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Mike Purdy
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Worth Dying For, the fifteenth Jack Reacher book. I've been on a tear, reading all of them since August. Only 2 left after this one and I'm kind of sad about that but it's been a fun ride.
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Dave Phelps
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Inspired by an episode of the Family Guy, of all things, I'm reading Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. About halfway through, I think. So far I'd say it's been quite enjoyable, although on rare occasions the cleverness of the phrasing leaves me a bit confused as to what is actually being depicted. :-)
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Brian Miller
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Just finished A STUDY IN SCARLET by Doyle, and will start the next Holmes adventure tonight.
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Robbie Parry
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YOU MIGHT BE A ZOMBIE AND OTHER BAD NEWS: SHOCKING BUT UTTERLY TRUE FACTS
Wow, what a read this is. I can't recommend it enough. Buy it! Now!
I'll try not to spoil too many facts, but among other things, there's mention of supposedly cute animals that are actually nasty, apocryphal books of the Bible, who really may have invented the telephone, the gruesome origins of fairy tales, mythological beasts that actually exist and so much more.
Some of these facts were shocking (I hadn't heard about the New Madrid Fault Line, for instance) and some I read about food additives really made me think.
If anyone reads this, I'd love to hear your views on it.
Edited by Robbie Parry on 31 December 2012 at 5:27pm
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Derek Cavin
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YOU MIGHT BE A ZOMBIE AND OTHER BAD NEWS: SHOCKING BUT UTTERLY TRUE FACTS
Funny title.
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Christopher Giles
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About five minutes ago I finished reading "Monster Kid Memories" by
Bob Burns with Tom Weaver.I think that I liked "It Came From The
Basement" just a little more, but the way this book is organized is really
great.I'm always inspired by the "nice guy" that Bob Burns is and the
resulting life he has lived. He and Kathy seem like really nice people.
Edited by Christopher Giles on 01 January 2013 at 12:39am
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Fabrice Renault
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I finished reading "Christmas stories" by Charles Dickens a few days ago, and here ends my annual reading. 136 books in total.
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Andrew Hess
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71) "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A man travels to the hidden interior of South America, where he founds the city of Maconda in the middle of the jungle, and there several generations of his family live out their lives.
The strange "magical realism" took a while to get used to, but the storytelling reminds me of Midrash, interpretations of biblical stories that try to smooth out difficult passages or fill in gaps; in some cases Midrash can get fantastical in trying to divulge a hidden truth. Once I made this connection I was able to relax a little, and then try to find the truths Marquez was trying to tell. I'm sure, tho, that I may have misinterpreted some of his truths.
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Andrew Hess
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Fabrice - you read *well* over 100 books a year?!? I am not worthy.
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Manuel Tavares
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I am reading "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST" by OSCAR WILDE!
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Fabrice Renault
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Andrew, I do read a lot, especially in public transports (about 2 hours every day). Some books are thin, some aren't. However, I am not trying to break any record. The only aim I have every year is to try reading the complete work of an author I enjoy (Jules Verne, Lovecraft, Dickens, Fleming, Dumas, Hugo...)
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Peter Martin
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I just finished Marvel Comics the Untold Story.
The first half is really run, but once the tale moves into the 90s it just gets really sad. I pretty much stopped reading comics regularly once I went off to university in 1993, apart from the occasional PAD Hulk or John Byrne Wonder Woman, and so I luckily missed most of the horror. It just sounds horrible.
There are some desperately sad passages in the late 90s, with mass layoffs, Herb Timpe's journal entries saying how people are embarassed by him turning up asking for work, Mark Gruenwald's tragic death, and the retirements of the Buscemas and John Romita.
I was struck by how shockingly young some Marvel guys died. Gene Day at the age of 31. John Verpoorten at 37. Mark Gruenwald at the age of 43, Steve Gerber at 60.
And pretty much everyone, at some point, got treated like shit.
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