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WILLAMLC
Posts: 38,342 1/14/10 10:34 P
I had not thought of it when I asked the question, but you guys are giving great suggestions for my next book shopping..... In fact, what an eclectic group!
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WINETART
Posts: 258 1/14/10 10:06 P
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made us Human by Richard Wrangham. Definitely eye-opening! Finished it last week.
"Some of my best living has been done when I really should have been doing something else." Ashleigh Brilliant
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BILBY4
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Fitness Minutes: (151,881) Posts: 1,718 1/14/10 8:43 P
'No Logo', Naomi Klein, last month. Since then I've had a couple of false starts ... books I began but gave up on a hundred pages in. I'm finding it really hard to get into fiction these days.
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NJORDGAL
Posts: 1,470 1/14/10 6:38 P
Most recently finished, _The Spark_ by Chris... something or other You guys may have heard of it?
I'm currently reading _Personal Footprints for Insouciant Knitters_ by Cat Bordhi and _Teutonic Magic_ by Kveldulfr Gundarsson. Yeah, this is why I read books so slowly!
Vision without action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare -- Japanese Proverb
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SALDRU
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Bulls Island
finished it yesterday --- boring!
MAINEROCKS
Posts: 7,192 1/14/10 5:15 P
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck Finished it yesterday, definitely recommend.
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WILDHONEYPIE1
Posts: 569 1/14/10 4:57 P
LOL. I just finished re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Currently reading The Story of My Experiments with Truth. (Gandhi's autobiography)
"I like giants. Especially girl giants. 'Cause all girls feel too big sometimes regardless of their size." - from I like Giants, by Kimya Dawson.
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Into the Silence by Sarah Pinborough. It's a book from the Torchwood Series. I finished it last night :)
"A guy who came to Fight Club for the first time, his a** was a wad of cookie dough. After a few weeks, he was carved out of wood." --Narrator (Fight Club).
My Project Mayhem Pledge: *Think about my choices before I make the wrong ones. *Be accountable for the wrong choices and fix them! *And... with my fellow monkey's help - push myself to limits I thought were not possible. micalia.wordpress.com/
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ERIS23
Posts: 516 1/14/10 4:37 P
Well, hmm... Superfreakonomics, Friends Like These and currently reading for about the 5th time Eat, Pray, Love. I'd recommend any and all of them.