Fat Freddy Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Gonna start Stephen King's CELL tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aMetalhead1966 Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I'm reading the newspaper And since hardly anyone does that anymore, I thank you from the bottom of my heart as a representative of the beleagured (spelling?) newspaper industry. Seriously folks, support your local newspaper. They're cutting heads left and right in this industry, I'm too old to learn a new trade and I got kids to feed dammit! I'm Ole School...I read the local paper everyday....I will admit that the "writing" has gone WAY down hill...but there is still something about the early morning paper, coffee and donuts...ahhhh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Freddy Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 My next book was going to be Stephen King's "Cell" till I went to return some books my kids had borrowed from the library and saw this on the "New Release" shelf: I've loved the "Hitchhiker's Guide" series since I was in high school, so I've been cautiously excited about this one. (I didn't even know it was out in the U.S. yet). The idea of someone other than the late Douglas Adams writing a "Hitchhiker's" novel has been controversial in some fan circles, but supposedly this new guy was hand picked by Douglas' widow to continue the saga, using some notes/ideas Douglas had written before his death. Sounds like a decent endorsement to me. Hope the guy can pull it off. Any other "Hitchhiker's" fans (besides Dark Star) around here? Didja read this one yet? If so, thoughts? And as always... forty-two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsf Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 I didn't realize how many books I'd read since my last post. I don't even remember what I've read/posted, but I've worked my way through a few wrestler bios; Adam Copeland "On Edge", Eddie Guerrero "Cheating Death, Stealing Life" (really sad in hind sight; he finally seemed to have gotten his life in order), DDP "Positively Page". (Though some of those might be last summer; my life blends together; must be the age/alcohol.) Read "Boys of Summer" about the 1980 US Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Team, some crap book for work "The Essential 55". Also, "The Rat Pack: Neon Nights with the Kings of Cool". Earlier this fall, I read Andy Taylor's autobio "Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran". Good read; I enjoyed it tremendously. Also "Born Round" by NYT Food Critic Frank Bruno and "Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business" by Sonny West. Both of those were good reads also, particularly the West book (because of my fascination with Elvis). Just finished the Ava Gardner biography "Love is nothing". After reading her name in so many Sinatra bios, I was curious enough. Wow, what a weird, wild, (sad) ride her life was. Just started Chelsea Handler's "My Horizontal Life". Pretty funny. If it's all true, she was/is a whooah! (Picked up Craig Ferguson's "American on Purpose" today. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE "The Late, Late Show", so I'm thinking this one will be right up my alley. Can't wait to get started! And I got Tennessee Williams' "Memoirs".) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heaven&hell Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I'm reading a 600 page WWII book that was updated by Stephen Ambrose(Band of Brothers, D Day). This is going to take me an eternity to read as it's not only really long but has some great pictures with long captions so I find myself stopping to read those as well. I'm only a chapter in but so far so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widda Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Just finished a really good Robert McCammon book ------ Mystery Walk. Liked it so much, gonna buy a copy of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan3000 Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 Sprinkler Fitting Level Four...good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Freddy Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 Just finished a really good Robert McCammon book ------ Mystery Walk. Liked it so much, gonna buy a copy of it. McCammon rules. Ever read BOY'S LIFE? Faaaaaaan-friggin-TASTIC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsane Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 Sprinkler Fitting Level Four...good stuff. In the fire sprinkler industry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaffas Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 WOOHOO!! I finished my first book in over a year! Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler As unpredictable as Scoobydoo... been reading this guy for years but very over him. All the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaffas Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 Bang Your Head: The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal by David Konow Awesome book. I'm reading 'The Secret Diaries of Adrain Mole' at the moment. Adrian Mole..... i think i read that when i was 11! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaffas Posted December 29, 2009 Report Share Posted December 29, 2009 reading "One Good Run - the bio of Burt Munro" decent.. HAHA. Aug 21 2007.... only two books since then. well done me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 "Double Cross"- James Patterson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 In Search of the Immortals: Mummies, Death and the Afterlife - Howard Reid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdjunky41 Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I got this small book for christmas and it cracks me up.. It's called THE BATHROOM BLOOPERS BOOK.. It's all about stupid remarks Politicians, Actors, and Sports personalities make in the headlines.. DAN QUAYLE and YOGI BERRA are in it alot.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockposer Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 The Ghost - Robert Harris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widda Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 Summer Of Night - Dan Simmons Can not put this down. so omg good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharatan Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 novoa & lawn- fabricating europe: the formation of an education space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockposer Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Just starting Skin Privilege by Karin Slaughter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsf Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Ended up finishing that Chelsea Handler book (it was a breezy read; definitely would've been better as a library checkout) and now moved on to Bill Shatner's "Up Till Now". So far, it seems pretty interesting. I think I'll like it. The next three should be interesting. As much as I want to rip into that Craig Ferguson bio, I think I'm going to go with Tennessee Williams Memoirs next. I have a feeling that could be long. Then maybe the Doc Holliday bio. Finish up with Craig near the end of the school year. (Or maybe even in the summer, if the 2 before it are as lengthy as I think.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan3000 Posted January 2, 2010 Report Share Posted January 2, 2010 Sprinkler Fitting Level Four...good stuff. In the fire sprinkler industry? Yes sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharatan Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 pierre kropotkine-the conquest of bread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widda Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 Elizabeth Taylor book by J. Randy Terriborelli.....was $4 at borders the other day. I have been spending so much time in bed lately, been going through alot of books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaffas Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Reading The Horse Whisperer by some dude... its a girl book and it blows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Life in the Bus Lane - Tony Bell. I picked up the info about this on this book from the AOR-FM website, I kind of knew Tony in passing from my Banshee, Jillys (Rockworld) days. He was in a band called AOK with another guy I used to know pretty well called Rob Naylor (ex Sam Thunder), so I guess I got to know him through Rob (or maybe Nic Bennet, or even Tex also both ex S.T.....I dunno) .... anyway I always thought AOK were gonna make it as there was a bit of a buzz around them at the time, as there was Sam Thunder before them. Sadly they didn't but Tony has got off his arse and written this book, and it's damn funny. I've dipped into bits of it over the last few days and it captures the feel of the Rockworld of the mid to late 80's early 90's just great. But the main story is about Tony's attempts to "make it", and having started to read it in earnest now it's turning out to be a superb read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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