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Rincewind wrote:best war book i know is all quiet on the western front by Erich Maria Remarque. which is in essence a book about a pair of boots. Oh yes, one of my all time faves. That one is pretty much the pinnacle of the whole war book genre. The black and white movie is very powerful as well.
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So I read the Old Man and The Sea...took me all of an hour and a half, and I have to say, it's very wierd. Good book, but a little strange. I liked |
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Currently a third of the way through The Night Prowler, about Richard Ramirez...what a fucking nutcase! |
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Reading 'The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next', which to me is exciting (kinda..). I'll have to wait until I've given it a better read before I make a decision though. |
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I'll be starting 'Scepticism Inc' tomorrow. Looking forward to it. |
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old.gregg wrote:Reading 'The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next', which to me is exciting (kinda..). I'll have to wait until I've given it a better read before I make a decision though. Oh, I have that at home. Well, the parents house I guess. I should nab it the next time I am up that way, it was an interesting book that ended up getting lost under me attempting to read three or four things at once. |
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Oh yay, a book club :D Not sure anybody on here would like the kinda books I read enough to know what the hell I'm on about but hey...
I've just finished reading When Daddy Comes Home by Toni Maguire which is a true story about how she coped after her dad got out of prison (It's a continuation of another book she released a couple of years ago called 'Don't Tell Mummy', which is about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her father from the age of six and her mother pretty much took her father's side in the whole thing).
Now I've just started reading Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, about a son that was being bullied at school and ended up going crazy and shooting a load of his classmates (I'm presuming it was written somewhat based on the high school shootings in America a couple of years back). Anyway, she then has to struggle with her own moral judgement as well as trying to find clues about her son's secret life, and is left wondering if she ever really knew him.
In between that I'm also reading a lot of books and journal articles about psychopaths, serial killers and how good people can commit evil acts in the right circumstances for my dissertation next year.
Also, I was wondering what people thought of The Catcher In The Rye? I read it not so long ago because it was a 'classic' and I really wanted to get into some classic literature, but I ended up finding the whole thing rather slow, uneventful and - I hate to say it - quite boring. I mean, I get the book and everything but I suppose I was just left disappointed as I was expecting to read an amazing book, based on the fame surrounding it, but I didn't really see what the fuss was about, in all honesty. |
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I just finished reading The Naked Face by Sidndey Sheldon and it was one of the more exciting books I've read recently. It's about a psychoanalysist that believes he is devolping paranoia when it seems someone is out to kill him. |
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forkboy wrote:old.gregg wrote:Reading 'The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next', which to me is exciting (kinda..). I'll have to wait until I've given it a better read before I make a decision though. Oh, I have that at home. Well, the parents house I guess. I should nab it the next time I am up that way, it was an interesting book that ended up getting lost under me attempting to read three or four things at once. Im a way into it now, and it's a really good read. I agree with what he's trying to say about being stuck in our ways about making new theories and perhaps the answer lies somewhere else. I'd recommend reading it if you're into that sort of thing. |
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Gemma375* wrote: Also, I was wondering what people thought of The Catcher In The Rye? .
'Tis actual genius. I feel it captures the psyche of a human perfectly tbh. The depth in which he goes into thoughts, and the intricacy is just amazing. |
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