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Ubik
By Philip K. Dick
June 16th, 2008
Despite the fact that the author - in 1969 at the time of writing this book - gave mankind way too much credit for where civilization would be by the time of this book's setting (1992), it was a very enjoyable read. As mentioned, this book takes place in 1992, at which time mankind has colonized a bunch of planets, and people have taken on some X-men like adaptations... reading minds, pre-cognition, and the sorts. After a deadly accident, the main characters start experiences glitches in reality that they must understand before their time runs out. Lots of fun. Two for Two from Philip K. Dick. |
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Brave New World
By Aldous Huxley
June 14th, 2008
Written in the early 1930's, this novel takes place in a post Model T Ford era, where life is optimized to the T. Children are no longer born, but rather produced in assembly lines of test tubes. People are not allowed to get emotionally attached to each other, and chemicals cure all sadness. Within this setting the story follows various characters as they question the sanity of this environment, and the book also brings in a couple characters from the "savage" world of native americans which is used to contrast the civilizations. Anyhow, it is a really interesting and thought provoking novel that makes you think about how our society is progressing (or perhaps regressing). |
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Raising Atlantis
By Thomas Greanias
June 8th, 2008
This is the first of a three book series that I read after having first read the second book. It was about the discovery of the city of Atlantis in Antarctica, with Indiana Jones type characters causing a ruckus. This book was a quick easy read, but I didn't find it to be very good. Not enough story line, too much ridiculous action. There are better books out there to spend your time on. |
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The Atlantis Prophecy
By Thomas Greanias
June 1st, 2008
A quick fun read, but of the action thriller genre - not something that is going to expand your mind in any way shape or form. Very similar to the movies Nation Treasure (was that based off of this series?). This novel turns out to be the second in the series of three - I'll have to check out the others if I can get my hands on them. |
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Daemon
By Leinad Zeraus
May 20th, 2008
A dark but splendid read for the more computer nerdy of you out there who like a good page turner. This book has some similarities with Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Deamon takes place in the near future (or perhaps even present) when a mad programmer decides to create a very sophisticated set of processes that affect the lives of many individuals, and ends up potentially affecting society as a whole. It is fun for me to read because it goes into a lot more of the details about how the program works than a normal book would, but also has some great thoughts about what the potential future could have in store for us. As surreal of a story as it is - from a programmer's standpoint, lots of it does actually seem feasible - which is a scary thought. Anyhow, a great read - but perhaps more so for people who don't mind dark books, and books with a lot of computer related jargon. |
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Plug-in Hybrids: The cars that will recharge America
By Sherry Boschert
Apr 12th, 2008
There is a lot of overlap between this book and the movie Who killed the electric car (which you should see by the way if you have not already). Anyhow, as for the book - it has tons of great data in it to back up the notion that the government, the auto industry, and the American people should be trying much harder to get plug-in electric cars on the road as they can reduce our dependency on mid-east oil producing countries, save us money, and keep our air cleaner. Here is one bummer piece of data that was in the book that shocked me a bit: as of 2005, the united states energy as a whole comes from 50% coal (ug), 19% nuclear (potential ug), 19% natural gas(ug), 6% hydro (yay! but that's it?), 3% petroleum (ug), and 3% renewable (yay! but that's it?) |
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
By Philip K. Dick
Apr 6th, 2008
The movie Blade Runner was based off of this book. It is about a bounty hunter who's job it is to hunt down and deactivate androids who have gone to the dark side. Very fun read. |
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Winkie
By Cliffor Chase
Mar 29th, 2008
One of the more bizarre, but awesome books I have read. It can perhaps be best described by some of the press it has gotten... "If Animal Farm were to bump into Monty Python in the dark alley the result might be Winkie." - The Herald Sun. "If your teddy bear were brought to trial under charges of terrorism, what would the verdict be? That's the whimsical premise behind Winkie" - Newsweek. (if those two reviews don't at least peak your interest, then perhaps this book is not right for you) |
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The Master and Margarita
By Mikhail Bulgakov
Mar 16th, 2008
Multiple friends from high school recommended I read this book. It took me a while to get through - did not grip me as many books do. It was rather interesting and thought provoking though. The story has two threads in it - one is Moscow in 1930, the other is Jerusalem in the time of Christ (specifically, the time of his crucifixion). In the Moscow thread, the city becomes chaotic as a mysterious man named Woland and his crew come to town and cause much mischief. One of the characters in Moscow is an author writing a story about Pontius Pilate - hence the tie in with the Jesus crucifixion. |
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Alternative Energy Demystified
By Stan Gibilsco
Mar 1st, 2008
The title of the book pretty much tells all. This book covers everything from wind power to solar power, biofuels to fossil fuels, passive solar heating to heat pumps, fission, fusion, and a whole bunch more. It covers each item in enough detail to have a basic understanding of the method, but of course more in depth understanding is not covered. I found it to be a great resource to get a understanding of so many different technologies and methods out there. |
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Y: The Last Man
By Brian K. Vaughan et al
Jan 25th, 2008
Y (As in the chromosome): The Last Man is a graphic novel about the world when all men on the planet suddenly die, but the women survive. There is one man left - and the novel follows his journeys. This is the first "Graphic Novel" (aka comic) I have read since I was a youngen. They really are quite different in many ways. To me the main differences are that they provide a much richer sense of the scenery, but a much shallower sense of depth with the characters - as you essentially only get dialog. I linked here just to the first one, but last I checked there were 9 or 10 in the series so far. They are very quick to read - you kind of have to slow yourself down to look at the images without breezing past them. |
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Fragile Things
By Neil Gaiman
Jan 20th, 2008
This is a collection of short stories that seemed like it would be cool. It was not - not cool that is. The first story was very good, I highly recommend it - there is actually an audio version available online. Other than that, the rest are scary camp fire stories that are kind of silly. I made it half way through and then stopped. |
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Blowback
By Chalmers Johnson
Jan 15th, 2008
I just skimmed this one. I have been curious for a while now of *why* terrorists would want to bomb us. The explanation of "because they envy our freedom" seemed like the most ridiculous statement ever. The excuse of because of our religious ways and consumption etc seemed to make more sense in my mind, but still didn't explain why it was just US that was a target, and not other first world countries. This book talks about how it is almost entirely because we are an imperialist empire - we have military bases all around the world - we help to overthrow governments left and right, and cause havoc everywhere. He raises some really eye opening points. |
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An Inconvenient Truth
By Al Gore
Jan 11th, 2008
This is the "companion" book to the movie of the same name. The content is nearly identical, but with perhaps a bit more detail in the book. As far as graphical design and layout of the book, I found this to be one of the best put together books I have ever seen - very Tufte-esq. |
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The Once and Future King
By T. H. White
Dec 31st, 2007
This was required reading in High school english. I ran into it on my bookshelf when I was back home over christmas, so I brought it back with me for another reading. The book is historical fiction, about King Arthur, Lancelot, Guenever and the knights of the roundtable. T. H. White takes that historical set of characters, and tosses in some magic, a whole lot of humor, and some interesting story lines to create this book. I found it to be a great book in high school, and I stick with that finding. The one downfall is that it seems to be a very different story at the beginning as it is at the end - the first quarter of the book is incredibly light hearted, fun, magical, and the last quarter is very dark and sad. |
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Lost Horizon
By James Hilton
Dec 24th, 2007
Recommended by the Samantha Crow Reading Club, this book claims to be the "first novel published as a paperback". It was published (as well as takes place) in 1933... my copy is of course a bit newer :-). Anyhow, the story is of adventure and mystery deep in Tibet,
spefically in a mystical place called shangri-la. It follows a british man as he and three others find themselves in a new land, trying to unravel the mysteries of what makes this place so secluded and so special. I found it very fun and very quick to read. |
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Winning Our Energy Independence
By David Freeman
Dec 24th, 2007
I purchased this book on a whim - I saw it on the shelf at a bookstore. I am very happy that I purchased and read this one, as it had a pretty profound impact on my environmental thinking. Specifically it talked a lot about what must be done by the
government to get off of coal and oil, and instead to use renewable and clean resources. It also talked about what we as individuals can do - the biggest item being purchasing a hybrid, or preferably a plug-in hybrid. Also installing home solar
panels is a plus, and being efficient with your energy use (CFL light bulbs, energy star appliances, etc). I'm pretty sure that after reading this book, my next car is going to be a plug-in hybrid. |
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The dark Tower
By Stephen King
Dec 17th, 2007
