Heroin Diaries-Nikki Sixx

Finished it yesterday. Pretty good book, it was crazy to see his slide.

 

schrodingers kittens and the search for reality, vector calculus and almost everyone's guid to science.

 

I'm half way through World War Z. Not as awesome as I'd hoped. But it's OK.

 

Just finished going through Robert Jordans Wheel of time books again. Cant wait till the last one comes out.... Greatest series of fiction books I have ever read, unbelievable scope and complexity.

 

Just started reading Band of Brothers

 

I read that book in 8th grade for school. It wasn't required but in my middle school we had this reading system called AR (abidance reading?) and I needed about 22 points (you get points by reading certain books and doing well on the quizzes about them) and the only book I could read that could get me 22 points was Band of Brothers. And from what I remember that book was very hard for me to understand/read, but then again that was three years ago. I ended up just watching all the movies and doing well on the AR quiz. :up:

 

Got a set of Kurt Vonnegut books for Xmas. Almost done w/ Cat's Cradle, pretty good so far.

 

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind.

Great book.

After that either "Man & His Symbols" or "The Draft" by Pete Williams.

 

AR= Accelerated Reader

I read the first chapter of Insomnia and rocked the test myself..(never saw the movie either :) )

 

Insomnia by Stephen King?

 

Which is a great book. Even though King did say he wrote it purely for money and had no personal interest in it. :lol:

 

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

One of his books I haven't read.

 

Yep, it's a HUGE book and gave me enough to pass the quarter's tests and give me 10 extra credit points :)

I think King's ok...Misery was good, The Shinning was really good. Others...not so good.

Oh wait..I read all of Insomnia. The book that I passed after only a chapter was "The Stand".....been about 13 years lol.

It was a good program IMO. It forced kids to read about 3 decent sized books per quarter yet gave them a choice of what to read (you got to pick from a list of hundreds of books).

I found the Shannara series through AR, and Louis Lamour.

 

Fantasy set in medieval type times. Think the lord of the rings except on a far, far larger scale. And darker with more character involved. There are currently 11 books in the series and in hardback they are each close to 800-900 pages I think. Robert Jordan is the author but he passed away though he left extensive notes and recording about how the series is supposed to end. The final book is being finished by another writer and his wife who edited all the previous books.

Thats probably an awful description but it gives you at least an idea. :lol:

 

I am currently reading Spiritual Warfare by Jed McKenna. The third book in the Jed McKenna trilogy. In the last month I have read the other two books Spiritual Enlightenment: Its the Damnedest Thing and Spiritual Incorrect Enlightenment.

A good series if you are into spirituality and enlightenment and want your beliefs rocked or at least entertained.

 

Just started Proven Guilty, the eighth book in the Dresden Files.

 

I thought there was one where Boomer led the charge.

I am reading a biography of FDR called FDR. Quite amazed with the man.

I just finished reading "Netherland" by Joseph O'Neill which is easily the best book I have read in a long time. And I read a lot. If you want to read the best post 9/11 novel out there. Check that out, it is wonderful

 

I was thinking earlier today that I wanted to read some biographies on various political figures. Have a couple on JFK I've been meaning to look at and wanted to look into Thomas Jefferson and FDR. Let me know how that one is, maybe I'll add it to my list.

 

Until he is dead by Tom Rusher, it is an account of the history and indiscriminate application of the death penalty in north Carolina.

 

The second half IMO gets a lot better. Some crazy situations, and dealing with the aftermath and everything.

Personally, I loved the book and would highly recommend it. His survival guide is also worth looking at, pretty amusing.

Im currently reading a lot of sci-fi by author Peter Hamilton. Some really beefy books, but well done. Can start out a bit slow, but they usually pick up pretty quick and then its hard to put them down.

 

Just about to finish " How to Prosper During The Coming Bad Years in the 21st century".

 

Right now I am reading Next Man Up by John Feinstein.

 

I'm reading the book Slumdog Millionaire. Yes, it was a book before it was a flick.

 

you want an awesome award or something? :tongue2:

 

How about a cookie?

 

anything for you

 

Sounds interesting, might have to check it out. :up:

 

*BUMP*



Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club, has a new book out called "PYGMY". It's about a 13-Year Old foreign exchange student sent to America to live with a Christian, Caucasian family. The catch is this foreign exchange student is actually a terrorist sent to attack the United States.

I RARELY (maybe once in the last 6 years) buy and read a book. But I think Im gonna pick up this baby this weekend.

 

"THE CORPS" by W.E.B. Griffin, a fictional ten novel series on the U.S. Marine Corps beginning in 1939 - 1952. Around 8000 pages.

THE CORPS begins with the adventures of a group of China Marines prior to the breakout of war in the Pacific in another multi-volume set that climaxes with a band of renegade Marines holed up on Mindinao at the end of World War II. Griffin's ear for dialogue, comprehensive research and personal knowledge of career military men and women lends these wartime sagas an aura of authenticity, adventure, romance and exciting reading.

 

Sounds interesting. Let us know what you think about it.

 

When I ever get the opportunity I'm going to sit down and start reading the Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire Series by Charlaine Harris. (the books that the HBO show True Blood is based on)

 

Man...I don't do Vampires! I got enough of that stuff back in the late 50's watching Shock Theater.

 

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IINM, just about all those books have been on the Best-Seller list.

 

:lol: That one has me confused, In_Flames. Help me out a little with it.

 

lol, it's all good brother...you don't wanna know. I'm just not familiar with this shock theatre experience you're referring to. :lol: