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I've spent more money in that store since I found it than any other the past 2 years.
What Book Are You Reading? Issue.8
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Funny, I just read Nine Princes in Amber a few days ago, too. I agree, quite poor (and I liked Lord of Light).
Some better science fiction: I just read A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge and enjoyed it. The farthest thing from hard science fiction, but some interesting treatment of concepts like group intelligence and a fairly compelling story.
In non-fiction, I recently read Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action. Unlike its supposed effect on some people, it convinced me to avoid litigation and go the transactional route.
I just finished Lanark by Alisdair Gray. I tend to be a fan of the surreal, so I really liked the weirdness, but I thought it was a good book regardless.
Right now, I am reading the Best American Short Stories of 2005. I've read the 2007 version and Best of the Century already. It's really a great series, because they are almost all good stories, but with a huge variety of themes and authors (many of whom you'd never come across on your own).
Some better science fiction: I just read A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge and enjoyed it. The farthest thing from hard science fiction, but some interesting treatment of concepts like group intelligence and a fairly compelling story.
In non-fiction, I recently read Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action. Unlike its supposed effect on some people, it convinced me to avoid litigation and go the transactional route.
I just finished Lanark by Alisdair Gray. I tend to be a fan of the surreal, so I really liked the weirdness, but I thought it was a good book regardless.
Right now, I am reading the Best American Short Stories of 2005. I've read the 2007 version and Best of the Century already. It's really a great series, because they are almost all good stories, but with a huge variety of themes and authors (many of whom you'd never come across on your own).
1914 by Lyn McDonald. it is, I think (I lost track) the last of her books on World War I that I have read. It is like the others.
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I've got like 4 of this series. It's the names of the authors in the books that get me every time. I don't really like short stories for some reason.
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Did a quick read of Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box.
Got it free and was going to throw it out except I was curious that it was another 'bestseller'.
Interesting to see a business/self-help book told as a narrative of characters, rather than directly at the reader. OTOH, seemed like bunch of bs, especially since they don't define the jargon 'the box'. My reading between the lines is that 'the box' is a mixture of self-denial and anti-social instinct, with the theme that 'self-betrayal leads to self-deception and 'the box' which poisons organizational activities.
Got it free and was going to throw it out except I was curious that it was another 'bestseller'.
Interesting to see a business/self-help book told as a narrative of characters, rather than directly at the reader. OTOH, seemed like bunch of bs, especially since they don't define the jargon 'the box'. My reading between the lines is that 'the box' is a mixture of self-denial and anti-social instinct, with the theme that 'self-betrayal leads to self-deception and 'the box' which poisons organizational activities.
I'm reading I to Myself, selections from the journal of Henry David Thoreau.
Mowque
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7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Ya sure it's cliche, but I'm at a point in my life where I'm making some certain changes. I haven't read it since I was about 20'ish (10 years ago), and figured I might as well run through it again. It's pretty good just to help focus myself on changing my viewpoints about things, which is never easy.
Ya sure it's cliche, but I'm at a point in my life where I'm making some certain changes. I haven't read it since I was about 20'ish (10 years ago), and figured I might as well run through it again. It's pretty good just to help focus myself on changing my viewpoints about things, which is never easy.
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2008 1040 Forms & Instructions by Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury. I assume the latter is a ghostwriter. It's a very intriguing and, dare I say, provocative piece of literature. There's really nothing quite like it. I can't wait for these two guys to come out with a sequel. 
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World War Z by Max Brooks. Enjoying it
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I hated that book!
Mowque
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read a tad of it in the bookstore. Interesting concept..
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Now that is a great book.
Myself, I am rereading The Other Victorians by Steven Marcus
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The Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao- junot Diaz
I've been waiting a while for someone to bring this into Half Price books. No one ever seems willing to part with any of his books though.
I've been waiting a while for someone to bring this into Half Price books. No one ever seems willing to part with any of his books though.
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