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Post by vbplyr on Jun 27, 2005 15:10:27 GMT -6
Sometimes when I read a really good book, I can't put it down and read it through in one sitting. However when I read a great book, I take my time with it to make it last longer. "Exact Revenge" from Tim Green is one of the great ones.
Just finished Connelly's new one, "The Closers" - really good one.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jun 27, 2005 17:01:59 GMT -6
I'm still reading "Don Quixote" and have been working on it since March. It's about 1000 pages long, and given my slow reading speed and poor attention span, it will probably take me all year. But it is a great read, and I wouldn't want to rush through it......Jake
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Jun 28, 2005 8:29:34 GMT -6
Just finished the first page of Seuss' "Green Eggs & Ham".
LOVING IT!
Please don't anyone tell me how it ends -- I would hate for it to be ruined.
But damn, them pictures is great!
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jun 28, 2005 9:10:38 GMT -6
OK Sam I am...
This is one book that I happen to have read MANY times about 13-15 years ago, but its words still ring true in my memory.
Perhaps Seuss' MOST provocative work. An excellent allogory of sexual temptation and exploration and a mans resistance to ch-ch-change.
I will not reveal the ending, but I will say that "Sam I Am's" pressure to explore strange new 'taste's' is compelling to the point that I wanted yell at him No Means NO (or Baaaa). Physical human fraility to resist the forbidden is stretched to the limit, testing endurance. BUT OH the sweet release Seuss provides for a climax of this test of body and will.
Enjoy the book BB.. let us know what you think.
Gordon
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Post by Hedo69 on Jun 28, 2005 17:46:28 GMT -6
Gordon, That is the most awesome review of Green Eggs and Ham that I have ever seen. ;D I would be curious to know your take on One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish or the even deeper novel of Horton Hears a Who. Deb Whose favorite christmas cartoon is still the (old one only-not Jim Carrey) The Grinch who Stole Christmas.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jun 28, 2005 17:51:48 GMT -6
Hey, Deb - I'm a HUGE Grinch fan myself. I have the book, the DVD (the original, natch, with Thurl Ravenscroft), and even two Grinch Ties to wear to the office for those festive Christmas events!....Jake P.S. - the review was by Gordon, I believe, not Simon, even though it includes an ode to Sam
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Post by Christinko on Jun 28, 2005 18:04:14 GMT -6
"Go Dog, Go" was a big fav of mine, though I do recite almost the entire "Green Eggs & Ham" epic to my English classes at least once a semester (comes up during discussion of the ever-infamous Series Comma).
I detested "Are You My Mother."
As a youth, my mother did have me read "White Gloves and Party Manners," to prep me for the country club scene. Not Seuss, but I did learn to avoid licking my knife, to put my soup spoon on the saucer when not in use, and to always pass the salt & pepper together. Yawn.
Currently I'm finishing up an Issac Asimov science book about how the universe came to be...now I'm just starting to understand relativity, quarks (even the charmed ones), and the age of the universe. Oh baby. You know I'M a hit at cocktail parties.
Last night started a trashy historical romance (first one in more than a year) because I needed a fix...it's been a while. Well, maybe not a while, but a satisfying while. 1400s....Scottish lairds, heaving bosoms, quivering thighs....sweet release, throbbing manhoods. Just writing the word "tumescent" brings me pleasure. Sigh.
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Post by Hedo69 on Jun 28, 2005 20:38:01 GMT -6
Damn Jake,
You are sooo right. It musta been the "Sam" I am part that stuck in my subconscious. I fixed that error. Yep, love the Grinch....Ravenscroft's singing along with Karloff's narrating was pure melodical perfection.
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Post by Hedo69 on Jun 28, 2005 20:50:05 GMT -6
Historical Romances.....you gotta love em....milky globes, moist thighs, steely eyes, hard lips, true dislike always turning to true love, and can't forget the horny virgins. I still also enjoy a good one when I am in the mood...the books, not the horny virgins......
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jun 29, 2005 6:45:13 GMT -6
Deb said: In starting to do the background research on the Seuss book "One fish, two fish" (a book to which I am not near as well versed as I am with "Green Eggs and Ham"), I ran across the following review which pretty much hits the nail on the head with my thoughts on this "Political Thiller". (I do vehemently disagree with her assessment of "Green Eggs and Ham" however) Maddi Hausmann Sojourner "madhaus" saidFor those who are unsure of the reference to Procustes I offer this link... www.mythweb.com/teachers/why/basics/procrustes.htmlGordon
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Post by Hedo69 on Jun 30, 2005 9:25:22 GMT -6
Veddy veddy interesting (said in my best Sigmund Freud voice)
I have been on EBay today, looking for my very own Yink. Thanks Gordon!!!
Deb
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jul 1, 2005 2:37:23 GMT -6
Deb, If you find a Yink on EBay, let me know, I might want to invest in one myself!!
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Post by greeneyes on Jul 5, 2005 0:00:24 GMT -6
I'm still reading "Don Quixote" and have been working on it since March. It's about 1000 pages long, and given my slow reading speed and poor attention span, it will probably take me all year. But it is a great read, and I wouldn't want to rush through it......Jake Maybe your new glasses will help?
