About half-way through "At the Center of the Storm" (George Tenet)

Karen
www.jeanedwardscellars.com

Just tore up To Kill a Mockingbird for the third or fourth time. I like this book better each time I read it.

PH

Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
Just tore up To Kill a Mockingbird for the third or fourth time. I like this book better each time I read it.

PH

What's the story, PH... How do you find time to re-read so many books?!?! I can't find time to read all the ones I wanna read once.

Oh I forgot... you've had a LOT more time to get to them than me. *cringe, awaiting smack*

Besides the Sports Page which shows the Red Sox 14.5 games ahead of the Yankees, I just finished Angels and Demons. Much better IMO than The DaVinci Code, although both books are slightly lame and incredibly similar.

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
Just tore up To Kill a Mockingbird for the third or fourth time. I like this book better each time I read it.

PH

Perhaps my favorite book of all time. It's either that or A Brave New World. Tonight I'm reading posts from an enraged resident of the Green Mountain State.

At the moment, I am taking a breather from all the heavy philosophical books I've been reading and so I picked up a few magazines. At the moment I am reading More magazine. It has some great travel articles in this month's issue. It makes me really excited about my trip Europe in July.

Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle.

From the Gut - Jack Welch
Naked - David Sedaris
America the Triology - John Dos Pasos

Just starting "LuLu Meets God and Doubts Him"

A novel about the inside art scene in New York.

2/3 through John Adams by David Mccullough.

I only read non-fiction

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Originally posted by Hunter:
I only read non-fiction

You're missing out.

Like saying, "I only drink non-alcoholic beverages." Some false sense of higher principle going on.

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Originally posted by Hunter:

I only read non-fiction

Good God why?

Anyhoo, I'm currently reading "This is Your Brain on Music" by Daniel Levitin. It's fascinating.

- Jeff

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Originally posted by Hunter:

I only read non-fiction


Good God why?

Just more interesting to me. I did the Stephen King/Grisham/whoever thing for years. But in the end, I'm a history and political buff, and there is so much I have not read yet. May be a phase, but it's a 5 year phase and counting.

Hollywood gives me enough fiction to watch at the movies anyway.

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Originally posted by Hunter:
I did the Stephen King/Grisham/whoever thing for years.

Ah, I see.

That'll do it, alright. If my main exposure was the Franzias and Charles Shaws of fiction, I'd give it up too.

- Jeff

I read occasional junk fiction. I am not ashamed of it. Beats TV.

PH

I can respect a non-fiction phase.

So many books, so little time.

The Wild Trees by Richard Preston may be non-fiction but what a story! You'll think about redwoods -- trees -- in a whole different way

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The Wild Trees by Richard Preston may be non-fiction but what a story! You'll think about redwoods -- trees -- in a whole different way

I think I'll wait for the movie.

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
I read occasional junk fiction. I am not ashamed of it. Beats TV.

PH

You betcha.

The House of Mondavi, just started it. Good so far.

Just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini. The guy is a good storyteller.

PH

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
Just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini. The guy is a good storyteller.

PH

This time he writes about women in Afghanistan... right?

Yes. An interesting look at the culture by way of a gripping story. Fast read.

PH

While on vacation I finally finished up "The Fabric of the Cosmos" by Brian Greene. I agree with others. Brian has a great way of taking a difficult subject and explaining it in layman's terms through visuals. Recommended.