Current book being read/just finished

[eddysnake]

stopped about halfway through Dance with Dragons, the book isn't bad, but I'm having a tough time picking it up every night.

Started reading Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan) Barsoom Series: A Princess of Mars (1912). They are free on the kindle. I think there are 11 stories, revolving around John Carter and his adventures on Mars. The first has been excellent and I cannot wait to read more. If you are a fan of science fiction, check them out. The guy who did Finding Nemo is making a movie in the near future which looks boss.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsoom

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[Shyster]

Last night I finished reading Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent. It’s an eye-opening exposé on how vague and ambiguous laws can be used to indict pretty much anyone for anything. Then I read Containment, a pretty tight sci-fi novel that the author is selling for 99¢ on the Kindle store. It’s fast paced and well written. I knocked off the whole book in a couple hours.

[shafnutz05]

Tom Clancy's new book....definitely ghostwritten

[PensFanInDC]

My friend just published a book.

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Yeah, he's a little corny but the book is amazing.

http://thedailyretort.com/faith/

http://www.amazon.com/Question-Faith-Si ... 888&sr=8-1

[Troy Loney]

I read Gibbons' Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire and then the Prince and Discourses by Macchievelli. Good combination of books to read in sequence.

Currently reading Turn of the Screw and Aspern Papers by Henry James.

[Admin]

Just finished The Hunger Games series.

[canaan]

Just finished The Hunger Games series. :thumb:

Didn't know you finally got through the Doc Seuss series. I knew you were stuck for a while on Horton hears a who

[Admin]

Just finished The Hunger Games series.

Didn't know you finally got through the Doc Seuss series. I knew you were stuck for a while on Horton hears a who

Congrats you have been selected as the tribute from Team Mayo. Work on those fighting skills for the LGP Games.

[shafnutz05]

[canaan]

[eddysnake]

Anyone ever read anything from Edward Abbey?

[MWB]

Just finished The Hunger Games series. :thumb:

This is kids/teens series, right? I've thought about getting it for my daughter but want to read it first. How graphic is it?

[KennyTheKangaroo]

kenny thekangaroo is finishing up Empire of the Summer Moon, a story about the comanches in west texas. those dudes were tough.

[Point Breeze Penguins]

Reading Jared Diamond's "Collapse"... Excellent stuff.

[shafnutz05]

Just finished "Dead or Alive" by Tom Clancy. lol, talk about red meat for neocons

[Gaucho]

Jonathan Lethem, The Disappointment Artist. Lethem on The Searchers, Star Wars, Kubrick, Dylan, Jack Kirby, and himself. Good stuff.

[danisu21]

Just finished The Hunger Games series.

Didn't know you finally got through the Doc Seuss series. I knew you were stuck for a while on Horton hears a who

Congrats you have been selected as the tribute from Team Mayo. Work on those fighting skills for the LGP Games.

canaan's gonna be the first to lose those games. i'm calling it right now.

[Point Breeze Penguins]

Just finished a fascinating book on what the author calls, "Female Chauvinist Pigs".

Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture

Meet the Female Chauvinist Pig -- the new brand of "empowered woman" who embraces "raunch culture" wherever she finds it. In her groundbreaking book, New York magazine writer Ariel Levy argues that, if male chauvinist pigs of years past thought of women as pieces of meat, Female Chauvinist Pigs of today are doing them one better, making sex objects of other women -- and of themselves. Irresistibly witty and wickedly intelligent, Female Chauvinist Pigs makes the case that the rise of raunch does not represent how far women have come; it only proves how far they have left to go.

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[cma3585]

Just read "Crabwalk" for my European World War II history course. Very interesting read combining non-fiction events surround the sinking of the German Gustoff liner (and assassination of Nazi political leader Wilhelm Gustoff) and a fictional tale surrounding the events. Sort of tough to get through the first chapter, but after that it all starts to come together. I'm by no means an avid reader, but this one really caught my interest.

[Point Breeze Penguins]

Just finished Ivan Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons".... what a great read.

[eddysnake]

Read "The Boy Who Loved Batman" yesterday, couldn't put it down, read the entire thing.

http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Loved-Bat ... 488&sr=8-1

If you are a fan of comics, batman in general, or any of the batman movies, I highly suggest checking it out. It's the story of a boy whose dream was to always make a dark and gritty Batman movie dating back to the 60's. He is the currently the producer of the batman movies, it's a really inspiring adventure. Check it out

[crokin]

"Breakaway" by Conte

[Point Breeze Penguins]

"Culture of Narcissism" by Christopher Lasch... good stuff.

[MWB]

Just read Seal Team Six.
Now reading Basketball Junkie. ESPN recently did a documentary based on this book.