j0nes 0 #26 August 30, 2005 QuoteQuote I'm currently reading Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. I've been recommeded that book a few times - let us know if it's a good read. It's not super-heavy reading, but you definitely have to pay attention. There is one boring (i thought) chapter in the development of writing that I glossed over, but the rest is a really great read. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TFFTM 1 #27 August 30, 2005 I just finished Angel & Demons by Brown The story lined sucked but it had a great sydiving scene. Our hero takes a few meters of fabric and jumps from a helicopter, lands in a river, and leaves the hospital a few minutes later. BSBD Home of the Alabama Gang Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkFoster 0 #28 August 30, 2005 "Youth in Revolt" by C.D. Payne "Lamb" by Christoper Moore Two of the funniest books ever written. Both are laid-back, flowing and hilarious reads.------------------- ...if ignorance is bliss, I'm in Nirvana... you don't know what you don't know 'til you don't know it. GravityGone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tumbler 0 #29 August 30, 2005 Just completed "The Philosophy of Nietzsche" edited and with an introduction by Geoffrey Clive. That is one interesting cat! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #30 August 30, 2005 Quote The Knights Templar. Good book about the history of the Templar knights. I am reading Holy Blood Holy Grail right now....a lot of interesting info in that book as well.*** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike111 0 #31 August 30, 2005 "Cold Burial" - bout a trip to the artic. it was written by my old history and english teacher!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegreekone 0 #32 August 30, 2005 just finshed Ian McEwan's "Saturday" and just started Orhan Pamuk's "My Name is Red" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIREFLYR 0 #33 August 30, 2005 Quotei've read 3 james patterson books this summer. my most favorite first honeymoon, then the beach house, then the lake house If you like Patterson, 1st Degree is pretty cool, or any with the wolf in it. ~J"One flew East,and one flew West..............one flew over the cuckoo's nest" "There's absolutely no excuse for the way I'm about to act" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIREFLYR 0 #34 August 30, 2005 Quote"Youth in Revolt" by C.D. Payne "Lamb" by Christoper Moore Two of the funniest books ever written. Both are laid-back, flowing and hilarious reads. Did you read the sequel Revolting Youth yet? about the same... was funny as hell when I read it a few years ago. ~J"One flew East,and one flew West..............one flew over the cuckoo's nest" "There's absolutely no excuse for the way I'm about to act" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIREFLYR 0 #35 August 30, 2005 Yes! yes i have! Ok, here goes ... Chuck Palahniuk, Highly recomended! Survivor Choke Fight Club Lulaby .....all of them are great (except invisable Monsters...just didn't like it) Joseph Heller Catch 22 a classic! Hilarious! Douglas Adams All the Hitchikers Guide books Kurt Vonnegut Cats Cradle Slaughterhouse-5 Breakfast of Champions ...All of them! I cant remember the author Brimstone Wilkie Collins The Woman in White (1860) Jim Dodge FUP (fucking hilarious and short, read it!) Edward Bunker (Who played a small part in Reservoir Dogs (Mister Blue?) ) He's been in and out of prison since he was 14, lots of good storys... No beast so Fierce ... any others, they are all good Fyodor Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment BASE 66 BASE 66 Available on Amazon $14.95 I'm getting light headed C-ya~J"One flew East,and one flew West..............one flew over the cuckoo's nest" "There's absolutely no excuse for the way I'm about to act" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #36 August 30, 2005 Quote"Youth in Revolt" by C.D. Payne "Lamb" by Christoper Moore Two of the funniest books ever written. Both are laid-back, flowing and hilarious reads. I second the recommendation for Lamb. That's some funny shit! (Haven't read the other one)."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #37 August 30, 2005 Thanks for all the great recommendations everyone. I have a list to go with me to the library and bookstore tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Everon 0 #38 August 31, 2005 "A Wild Ride" - Non-fiction that is WAY better than fiction. Trust me! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #39 August 31, 2005 "Eating Apes" cant remember the author but it is a book that deals in the bush meat trade and the effects it will have on the future. It also describes the difference in cultures ie eating monkeys is odd to us, but eating cows is odd to others.... This book makes me cry, but it does open your eyes to alot of things most people dont think about.Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
