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12-01-2006, 11:20 AM | #256 |
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The Kite Runner. It's excellent so far, and I'm ripping through it. Also rereading Macbeth, since I'm teaching it for the first time in quite some time.
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12-01-2006, 11:24 AM | #257 |
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Just finished Swan Song by McCammon. I liked the beginning, didn't care for the end, so much.
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12-01-2006, 11:28 AM | #258 | |
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The Kite Runner to me had the best writing i have seen in a book. Best writing ever in my opinion. I kept reading good things about this book, but i felt the subject did not interest me. I needed a quick summer book so i bought it. Glad i did. |
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12-01-2006, 11:28 AM | #259 | |
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12-30-2006, 09:57 AM | #260 |
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Has anybody read The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson?
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12-30-2006, 10:16 AM | #261 |
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12-30-2006, 10:38 AM | #262 |
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Under The Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
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12-30-2006, 10:40 AM | #263 |
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Neil Gaiman: American Gods
Pretty cool modern fantasy about immigrant Gods and what happens as they lose their followers. I think I'm about to go on a Gaiman kick.
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Pick up Gaiman's Neverwhere. It's a pretty good fantasy book. |
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Years ago. Great spoof of the "Conspiracy" thrillers... Fantastic ending as well, IMO.
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For all the drug induced weirdness that goes on, these guys do an excellent job keeping the story going and the reder interested. I'm about 2/3rds of the way through it, which means I only have another 300 pages to go. |
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12-30-2006, 10:54 AM | #267 |
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Speaking of The Illuminatus, nice sig, Adept.
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