|
I somehow have missed this thread for a while, but I got a bunch of stuff from Borders closing sale. First book up is Foucalt's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
|
#
¿
Oct 27, 2011 14:13
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 14, 2024 23:11 |
|
|
pakman posted:When I read this, I wasn't sure what to think of it. It's definitely interesting to watch what happens and how the narrator gets caught up in what's going on as well as the people that "the things in the plot" are happening to. Trying not to spoiler it as I'm not sure how far along in the book you are. Just finished Foucault's Pendulum and its a very interesting, yet extremely difficult book, to get through. There are large chunks I had to read more than once and I still dont understand big parts of it. But like The Name of the Rose I consider it worth it. Next I plan to read either The Map of Time, Hitler, or Washington, the last two being biographies.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 20, 2011 06:42
|
|
in the opening chapter, however.
|
OK just finished the Map of Time. It wasn't what I was expecting from the cover or the description but still a very entertaining book. We got it for 9 dollars hardback at Half-Prce Books and it was well worth it.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 26, 2011 16:09
|
|
|
About to start a complete collection of all the Western stories Elmore Leonard wrote. 12 bucks at Books-A-Million. All these were written back in the 50s or thereabout it seems.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 27, 2012 16:41
|
|
|
Bought "Naked Lunch" and "The Activist" last night. Activist concerns John Marshall, his ruling on Marbury v Madison and how it has affected the judiciary ever since then. But still reading a Knight Templar book so they'll have to wait.
|
|
#
¿
May 4, 2012 14:27
|
|
|
Re-read Chernow's biography on Washington and am going to his bio on Hamilton next. Also picked up Black's biographies on Nixon and FDR.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 7, 2012 07:41
|
|
|
I think if the cover of Lolita makes you uncomfortable and afraid of being seen in public with it, its doing its job.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 28, 2012 17:19
|
|
|
Started a biography of John Bankhead Magruder, an officer in the Civil War. It was written by my History professor so thats pretty cool. He gave me an autographed signed copy. For only 36 dollars.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 16, 2012 16:29
|
|
|
Picked up The Yard by Alex Grecian. The funny thing is I like mysteries and I like Victorian London stories and this book has both so I really enjoy this book. I guess that wasn't actually funny at all. Good book though.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 24, 2013 18:58
|
|
|
A Song of Ice and Fire series 
|
|
#
¿
Apr 22, 2013 04:46
|
|
|
busfahrer posted:Just started reading The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon. Full version or abridged?
|
|
#
¿
Jun 30, 2013 06:21
|
|
|
"The House of Silk." A Holmes novel authorized by the Doyle estate. I loves me some Sherlock Holmes.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 2, 2013 00:03
|
|
|
Finished "The House of Silk" 2 days ago. Really enjoyed it. Gonna try out "A History of the American Revolution" by Alden next.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 9, 2013 23:07
|
|
|
I had burned through the first 4 Game of Thrones books like 2 or 3 months ago. Now I'm finally getting around to Dance with Dragons. e: WITH, not of.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 28, 2013 15:32
|
|
|
Oldstench posted:Finshed Pines (crap, don't read) and started It. read it before?
|
|
#
¿
Sep 12, 2013 21:43
|
|
|
I envy anyone reading IT for the first time.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 12, 2013 21:54
|
|
|
I just finished The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein and am going to start Jon Meacham's Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power next.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 22, 2013 19:24
|
|
|
Got Ship of Theseus for Christmas and am enjoying it so far.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 1, 2014 18:28
|
|
|
I really enjoyed Things Fall Apart and I hope that you do too.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 8, 2014 20:21
|
|
|
Started up Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton again after an aborted attempt awhile back.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 3, 2014 21:02
|
|
|
ulvir posted:figured it was time to read One Hundred Years of Solitude RIP
|
|
#
¿
Apr 21, 2014 17:22
|
|
|
Ezzum posted:
This describes my relationship with every Eco book I've read.
|
|
#
¿
May 4, 2014 17:50
|
|
|
Just started "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William Shirer. Its a big book but then again I'm a big man.
|
|
#
¿
May 19, 2014 18:10
|
|
|
To me the odd books in the series seem to pay off what the even books build up.
|
|
#
¿
May 20, 2014 17:10
|
|
|
It seems the title is dismissive of people who wasted their time "breeding"
|
|
#
¿
Jun 27, 2014 19:56
|
|
|
Gooble Gobble posted:Just started Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco Oh poo poo
|
|
#
¿
Jul 11, 2014 13:48
|
|
|
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
|
|
#
¿
Aug 4, 2014 18:00
|
|
|
S was an enjoyable book but some rear end in a top hat kids had written all over my copy.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 8, 2014 14:49
|
|
|
Re-reading Frankenstein.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 4, 2014 06:02
|
|
|
The order of the death's head by Heinz hohne.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 9, 2014 01:13
|
|
|
The Somnambulist by Barnes.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 26, 2015 04:50
|
|
|
I really enjoyed Ship of Theseus
|
|
#
¿
Feb 22, 2016 19:01
|
|
|
Blood Meridian
|
|
#
¿
Nov 18, 2016 07:02
|
|
|
Rebel Yell, about Stonewall Jackson in the Civil War
|
|
#
¿
Nov 29, 2016 17:47
|
|
|
The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock. The sticker covered most of the word Devil so it jus said The D All the Time which I have to believe was intentional. I hope everyone gets a chuckle out of it like I did. Also Stephen Kings IT
|
|
#
¿
Jun 5, 2017 04:17
|
|
|
"Shardik" by Richard Adams
|
|
#
¿
Oct 2, 2017 02:04
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 14, 2024 23:11 |
|
|
The North Water by Ian McGuire
|
|
#
¿
Aug 27, 2018 04:50
|
|