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The Guardian has an interesting article of the best novels so far. I love the inclusion of Diaz and The Corrections. I'm surprised that The Road was considered a "runner up" though I bet it moves up the rankings in the future. No list can be without its flaws right...

Loving this book!! About 115 pages to go, should be a great weekend finish.

Loved the Doctorow book, just finished it yesterday. The:eek: Collyer brothers:confused: were quite something else. I've always enjoyed Doctorow's writing and I think Ragtime was masterful in how it wove in multiple characters in all of their complexities in a smooth story, absolutely...

This Is How You Lose Her. I really liked it, it reminded me of Sandra Cisneros's book The House on Mango Street, only from a male perspective. It was more of a novella, but I liked it as much as I did The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which was the first book of his that I read. I highly...

Just starting the Junot Diaz book tonight. I'm done with Dawkins and I can't wait for the opening lines of the Karen Armstrong book.

A lot of it has to do with who the reader is. I love reading Simon Winchester. Listening to him is entirely another matter.

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Love the avatar-Ferdinand the Bull rocks! Another political banned book.

I've really been surprised by her success. She graduated from UNL and wrote a column for the Omah World-Herald for a year or so. She got some "hate letters" in the letters to the editor section when she wrote about coming home drunk from a bar crawl. One of her books has also been targeted by...

Excellent sociological read on female aggression. The complexity of it is truly something to marvel at. I'm not sure if I understand it still.

I read this one a few years ago and never made it the entire way through. I've started and stopped a few times, just could never get into it though. I did read his: "A New Earth" book that Oprah shilled for. He focuses on simplistic Buddhist principles such as being present in the now, as...

I've been noticing these books a lot in various libraries and under arms. On a whim, I went ahead and ordered the series. You can't judge a book by its cover, but you sure can purchase one that way. :) Any fans, critics, or people who dig dystopian novels about science gone awry?:devillook...

Anyone here still read books?

A rabbit trail on this subject You should be embarrassed to read YA http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/06/against_ya_adults_should_be_embarrassed_to_read_children_s_books.html I'm currently reading Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I feel justified in doing so after...

An older kindle...something used to actually read. I'm sad about the day that mine died. I still keep it for sentimental reasons, though my significant other doens't know why in the world I would do that. In the old days, people kept the oven heated irons around as door stops and such. Not...

Don't know if we should be talking about chickens. Doing so makes me sad and it's kind of depressing. I only talk about good things, this is just fowl.

Lucky for your husband, you didn't pick up books written in braille. :D I would've asked her on what basis would she pick a book? I would then talk extensively about buying books based on how much they weigh as a heavy book, certainly has some deeeeeep thoughts and plots. :devillook

My country is out, who should I adopt to root for? :devillook