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Adam · 05-13-2012, 07:08 PM

House of Chains by Steven Erikson.

**E.H. Munro** · 05-14-2012, 12:27 PM

Aquinas and Philosophy of Mind by Edward Feser.

**Porn Player** · 05-14-2012, 12:42 PM

While on holiday I finished..

The Book of Dave by Will Self

Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller

The Accidental by Ali Smith

Anybody read any of these?

Nimreitz · 07-07-2012, 02:40 AM

So I've been very hard on Ernest Hemingway after sloging my way through the terrible The Sun Also Rises, however I'm currently about 2/3rds of the way through A Farewell to Arms and I'm terrified that it looks like I'm going to have to rescind everything negative I said about him generally (and not contained to the dreadful Sun Also Rises). Good book!

Also recently read a history of the Diodochi, or Alexander the Great's successors, the most famous being Ptolomy who set up his dynasty to rule Egypt for hundreds of years until Cleopatra ruined it. And just as an aside, she was a white Greek, so sorry every rapper ever especially Nas. Ptolomys also probably provided the inspiration for the Brother-Sister marriage tradition of House Targaryen because they totally did that.

Nimreitz · 07-08-2012, 01:41 AM

Wow, A Farewell to Arms is ****ing legit. Probably into my top 5.

e-monk · 07-09-2012, 09:40 AM

finally got around to Ready Player One and it was pretty great

**ChrisWoj** · 07-09-2012, 05:26 PM

Read some good old easy pop reading last week - Matt Braun's Doc Holliday which was not bad at all, fun and quick. I've also been intermittantly going story by story through the original Conan the Barbarian stuff by Robert Howard. Each of the stories seems to start slow, but picks up nicely.

Just started last night on the ESPN book that came out last year. So far just reading the opening on the creation of the network, just how fly-by-the-seat they were with it all. They had some balls, to be totally honest. Fast and loose with other peoples' money and carefully bending the truth to get things started. Seems like it'll be a fairly interesting read all the way through.

Also grabbed 4 Calvin n Hobbes books. Less for reading through front to back than just to have and skim on occasion. :P Coffee table stuff. They were in the bargain section for $5 apiece. Well worth it in my eyes.

**ChrisWoj** · 07-10-2012, 10:31 PM

FYI - The further I get into ESPN, the happier I am that I bought it. Fascinating read, definitely deserves the rave reviews it got last year.

Nimreitz · 07-19-2012, 01:48 AM

I'm reading Faulkner's Snopes trilogy right now. The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion. Good, but Faulknery. Wouldn't really recommend to non-fans. Not quite as round about as, say A Fable, but certainly not as straight forward as The Reivers or A Light in August. At least it isn't experimental like The Sound and the Fury, but I mean... retarded rednecks ****ing cows.

Nimreitz · 09-22-2012, 03:24 PM

Finished Faulkner - Flags in the Dust. Pretty good IMO, don't know why it was heavily edited when he first tried to publish it.

Now reading a biography on Pushkin.

**E.H. Munro** · 09-22-2012, 08:21 PM

I'm finishing up Oliver Onions' horror collection Widdershins, and am moving on to Thackery's Vanity Fair next.

e-monk · 09-25-2012, 09:34 AM

Just finished Karen Russell's new book of short stories (releases in Spring of 2013) and it's fantastic, just started an arc of Alice Munro's upcoming book and great so far

**Krstic All-Star** · 09-25-2012, 09:39 AM

I just got Richard B Morris' Alexander Hamilton and the Founding of the Nation, which I've been looking forward to for years - ever since I read his Seven Who Shaped Our Destiny way back in law school.

**R-Star** · 10-20-2012, 07:09 PM

Fall of Giants. Amazing work so far.

**E.H. Munro** · 10-20-2012, 07:45 PM

Just finishing Robert Louis Stevenson's More New Arabian nights: The Dynamiter next up is his Prince Otto

05-14-2012, 12:27 PM	#452 (permalink)
E.H. Munro Baddest Honky Mofo Alive Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24,281 Rep Power: 21474869	Re: Currently Reading Aquinas and Philosophy of Mind by Edward Feser. __________________ If everyone loves you you're doing it wrong. "Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed The Power of 99 Press "He thinks it's going to be fun being governor. It's only fun being governor of New York if you have money to spend, and I spent it all." Nelson Rockefeller on his successor, Hugh Carey.

05-14-2012, 12:42 PM	#453 (permalink)
Porn Player Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Jolly Ingerland.. Age: 25 Posts: 26,069 Rep Power: 21474873	Re: Currently Reading While on holiday I finished.. The Book of Dave by Will Self Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller The Accidental by Ali Smith Anybody read any of these? __________________

07-07-2012, 02:40 AM	#454 (permalink)
Nimreitz Legend Join Date: May 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Age: 29 Posts: 16,247 Rep Power: 14813408	Re: Currently Reading So I've been very hard on Ernest Hemingway after sloging my way through the terrible The Sun Also Rises, however I'm currently about 2/3rds of the way through A Farewell to Arms and I'm terrified that it looks like I'm going to have to rescind everything negative I said about him generally (and not contained to the dreadful Sun Also Rises). Good book! Also recently read a history of the Diodochi, or Alexander the Great's successors, the most famous being Ptolomy who set up his dynasty to rule Egypt for hundreds of years until Cleopatra ruined it. And just as an aside, she was a white Greek, so sorry every rapper ever especially Nas. Ptolomys also probably provided the inspiration for the Brother-Sister marriage tradition of House Targaryen because they totally did that.

