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01-31-2014, 10:44 PM #1barba crescit caput nescit
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After 20 years, re-reading, Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged".
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05-21-2014, 05:40 PM #2Senior Member
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Civilization by Neil Ferguson.
I am a fun of Ferguson and this is one of his greatest books. A must read if you are interested in economic history and politics.Harry
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06-02-2014, 11:27 PM #3Child Psychologist (No Really)
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I love re-reading the books from my youth. Always interesting to catch things we may have missed when we were young and hurried.
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06-03-2014, 12:21 AM #450 year str. shaver
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Just re-read "The Camerons" by Robert Chrichton A young Scottish girl with a great deal of determination finds a husband and raises a family under brutal conditions in a turn-of-the-century Scottish mining town. Very inspirational story.
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06-03-2014, 12:29 AM #5Senior Member
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Since George Martin is taking forever to finish Winds Of Winter I'm currently reading the ten book saga Book of the Malazan Fallen.
Razor rich, but money poor. I should have diversified into Eschers!
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06-03-2014, 03:34 AM #6There is no charge for Awesomeness
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I'm working my way through a series of murder mysteries by Alan Bradley. They are interesting because the main character is an 11 year old girl-chemistry genius called Flavia De Luce, set in post WWII England.
I think the murder mystery part is probably fairly standard fare (I don't read a lot of murder mysteries), but I really like how he writes the character. I sense a BBC/CBC tv series sometime in the future.
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06-04-2014, 10:29 PM #7Senior Member
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The Dog Stars by Peter Heller.
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06-04-2014, 10:39 PM #8Know thyself
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Oh, cool thread! I've been doing a lot of reading recently. Some good ones were:
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell
The Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
American Gods by Niel Gaiman
I read Animal Farm in a day, cause I hadn't read it in middle school. Not worth it, if you're an adult, but good for middle schoolers.
I was unimpressed by the Divergent Trilogy, but I read all three anyway. Just fluff, imo.
My summer reading list has mostly sci-fi on it, but I'll be looking through here for some good suggestions.
Currently reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson.
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06-04-2014, 10:55 PM #9Senior Member
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Cryptonomicon was a good read. The Baroque Cycle is an incredible trilogy.
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06-06-2014, 12:22 PM #10Senior Member
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I thought this was normal until I realised I wasn't reading the Malazan forums. How far are you?
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