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The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan. Very interesting read, even for a food nut like me.
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08-21-2009, 07:12 AM #31
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The Help, Kathryn Stockett
I highly, highly recommend it as an audiobook. Really you cannot go wrong with this book.
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08-21-2009, 05:42 PM #32
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08-21-2009, 06:41 PM #33
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Just finished:
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach. It was a satisfying read: very informative and interesting, yet witty and sometimes outright hilarious.
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08-23-2009, 08:55 AM #34SpinSpinSugar Guest
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn - no real way to describe this one you just have to read it. Here's a link to a review: http://fandomania.com/book-review-geek-love/
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08-23-2009, 02:02 PM #35
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Best book I've read in a LONG time: Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." It's autobiographical, mostly...but marked as fiction. You'll laugh, you'll cry, all at the same time. Fantastic.
But right now, I'm reading "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." I love reading cookbooks, and Julia Child is a hoot.2007 Trek 5000
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08-23-2009, 06:06 PM #36
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Oh, I love Sherman Alexie. Hilarious, heartbreaking, and very, very angry - all at the same amazing time.
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08-23-2009, 06:08 PM #37
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Me too. I've read everything he's written and have his next one on hold at the library. He lives here. Was the keynote speaker at an Iraq War (the first one) protest. Boy, do I like his writing.
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08-24-2009, 03:33 PM #38
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Starting on The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart. By Bill Bishop
His premise is that although U.S. (and Canada) are more diverse in terms of ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion, that we do still tend to naturally cluster with like-minded people that we feel most comfortable with. Focus is abit more on political dynamics and changes.
Only halfway through other one that I mentioned earlier in this thread. Plus have a 3rd book I must read for a written book review that I committed for a professional journal. More dull. On law of commerical leases.Last edited by shootingstar; 08-24-2009 at 08:54 PM.
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08-24-2009, 07:36 PM #39
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I always have several going.
Right now re-reading "A Prayer for Owen Meany"...John Irving. Very, very good (I don't like all his stuff, but the old stuff is great).
Finished "The Time Traveler's Wife"...awesome.
"Peace Like a River"...Leif Enger
And, ashamedly, I read the twilight books.
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08-25-2009, 04:37 PM #40
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Oh, kenyonchris, I knew I liked you after reading your response to the post about the 13 year old sailor. Originally Posted by kenyonchris
"Owen Meany" is one of my very favorite books of all time. I, too, reread it every few years. What a gem.
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08-25-2009, 05:33 PM #41
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The all-time classic, Wiring Simplified, 42nd edition by Richter, Schwan and Hartwell, suitable for the 2008 NEC.
I just got it to replace my 36th edition. Not exactly riproaring fiction that keeps you on the edge of your seat nor anything that induces extreme cerebral induction but it has been quite helpful this summer.
