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Reply #210 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 8:24pm

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 8:02pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 7:48pm:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:34pm:

Emma wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:15pm:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 7:58pm:

I've just finished 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' which I absolutely loved and have just started 'Deliverance.'

So far, so good.

Next on my list is Huxley's 'Brave New World.'

Yes I read Deliverance many yrs (decades) ago ...scary stuff... the movie was pretty good actually..

Brave New World..... again.. read many yrs ago... but definitely worth it.

Have you read Animal House..? by Hmm jeez there goes the memory.

Do you mean Orwell's Animal Farm? I started it, but couldn't get into it. I enjoyed 1984 though. I should probably give Animal Farm another crack. I like dystopian novels. 'The Handmaid's Tale' is one of my favourite reads ever.

Animal Farm is a great read.

It's only short, so it won't take too long.

'The Handmaid's Tale' - wonderful book. Thanks for reminding me - I might read that again.

Currently reading (among about 7 other books) Personal History - Katharine Graham.

Is it good? I struggle with proper autobiographies. Even Stephen Fry's which I thought I'd love. The only one I've ever really enjoyed was Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis, which was totally unexpected.

Only a few pages in, so too early to tell.

I have Scar Tissue, somewhere - I must get that out. Thanks again for the reminder (I haven't read it yet).

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Reply #211 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 11:16pm

something old brits might remember..
I've been going thru old books I have...
and have read with fascination .. a series of three volumes entitled
"The Story of Britain"..... by
H A Clement..M A

first printed April 1943
reprinted June 1944 ,and January 1945, they are hardbacks and were, I think , school books, printed during the Second World War.

These are OLD books. !

Vol 1 - From the Earliest Times To 1485
Vol 2 - From 1485 To 1714
Vol 3 - From 1714 To 1942

If you want to know about the history of Great Britain... these are truly excellent reading... not novels.. just the facts... as perceived in 1942,,, when they were completed.

And truth is definitely stranger than fiction ..

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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #212 - Jul 19^th, 2014 at 12:12am really?? you are sucking his balls?? did you like it..??
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #213 - Jul 19^th, 2014 at 12:14am is this a new book?
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Reply #214 - Jul 19^th, 2014 at 12:29am

No..? guess not..

it is the same OLD tired sad story....

mysogynists (oops)
are such sad weak d heads .. their fellow males look at them in pity...
but usually say FA..
its domestic don't you know..??

better look up the spelling.. but you get the IDEA.. YEAH..??

Read all the BOOKS about your particular kink .. you will still not understand yourself.. so sad too bad..

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #215 - Jul 19^th, 2014 at 1:51pm That's one bit of his rubbish removed anyway.
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Reply #216 - Jul 19^th, 2014 at 1:56pm

Emma wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 11:16pm:

something old brits might remember..
I've been going thru old books I have...
and have read with fascination .. a series of three volumes entitled
"The Story of Britain"..... by
H A Clement..M A

first printed April 1943
reprinted June 1944 ,and January 1945, they are hardbacks and were, I think , school books, printed during the Second World War.

These are OLD books. !

Vol 1 - From the Earliest Times To 1485
Vol 2 - From 1485 To 1714
Vol 3 - From 1714 To 1942

If you want to know about the history of Great Britain... these are truly excellent reading... not novels.. just the facts... as perceived in 1942,,, when they were completed.

And truth is definitely stranger than fiction ..

There have been so many volumes like that by every other history don in the UK. I've got a few myself.
As you say, there's nothing like the facts. But there have been so many changes in interpretation in the last 30-40 years with the discovery of old documents & letters. It's fascinating stuff history.

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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #217 - Jul 19^th, 2014 at 5:39pm thanks for that bogarde73 .. yes definitely fascinating to be able to look back, not just at a broad scope of particular aspects of history... but to read it from such a comparatively 'old' source... and then looking at what we know now.. Not exactly Homer... nevertheless worth a read
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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Take the plan, spin it sideways Posts: 7057 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #218 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 5:31pm Deliverance was a bit of a let down, which could have been due to my high expectations of being scared or at the very least creeped out. I've changed my mind about what to read next - I'm giving Tim Winton's Eyrie a go. It'll be the first of his I've read.
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Reply #219 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 6:38pm

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 20^th, 2014 at 5:31pm:

Deliverance was a bit of a let down, which could have been due to my high expectations of being scared or at the very least creeped out.

I've changed my mind about what to read next - I'm giving Tim Winton's Eyrie a go. It'll be the first of his I've read.

Cloud Street and Dirt Music are worth a read.

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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Take the plan, spin it sideways Posts: 7057 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #220 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 7:03am Thanks, Greg. I'll put them on my list.
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Reply #221 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 10:14pm

Whoever it was who was having trouble seeing a book through to the end, maybe you could try short stories to ease back in to proper reading. Chekhov's The Looking Glass is good.

Calvino has a short story about a soldier on a train who sits next to a civilian woman. It's really, really good and quite short. I can't recall the name of it and I'm snuggled in now, but I will post it tomorrow when I can check out the bookcases.

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Pantheon Gold Member Offline Woke Posts: 1256 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #222 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 10:42pm The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith Everyone should read this.
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Reply #223 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 11:18pm

"The Amulet of Samarkand" by Jonathan Stroud. One of three in a series about magicians in modern-day London.

I needed a little light relief after Ken Wilber's "A Brief History of Everything".

Given that it's now 45 years since we landed on the moon, I'd suggest that anyone who hasn't read Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock" to give it a try. Even years later, it goes a loooong way to understanding the society we live in today.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #224 - Jul 22^nd, 2014 at 10:13am Pantheon wrote on Jul 21^st, 2014 at 10:42pm: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith Everyone should read this. Absolutely. It shouldn't but it does quite amaze me to find such original thinking so long ago.
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