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Started by dazie, January 01, 2009, 09:34:32 PM

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dazie

In the past few days I've read "Valhalla Rising" by Clive Cussler, "In Her Shoes" by Jennifer Weiner and "Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes and More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters" by Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson.

The first two are enjoyable fluff, good vacation reading.  The third (which I actually read first) is an excellent book if you like NPR.  Good stories, some heartrending, most pretty fun.  Plus recipes, which are always a treat. 

So what are you guys reading?
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

dc

#1
"Lump of Coal" by Lemony Snicket

"The Fourth Bear" by Jasper Fforde

*Edit* -- And "BAAA" by David Macaulay

grace

New Orleans--authentic recipes celebrating the foods of the world.

Letters by Henry Miller.

BigDun

Reading: It's A Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection by Bill Watterson

Listening to: Woken Furies (Unabridged) by Richard K. Morgan
16:26:25 [DownSouth] I'm in a monkey rutt

nishi

i just re-set my brain by re-reading the entire aubrey-maturin series by patrick o'brian.

i think it helped.

now i'm reading the newest novel by jim harrison, "the english major". i adore him, but so far this one isn't outstanding.
"we left the motherland to settle a colony on Juntoo.  hats with belt buckles."
-catchr

<- this is a prankapple.

Infobahn

I am reading
Harold and the Magic Crayon
To Andy.

eo000

too fat to fish, by artie lang

swolt

I am reading:
"Angel Customers and Demon Customers"
"Designing a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure"
and
"Coyote Blue"

Coyote Blue I got for Christmas and it's pretty funny.
A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Beefy


Infobahn


Beefy


Infobahn

Quote from: Beefy on January 02, 2009, 01:07:59 PM
Quote from: Infobahn on January 02, 2009, 12:54:41 PM
Quote from: Beefy on January 02, 2009, 12:40:44 PM
Lots of blogs lately.
I am loving Google Reader.

I am now looking that up.
It is nice as I can read my RSS feeds from ANY computer or my iPhone (or Blackberry).


Jessie

Im finishing draft 2 of Carroll's book, but yesterday I bought War and Peace, Atonement, and Under the Banner of Heaven.

I've also been reading Digital Photographers Handbook.
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

VikingJuice

Quote from: Jessie on January 02, 2009, 06:48:45 PM
Im finishing draft 2 of Carroll's book, but yesterday I bought War and Peace, Atonement, and Under the Banner of Heaven.

I've also been reading Digital Photographers Handbook.

What do you think of the Digital Photographer's Handbook?  I've been contemplating buying something like that very recently but haven't gotten off my ass to make it happen yet.

Alice

Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs and a zombie haiku book.

Jessie

Quote from: VikingJuice on January 02, 2009, 11:57:45 PM
Quote from: Jessie on January 02, 2009, 06:48:45 PM
Im finishing draft 2 of Carroll's book, but yesterday I bought War and Peace, Atonement, and Under the Banner of Heaven.

I've also been reading Digital Photographers Handbook.

What do you think of the Digital Photographer's Handbook?  I've been contemplating buying something like that very recently but haven't gotten off my ass to make it happen yet.
The one I bought is from 2002 (it was only $6) and it's dated, and I'm not fond of how it's written.  I haven't learned much from it.

I want this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Photography-Book-Scott-Kelby/dp/032147404X

I just haven't bought it yet.
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

Infobahn

You would be better off reading a couple of blogs about Digital Photography, as things change so often.  Also, you can ask questions and see example and join contests.  One of the best bloggers out there (I met him at Blog World) also runs a website for digital photography.  Start here:


http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/

dazie

I 2nd Info's suggestion.

See if you can get on a newsletter list.  I used to be on one for PhotoShop that was great, I'm assuming there are similar ones out there for photography.

I'm now reading "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" btw.  Lubs me some Half Price Books.  $1!
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

BigDun

I just read Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves (I read it in one day). Last night I started Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler.
16:26:25 [DownSouth] I'm in a monkey rutt

Infobahn

Quote from: BigDun on January 03, 2009, 01:15:53 PM
...Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler.
That sounds like an Oprah selection right there.

Jessie

Quote from: Infobahn on January 03, 2009, 10:46:43 AM
You would be better off reading a couple of blogs about Digital Photography, as things change so often.  Also, you can ask questions and see example and join contests.  One of the best bloggers out there (I met him at Blog World) also runs a website for digital photography.  Start here:


http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/
I've read a lot on that site.  Sometimes I like to get off the internet and hold a book in my hands, though.  Books can also go in my camera bag.  My computer and the whole internet can't.
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

Gamplayerx

I am reading some really silly book called "Undead and Unwed" that I got from the ship's library.  It seems to be about a blond former model turned vampire queen who really loves designer shoes. 

eo000

i've moved on from too fat to fish, to the bro code.

