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ernest_t_bass

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Dec 8, 2009 8:47 AM
I want to jump on the band wagon of pointless threads. Seeing how most of you probably don't read books, I bet this thread will die :D


I'm currently reading The Hobbit. As soon as I am finished, I will be reading Glenn Beck's Arguing with Idiots.
Dec 8, 2009 8:47am
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Dec 8, 2009 8:59 AM
Steven King's "Under The Dome"
Dec 8, 2009 8:59am
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Dec 8, 2009 9:13 AM
Chas S. Clifton - Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics
Dec 8, 2009 9:13am
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Dec 8, 2009 9:23 AM
my pysch book for the final on thursday
Dec 8, 2009 9:23am
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CharlieHog

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Dec 8, 2009 9:49 AM
I just finished The Lovely Bones, which is awesome.

Now I'm reading Odd Man Out, which is pretty good but not as salacious as I thought it would be, and The Weight of a Mustard Seed which I've barely gotten into but is well written and seems interesting.
Dec 8, 2009 9:49am
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Dec 8, 2009 9:51 AM
1916 - Year One of the Irish Rebellion
Dec 8, 2009 9:51am
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Dec 8, 2009 9:53 AM
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand almost done. Not sure what the next one will be.
Dec 8, 2009 9:53am
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Dec 8, 2009 9:54 AM
I'm a nerd: November issue of the The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies' Nonproliferation Review.
Dec 8, 2009 9:54am
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fan_from_texas

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Dec 8, 2009 9:56 AM
I'm reading Goethe's Faust.
Dec 8, 2009 9:56am
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Gymshoe

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Dec 8, 2009 10:25 AM
Born to Run by Chris McDougall
Blindside by Michael Lewis
Dec 8, 2009 10:25am
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Dec 8, 2009 10:32 AM
Just finished my third read through of The Road by Cormac Mccarthy since the movie is out.

Almost finished with Blood Meridian, also by Mccarthy.

Probably gonna read some of Jeff Shaara's newer stuff over break.
Dec 8, 2009 10:32am
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trooperden

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Dec 8, 2009 10:32 AM
How to be a Dbag by NL Fan.
Dec 8, 2009 10:32am
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Dec 8, 2009 10:34 AM
I've been gradually going through Doyle's Sherlock Holmes works. Up to the stories in "His Last Bow" right now.

And decided to re-read a number of the short stories by Stephen King. Don't know if I have the energy to tackle a novel like Under the Dome right now, but a 10-30 page story is a good way to cap off an evening.
Dec 8, 2009 10:34am
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Dec 8, 2009 10:37 AM
Cool, fake Trooperden is in the house!
Dec 8, 2009 10:37am
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Dec 8, 2009 10:40 AM
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Also the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

Next up is some Stephen King. Dark Tower series.
Dec 8, 2009 10:40am
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Go Tigers

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Dec 8, 2009 10:40 AM
Romans by the Apostle Paul
Dec 8, 2009 10:40am
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Dec 8, 2009 10:48 AM
fan_from_texas wrote: I'm reading Goethe's Faust.
I asked for this for X-mas.
Dec 8, 2009 10:48am
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fan_from_texas

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Dec 8, 2009 10:55 AM
j_crazy wrote:
fan_from_texas wrote: I'm reading Goethe's Faust.
I asked for this for X-mas.
I must admit, I generally don't like poetry, especially epic poetry. It's usually grating to read, and it's so full of allusions that it's tough to follow.

Faust, however, has been a welcome exception. The translation I'm reading is clear and lucid, and it's beautiful--the rhymes aren't forced, and the meter flows well. It's like reading some good Shakespeare, only better, with more interesting things going on, and lots of dirty jokes. It's the best thing I've read in a long time.
Dec 8, 2009 10:55am
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Dec 8, 2009 10:57 AM
Islam and Terrorism
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HeathAlum21

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Dec 8, 2009 11:11 AM
I just finished The Associate and am now starting The Appeal, both by Grisham. I always buy books that I tell myself I will read when I get the time, and now is working out for now.
Dec 8, 2009 11:11am
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7 gram rocks. how i roll.

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Dec 8, 2009 11:19 AM
fan_from_texas wrote:
j_crazy wrote:
fan_from_texas wrote: I'm reading Goethe's Faust.
I asked for this for X-mas.
I must admit, I generally don't like poetry, especially epic poetry. It's usually grating to read, and it's so full of allusions that it's tough to follow.

Faust, however, has been a welcome exception. The translation I'm reading is clear and lucid, and it's beautiful--the rhymes aren't forced, and the meter flows well. It's like reading some good Shakespeare, only better, with more interesting things going on, and lots of dirty jokes. It's the best thing I've read in a long time.

Which Translation? the one I asked for is a newer translation (from '07 I believe).
Dec 8, 2009 11:19am
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Dec 8, 2009 11:43 AM
I'm reading my Marketing 111 book. Gotta study for the final.
Dec 8, 2009 11:43am
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fan_from_texas

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Dec 8, 2009 12:09 PM
Walter Arndt's 1976 version.
Dec 8, 2009 12:09pm
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Dec 8, 2009 8:56 PM
I just finished The Hurricanes by Jere Longman. It is about a HS football team in southern Louisiana right before and after hurricane Katrina. I loved it.

Went to the library tonight and getting ready to request a few new books online.
Dec 8, 2009 8:56pm
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Dec 8, 2009 9:00 PM
Civil Procedure (final at 6 tomorrow :( ) but over break I want to read a leisure book. I have not been able to read anything for personal enjoyment since the semester started. Any suggestions?
Dec 8, 2009 9:00pm