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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1150 on: July 08, 2015, 02:38:49 PM »
Do No Harm by Henry Marsh. A memoir of sorts by a noted neurosurgeon, who spills the beans on a lot of stuff: hospital bureaucracy/mismanagement; how he internalizes and then addresses a patient's condition; and some of his successes and a lot of his failures. Marsh, himself, is a bit mercurial veering from arrogant to self-effacing and humane. Book is a bit uneven, as chapters are staggered and recursive, but despite that I got a lot out of it. Very informative. I hope I never need a neurosurgeon, but this guy seems to be the sort you want when you have tumour in your melon.      

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1151 on: July 09, 2015, 03:00:47 PM »
Chipping away at several:

Make Something Up, Chuck Palahniuk short stories
When the Women Come Out to Dance, Elmore Leonard shorts
Adam Carolla's latest
World Gone By, Dennis Lehane
The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins

And this:

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1152 on: July 13, 2015, 03:17:56 AM »
Kurt Vonnegut - Timequake

I have stopped reading it without finishing it. Shitty book.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1153 on: July 13, 2015, 07:21:53 AM »
I have stopped reading it without finishing it. Shitty book.

Ok, thanks for the update. Had the same problem with Cat's Cradle, which is supposed to be one of his best.

Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions, loved both.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1154 on: July 13, 2015, 01:47:32 PM »
high praise

I've got to travel this weekend and I'm going to get a copy tomorrow to read on the plane

What did you think?  Decent enough, and I enjoyed knowing the geography, but largely agree with Chimps.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1155 on: July 18, 2015, 02:26:29 PM »
What did you think?  Decent enough, and I enjoyed knowing the geography, but largely agree with Chimps.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1156 on: July 21, 2015, 02:57:48 PM »
Mr Sharp commo book

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1157 on: July 22, 2015, 10:18:33 AM »
Sad News. E.L. Doctorow has passed away, aged 84. He managed to be both critically and popularly acclaimed, a rare thing these days. Books include 'The  Book of Daniel,' 'Billy Bathgate,' 'The March,' and Ragtime.'

Guardian obit: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/22/author-el-doctorow-dies-in-new-york-aged-84 

NYT obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/books/el-doctorow-author-of-historical-fiction-dies-at-84.html?ref=books&_r=0

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1158 on: July 30, 2015, 06:28:52 AM »
So many books this summer that Amazon and Barnes and Noble should sponsor me!

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1159 on: August 04, 2015, 06:50:35 AM »
Just read this one. Would give it 4 / 5 stars:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Apple

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1160 on: August 07, 2015, 03:05:36 AM »
Charles Bukowski - Women

Not as depressing as some of his other books. I like it so far. Bukowski has a writing style that is unique in terms of the writers I have read books by so far.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1161 on: August 25, 2015, 11:41:10 AM »
A bunch of sword and sandals books by, Gordan Dougherty, Ben Kane, James Mace,Anthony Riches,and Simon Scarrow.
Bernard Cornwells latest Saxon Series.
Angus Donalds's series on Robin Hood.


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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1162 on: September 01, 2015, 05:17:41 PM »
Hello Everyone!! Where can I find good whatsapp status?  :D

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1163 on: September 01, 2015, 06:18:53 PM »
Hello Everyone!! Where can I find good whatsapp status?  :D

Start with your asshole.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1164 on: September 10, 2015, 11:26:00 AM »
Philip Kerr's 'The Lady from Zagreb.' A Bernie Gunther novel. Took me a while to get through this one; Kerr phoned this one in. Strong on history, particularly Nazi involvement in Yugoslavia, but our anti-hero Gunther is now glib, and 2-dimensional. Disappointing. 

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1165 on: September 10, 2015, 12:10:27 PM »
Philip Kerr's 'The Lady from Zagreb.' A Bernie Gunther novel. Took me a while to get through this one; Kerr phoned this one in. Strong on history, particularly Nazi involvement in Yugoslavia, but our anti-hero Gunther is now glib, and 2-dimensional. Disappointing. 

Any interest in Lehane, Chimps? Kenzie/Gennaro series, Given Day trilogy?

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1166 on: September 11, 2015, 05:47:18 AM »
Any interest in Lehane, Chimps? Kenzie/Gennaro series, Given Day trilogy?
Yup. Super writer. Met him once, and asked him about how cool it was that Clint directed Mystic River; he nodded and said 'not too shabby.' 

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1167 on: September 11, 2015, 05:57:57 AM »
Reading Black Hawk Down
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1168 on: September 11, 2015, 06:25:22 AM »
Yup. Super writer. Met him once, and asked him about how cool it was that Clint directed Mystic River; he nodded and said 'not too shabby.' 

Cool story. I have all his stuff, probably my favorite active writer. Love what they did with "Animal Rescue."

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1169 on: September 11, 2015, 08:05:01 AM »
Any of you boys read up on ancient history? That is mainly all I read.

Never really interested in fictional works. I get enough of that on Getbig as it is.

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Re: What are you reading?
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1171 on: September 11, 2015, 10:36:42 AM »
Any of you boys read up on ancient history? That is mainly all I read.

Never really interested in fictional works. I get enough of that on Getbig as it is.

I'm always brushing up on my comprehensive knowledge, 'For Dummies'-type texts and whatnot; no particular era, though. You like ancient Rome, right?

I'd really like to study that more myself, along with Greece.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1172 on: September 11, 2015, 11:14:19 AM »
I'm always brushing on my comprehensive knowledge, like 'For Dummies'-type texts and whatnot; no particular era, though. You like ancient Rome, right?

I'd really like to study that more myself, along with Greece.
Rome, Greece, Egypt........in fact most of the world's ancient cultures interest me. It's strange really, I mainly like most things from the Renaissance period and earlier.

I am not as interested in later periods of history.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1173 on: September 11, 2015, 09:05:20 PM »
I read On the Road by Kerouac. That is all I have read.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1174 on: September 14, 2015, 02:42:28 PM »
I read On the Road by Kerouac. That is all I have read.
Lotsa time, lotsa books, Josh. Do it, or don't. Try an Elmore Leonard, a Lee Child, or a Don Winslow. Working my way through the latter's 'The Cartel' - brutal. Stay cool.