07-08-2012, 01:41 AM	#455 (permalink)
Nimreitz Legend Join Date: May 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Age: 29 Posts: 16,247 Rep Power: 14813408	Re: Currently Reading Wow, A Farewell to Arms is ****ing legit. Probably into my top 5.

07-09-2012, 09:40 AM	#456 (permalink)
e-monk All-Star Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,686 Rep Power: 3274359	Re: Currently Reading finally got around to Ready Player One and it was pretty great

07-09-2012, 05:26 PM	#457 (permalink)
ChrisWoj Restore the Roar Join Date: May 2005 Location: Goshen, Indiana Age: 28 Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 3089125	Re: Currently Reading Read some good old easy pop reading last week - Matt Braun's Doc Holliday which was not bad at all, fun and quick. I've also been intermittantly going story by story through the original Conan the Barbarian stuff by Robert Howard. Each of the stories seems to start slow, but picks up nicely. Just started last night on the ESPN book that came out last year. So far just reading the opening on the creation of the network, just how fly-by-the-seat they were with it all. They had some balls, to be totally honest. Fast and loose with other peoples' money and carefully bending the truth to get things started. Seems like it'll be a fairly interesting read all the way through. Also grabbed 4 Calvin n Hobbes books. Less for reading through front to back than just to have and skim on occasion. :P Coffee table stuff. They were in the bargain section for $5 apiece. Well worth it in my eyes. __________________ DETROIT! Lets Restore the Roar! We can all to that. check.the.detroit.tigers.forum THE DETROIT TIGERS WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS - ChrisWoj [05.30.06] - Midnight_Marauder [05.31.06] - Ghost [05.31.06] - Sixerfanforlife [06.05.06] - Ron Mexico [07.02.06] - Dissonance19 [07.24.06] - bball2223 [08.09.06] OMG MY SIG IS OBSOLETE!

07-10-2012, 10:31 PM	#458 (permalink)
ChrisWoj Restore the Roar Join Date: May 2005 Location: Goshen, Indiana Age: 28 Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 3089125	Re: Currently Reading FYI - The further I get into ESPN, the happier I am that I bought it. Fascinating read, definitely deserves the rave reviews it got last year. __________________ DETROIT! Lets Restore the Roar! We can all to that. check.the.detroit.tigers.forum THE DETROIT TIGERS WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS - ChrisWoj [05.30.06] - Midnight_Marauder [05.31.06] - Ghost [05.31.06] - Sixerfanforlife [06.05.06] - Ron Mexico [07.02.06] - Dissonance19 [07.24.06] - bball2223 [08.09.06] OMG MY SIG IS OBSOLETE!

07-19-2012, 01:48 AM	#459 (permalink)
Nimreitz Legend Join Date: May 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Age: 29 Posts: 16,247 Rep Power: 14813408	Re: Currently Reading I'm reading Faulkner's Snopes trilogy right now. The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion. Good, but Faulknery. Wouldn't really recommend to non-fans. Not quite as round about as, say A Fable, but certainly not as straight forward as The Reivers or A Light in August. At least it isn't experimental like The Sound and the Fury, but I mean... retarded rednecks ****ing cows.

09-22-2012, 03:24 PM	#460 (permalink)
Nimreitz Legend Join Date: May 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Age: 29 Posts: 16,247 Rep Power: 14813408	Re: Currently Reading Finished Faulkner - Flags in the Dust. Pretty good IMO, don't know why it was heavily edited when he first tried to publish it. Now reading a biography on Pushkin.

09-22-2012, 08:21 PM	#461 (permalink)
E.H. Munro Baddest Honky Mofo Alive Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24,281 Rep Power: 21474869	Re: Currently Reading I'm finishing up Oliver Onions' horror collection Widdershins, and am moving on to Thackery's Vanity Fair next. __________________ If everyone loves you you're doing it wrong. "Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed The Power of 99 Press "He thinks it's going to be fun being governor. It's only fun being governor of New York if you have money to spend, and I spent it all." Nelson Rockefeller on his successor, Hugh Carey.

09-25-2012, 09:34 AM	#462 (permalink)
e-monk All-Star Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,686 Rep Power: 3274359	Re: Currently Reading Just finished Karen Russell's new book of short stories (releases in Spring of 2013) and it's fantastic, just started an arc of Alice Munro's upcoming book and great so far

09-25-2012, 09:39 AM	#463 (permalink)
Krstic All-Star Legal Smeagol Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Unemployed, in Greenland?!? Age: 34 Posts: 30,661 Rep Power: 19240053	Re: Currently Reading I just got Richard B Morris' Alexander Hamilton and the Founding of the Nation, which I've been looking forward to for years - ever since I read his Seven Who Shaped Our Destiny way back in law school. __________________ LIPA delenda est

10-20-2012, 07:09 PM	#464 (permalink)
R-Star BBB.net Archivist Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The village of Clive, bro Age: 30 Posts: 37,909 Rep Power: 21474884	Re: Currently Reading Fall of Giants. Amazing work so far. __________________

10-20-2012, 07:45 PM	#465 (permalink)
E.H. Munro Baddest Honky Mofo Alive Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24,281 Rep Power: 21474869	Re: Currently Reading Just finishing Robert Louis Stevenson's More New Arabian nights: The Dynamiter next up is his Prince Otto __________________ If everyone loves you you're doing it wrong. "Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed The Power of 99 Press "He thinks it's going to be fun being governor. It's only fun being governor of New York if you have money to spend, and I spent it all." Nelson Rockefeller on his successor, Hugh Carey.

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