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Good stuff.
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Secrets of the Samurai: A Survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan by Adele Westbrook
Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther? by Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr. (Actually, I finished it in 45 min.)
Tears for Water by Alicia Keys (again)
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Good stuff.
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At the risk of Vachss addiction, I'll pick it up from the campus library.
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Midnight Spectre 2.0 said: At the risk of Vachss addiction, I'll pick it up from the campus library.
Seriously, for the most part, he's excellent. This is my 5th Vachss book in 2 and a half (3?) weeks. I'm curious to know if you end up liking his stuff.
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I am, however, totally getting the Calvin & Hobbes book you linked to. I love Calvin & Hobbes and that compilation is going to be awesome!
I picked that up this week. It is teh awesome!!1!!1!EVAR!
Also been reading some stuff my girlfriend got me for my birthday- Batman: Year One and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Both of which I enjoyed very much.
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I'm halfway through The Fountainhead.
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Wow. This is one of the most underrated books I've ever read. A great additive are the glares I get from people around college when they see me reading Ayn Rand.
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I still haven't gotten around to reading the Fountainhead, but I will someday.
I would get horrible looks from people when I would read Atlas Shrugged at the university. I carried it around even when I wasn't reading it just to piss people off.
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My job, aside from the occasional outage, is a pretty low-stress job. It gives me a lot of time to read, and I average between 2 and 4 books a week. Last week, I read HG Wells' "Time Machine" and "Invisible Man", both of which I enjoyed (surprising, because I'm not a huge Science Fiction reader). Today I started Joe R. Lansdale's "Captains Outrageous" and, one chapter into it, I know I'm gonna burn through this within a day or two. I'm also re-reading "The Shining" at home.
So...what are you reading?
Joe, find yourself a copy of "The Drive In 2", by Joe R. Lansdale. You'll enjoy it!
I am re - reading Lester Del Rey's 1966 book, " Runaway Robot", which features a robot named Rex who runs away with his human companion, Paul, whom Rex had been responsible for since Paul was 3. Paul is 16 in the book. It's a very nicely written book!
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I opened a festering can of worms earlier in the summer and decided to restart Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. I'm now in the 10th book, Crossroads of Twighlight. I think he's written the 11th already, but the series is supposed to end at 12. That sonovabitch better finish soon before I read these last books and forget all the details from this incredibly long series.
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I know what you mean! I don't know if the series is going to end at 12 tho, there are a lot of plot points that need to be cleaned up. At one point it was said the last book would be 7 or 8, but that was obviously wrong.
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I got that information from the website. I think that things are shaping up to where it might be able to end at twelve. A lot of the loose ends are tying themselves up and hopefully Jordan can have a kickass conclusion.
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I'm now reading the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams.
(It was labeled as science fiction in the library.)
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Good stuff. Hope you like it.
I'm reading Marker by Robin Cook.
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Scream Queen by Edo Van Belkom. So far it sucks, but my OCD won't let me drop it now that I'm past the 100-page mark.
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Yeah, I'm like that too - if I've gotten past the 100 page mark I feel compelled to try and finish it. Unless it is just so awful that I cannot justify wasting more time on it - which is rare, but it happens. The Devil Wears Prada was one such book. It was so fuckin' boring I just couldn't waste another second on it. And yet, Hollywood made that tripe into a movie. Go figure.
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The only book I can think of that I couldn't finish reading was Once and Future king. I've tried reading it several times and can't get past the first chapter.
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Still reading: 'The Looking-Glass War' by John Le Carré
Have recently started: 'A Journey toward the Center of the Earth' by Jules Verne
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Journey To The Center of The Earth is one of my favorite books. I read it in high school. The book was more fun than the movie. You'll love it.
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I have seen a "modernized" movie in which the heroes uses a drilling machine to go down through the volcano. The network had some transmitting problem so I missed about half an hour in middle of the movie.  The book is indeed great.
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Hey Rex, I bought 'Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand at a 2nd hand store today.
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I still haven't read that.
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Started reading 1984 today.
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I know I'll at least get one of the inspirations for Frank Miller's Elektra. But I doubt I'd buy it for full price.
Still haven't found "Anthem" in a 2nd hand store, so maybe I'll buy it new someday.
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Due to the complete retardedness and incompetence of the Eugene bus system I have over an hour and half commute home from work.
that means I will be getting a lot of reading done. the Hitchhikers guide, The Black Dahlia, some Nick Hornby books and Animal Farm are all books I'm reading now or will be soon.
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I liked "About A Boy". The movie wasn't too bad but it missed the early 90's deal.
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I've finished "Journey To The Center of The Earth". Not sure what to read now (apart from The Mirror-Glass War). "King Salomon's Mines" or the 1st Modesty Blaise novel? 
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I like the movie, too, but had heard the book was better.
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The book was so bad it was funny. Go to the link in my sig for my review.
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Hmmmm...Interesting review...might or might not read the book someday..I have too many books here that are getting dusty waiting for me to read them.
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Myabe if you stopped posting so much you would have time to read more books.
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