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dancinbear
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Jan 13, 2010 1:13pm
I need something entertaining.....any suggestions?
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Elliot Stabler
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Jan 13, 2010 1:14pm
If you politically open-minded

40 More Years by James Carville
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UA5straightin2008
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Jan 13, 2010 1:17pm
^^liberal propaganda


stephen colberts "i am america, and so can you" is a hilarious read
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gorocks99
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Jan 13, 2010 1:17pm
My g/f enjoyed Devil in the White City
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3reppom
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Jan 13, 2010 1:19pm
the match king
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Elliot Stabler
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Jan 13, 2010 1:19pm
UA5straightin2008 wrote: ^^liberal propaganda


stephen colberts "i am america, and so can you" is a hilarious read
That's your opinion

Bleachers by John Grisham
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gorocks99
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Jan 13, 2010 1:20pm
Also, anything by David Sedaris. Hilarious.
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UA5straightin2008
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Jan 13, 2010 1:23pm
a prayer for owen meany
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trackandccrunner
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Jan 13, 2010 1:28pm
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

I want to go see the movie sometime here soon I heard it was pretty good.
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LJ
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Jan 13, 2010 1:29pm
I have heard this book is really really good. My gf is getting it for me for my birthday in just a few weeks, so I will have my own review then, but I have heard nothing but good things.

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible - AJ Jacobs

I guess it starts out hilarious then slowly becomes very humbling. Apparently a few of my atheist friends have read it, and while they have not converted or anything of that nature, they have become humbled by the bible's teachings.
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september63
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Jan 13, 2010 1:36pm
Anything by David Baldacci.
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ernest_t_bass
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Jan 13, 2010 2:17pm
Glenn Beck books:

Arguing with Idiots
An Inconvenient Book
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september63
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Jan 13, 2010 2:26pm
"Under the Bleachers" by Seymour Butts
"Little Yellow River" by I.P. Freeley
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ZWICK 4 PREZ
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Jan 13, 2010 2:28pm
september63 wrote: "Under the Bleachers" by Seymour Butts
"Little Yellow River" by I.P. Freeley

Thanks. I haven't heard those since kindergarten.
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hasbeen
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Jan 13, 2010 2:36pm
september63 wrote: Anything by David Baldacci.
This.

Baldacci's my favorite author.
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UANyg
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Jan 13, 2010 2:38pm
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Classic
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atomica600
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Jan 13, 2010 4:05pm
If you have the time, "IT" by Stephen King. Just finished it up over Christmas. Easily one of the best works of fiction that I have ever read. 1100 pages never went by so fast.
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sleeper
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Jan 13, 2010 4:08pm
Anything by Dan Brown. Just don't read it before going to bed, because you won't be going to bed, and you can take that to the bank.
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I Wear Pants
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Jan 13, 2010 4:10pm
ernest_t_bass wrote: Glenn Beck books:

Arguing with Idiots
An Inconvenient Book
^^ Conservative Propaganda (Actually it's more like the sad diatribes of a man with little to no dignity)

Cormac Mccarthy rights some awesome stuff. I'd suggest either The Road or Blood Meridian.

Chuck Palahniuk writes some good books too. Fight Club was great.
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wizecracker
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Jan 13, 2010 4:45pm
I Wear Pants wrote:
ernest_t_bass wrote: Glenn Beck books:

Arguing with Idiots
An Inconvenient Book
^^ Conservative Propaganda (Actually it's more like the sad diatribes of a man with little to no dignity)

Cormac Mccarthy rights some awesome stuff. I'd suggest either The Road or Blood Meridian.

Chuck Palahniuk writes some good books too. Fight Club was great.
That's your opinion...I just thought I'd bring things full-circle.
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captain_obvious
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Jan 13, 2010 5:20pm
I Wear Pants wrote:
ernest_t_bass wrote: Glenn Beck books:

Arguing with Idiots
An Inconvenient Book
^^ Conservative Propaganda (Actually it's more like the sad diatribes of a man with little to no dignity)
So... you read them? Could you be confusing "no dignity" with humility?
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iclfan2
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Jan 13, 2010 6:52pm
The Zach Chastain series by bob Morris.
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BoatShoes
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Jan 13, 2010 7:08pm
If you're philosophically inclined, "The Examined Life" by Robert Nozick or "Mind" by John Searle. Or, if you want to read about some crazy but true lawsuits and acts of negligence, etc. search "Tort Stories"
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CenterBHSFan
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Jan 13, 2010 7:29pm
***Entertaining Books

Angel Time - Anne Rice
Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Shack - William P. Young
Sex With Kings or Sex With the Queen - both by Eleanor Herman
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dancinbear
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Jan 13, 2010 7:40pm
thanks for the suggestions. at this point, i can't find politics entertaining at all.....I'm boycotting them for a while. WAY TOO MUCH BULLSHIT the past 2 years I just can't deal with it anymore.

A few other people I know suggested David Sedaris, so I'll probably start with that.