The seventh and final book in the Dark Tower series. This is the last leg of the journey for Roland and his band of travelers. In this book, tragedy comes to the Ka-tet of travelers, but also closure and interesting new characters including a comedian life sucking bug, and a tongueless masterful artist. We also find out just how cyclical the world of the Tower is. All in all it was a great series, lots of fun to read - sometimes slightly scary at times, but in general an interesting fun story. |
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Song of Susannah
By Stephen King
Dec 2nd, 2007
The sixth of the Dark Tower series. This book in the series follows Susannah as she tries to deal with her pregnancy, and Mia - a woman who has somewhat taken over her body. The book also takes place in new england as Roland and Eddie meet Stephen King, and have bizarre conversations with him. At the very end of the book there is a diary by stephen king in which he dies - which is really odd considering there is still a seventh book. |
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Wolves of the Calla
By Stephen King
Nov 25th, 2007
The fifth of the Dark Tower series. The posse of gunslingers find themselves in a town that is sort of a cross between a Mexican town and a mid western town. Here they are tasked with fighting off a band of invaders that has stormed the town once every generation for hundreds of years. |
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The Underdogs
By Mariano Azueka
Nov 17th, 2007
Supposedly a classic, this novel takes place during the Mexican revolution. I had a hard time making it through the book - it just could not keep my attention. I guess not all stories are timeless. Actually, I didn't even finish - I made it about 4/5 the way through and decided to surrender. |
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Wizard and Glass
By Stephen King
Nov 7th, 2007
The fourth of the Dark Tower series. Roland and his comrades step foot in Topeka Kansas (but perhaps from a slightly different universe). Here he tells the story of his childhood, his friends, his love of his life, and the beginning of the quest for the tower. |
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The Waste Lands
By Stephen King
Oct 28th, 2007
The third of the Dark Tower series. Roland (The gunslinger) journeys with others through rough patches of wilderness, and encounters trails against both men and machines. |
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Zoom
By Vaitheeswaran & Carson
Oct 21st, 2007
Written by two staff members of the Economist, Zoom looks a bit into the history of the Car and Oil companies, and talks about what the future holds in regard to powering cars. It critically analyzes multiple different viewpoints - the US Government, Green movements, Big us Corporations, etc. They argue that the US Government needs to get a clue and make some policy changes to help green energy along, and also US green organizations need to step up to the plate to help out the government instead of battle the government. They argue that Japanese car companies have had a lot better long term planning when it comes to non gasoline powered cars, but US car companies can catch up if they put money and energy into it. In addition, the book argues that neither ethanol, nor hydrogen, nor electric cars alone are the silver bullet - but rather that the US needs to diversify its car energy portfolio so to speak. |
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The Drawing of the Three
By Stephen King
Oct 11th, 2007
The second in the Dark Tower series. This one follows the gunslinger through three different periods of time as he follows his destiny to get to the dark tower. |
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The Dark Tower - The Gunslinger
By Stephen King
Oct 9th, 2007
This is the first in a somewhat long series called "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King. Even though it is stephen king, the books are not horror books at all, they are closer to fantasy I guess. This first book introduces us to the main character - "The Gunslinger" and flashes back a bit into his childhood as he slowly follows "The man in black". |
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Animal Farm
By George Orwell
Oct 7th, 2007
It turns out that George Orwell was just a pen name for Eric Blair. Anyhow, Animal Farm is a classic that hopefully you have already read. It is super fast and fun to read again and again. The story is about some animals that take over a farm from their human owner, and experiment with different forms of government before they end up right back where they started with pigs taking over the role of the dictator humans. Most of the book is a commentary on government, totalitarianism, etc. |
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The Messenger
By Daniel Silva
Sept 30th, 2007
Another airport reading book. A thriller about terrorism, espionage, religion, art, and who knows what else. A fun book, but not something I would highly recommend by any means - just a way to pass time. The plot is that there is a mastermind behind most world terrorist activities, and the Israeli and American secret services work together to try to infiltrate his organization and take out some of his people. |
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The Wheel of Darkness
By Preston and Child
Sept 16th, 2007
I picked up this book at the airport because of the cover art. As I was visually scanning books, I saw an image that looked very much Tibetan - so I checked out the book and ended up buying it. The story is about two Americans who are tasked with recovering a stolen Tibetan secret treasure, and find themselves up to their necks in adventure out at sea. Its a fun book for passing the hours. You do not come out of it a more enlightened person by any means though. |
