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06 Aug 2009, 8:38 pm

I just finished "Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul" by Stuart Brown. If you've got an active "inner child" like I do, you'll feel really validated. The author is the founder of the National Institute for Play.

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06 Aug 2009, 8:46 pm

I'm reading Catch-22 at the moment, it's hilarious Great book. That's the fourteenth book since June that I've read, I'd love to get a few medical books but I don't want to seem like a complete dork :lol:

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07 Aug 2009, 5:45 pm

Naomi Novik - Victory of Eagles - a series set in the Napoleonic wars...but with Dragons. Likes it.
there's at least 5 of them.

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07 Aug 2009, 11:05 pm

predictably irrational by Dan Ariely, on the same line of malcom gladwell books. Makes you rethink if you are in control of your decisions. There's a good summary on Wikipedia: link

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07 Aug 2009, 11:13 pm

I am reading The Mighty Book of Boosh by Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Richard Fulcher, Dave Brown, Richard A yoade, and Michael Fielding.

If you love the show you'll love the book.

Funny as hell!!

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08 Aug 2009, 11:23 am

Just finished 'Bad Science' by Ben Goldacre : an eye opener.

'I'm Not the Only One' - George Galloway

'The Trial of Henry Kissinger' - Christopher Hitchens : what a f*cktard Kissinger!

'Heavy Water and Other Stories' - Martin Amis

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09 Aug 2009, 1:26 pm

I'm reading an online book: http://www.brokentype.com/monster/000263.html
I think it's actually turning out to be pretty good, but I'm only on chapter 6.
It's about zombies.

I'm also reading Moby Dick. We never read classics like that at my school. Nobody tells you its hilarious.

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10 Aug 2009, 6:33 pm

A worm in the book topic

Blood & Rage by Michael Burleigh (a Cultural History of Terrorism)

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16 Aug 2009, 12:29 pm

"The House of the Dead" by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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16 Aug 2009, 3:57 pm

as of this moment, i'm not reading any books 'cos i'm not a bookworm.
but the last thing i read was 'Wicked - The Life & Times of The Wicked Witch of The West' by Gregory Maguire.
very adult-themed stuff indeed.

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16 Aug 2009, 4:06 pm

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood
Liberalism is a Mental Disorder by Michael Savage
The Kybalion by The Three Initiates

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18 Aug 2009, 4:08 am

Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Volume VII) by Jim Butcher - it's hilarious and awesome at the same time.

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19 Aug 2009, 4:28 am

Roxas_XIII wrote:

Simple enough. Post the title, author, and series (if applicable) of a book you are currently reading. You don't have to be reading it RIGHT NOW, but you must be somewhere between start and finish.

Me, I picked up Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce at the school library this morning. It's the only one in the Protector of the Small series that i haven't read. (yes, i am a guy; yes, the main character is a girl; yes, there is some girly stuff in this book, but since the girl in question is a knight, it isn't THAT bad...)

Tamora Pierce is my favorite! She was the first fantasy author I ever read and have a whole shelf for just her books in my library.

Right now I'm switching between two books: Personal Effects Dark Art and The Compass Rose. I'm loving both of them. Just finished rereading The Onion Girl a couple days ago.

Personally I prefer books in audio format at the moment (much easier on my eyes, plus I can do other stuff while listening and it keeps co-workers from bugging me), but really miss the time lately to just sit and read for hours like I used to. I've gone from about 2 books a day to maybe 2 a month.

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19 Aug 2009, 4:38 am

Pandora by Anne Rice

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19 Aug 2009, 10:40 am

Some book on the War on Terrorism (why we're losing). Almost done.
The Honor of the Queen - Weber - been staring at them for years, finally cracked one. Ok so far (p8)...

Don't know if Graphic Novels count, but Girl Genius - online, steampunk. Lotsa fun...

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21 Aug 2009, 5:05 pm

An open book topic

Soul of the Age, by Jonathan Bate (a biography of The Bard)

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