What are you reading?

Dean Thoreau · 12-04-2009, 03:12 PM

for light reading this week I read...............
Sari Shop Window..by Bantwal great read, good novel....
The Eliminationists by David Neiwert....(quasi political)
The Dangerous World of Butterlies ***** i recommend
The End of Overeating by David Kessler..excellent
Super Freakonomics....fun
Cheap by Ellen rupel Shell.... not bad but she is really out of touch with the world.

not sure what i will read tonigh

dean

Apocalipstic · 12-04-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean Thoreau

for light reading this week I read...............
Sari Shop Window..by Bantwal great read, good novel....
The Eliminationists by David Neiwert....(quasi political)
The Dangerous World of Butterlies ***** i recommend
The End of Overeating by David Kessler..excellent
Super Freakonomics....fun
Cheap by Ellen rupel Shell.... not bad but she is really out of touch with the world.

not sure what i will read tonigh

dean

I really enjoy the Freakonomics books, fun indeed!

Rufusboi · 12-04-2009, 04:13 PM

Original Sin by PD James.

Inuus · 12-04-2009, 05:57 PM

Soul Of A Dog by Jon Katz
Most recent book in a series about his life in upstate NY on his farm. Ive read a few in the series and really like them. Quick read, great stories and antics about his animals. Light reading would recommend it

daisygrrl · 12-04-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Inuus

Soul Of A Dog by Jon Katz
Most recent book in a series about his life in upstate NY on his farm. Ive read a few in the series and really like them. Quick read, great stories and antics about his animals. Light reading would recommend it

That sounds like a great book! You may also enjoy When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy

Kassy, Dean, & Rufus--those are great lists! I looked at reviews on them and put several on my reading list!

hottprof · 12-04-2009, 07:19 PM

The Dark Tower Series : Drawing of Three (ie book 2). Stephen King

On the Edge: The United States in the Twentieth Century - Horowitz and Carroll (for the class I am teaching this spring)

The Lyrics to "We didn't Start the Fire" BIlly Joel (also a teaching tool)

Smiles

daisygrrl · 12-04-2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by hottprof

On the Edge: The United States in the Twentieth Century - Horowitz and Carroll (for the class I am teaching this spring)

The Lyrics to "We didn't Start the Fire" BIlly Joel (also a teaching tool)

Smiles

Dear prof--I wish that I was in that class (how cool!)

bright_arrow · 01-06-2016, 05:35 PM

The Draculia Vampire trilogy by Colleen Gleason. Delving into her books and loving them more and more.

bright_arrow · 11-17-2016, 09:49 PM

Just finished re-reading Needful Things, it is a favorite of mine for reasons unknown

Started reading Odd Thomas. I have seen the movie, but the book series is 7-8 books so I am excited

Kätzchen · 11-18-2016, 05:06 PM

I found an interesting book to read, the other day, while wandering around the skilled nursing facility (pt/ot rehab).

Title : King Larry | The Life and Ruins Of A Billionaire Genius.
Author: James D. Scurlock.
Publisher: Scribner, 2012.

I've only read the introduction, a mere few pages, but the author gives meticulous attention to the man who gave birth to DHL, which was doing business long before FedEx (50 year head start) and how Larry Hillblom was not only a business genius but how his behavioral choices, hiding in plain sight, would be the long remembered undoing of his so called financial empire (and not his business acumen).

I haven't even finished with chapter one and already give it a huge props. Very good book. Very enlightening. Tragic story.

