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glatt · 03-17-2010, 08:09 AM

My wife recently read The Help by Kathryn Stockett. She thought it was really good, and she reads a lot and isn't easily impressed by a book.

It's the trendy book to read these days.

I can only recommend SF, so that's why you get this second hand recommendation.

lumberjim · 03-17-2010, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I have a week and a half.

What should I read? (NO FUCKING SCI_FI!)

read the bible, you shameless harlot!

Trilby · 03-18-2010, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

read the bible, you shameless harlot!

but...which version? which version?!

Trilby · 03-17-2010, 11:05 AM

thanks, glatt - but no slave narratives, either. I've read so many damn slave narratives that I wonder that there was any slaving going on for all the writing those guys were doing....

ha ha. j/k all you PC types!

thanks for the recommed, though. all you guys are big, fat SCi-Fi nerds, aren't you?

Yes. Yes, you are.

wolf · 03-17-2010, 11:21 AM

The Baroque Cycle - Neal Stephenson.

You'll need more than a week, though.

DanaC · 03-17-2010, 01:50 PM

The First Casualty, by Ben Elton: a murder mystery set in the trenches of ww1. Very good book.

The Horse Boy (author, i can't recall) written by (and in audio narrated by) the father of an autistic boy and telling their story. It's beautiful.

Nation, by Terry Pratchett. It's written for a young adult audience, but is really rather good. It's a departure from his discworld stuff and is set in the real (more or less) world. It's a lovely story. A girl from England in something like the Edwardian or Victorian era, is shipwrecked on Island. Also alone on this island is 'Nation' an adolescent boy who is the sole survivor of his people (hence taking on the name Nation), his whole tribe having been wiped out by a freak tsunami whilst he was alone on a different island undergoing a solitary coming of age ritual.

They have no language to link them. But they grow a close friendship. It's really wonderfully written. Funny and poignant by turns. I highly recommend it to anyone.

Pooka · 03-17-2010, 06:22 PM

Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back As a Horney Toad, By Kinky Friedman, John Callahan

It is an unconventional autobiography. Very Funny... I lol too much for Flint while lying in bed reading it.

DanaC · 03-17-2010, 07:51 PM

Oh! I love Kinky Friedman!

Pooka · 03-17-2010, 09:34 PM

Me too. He is a riot. He totally turns my giggle box alll the way over... on more than on occasion I've found myself laughing and some what spastic to the point I could hardly breath.

Pooka · 03-17-2010, 09:37 PM

But then... I'm kinda a spazz

skysidhe · 03-22-2010, 07:54 PM

Done with An Echo and the Bone. I don't know. I've never seen so many cliffhangers in one story before. I'll forgive that overdone-ness on the account of the others in the series.

Then,tried to read, just for lack of reading material, a truly stupid book which makes me want to go against my principles and do one of those heckler blogs and heckle the author. I don't know what to do with this unread book.

On my second attempt to find something different to read at the commercial publication mills which are filled with equally retarded books but more honestly portrayed, I found The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo! wow one good book among a whole rack. Why do grocery stores not sell better books. grr

lumberjim · 03-22-2010, 08:02 PM

can't get good food in a library either

Pete Zicato · 03-23-2010, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

can't get good food in a library either

True. But you can get coffee and a danish in almost every bookstore these days.

Spexxvet · 03-23-2010, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

I have a week and a half.

What should I read? (NO FUCKING SCI_FI!)

Freakonomics

skysidhe · 03-22-2010, 08:03 PM

You made me chuckle.

03-17-2010, 11:05 AM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	thanks, glatt - but no slave narratives, either. I've read so many damn slave narratives that I wonder that there was any slaving going on for all the writing those guys were doing.... ha ha. j/k all you PC types! thanks for the recommed, though. all you guys are big, fat SCi-Fi nerds, aren't you? Yes. Yes, you are. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-17-2010, 11:21 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Baroque Cycle - Neal Stephenson. You'll need more than a week, though. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-22-2010, 07:54 PM	#11
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Done with An Echo and the Bone. I don't know. I've never seen so many cliffhangers in one story before. I'll forgive that overdone-ness on the account of the others in the series. Then,tried to read, just for lack of reading material, a truly stupid book which makes me want to go against my principles and do one of those heckler blogs and heckle the author. I don't know what to do with this unread book. On my second attempt to find something different to read at the commercial publication mills which are filled with equally retarded books but more honestly portrayed, I found The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo! wow one good book among a whole rack. Why do grocery stores not sell better books. grr Last edited by skysidhe; 03-22-2010 at 08:02 PM.

03-22-2010, 08:02 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	can't get good food in a library either __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-17-2010, 08:09 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My wife recently read The Help by Kathryn Stockett. She thought it was really good, and she reads a lot and isn't easily impressed by a book. It's the trendy book to read these days. I can only recommend SF, so that's why you get this second hand recommendation.

03-17-2010, 06:22 PM	#7
Pooka Your Invisible Rabbit Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Betwixt and Between Posts: 528	Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back As a Horney Toad, By Kinky Friedman, John Callahan It is an unconventional autobiography. Very Funny... I lol too much for Flint while lying in bed reading it.

03-17-2010, 09:34 PM	#9
Pooka Your Invisible Rabbit Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Betwixt and Between Posts: 528	Me too. He is a riot. He totally turns my giggle box alll the way over... on more than on occasion I've found myself laughing and some what spastic to the point I could hardly breath.

03-17-2010, 09:37 PM	#10
Pooka Your Invisible Rabbit Friend Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Betwixt and Between Posts: 528	But then... I'm kinda a spazz

03-22-2010, 08:03 PM	#15
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	You made me chuckle.

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