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On a Pale Horse
By Piers Anthony
Sept 10th, 2007
This is the first book in a series called "Incarnations of Immortality". I do not think I will be reading the rest of the series, at least not at the moment. The book was not bad, it just didn't knock my socks off by any means. Is it possible that I have finally read enough science fiction that I am starting to get picky? Perhaps that is the case. As for the review - this book is about a regular guy who ends up killing Death (you know, the dude with the scythe), and therefore ends up taking Death's place. He drive's a kickin' vehicle and has some great gadgets, but not much else to say about the book other than that. |
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The Sirens of Titan
By Kurt Vonnegut
Sept 3rd, 2007
The bookstore I purchased this at claimed it was Vonnegut's best scifi book ever. This seems a bit far fetched to me. It was a good book, but by no means knocked my socks off. The story revolves around a man who experiences a space accident which enables him to tell the future. He uses this to start his own religion that feels somewhat like scientology, but turns out to be true (as opposed to the before mentioned cult). The book concludes with an interesting take on the meaning of life which you will have to read to get the details on. |
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Seven Years in Tibet
By Heinrich Harrer
Aug 23rd, 2007
A fantastic non-fiction story - one of the best non-fiction stories I have ever read actually. Perhaps it helped that I have a fascination with the Dalai Lama, and am about to go to Tibet - but regardless, the story is incredible. The main character and author is an Austrian adventurer during WWII who makes Indiana Jones look like a wuss. He goes incredible places, takes incredible risks, works the system, and eventually finds himself where almost no white men have ever been - Lhasa Tibet, the home of the Dalai Lama. He then even gets to know the Dalai Lama (who was just a child at that time) and seems to have a large influence on the Dalai Lama's life. Pretty incredible. This is one of those books you really need to read at some point in your life to understand the world better - and luckily it is so fun and interesting to read, that time absolutely flies by. |
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Good Omens
By Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Aug 10th, 2007
I silly/fun story that is somewhat of a mix between the story/characters from the movie Dogma, and humor ala Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. The story is about the apocalypse, and an angel and a demon who live on earth who don't really want the end of the world to take place, even though it is their duty to help bring it about. |
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The Book of Illusions
By Paul Auster
Aug 5th, 2007
I am still trying to determine what I think of this book - at times I think it is one of the better books I have ever read, and sometimes I think it is just boring nonsense. I'm not sure how a book can have such a stark contrast in my mind. Anyhow - a review: The book starts out slow, and is a bit overly literary. Near the middle the story starts to develop, and by the end the story is incredibly rich with layer upon layer of story overlapping itself. It's a metastory - a story about other stories about other stories. It is definitely not a feel good story - multiple times you encounter sadness and hardship, often with no light at the end of the tunnel. |
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The Brooklyn Follies
By Paul Auster
Aug 1st, 2007
A great book that takes place in Park Slope Brooklyn, which is where my brother lives. It is an endearing story about a retired man and his adventures, trials and tribulations mostly revolving around his extended family. |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J.K. Rowling
July 26th, 2007
This is a pretty obscure series, but one you may like. It may be hard to find in a traditional book store, you may have to look around for it. This is the 7th and (maybe?) last book in the series. It is about a young man's struggle dealing with a scar he received as a young child, and putting up with other children and even adults ridiculing him for the scar. I took a month long reading break, and this got me back into the flow. |
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Brothers
By Da Chen
June 13th, 2007
I believe they call this historical fiction. It takes place in china from 1960 through 1998, including historical events such as the Tiananmen square protests. The tale tells of two brothers who do not know of each other's existence until later in life, and their growing up from childhood through adulthood. I found it really interesting how one brother is brought up in an elite family, while the other brother is brought up in a very poor family... and seeing how this affects their personality and development. Anyhow, it is a bit gruesome and sexual at times - if you are into that, then I give it two thumbs up. |
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His Dark Materials trilogy
By Philip Pullman
Jun 2nd, 2007
I took a long break from reading to enjoy the natural beauties of the world... or something like that. Anyhow, I saw a movie preview for a film called Golden Compass coming out in christmas that looked interesting, and I noticed it was based off a book - so I decided to make that my next victim.
