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Spoilers What Book Are You Reading?

bradl said:
I'm going through this exact thing with my 2 year old son now, as he's definitely a night owl.

So the book I am currently on: Go the **** to Sleep, by Adam Mansbach.

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/17/137246004/new-childrens-book-for-adults-go-the-expletive-to-sleep

It's a children's book for adults, and definitely puts to words what parents think as they desperately try to put their children down for the night.

I'd say to buy the book, but also to get the audio book. It's read by Samuel L. Jackson, and the inflection in his narrating... well, if it doesn't make you laugh, you don't have a pulse. :D

BL.
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I've read the book (it's hilarious and beautifully produced); unfortunately, I don't have audio books - as I love the physical activity of reading - but I can just imagine that Samuel L. Jackson does a brilliant job of the inflection, resonance, timbre, tone of reading that book.....just thinking of it has me chuckling.

beyondthesmile said:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
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A fantastic conclusion to the trilogy. The court scenes are simply brilliant.


Huntn said:
I just finished Clash of Kings, the Second of the Fire and Ice Series. This book is amazing although there is so much going on, so many characters, it's all most hard to follow. Most likely I'll wait until the end of HBO's Season 2 Game of Thrones before I pick up the 3rd book.

My next reading assignment will most likely be Dead Reckoning , the 11th of the Sookie Stackhouse Vampire Series upon which True Blood is based.

Clash of Kings Plot Summary

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I thoroughly enjoyed Clash of Kings, and part three of this Magnus Opus "Storm of Swords" (Part 1: 'Steel and Snow' and Part 2: 'Blood and Gold'. )

ivanfsg said:
Jonathan Livingston seagull
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Oh yes, an amazing and really original book....haven't read it for years.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
A fantastic conclusion to the trilogy. The court scenes are simply brilliant.
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I'm loving it so far! I'm just about to start Part 3 (a little more than halfway through the book). Wish I'd gotten around to reading this trilogy sooner! It'll be a tough act to follow.
 
beyondthesmile said:
I'm loving it so far! I'm just about to start Part 3 (a little more than halfway through the book). Wish I'd gotten around to reading this trilogy sooner! It'll be a tough act to follow.
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It is one of those trilogies that just gets better and better as you proceed through the three books.

The worst section by far (and it is off putting as you are simply starting the books and get a bit put off) is the first fifty pages of the first book; once Lisbeth Salander appears, the whole thing simply takes off. I have to say that I found it un-puttable-downable and that reading the first two books (the third hadn't come out just then) kept me from sleep several nights in a row.

I've given the set to friends as a gift with a warning about the possibilities for sleep inhibition/prevention. Which they, having read them, have come back to me to confirm.

To be honest, I'd love to be starting out and about to discover them again.....

Enjoy it, as I expect you will. Part 3 is great; as I said, the courtroom scenes - when you get to them - are brilliant; personally, I also really like the character of Dr Anders Johansson - one of the 'good' authority figures, and probably intended as a foil to the slimy Dr Peter Teleborian.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
It is one of those trilogies that just gets better and better as you proceed through the three books.

The worst section by far (and it is off putting as you are simply starting the books and get a bit put off) is the first fifty pages of the first book; once Lisbeth Salander appears, the whole thing simply takes off. I have to say that I found it un-puttable-downable and that reading the first two books (the third hadn't come out just then) kept me from sleep several nights in a row.

I've given the set to friends as a gift with a warning about the possibilities for sleep inhibition/prevention. Which they, having read them, have come back to me to confirm.

To be honest, I'd love to be starting out and about to discover them again.....

Enjoy it, as I expect you will. Part 3 is great; as I said, the courtroom scenes - when you get to them - are brilliant; personally, I also really like the character of Dr Anders Johansson - one of the 'good' authority figures, and probably intended as a foil to the slimy Dr Peter Teleborian.
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Completely agree with you! I found the first almost-100 pages of the first book slooooow. Fortunately I'd read many others thought this was the case and that it picked up, so I stuck it out. It got better and better. I couldn't put down the second book and have been zipping through the third one as well! The story is so well thought-out. I really like the character of Lisbeth Salander. It's a shame that Stieg Larsson did not live to see how successful his books became. Can't wait for the courtroom scenes!
 
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Just started reading Against Calvinism by Roger E. Olson. So far I've enjoyed it. I am a bit of a contrarian, so with hordes of young evangelicals turning to Calvinism these days (aka Reformed theology), I want some perspective.
 
I am reading Catching Fire...it is truly amazing! Hunger Games series is awesome, I encourage anyone to read it!
 
Scepticalscribe said:
I've read the book (it's hilarious and beautifully produced); unfortunately, I don't have audio books - as I love the physical activity of reading - but I can just imagine that Samuel L. Jackson does a brilliant job of the inflection, resonance, timbre, tone of reading that book.....just thinking of it has me chuckling.
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Youtube it, you'll find it.. then after that, youtube the clip of him reading a page on David Letterman. If you laugh now, it's worse when he gets that crowd laughing.

Either way, the audiobook is available for free on Audible. And you're right; just thinking about Jackson reading the book makes you laugh. Perhaps Richard Pryor, Patrick Stewart, Sidney Poitier, or Orson Welles would make it funnier.. you know.. someone you would least expect to read it.

BL.
 
All 3 books are quick reads. With the hype of the movie coming out, it's a mixed call if you prefer to read the book before the movie, or after. I was skeptical at first but they were pretty enjoyable reads and I blazed through them while at the gym.
 
bradl said:
Youtube it, you'll find it.. then after that, youtube the clip of him reading a page on David Letterman. If you laugh now, it's worse when he gets that crowd laughing.

Either way, the audiobook is available for free on Audible. And you're right; just thinking about Jackson reading the book makes you laugh. Perhaps Richard Pryor, Patrick Stewart, Sidney Poitier, or Orson Welles would make it funnier.. you know.. someone you would least expect to read it.

BL.
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Thank you for that; I listened to (and watched) the clip of Samuel L. Jackson on the David Letterman show (very funny) and watched the youtube clip where Samuel L Jackson reads the entire book. Very enjoyable, very funny, and a very well-written - heartfelt - book.

Cheers
 
my favourite book

The Lees Of Happiness by F. Scott Fitzgerald....
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an Irish American Jazz Age novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was the self-styled spokesman of the Lost Generation - Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during World War I. He finished four novels, left a fifth unfinished, and wrote dozens of short stories. The 1920s proved the most influential decade of Fitzgeralds development. His debut novel, This Side of Paradise (1920) examines the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. Flappers and Philosophers (1920) was his first collection of short stories. His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), demonstrates an evolution and maturity in his writing, and provides an excellent portrait of America during the Jazz Age, as does Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). The Great Gatsby, which many consider his masterpiece, was published in 1925. It has since been adapted for the theatre and filmed several times. His last novel was Tender is the Night (1934).
 
I've been reading Sergeant Rex, it's about a dog marine team that goes into Iraq and it just basically tells their story. It's a very good read, but I have a feeling later on in the book it may get a little sad. Highly recommended though!
 
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