Dean Thoreau · 12-04-2009, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by apocalipstic

I really enjoy the Freakonomics books, fun indeed!

it is also one of the few economic books my kids will read and enjoy as well...
i have a tendency to quote form them frequently when talking with my elementary students they make economic principles and concepts easy to understand....
tho my favorite book to quote from at school is "Lies my teacher taught me"

bright_arrow · 02-17-2015, 07:18 PM

On book two of this series:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Rest-Falls-Gardella-Vampire-Hunters-ebook/dp/B00NMVLLMA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424222033&sr=8-1&keywords=gardella+vampire+series"]Amazon.com: The Rest Falls Away (The Gardella Vampire Hunters: Victoria Book 1) eBook: Colleen Gleason: Kindle Store[/ame]

80% through Stephen King's "Revival" on my Kindle, and a few pages into a book that was loaned to me.

GraffitiBoi · 02-17-2015, 07:35 PM

One of my friends just had her second book published. Sacrificial Lamb Cake. So I'm reading that.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Sacrificial-Lamb-Cake-Katrina-Monroe/dp/1940215420/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424223190&sr=1-2&keywords=sacrificial+lamb+cake"]http://www.amazon.com/Sacrificial-Lamb-Cake-Katrina-Monroe/dp/1940215420/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424223190&sr=1-2&keywords=sacrificial+lamb+cake[/ame]

FemmeBibliophile · 02-17-2015, 07:38 PM

The person above me gave me a very interesting little book to read called: Topping From Below... Gonna read that next.

The JD · 02-17-2015, 08:54 PM

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The person above me gave me a very interesting little book to read called: Topping From Below... Gonna read that next.

I read that book a decade ago, and it haunts me still. There are some facts about animal penises I just don't need to know. Gack!

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Inuus Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: She/Her Relationship Status: Single Not Looking Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 265 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 242 Thanked 377 Times in 143 Posts Rep Power: 3733068	Soul Of A Dog by Jon Katz Most recent book in a series about his life in upstate NY on his farm. Ive read a few in the series and really like them. Quick read, great stories and antics about his animals. Light reading would recommend it __________________ “Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society.”- Cesar Chavez

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Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: May 2010 Location: @ home with my granddaughter, chosen friends & family. ツ Posts: 16,129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,542 Thanked 33,557 Times in 10,669 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	I found an interesting book to read, the other day, while wandering around the skilled nursing facility (pt/ot rehab). Title : King Larry \| The Life and Ruins Of A Billionaire Genius. Author: James D. Scurlock. Publisher: Scribner, 2012. I've only read the introduction, a mere few pages, but the author gives meticulous attention to the man who gave birth to DHL, which was doing business long before FedEx (50 year head start) and how Larry Hillblom was not only a business genius but how his behavioral choices, hiding in plain sight, would be the long remembered undoing of his so called financial empire (and not his business acumen). I haven't even finished with chapter one and already give it a huge props. Very good book. Very enlightening. Tragic story.

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bright_arrow ☆ the stars are aligned ☆ How Do You Identify?: one queer mama Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: married to my Boo Daddy <3 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: nor cal Posts: 2,910 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,644 Thanked 9,363 Times in 2,296 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	On book two of this series: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Rest-Falls-Gardella-Vampire-Hunters-ebook/dp/B00NMVLLMA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424222033&sr=8-1&keywords=gardella+vampire+series"]Amazon.com: The Rest Falls Away (The Gardella Vampire Hunters: Victoria Book 1) eBook: Colleen Gleason: Kindle Store[/ame] 80% through Stephen King's "Revival" on my Kindle, and a few pages into a book that was loaned to me.

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GraffitiBoi Member How Do You Identify?: Transmasculine Preferred Pronoun?: Male ones Relationship Status: Playing around and having fun Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Minnetonka, MN Posts: 903 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 990 Thanked 3,663 Times in 824 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	One of my friends just had her second book published. Sacrificial Lamb Cake. So I'm reading that. [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Sacrificial-Lamb-Cake-Katrina-Monroe/dp/1940215420/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424223190&sr=1-2&keywords=sacrificial+lamb+cake"]http://www.amazon.com/Sacrificial-Lamb-Cake-Katrina-Monroe/dp/1940215420/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424223190&sr=1-2&keywords=sacrificial+lamb+cake[/ame]