The series was a pleasurable read - it definitely falls into the fantasy realm, but has a nice original set of characters, and talks a lot about religion and a few other interesting topics. A good read for folks who like fantasy type books, but perhaps are tired of the traditional cast of characters. |
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Blow the House Down
By Robert Baer
May 6th, 2007
A fictional tale about how the events that led up to the September 11th, 2001 occurred. The author of this book is a former CIA agent who is able to bring really great details to the story. It definitely makes you wonder how much of this novel actually is fiction, and how
much he feels is the actual truth of the event. A fun read, although at times I found myself being overwhelmed by all of the names that were thrown at me - forgetting who was who. |
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
By Mark Haddon
Apr 30th, 2007
The third recommendation from the Samantha Crow Reading Club was another hit. That was a very unique and different book. It is a fictitious account written first person by an autistic teenager. The writing was by far the best part of the reading experience -
really seeing the thought process of the autistic kid on his journey. It is unclear how accurate this is to an actual autistic person's thought process, but since it is my only point of reference, I will conclude that is perfectly accurate :-) |
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Bel Canto
By Ann Patchett
Apr 28th, 2007
This novel is the second to come recommended by the Samantha Crow Reading Club. It was a gem of a story - incredibly written and really interesting story line. I must say, I would have preferred to have not read the Epilogue though - I found it to be very out of place, unnecessary, and ruined some
of the pizzazz of the rest of the book. Anyhow - go read this one, but feel free to not read the epilogue (I give you permission). |
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The Giver
By Lois Lowry
Apr 25th, 2007
I believe this is required reading for some middle schoolers these days - but I guess I must have missed it. It is a super fast read, but really interesting and touching. It takes place in some time or place where society has decided to make "sameness" the national pastime.
Everyone is made to be the same and think the same - or in most cases, not think at all in any meaningful way. It follows the story of a 12 year old boy who starts to question the system. This came recommended by the Samantha Crow Reading Club. |
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Digital Nature Photography
By Jim Miotke
Apr 24th, 2007
I used this as my introduction to photography, and I was extremely satisfied with the experience. The book went over all of the basics of photography, helped me understand my new camera that I just purchased, and related the learnings to nature photography which is of great interest to me.
The book also had some great photos that really inspired me to go out and try to create my own. The book would definitely be too rudimentary for folks who are already in the know about photography though. |
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HTML Mastery
By Paul Hine
Apr 15th, 2007
This is a fantastic resource for all you HTML haxors out there. Goes into some great detail about various peculiarities with html. The author is definitely opinionated about what is and is not correct usage of HTML vs CSS etc which is interesting to see. |
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Ptolemy's gate
By Jonathan Stroud
Mar 20th, 2007
The last in "The Bartimaeus Trilogy" - still fun, and still a quick read. |
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The Golem's Eye
By Jonathan Stroud
Mar 10th, 2007
Second book in the series in "The Bartimaeus Trilogy" - with The Amulaet of Samrkand being the first. Again a good fun quick read. |
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American Shaolin
By Matthew Polly
Feb 16th, 2007
A surprisingly good read. The book follows Polly on his quest from Princeton to rural china in his attempt to learn martial arts. The topic of martial arts is something that would not normally interest me, but I found
this book to be very fun to read, and laugh out loud funny at multiple points. I recommend this book for anyone, regardless of their interest in martial arts. |
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The Amulet of Samarkand
By Jonathan Stroud
Feb 10th, 2007
I saw someone on the train reading this book, so I figured I would give it a try - turns out it is a fun read. As I was nearing the end of the book
I went to the book store to try to find the second and third books in the three book series. I could not find it in the normal section, so on a whim
I looked in the "young persons" section, and it wasn't there either. I finally looked in the -kids- section, and sure enough, there it was. Oh well. |
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The Ambler Warning
By Robert Ludlum
Jan 21st, 2007
