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What are you reading this summer?
Asked at Borders Books and Music, 700 N.H. St. on June 17, 2010
“Books for school.”
“A tour book about San Francisco. … I’m planning to go to San Francisco this summer.”
“Right now, I’ve been reading a lot of book about Mississippi, Oklahoma, Alabama and Louisiana Choctaws.”
“James Patterson’s new book.”
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RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 11 months ago
Rhinoplasty: An Atlas of Surgical Techniques
RoeDapple 2 years, 11 months ago
"False Memory" - Dean Koontz
K_Verses_The_World 2 years, 11 months ago
I can’t feel you anymore I can’t even touch the books you’ve read Every time I crawl past your door I been wishin’ I was somebody else instead
gerald_bostock 2 years, 11 months ago
zomg! bob dylan!
grammaddy 2 years, 11 months ago
Whatever the grandkids pick out at the library.
OonlyBonly 2 years, 11 months ago
Bills.
Paul R. Getto 2 years, 11 months ago
The Family, by Jeff Sharlet so I can understand Senator Sam's cult and what he may have planned for us. A Country of Strangers, by David K. Shipler about black/white relations. Lee Smith's Mrs. Darcy Meets the Blue-Eyed Stranger, a wonderful collection of short stories in the tradition of Eudora Welty.
CWGOKU 2 years, 11 months ago
Been reading the ingredients on the side of a Bud bottle. I am about finished with Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose, then I have the latest book in the Agent Pendergast series by Preston/Child to read. I need to go buy the latest Dean Koontz book, I hear it is out now. I read every night before bed. Hello JackFrost
vertigo 2 years, 11 months ago
Just finished "One Second After" - William R. Forstchen; a scary read in that what happens in this book could happen to the U.S. any moment. If it does the U.S. will be thrown back into the dark ages and our society could easily collapse. I highly recommend this book.
Also read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding on my flight over to Guam.
Currently reading "Robinson Crusoe" - Daniel Dafoe.
It's been awhile since I've read the classics (since school) so I'm going back and reading them since now I want to and don't have to. It's a bit more enjoyable that way.
Next up on the list is "Alas, Babylon" by Pat Frank.
RoeDapple 2 years, 11 months ago
Thanks Jesse! I had heard about then forgot about "One Second After" last year. The wife is running errands today so is picking it up for me.
vertigo 2 years, 11 months ago
It was definately eye opening. Seeing as how much of our lives depend on electricity and daily deliveries to pharmacies and grocery stores, etc.
It's made me want to go out and find some foxfire books. As well as stock up on ammo and getting that AR built that I've been putting off.
nathan 2 years, 11 months ago
Getting ready to read Infinite Jest for Infinite Summer (http://infinitesummer.org/index).
snap_pop_no_crackle 2 years, 11 months ago
Rereading "Mission of Gravity" by Hal Clement at the moment.
Cappy 2 years, 11 months ago
Thumbs up.
scopi_guy 2 years, 11 months ago
The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste
75x55 2 years, 11 months ago
Classics - Moby Dick, Don Quixote de la Mancha, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Lord Jim.
jonas_opines 2 years, 11 months ago
Probably the Economist and several news feeds. After having my nose so close to the thesis grindstone for so long I need to reconnect to what's going on.
I mean sure, I've read the articles and comment here, so at least I have an informed base of knowledge to build upon.
/snrk
Sarah St. John 2 years, 11 months ago
I recently read that Barbara Pym was one of the most underrated writers of the last century, so I gave some of her books a try. "Jane and Prudence" was fun, but "An Academic Question" was pretty depressing and none of the characters garnered any sympathy from me as the reader.
I'm re-reading "The Hobbit" for the first time in a long time, and then I'm really going to give the Lord of the Rings trilogy a focused try. I've never been able to get into fantasy literature, but I really feel like I'm missing out by never having read these. (Never saw the movies either, so don't spoil the ending for me!)
Oh, and of course, miles and miles of microfilm of the 1970, 1985, and 1910 newspapers for "Old Home Town." :) (I should have favorites... it's not fair to the other years.... but I must admit that I enjoy the 1910 newspaper the most!)
Sarah St. John 2 years, 11 months ago
That should have been "I shouldn't have favorites." Sorry. blush*
CWGOKU 2 years, 11 months ago
Neighbor had a garage sale last weekend, I got a leather bound set of the Lord of the Rings triology in a case for $1.25
consumer1 2 years, 11 months ago
Born Fighting. a history of the Scott Irish in America. By Jim Webb.
somedude20 2 years, 11 months ago
Playboy and Hustler are way too tame. Give me Swank, Cherry or Donkey Punch Weekly
CWGOKU 2 years, 11 months ago
One of my brother's favorite magazines. I have been known to peruse it at his house.
Blessed4x 2 years, 11 months ago
It's a trip down memory lane right now with Swiss Family Robinson and The Lost World. Sometimes it's good to revisit the books of your youth! Maybe not very mature, but fun nonetheless.
da2yl2on 2 years, 11 months ago
Wicked
Cappy 2 years, 11 months ago
Thumbs up.
AreUNorml 2 years, 11 months ago
I'm knee deep in Hawaii by Michener.
IndusRiver 2 years, 11 months ago
Homer's Iliad, why?
IndusRiver 2 years, 11 months ago
-By the Time I Get to Phoenix -Wichita Lineman -Galveston
Oh this is killin' me - Glen Campbell sang these.
KansasPerson 2 years, 11 months ago
But is it really the original Waka?
Cappy 2 years, 11 months ago
Guns, Germs, and Steel
davidsmom 2 years, 11 months ago
Runner's World. I also have a few books I'm hoping to start on soon.
MacHeath 2 years, 11 months ago
Reading Sarah Vowell's "Assassination Vacation" She is a bit of a wacko, but in a good way. Also listening to the first new Devo cd in years! Pretty weird for a guy that has fond remembrances of Barry Goldwater, huh?
Are We Not Men? De-evoution is real.
Finnbar1 2 years, 11 months ago
MacHeath, have you ever read 'Partly Cloudy Patriot' by Sarah Vowell? I was sitting in an extremely crowded smoking area at the Cincinnati airport when I read that and there's a brief bit about what Lincoln really wanted to say to Meade during a battle of the civil war. I still giggle when I think about it.
Finnbar1 2 years, 11 months ago
I'm reading 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' by Shel Silverstein......there's a polar bear in the frigidaire, he likes it's cuz it's cold in there...........
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