just finished The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah (after a good nonfic i like to read fluffy fiction). I'm moving on to Rant By Chuck P., as I still haven't read that one yet, although I've been meaning to.
just finished The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah (after a good nonfic i like to read fluffy fiction). I'm moving on to Rant By Chuck P., as I still haven't read that one yet, although I've been meaning to.
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
It's so good! Actually it replaced Choke as my favorite Chucky P. book.
I think next i'm going to read "Snuff". Have you checked it out yet, Hannah?
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
I haven't yet. I haven't even bought it. I totally missed his book signing in Denver too.
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
If you read it, let me know how it is. I started it awhile ago, but then put it down and haven't gone back to it. Maybe I'll pick it back up when I finish Salem's Lot.Originally Posted by Erin
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I will. Unfortunately I haven't heard anything but negative stuff about it.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
A phenomenal book, but it's like reading Finnegan's Wake...in Yiddish...converted into pig latin...on twenty hits of good blotter.just got house of leaves: the remastered full-color edition in the mail.
ummmm? i'm confused. i just paged through it and parts of it are upside down and in boxes? there's boxes of foreign languages? there are parts crossed out in what looks like red pen? some of the pages only have five or six lines all the way at the bottom?
what in the hell did i get myself into here?
I picked up a funny book at a slient auction during an MS Benefit dinner.
3X Carlin, An Orgy of George - he may be gone (RIP) but damn that many is funny!
I am also listening to Book 2 in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, The Hunt
DT Spoiler - Enter at your own risk!
Spoiler:
me too, but did you read the other stories???? they're great too. II felt that way when I bought it too.I Am Legend and Richard Matheson
I love it too.
his son's work sucks though, and I don't care how many times SK endorses him, he's not that good.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Ok, so it took 2 days to read , but I finnished Firestarter.
It was an enjoyable read, andI did enjoy Rainbird altho
I would have liked more of him .....
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
I bought this book a few years ago and have yet to read it. I have to admit it intimidates me a bit.A phenomenal book, but it's like reading Finnegan's Wake...in Yiddish...converted into pig latin...on twenty hits of good blotter.just got house of leaves: the remastered full-color edition in the mail.
ummmm? i'm confused. i just paged through it and parts of it are upside down and in boxes? there's boxes of foreign languages? there are parts crossed out in what looks like red pen? some of the pages only have five or six lines all the way at the bottom?
what in the hell did i get myself into here?
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
I'm still reading IT,only about half way through but really enjoying it. FANTASTIC.
IT has been gettin a lot of play lately.
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
IT(ha ha)'s my first time.i've a heap of King books to get through.
Apparently i need to read Insomnia.... and the talisman and the black house...
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
apparently so.
get to it, whippersnapper
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Yeah, I can see how it could be a little intimidating, but if you can ever motivate yourself to read it, it is an excellent book.I bought this book a few years ago and have yet to read it. I have to admit it intimidates me a bit.A phenomenal book, but it's like reading Finnegan's Wake...in Yiddish...converted into pig latin...on twenty hits of good blotter.just got house of leaves: the remastered full-color edition in the mail.
ummmm? i'm confused. i just paged through it and parts of it are upside down and in boxes? there's boxes of foreign languages? there are parts crossed out in what looks like red pen? some of the pages only have five or six lines all the way at the bottom?
what in the hell did i get myself into here?
OMG!! Do NOT buy these books, they are sitting in my library , ready to send to you!! I am soooo sorry!
I do have your address right? Yeah, I do. sorry Beam!
The answer is within
OMG!! Do NOT buy these books, they are sitting in my library , ready to send to you!! I am soooo sorry!
I do have your address right? Yeah, I do. sorry Beam!
ok i won't buy them
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
"It", of course, silly
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!! Do NOT buy these books, they are sitting in my library , ready to send to you!! I am soooo sorry!
I do have your address right? Yeah, I do. sorry Beam!
ok i won't buy them
Ok please send me a PM with name & address so it makes it safely
Now you need The Talisman, and Black House? I can send both if you need them P/B of course!
The answer is within
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky
So it goes.
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. "
- Oscar Wilde
how did you like the Running Man?
SO MUCH better than the crappy movie.
I listening to "The Door to December" by Koontz in the car and reading The Sandman graphic novels at home things to my best bud Aaron.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
Did you just say listening to? Do you have somebody riding in the car next to you reading it to you?SO MUCH better than the crappy movie.
I listening to "The Door to December" by Koontz in the car and reading The Sandman graphic novels at home things to my best bud Aaron.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. - Edgar Allan Poe
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity. - H.P. Lovecraft
Books on tape.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
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