Not a very good read. It was an interesting and exciting story line, but it was just poorly written. The book is about a government agent who is locked away in a psych word unjustly, his escape, and the events that follow. |
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Mirror Mirror
By Gregory Maguire
Jan 1st, 2007
This is by the same author who wrote Wicked. It is about Snow white and the 7 (+1) dwarves from a very different view point. A lot of fun to read. |
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The prestige
By Christopher Priest
Dec 28th, 2006
I'm told there was a movie based off of this book recently. It is about two stage magicians in the early 1900s who are at odds with each other - to the point of trying to mess up each other's presentations. The story details these events, as well as the grandchildren in current day trying to piece together what happened. The only criticism I have about this book is that it gets somewhat strange at the end, and even somewhat scary. |
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Eragon
By Christopher Paopini
Dec 23rd, 2006
I went on a bit of a reading haitus as I couldn't find a book that would hold my attention. Eragon was a book that I had read a year or two ago, and had really enjoyed, so I re-read this one in celebration of the movie coming out. I very much enjoyed the book once again, as I had last time. A boy finds a dragon egg, and grows into his new found responsibility. I'm told the movie kind of tanked, so I am trying to decide if I want to see it or not. |
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Snow Crash
By Neal Stephenson
Nov 25th, 2006
This was recommended by a couple different people. I would give it two thumbs up. It was written in 1992, at the dawn of the internet age, and it is really amazing how insightful the author is on how a plugged in society may function. A fun read for a gloomy day. |
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The Count of Monte Cristo
By Alexandre Dumas
Nov 24th, 2006
1,400 pages of fun. About half way through, I realized there is an abridged version as well. Oh well. Anyhow, this was a very fun read that captured my attention for the duration of the book. I definitely recommend it to pretty much anyone.
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A Man in full
By Tom Wolfe
Nov 8th, 2006
I didn't finish this one. It came highly recommended, but I was just strugling to keep my interest in this one, so eventually gave up. The story takes place in ATL (and a bit in Cali), and talks about some of the old south, as well as new south, etc.
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Taltos
By Anne Rice
Oct 16th, 2006
I was half way through this before I found out that it was the third book in a series. woops. Anyhow, it was a fun read. I'm told that Anne Rice is into vampires and such. This was somewhat in the same vein - about this offshoot of humans called Taltos that lived secretly interspersed with the human population. Each one lives for thousands of years though, and they essentially have kids that instantly are full grown. Other than that, they are pretty normal :-)
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Billy Bathgate
By E. L. Doctorow
Oct 8th, 2006
This was a pretty interesting read, entirely fiction, about a young boy who gets pulled in (or rather who chooses to jump into) a mafia gang, and it describes the mentality of the mafia in the 20s, with all of its corruption and scandal as seen through the eyes of this bronx boy, with his ridiculously long run-on sentences.
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Prey
By Michael Crichton
Oct 4th, 2006
So so. I had read most of Michael Crichton's books as a kid and loved them, but I guess as an adult it just isn't quite the same. At the beginning of the book though it starts out in Mountain View and Palo Alto which is rather cool.
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The Time Traveler's Wife
By Audrey Niffenegger
Oct 1st, 2006
This was a really great book. Somewhat of a chick book so to speak, but really a great read. The story is of a man who time travels often without having any control over when he travels, or where he ends up. The story is from his point of view, as well as his girlfriend/wife's point of view.
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The Obsidian Trilogy
By Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
Sep 15th, 2006
These are a bit more fantasy'ish than what I am used to, but they were a fun entertaining read. They go really quickly as well.
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A Song of Ice and Fire
By George R. R. Martin
Aug 15th, 2006
If you have a few months to set aside, this is a good read. There are tons of characters involved, and sometimes you wish that they would just stick with a few less characters, but none the less it is a good read. It is a bit graphic at times, and sometimes the good guys do in fact die. The genre is roughly fantasy, but you could almost call it more medieval than fantasy, as there is very little in the way of magic and the likes. The series is rumored to have 7 books, so there are a still a couple more on the way.
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