what's coming up next for me.
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02-02-2008, 12:43 PM
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"The Beloved Works of C.S. Lewis"
Containing: "Surprised By Joy", "Reflections on the Psalms", "The Four Loves", "The Business Of Heaven".
Tough to understand and generally "get your head around", but a good, thought provoking read to be sure.
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02-02-2008, 03:15 PM
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Halo: Fall of Reach by Erik Nylund.
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02-02-2008, 03:35 PM
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They have Halo books? Hmm...
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02-09-2008, 07:26 PM
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The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
I'm three chapters in, and so far nothing has happened, but I have high hopes.
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02-10-2008, 04:12 PM
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I've been reading the terry goodkind's first sword of truth book, wizard's first rule.
It's basically a... pretty bad book. Tons of grammatical errors (due to mis-types that were never corrected) I felt like much of it is cliche'd, and generally not well written. I also don't really like the way he presents his philosophical beliefs in it, it's too obvious, and no subtlety. I will not be continuing on in the series.
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02-10-2008, 04:25 PM
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i've just read Fool Errand by Robin Hobb. First of the second trilogy, ok but so far not as great as the first trilogy was 
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02-10-2008, 04:43 PM
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I went on holiday to Egypt last August and saw Wilbur Smiths The Seventh Scroll in a book shop, read it and loved it. Then read River God, which of course preceeded it and am now reading Warlock.
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02-11-2008, 04:44 PM
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Cell by Stephen King.
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