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[tastyphoxette]

I'm reading "Deadly Gamble" by Linda Lael Miller.



I just finished reading all of the "dark hunter" series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.


"Deadly Gamble" is about this woman whose DEAD ex-husband comes to visit her for forgiveness with her dead cat while she's being stalked by her killer step brother.

[zigzag]

Started reading Huey: Spirit of the Panther - 300 pages. Read 200 of them in the span of the last 24 hours.


Very very interesting. I fkn love this book.

Edited by Fred Hampton, 12 August 2008 - 11:42 AM.

[redlion]

About to start A Swiftly Tilting Planet. I've read it before, but it was a long time ago and I think it needs another shot. I've also started into the Bhagavad Gita, which is interesting, in a bible sort of way.

[Alex]

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, over a 1000 pages of small text but it reads quick and easy. I'm about 750 pages in, for a while I really wanted to be an industrialist lol.

has anyone read it? what did you think of it?

While on vacation I also read
Beyond Band of Brothers, The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Man and his Symbols, Carl Jung (havent finished this one, too much seems like pseudo-scientific bullshit to me)

Edited by Alex, 12 August 2008 - 10:54 PM.

[zigzag]

Started reading Huey: Spirit of the Panther - 300 pages. Read 200 of them in the span of the last 24 hours.


Very very interesting. I fkn love this book.

Holy fuck. I just finished this book; David Hilliard is an absolutely mesmerizing author (personal friend of Huey's and Black Panther [former] member)... book covers the life of Huey P Newton and the rise and fall of the black panthers; delves into socialism, Cuba, China, idealism, dialectical materialism, intercommunalism, life, death, drug addiction, alcoholism, and reactionary suicide vs revolutionary suicide. It's undoubtedly the most intense book I've ever read

I've never cried over a book until now. The progression and attention to detail is absolutely stunning.

Anyway, I've read a lot of revolutionary books lately, I need a change of pace. Now reading Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis'

Edited by Fred Hampton, 13 August 2008 - 04:36 PM.

[redlion]

Holy fuck. I just finished this book; David Hilliard is an absolutely mesmerizing author (personal friend of Huey's and Black Panther [former] member)... book covers the life of Huey P Newton and the rise and fall of the black panthers; delves into socialism, Cuba, China, idealism, dialectical materialism, intercommunalism, life, death, drug addiction, alcoholism, and reactionary suicide vs revolutionary suicide. It's undoubtedly the most intense book I've ever read

I've never cried over a book until now. The progression and attention to detail is absolutely stunning.

Anyway, I've read a lot of revolutionary books lately, I need a change of pace. Now reading Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis'

Your speech just made me want to read the Hillard Book. I'm going to get it.

And I'd also be interested to know how you pick your books.

[nuckzup]

lol i havnt read anything for years and years ... but i know one book in particular that i read when i was about 13 ... "The Outsiders" great book ... the only one ive ever liked lol ... READ IT ... dont see the stupid movie ...

[zigzag]

Your speech just made me want to read the Hillard Book. I'm going to get it.

And I'd also be interested to know how you pick your books.

That's serious, brother! You should seriously pick it up, it's worth the read.

And I don't really know how I pick my books. Well, what I usually do is get (non-fiction) books of interest, and therein is often mentioned other books or authors, or a list of suggested reading material. I hit the library in search of 'em, or if I haven't yet built my analysis on the subject, I'll also look for books critiquing the subject.

Edited by Fred Hampton, 14 August 2008 - 08:40 AM.

[Cyo]

ok i finish bibel
very bad plot very dumb twist
and happy end is shit
so in rating i say very bad scienc fiction book


on side note:
i downloaded interview with the vampire
is prety good book

[Amagius]

That's serious, brother! You should seriously pick it up, it's worth the read.

And I don't really know how I pick my books. Well, what I usually do is get (non-fiction) books of interest, and therein is often mentioned other books or authors, or a list of suggested reading material. I hit the library in search of 'em, or if I haven't yet built my analysis on the subject, I'll also look for books critiquing the subject.

Actually, your description made me want to read it too. Metamorphosis by Kafka is good--I think I originally read it as one of the first books done by Casilla for the NeoCodex book club.

[redlion]

Actually, your description made me want to read it too. Metamorphosis by Kafka is good--I think I originally read it as one of the first books done by Casilla for the NeoCodex book club.

Neocodex book club!

Amagius, please start the book club back up. Lyndsay would love you for it, and I'd be tempted to give you accolades and awards. DO IT.

[Eeyore]

Actually, your description made me want to read it too. Metamorphosis by Kafka is good--I think I originally read it as one of the first books done by Casilla for the NeoCodex book club.

That the one where the guy had turned into some kind of insect and he had no idea how? That was the strangest thing I'd ever read, and we never even discussed it I don't think =S.

[Amagius]

Neocodex book club!

Amagius, please start the book club back up. Lyndsay would love you for it, and I'd be tempted to give you accolades and awards. DO IT.

Well, hell, when you say accolades and awards...

That the one where the guy had turned into some kind of insect and he had no idea how? That was the strangest thing I'd ever read, and we never even discussed it I don't think =S.

Yeah, that was it. It was strange, but enjoyable for the fact.

[Brad]

I'll start reading Planar Chaos or something tomorrow, dunno.

[Ives]

Blood Meridian

[Ives]

The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy. It's incredibly slow reading. *Sigh*

You play violin, right?

(Ich bin ein kontrabasser.)

[Silk]

That the one where the guy had turned into some kind of insect and he had no idea how? That was the strangest thing I'd ever read, and we never even discussed it I don't think =S.

I never finished it. It was so wack.. his boss comes into his room and he has to make up some excuse. Also, he was stuck rolling on his back at some point?

The book club won't work. THAT was a very short book, and only a handful read it, even with the threats of Lindsay.

[zigzag]

Just finished William Lee Brent's "Long Time Gone"; it's about his life growing up, joining the Panthers, police shootout, hijacking a plane to Cuba, spending two years in a Cuban prison (because reactionary members of the group [Eldridge Cleaver, scumbag] labeled him as an agent), and then his 25 years in Cuba starting a new life.


Now reading revolutionary philosopher Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth" (translated to English); so far so sick.

Edited by Fred Hampton, 21 August 2008 - 08:33 PM.

[Tyrealion]

Alchemyst by Michael Scott. R gud burk. No lit value but gud burka!

[nox]

cialdini - influence : science and practice

keith errazzi - never eat alone

[redlion]

A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking.

I've had it for a while and I'm just now getting around to it.

[Rolf Lolren]

the jason bourne books.

Not as good as the films, books were a bit of a let down.

and a book called Old School by tobias wolff, just picked it up and read it, its aight.

And this thread.

[sonic]

This topic.