Jessie

I read all of Atonement this weekend.  It's a very good book.  The movie is an excellent adaptation, near perfect, really.
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

BigDun

Quote from: Gamplayerx on January 04, 2009, 07:46:05 PM
I am reading some really silly book called "Undead and Unwed" that I got from the ship's library.  It seems to be about a blond former model turned vampire queen who really loves designer shoes. 

That book is the first in a series. I've listened to the first 3 or 4 of them. They are mindless fun.
16:26:25 [DownSouth] I'm in a monkey rutt

Gamplayerx

Quote from: BigDun on January 05, 2009, 12:26:39 AM
Quote from: Gamplayerx on January 04, 2009, 07:46:05 PM
I am reading some really silly book called "Undead and Unwed" that I got from the ship's library.  It seems to be about a blond former model turned vampire queen who really loves designer shoes. 

That book is the first in a series. I've listened to the first 3 or 4 of them. They are mindless fun.
Good to know.  :D

dazie

To Kill a Mockingbird.

Much much better than I remember it being when I had to read it in high school.  I wrote a paper on it, comparing it to SE Hinton's The Outsiders.  Wish I still had it to see what kind of BS I spouted.  :)
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

Jessie

we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

Beefy

I've been on the verge of starting Little Brother for a while now.

grace

architectural salvage sites & blogs

VikingJuice

the label on my underwear.  Next to size it says "DAMN!!"

pumpkineye

the most frustrating pattern in the history of my knitting life.  I have probably looked at this piece of paper and re-read it over and over in the time it took you all to finish your books.

dazie

Have you tried writing it out yourself?  I found that if I was working on something that was like "K2 P4 KO repeat til end" or whatever, it helped to get some lined paper and write out every single line of knitting, especially if there was a repeat.  Then, when you finish each row of knitting, cross off the corresponding line on the paper.
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

pumpkineye



its the chart of the design that is killing me.  The number of stitches in the design, the size of the squares, the colors I picked.... all a bad combo it seems.

dazie

I hate following charts, so I feel your pain.  I tried some illusion knitting a while back and finally just gave up. 
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

Alice

I like the colors.

I'm jealous, I wish I had the patience for knitting.

pumpkineye

Quote from: Alice on January 27, 2009, 01:25:24 PM
I like the colors.

I'm jealous, I wish I had the patience for knitting.
it does kind of take over.

dc

Everybody go read some John Updike....

Only because he passed away today.  I wouldn't recommend him for any other reason.

Beefy

Quote from: dc on January 27, 2009, 07:34:53 PM
Everybody go read some John Updike....

Only because he passed away today.  I wouldn't recommend him for any other reason.

I've thought about reading The Witches of Eastwick a few times.

dazie

"Love in the Time of Cholera"

Not bad, but kind of difficult to pay attention to.  The author tends toward short transitions between story lines, and sometimes I have a hard time following what's going on.

Not bad though- I'm curious to see how it all pans out.

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Time-Cholera-Vintage-International/dp/0307387143/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238088192&sr=8-1
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

Jessie

we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

BigDun

16:26:25 [DownSouth] I'm in a monkey rutt

meredith

Quote from: dazie on March 26, 2009, 12:24:01 PM
"Love in the Time of Cholera"

Not bad, but kind of difficult to pay attention to.  The author tends toward short transitions between story lines, and sometimes I have a hard time following what's going on.

Not bad though- I'm curious to see how it all pans out.

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Time-Cholera-Vintage-International/dp/0307387143/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238088192&sr=8-1

QUITE THE GUT-WRENCHING READ
...
THE BOOK LEFT ME FLUSHED
...
IT RISES ABOVE THE USUAL CRAP



sorry


Beefy

I got the new issues of Wired, Video Watchdog, and Rolling Stone.

Gamplayerx

I'm not reading anything.  I've read everything I have here.  I need a book.

dots

You're an asshole and I hate you.

Jessie

Quote from: Jessie on March 26, 2009, 12:53:24 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Dress-Codes-Girlhoods-My-Mothers-Fathers/dp/B000HWYXCM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238089963&sr=8-1

Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods---My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine
I picked this up at the flea market so I'd have something to read while eating lunch alone.  Turned out to be a pretty good book.
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

dazie

It looks interesting. 

I'm still slogging through Love...Cholera, but now I'm also reading "Michael Tolliver Lives" and "Baghdad Without a Map" which are both much better.
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

Gamplayerx

I went to the library. Now I'm reading some quality trash and am totally content:  Plum Spooky

ReBurn

Whatever it is you're reading I'd rather just watch the DVD version.
11:42:24 [Gamplayerx] I keep getting knocked up.
11:42:28 [Gamplayerx] Er. OUT!

Gamplayerx

It'd be awesome if they made a DVD version of the Stephanie Plum books.  How fun would that be?