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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/23/2008 5:02:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		Gave up on Moby Dick ... but did read Boy in The Striped Pyjamas ... omg

read it!

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/23/2008 5:25:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		Wow there are some great ideas here for reading.  I have a six month old at home so my reading has been basically

GoodNight Moon  (it is so thrilling, who will they say goodnight to next)

Winne the Pooh (OMG he eat all the honey)

Dumbo (Elephants really can fly)

Colors (who knew there where so many)

Numbers (all the way to TEN!!!)


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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/23/2008 9:18:03 AM   
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....all the suggestions cited are good, but as a change of pace i'd suggest Plato's Republic......if only to see just how much 5th century Athens has influenced modern life.
Failing that, how about anything by Charles Dickens, Mark Twain or Oscar Wilde.......

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/23/2008 11:36:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		George Orwell - A collection of essays (Shooting an elephant was INTENSE)
Barbara Ehrenriech - Nickle and Dimed: on (not) getting by in America (a great view into reality of the majority of Americans lives)

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/23/2008 12:04:04 PM   
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George Orwell - A collection of essays (Shooting an elephant was INTENSE)


...oooh, forgot about Orwell........'Down and Out in Paris and London' is a wonderful read too.......

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/23/2008 12:14:14 PM   
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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/23/2008 2:48:02 PM   
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....all the suggestions cited are good, but as a change of pace i'd suggest Plato's Republic......if only to see just how much 5th century Athens has influenced modern life.
Failing that, how about anything by Charles Dickens, Mark Twain or Oscar Wilde.......


awww Republic is awesome ... I enjoy it more for the Theory of Forms than the political ass kissing.

getting to read The Cave in the original Greek .. was one of my proudest geeky moments

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/23/2008 3:28:44 PM   
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in the original Greek .. was one of my proudest geeky moments



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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/23/2008 3:47:54 PM   
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in the original Greek .. was one of my proudest geeky moments



Oh woah... I'm not alone !


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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/23/2008 5:54:59 PM   
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Summer reading list ... any suggestions

I highly recommend   '' Obama - The Postmodern Coup : Making of a Manchurian Candidate '' - By Webster Tarpley...

But its long.....and you need to finish it before November




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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/24/2008 1:21:32 AM   
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Freakonomics

A must read for anyone who has ever asked "Why?"

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/24/2008 2:25:12 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: softness

in the original Greek .. was one of my proudest geeky moments



Oh woah... I'm not alone !


dry humps kitten all over the boards .... fucking loves a brainy slut!

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/24/2008 2:41:33 AM   
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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/24/2008 5:20:54 AM   
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here's a list of some of the books i've been reading lately.....

"The Taste of Place" by Amy Trubek. a discussion on the concept of terroir in relation to food/taste and where your food comes from.

"In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan.  a book about escaping the western diet and re-learning which foods are healthy and how to return food to it's proper context.
(if you can't tell....i'm a bit of a foodie!  and yes, i do read cookbooks.)

"Farewell My Subaru" by Doug Fine.  yuppie moves to New Mexico to "live off the land" and learns it's not always as easy as what they say in books!  good read.....and in between the humor you find some real thought-provoking ideas.

"The Second Journey...The Road Back to Yourself" by Joan Anderson.  life for a woman, part two.

"French Tryst...secrets of a Courtesan" by Kirsten Lobe.  chick-lit fluff.....but hey, sometimes we all need to take a break from the serious!

"Song of Kali" by Dan Simmons.  fantasy meets horror meets hinduism and it will scare the crap out of you!

"Three Short Novels" by Colette.  classics....Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan and Chance Acquaintances.

"Stick Out Your Tongue" by Ma Jian.  "a revelation: a startlingly vivid portrait of Tibet, both enchanting and horrifying, beautiful and violent, seductive and perverse."  beautiful and haunting, i would add.

enjoy your summer......and btw, Moby Dick was one of my least favorite books ever!

peace....
carrie

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/24/2008 7:04:44 AM   
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How  could I forget The Red Tent and The Poisonwood Bible?  Two of my faves.



Thank you for mentioning these!  I loved The Red Tent ... not so fond of the other, but I know other people who have loved it. 

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/24/2008 7:07:11 AM   
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enjoy your summer......and btw, Moby Dick was one of my least favorite books ever!

peace....
carrie



Isn't it amazing how many 'classics' are out there that seem to be almost unreadable?  lol  I agree about Moby Dick. I picked up The Scarlett Letter awhile back to re-read in the winter, and wow .. impossible.  lol 

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/24/2008 7:30:24 AM   
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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/24/2008 7:55:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		Harper Lee's to Kill A Mockingbird should be required reading for anyone.
Forest Church's So Help Me God...The founding Fathers..and The First Great Battle Over Church And State...was illumunating
President Lincoln ...the Duty Of A Statesman by William Lee Miller
Thomas Fleming's The Perils of Peace ...America's Struggle For Survival After Yorktown ....was also a great read.

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/24/2008 8:01:22 AM   
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ORIGINAL: softness

in the original Greek .. was one of my proudest geeky moments



Oh woah... I'm not alone !


....there are times i am so envious of those with a facility for languages. My blind spot.

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RE: Summer reading list ... any suggestions - 7/24/2008 8:04:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ok summer reading atleast what I would read for a summer!
  1. The Coming of Conan
  2. The Crown of Conan
  3. The Sword of Conan
  4. Kull
  5. The Savage Tales of Soloman Kane
  6. Dune Series (Last time I had a summer to read I did the whole series from Dune to Chapterhouse Dune)
  7. The Art of War
  8. The Prince
  9. Don't Bend over in the Garden Granny You know them Taters got Eyes by Lewis Grizzard.
  10. The Complete Works of Poe (Still truding through right now)
  11. Any of the Uncle John's Bathroom Readers


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