What book are you reading?

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  1. dragonfly

    dragonfly New Member

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    I'm a non-fiction junkie. Recently finished The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery. Asked for The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins for Christmas. Reading The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in the meantime. :)

    What are you reading?
     
    #1 dragonfly, Dec 12, 2006
  2. jared2

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    I just finished The God Delusion. It was well-written, but Dawkins is preaching to the converted with me.
     
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  3. Proco

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    Most of my reading these days comes in the form of audio books on my way to work. Right now I'm "reading" 1776 by David McCullough. I recently finished "reading" The Plot Against America by Philip Roth and The Taking by Dean Koontz.
     
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  4. MegansPrius

    MegansPrius GoogleMeister, AKA bongokitty

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    Currently reading Night Draw Near by Anthony Shadid. It's about the war and occupation from the Iraqi viewpoint. It's really illuminating.
     
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    There and Back Again by Pat Murphy. Just finished The Sorrows of Empire by Chalmers Jonnson. Both recommended.
     
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    eagle33199 Platinum Member

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    Currently God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History by Stephen Hawking.
     
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    Born in Death by J.D. Robb. It's a murder mystery series set in the year 2060.
     
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  8. dreichla

    dreichla New Member

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    Since I'm starting a new business on January 1, I'm reading Before you Quit Your Job by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter C.P.A
     
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  9. Proco

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dreichla @ Dec 12 2006, 12:34 PM) [snapback]360951[/snapback]</div>
    Good luck with the new business!!
     
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    I usually don't like non-fiction, and generally hate biographies....but, I'm currently reading "A Rage to Live", a biography of Richard and Isabel Burton....what a life that man lived.
     
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  11. dreichla

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Proco @ Dec 12 2006, 01:25 PM) [snapback]360991[/snapback]</div>
    Thanks - maybe I should have read the book before I gave notice? :rolleyes:
     
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  12. Godiva

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    Marley and Me by John Grogan
     
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  13. dreichla

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ Dec 12 2006, 02:18 PM) [snapback]361026[/snapback]</div>
    Awesome book - and I have a dog EXACTLY like Marley.
     
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  14. MarinJohn

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    The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. It's a great way to lose weight as it discloses meat packing plant practices around the 1900's.
     
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    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

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    Nice list :)

    I'm juggling three books right now. I tend to read throughout the day and sometimes swap books around.

    "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" - Thom Hartman

    "The Web of Life" (A new Scientific Understanding of Living Systems) - Fritjof Capra

    "The Nature of Design" (Ecology, Culture, and Human Intention) - David W. Orr
     
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  16. dragonfly

    dragonfly New Member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ Dec, 11:51 AM) [snapback]361048[/snapback]</div>
    Impressive! It's hard enough for me to handle just one at a time! :eek:
     
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  17. F8L

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dragonfly @ Dec 12 2006, 11:56 AM) [snapback]361052[/snapback]</div>
    LOL. I'm in school right now and not working so I have plenty of free time. I've always read a lot but now that I am so passionate about learning I cannot get enough, so one book just doesn't hold my attnetion long enough when I keep seeing 5 other books out of the corner of my eye just waiting to be read. :)

    I would guess I've read about 13 books this year. I would go count em to be exact but I just boxed them up yesterday because I'm moving. Not that 12 should be impressive, but I cannot help but wonder about some of my friends who are proud of the fact they have not read a book in over 9 years. :blink: Even more sad than that is; they get their main information from TV. :eek:
     
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  18. dragonfly

    dragonfly New Member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ Dec, 12:09 PM) [snapback]361063[/snapback]</div>
    Aaaack!
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Proco @ Dec 12 2006, 08:51 AM) [snapback]360925[/snapback]</div>
    How'd you like that? I have it but never started.

    Right now:
    "The God Delusion" - Richard Dawkins
    "Parallel Worlds" - Michio Kaku
    "One Bullet Away" - Nathaniel Fick

    About to start:
    "Letter to a Christian Nation" - Richard Dawkins
    "Starlight Nights" - Leslie Peltier
    "The Trouble With Physics" - Lee Smolin
    "The Alchemist" - Paulo Coelho

    (I'm retired, mostly, with lots of time.)
     
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  20. judymcfarland

    judymcfarland Queen of Moral Indignation

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    State of Denial by Bob Woodward
    Collected Essays from Joan Didion
     
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