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The book can be very intimidating at first glance because your just not too sure how to read it with all the different fonts, page breaks, unique writing blocks, and citations. I'm loving it though.
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10-17-2008, 06:44 AM | #678 |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
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10-17-2008, 06:56 AM | #679 |
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10-17-2008, 08:01 AM | #680 |
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Also, he has two short stories called The Hedge Knight and Sworn Sword that involve some interesting backstory into the history of Westeros. They are great stories as well.
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11-17-2008, 10:52 PM | #681 |
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Finally finished In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. It was pretty informative and overall a good read. I just wish I hadn't had a zillion things come up and disjoint the reading.
Tomorrow, I plan on picking up Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers which looks awesome. And if you've read The Tipping Point or Blink, you'll know what I'm talking about. Here's an excerpt. Aside from that, I'm starting some screenwriting books as I'm trying to churn out an screenplay idea I've had for a while.
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11-17-2008, 10:59 PM | #682 |
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I re-read Watchmen on Saturday.
I'm re-reading David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster right now (R.I.P., DFW). I picked up a hardcover of Isabel Allende's Ines of My Soul for $4 at a bookstore; she's a fantastic author, and this should be another solid work of magical realism/historical fiction. I'm about finished with the grad school applications process. Once I finish I plan on celebrating by reading the brand-new "Best Food Writing 2008" anthology. I also plan to soon read New Religion in Mecca: Memoir of a Renegade Brewer in St. Louis by Tom Schlafly, which is about the formation of Schlafly Beer. |
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11-17-2008, 11:32 PM | #684 |
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M.F.A. in creative writing (for creative nonfiction, specifically).
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11-18-2008, 12:19 AM | #686 |
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That's a good one.
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11-18-2008, 12:21 AM | #687 |
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Henry Adams: Democracy
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11-18-2008, 12:26 AM | #688 |
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"Birkenstock's, Phish, and Honk For Hemp; A Guide To Lawrence Ks Douchebaggery"-I.M Knobbingobbler.
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I picked up Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Revisited from 1962.
Egonomics, business personal development book and Made to Stick, a marketing book TAGS: Brave New World, Made to Stick, Frazod loves Denver, Egonomics |
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11-18-2008, 09:54 AM | #690 |
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Let me know what you think of Made to Stick. I've been contemplating reading it for a while.
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