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Post by greeneyes on Jul 5, 2005 0:05:35 GMT -6
I'm afraid to ask what you guys' view on "Hop on Pop" (another Seuss classic) are?
"do you like to hop? Hop on Pop? Yes I like to Hop on Pop? Hop! Hop! on Pop!
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Post by jdmcowan on Jul 5, 2005 8:16:30 GMT -6
Just finished the first page of Seuss' "Green Eggs & Ham". Recently saw this on a T-shirt: I would drink beer with a goat on a boat in a box in my socks in a car at a bar I do, I do, I do like beer Slammed I am! Jeremy
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Post by Hazelita on Jul 9, 2005 6:32:54 GMT -6
Based on Bob's recommendation in the "DaVinci Code" thread I am currently reading Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I bought it to read on the plane when I went to visit Jakey last week but I didn't get started until I returned from the trip. I am reading it during my commute to/from work every day. I started on Tuesday and I'm already three-quarters of the way through.
This is an extremely thought-provoking book. It's got something for everyone: arts, science, religion, and lots of suspense! I'm thoroughly enjoying this book. Can't wait to see how it ends!
P.S. -- Those "ambigrams" are way cool!
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Post by vbplyr on Jul 17, 2005 7:20:19 GMT -6
The Kite Runner
Well written and horribly fascinating - the kind of book that you think about long after you put it down.
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Jul 18, 2005 20:47:29 GMT -6
Currently I'm finishing up an Issac Asimov science book about how the universe came to be...now I'm just starting to understand relativity, quarks (even the charmed ones), and the age of the universe. Oh baby. You know I'M a hit at cocktail parties. One thing that keeps me up at night is the fact that Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity Theory do not jive. That, folks, is some *serious* sh*t! (Trust me!) I wonder, Chris, whether you have come to realize that our universe came together in such a way that "by accident" it did not happen! There is a method to the madness, othewise it's a HUGE waste of space (not to mention you just don't make something out of nothing.....nada.....can't be done). On another note, do you *EVER* scream, "OH GOD!" ..................Bob
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Post by jdmcowan on Jul 19, 2005 8:38:23 GMT -6
Is anyone else reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince? I'm actually listening to it on CD, since I have a long drive to and from work and little time for sitting and doing casual reading.
Jeremy
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Jul 19, 2005 8:39:02 GMT -6
... othewise it's a HUGE waste of space (not to mention you just don't make something out of nothing.....). I find myself struck with that very same thought whenever I read one of your rants in the Political Discussion forum.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Jul 19, 2005 10:11:08 GMT -6
Is anyone else reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince? I'm actually listening to it on CD, since I have a long drive to and from work and little time for sitting and doing casual reading. Jeremy CD's are in the mail.. soon come mon.
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Post by drmryder on Aug 3, 2005 14:13:41 GMT -6
Whose favorite christmas cartoon is still the (old one only-not Jim Carrey) The Grinch who Stole Christmas. Oh that is my favorite! Skip Jim Carrey! Christmas isn't Christmas without a seeing little Cindy Lou Who! Okay, who else plays the Grinch game when they watch it?
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Post by drmryder on Aug 3, 2005 14:19:00 GMT -6
Is anyone else reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince? I'm actually listening to it on CD, since I have a long drive to and from work and little time for sitting and doing casual reading. Jeremy Plan on reading it when I'm done with Robert Jordan's books. I'll have to probably reread the book prior to the lastest Potter because I can't remember where it ended. I'm currently reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series. I'm on book 8 of 10 with books 11 and 12 to be done sometime in the next ten years.
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Post by Hazelita on Aug 3, 2005 19:02:09 GMT -6
The book I'm currently reading is by no means any great literary work. It's a diet book, the South Beach Diet, to be exact. Have been on the diet two weeks and have already lost 7 pounds!
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Aug 4, 2005 8:13:23 GMT -6
I'm skipping that one -- I'll wait for the movie.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 4, 2005 9:44:33 GMT -6
The book I'm currently reading is by no means any great literary work. It's a diet book, the South Beach Diet, to be exact. Have been on the diet two weeks and have already lost 7 pounds! Go for it Hazel!! I used that diet last year and dropped from 195 to 170, and I am still at 175 after slacking up from the strictest aspects of the diet. I am going to go back on it hard this fall, my goal is 160 (what I weighed 28 years ago, when I got married). GOOD LUCK!! Editted to add: My doc recommended the South Beach Diet as a way to get the cholestoral, LDL's and triglycerides down, the weight loss was a bonus.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Aug 4, 2005 9:50:56 GMT -6
When it comes to diets, I have a very negative attitude. My philosophy is, "A waste is a terrible thing to mind".
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 4, 2005 9:54:14 GMT -6
BB- When you put it that way I am positive you DO MEAN 'waste' and not 'waist'.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Aug 4, 2005 10:15:29 GMT -6
At this point, it's getting harder and harder to me to differentiate between my waist and my waste.
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Post by Christinko on Aug 4, 2005 12:31:01 GMT -6
Is that because you are full of shit? Grin!
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