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dswilborn

Posts: 2113

Posted: 01:45PM Oct 14, 2009

List (and feel free to discuss) what book you are currently reading!

Angry Conversations with God - Susan Issacson

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beetle22

Posts: 861

Posted: 12:08AM Oct 15, 2009

The Lieutenant- Kate Grenville

Great 2nd book for Kate - 1st was "The Secret River" which gave us the story of a poor english man in the 1800's who was sent out to Australia as one of the first settlers. In "The Lieutenant", Kate goes back even further to the late 1700's to the arrival of the very firts fleet. The story maps the life of "Lieutenant Daniel Rooke" who grows up different (smarter) than the rest of his co-hort. He desperately wants to be an astronomer, but as all spaces are filled, takes a chance on the first fleet to be the first astronomer of Australia.

The story accounts dealings with "the savages" (aboriginies), and his experience in meeting them and trying to learn thier cultures and languages.

Both the "Secret River" and "The Lieutenant" are amazing books. They are not at all boring (even though when I read the flyleaf I though "ooooohhhhhhhhh god....."), they are really entertaining and make you think about the way we act, think and live.

The next book i'd like to read is "The art of looking sideways", which I've been told is fabulous!

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BloodMoon

Posts: 376

Posted: 02:14PM Oct 18, 2009

Snow in August- Pete Hamill

"You said you read me like a book, but the pages all are torn and frayed." My Chemical Romance (I'm Not Okay)

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Shadows

Posts: 4173

Posted: 05:40PM Oct 18, 2009

Good Enough - Paula Yoo

Walk away as if I don't care.

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Psychic_Master

Posts: 9439

Posted: 11:35PM Oct 18, 2009

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Yeah, I finally got around to it.

"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'" ~ Charles M. Schulz

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dswilborn

Posts: 2113

Posted: 01:42AM Oct 19, 2009

U2 by U2

Hey mods - can you sticky this - or at least unsticky the old one??

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Trickster1992

Posts: 13926

Posted: 01:20PM Oct 23, 2009

I'm not currently reading so much as writing (barely, but I'm trying.. been tired and uninspired and unmotivated lately..)

But I did pre-order "Burn" by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy. It doesn't come out until January though.

I also ordered the Inhuman Rampage tab book. Does that count?

NOTHING'S IRREVERSIBLE. [1 John 4:8] [1 John 4:18] The goal of a true Christian isn't to say "I'm better than you,"....... it's to say, "I love you."

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Plutoking

Posts: 57

Posted: 06:15PM Oct 23, 2009

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them. ~ James Fallows

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Psychic_Master

Posts: 9439

Posted: 07:49PM Oct 23, 2009

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'" ~ Charles M. Schulz

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Gerrard10

Posts: 1188

Posted: 11:12PM Oct 25, 2009

Nervous Conditions - Tsitsi Dangarembga

They call me Gerrard.

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BloodMoon

Posts: 376

Posted: 07:32PM Oct 26, 2009

Dreamcatcher - Stephen King

"You said you read me like a book, but the pages all are torn and frayed." My Chemical Romance (I'm Not Okay)

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abokabear

Posts: 98

Posted: 06:49AM Oct 28, 2009

Harry Potter 6

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it!

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Gerrard10

Posts: 1188

Posted: 11:18PM Oct 29, 2009

Telling Tales

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They call me Gerrard.

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TanCW

Posts: 622

Posted: 01:34PM Nov 2, 2009

Northanger abbey

what is sense??and if i am not making sense, then why i say it?? I SAY IT COZ IT MAKE SENSE TO ME BUT WHY IT DON'T MAKE SENSE TO YOU????????? sorry!!!!!!!!!!!! ---- http://www.tengaged.com/user/tancw/thanks

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