What are you reading?

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Snowlilly, Aug 21, 2012.

  1. Colonel Midnight

    Colonel Midnight Vice Admiral Premium Member

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    Forgot to add above - during a flight from Honolulu to Portland, I pretty much devoured ‘Midnight in Chernobyl’ by Adam Higginbotham.

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  2. thribs

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    Q Squared by Peter David.
     
  3. USS Firefly

    USS Firefly Commodore Commodore

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    Reading "The midnight front" by the evil David Mack
     
  4. MrPicard

    MrPicard Jean-Luc's Loving Husband Fleet Captain

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    I picked up Aliens: Phalanx... it's an interesting take on the Alien franchise. And besides, I loooove wild genre mixes.
     
  5. Gary Mitchell

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    I started to re- read The Stand a few months ago. I may pick it up again.

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    I saw this picture earlier today about rediscovering an old book that you had forgotten about.
     
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  6. thestrangequark

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    Social Policy: Government and Effective Practice. I mean, I've got four chapters to read for Monday...

    I'm actually reading shitposts on soc.
     
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  7. Mrs. Silvercrest

    Mrs. Silvercrest Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Star Trek comic type books from the library!
     
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  8. Stephen!

    Stephen! Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    One of the recent TNG novels, "Hearts and Minds"
     
  9. Velocity

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    Farscape comic collection
     
  10. Kai "the spy"

    Kai "the spy" Admiral Admiral

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    Making my way through the second volume of "Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus".
     
  11. rhubarbodendron

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    Tim, is that you?

    In these stressy times I need something soothing and funny. Atm I read the Royal Spyness series by Rhys Bowen. The first volumes are a slightly tough read but then the author picks up speed. Some cases are predictable (4 Murders And Maybe A Wedding) but a few ones have very surprising solutions (Heirs And Graces).
     
  12. Kirby

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    Fiction: The Rising Sea by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
    Non Fiction: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
     
  13. think

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    I have this in printed text form on my coffee table or end table or whatever it holds the lamp you know... so this I just found on the net as I was looking for a little blurb about it but got the whole thing --- -- Exoteric Healing..by Alice Bailey =-= book four of this 5 book sequence of books --- it is great stuff.-- I think I still have the other four books too.. probably in my library all grouped together --- is interesting ideas going on.==

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  14. Avro Arrow

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    I'm really sorry, @think , I know that this is the third post of yours I have edited today. I have removed the PDF link. I assume you found the link directly by Google search?

    There is a note on the main page of the www.bailey.it website, which states the following (translated from Italian to English by Google translate):

    It appears that the links have been removed from their site, although they have apparently left the files there, assuming they were no longer reachable, but of course they can be reached directly via Google search. But since the links were removed specifically for copyright enforcement, I am required to remove the link from your post as well, in keeping with our site's anti-piracy rules.

    Just to let you know, I did look over the remaining download links, which presumably are still OK for use, just to confirm that this one wasn't included there, and it was not.
     
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  15. think

    think About it! Premium Member

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    yep simple google search also I did find a book of hers on the archive.org but it is not the one I am reading -- or even have.-- so I did download from .. archive the Bailey book but.. yeah.. You go right ahead and make it all copyright correct -- I thank you for your time and effort with these problems.. and legalities :)
     
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  16. Mrs. Silvercrest

    Mrs. Silvercrest Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    The Cat Who Robbed a Bank by Lilian Jackson Braun. I have a whole set of her cat mysteries.
     
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  17. Ocanain

    Ocanain Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    Right now I’m reading ‘The right side of history’, by Shapiro. I imagine it’s not a favourite in here haha
     
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  18. Turd Ferguson

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    I've not read any books for years. But, being out of work and the gyms being closed, I've had time to read a few!

    The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
    Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
    Cabal by Clive Barker
    and right now I'm reading the 37th Parallel by Ben Mezrich

    Next in line are Tell All by Chuck Palahniuk
    The Regulators by Richard Bachman
    and possibly Closing Time by Joseph Heller
     
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  19. Owain Taggart

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    Reading The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Not bad so far, but I think I still prefer A Dog's Purpose.
     
  20. Skellington

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    I’m in the middle of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. It’s a fascinating account of the history of our species and the agricultural, philosophical, political and economic conditions that brought us to this point. It conveys a sense of the impermanence of our species’ status quo. I have found myself disagreeing strongly with a few of his maxims, and then sometimes conceding that he probably has good reason for them. However, in general it has been quite an illuminating book.

    Audio-wise, I’ve recently finished How To Think Like A Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, read by its author Donald D Robertson. A very interesting examination of the second-century emperor’s life and turbulent times, including his approach to his continuing physical ailment and the ever-present spectre of succession.