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Re: Rate the last book you read.
« Reply #370 on: January 29, 2010, 01:57:55 PM »
I started reading it a year or two ago and was really enjoying it, but it kind if lost my interest in the agriculture section and it fell by the wayside for me. I'll definitely have to pick it back up soon though.

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Re: Rate the last book you read.
« Reply #371 on: January 29, 2010, 02:56:22 PM »
As a casual reader I didn't find it to be one of those books I could pick up and burn through on sheer interest of what I was reading. It was a bit of a grind. Educational, but tough.

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Re: Rate the last book you read.
« Reply #372 on: January 29, 2010, 05:12:33 PM »
Diamond has a follow-up to Guns, Germs, and Steel which is Collapse, evidently discussing the fall of human societies. 

Thx to everyone for weighing in on my question.
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Re: Rate the last book you read.
« Reply #373 on: January 29, 2010, 06:39:13 PM »
Diamond has a follow-up to Guns, Germs, and Steel which is Collapse, evidently discussing the fall of human societies. 

Thx to everyone for weighing in on my question.

I didnt like Collapse as much. There are no new ideas in it. Still a good read though.

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Re: Rate the last book you read.
« Reply #374 on: January 29, 2010, 07:48:34 PM »
Me Cheeta - Lever, 2008
I'm sure if I'd read hundreds of Hollywood biographies and memoirs, this would be a hoot. As is, it was dull and painful, and I couldn't be done with it soon enough. Awful. How it made the Booker long list I'll never know.

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Re: Rate the last book you read.
« Reply #375 on: January 30, 2010, 09:58:14 AM »
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

First off, I finished it! What a beast. So much I could go on about but I'll keep it short. Great pacing and buildup to the last onhundred pages. Probably too slow for most...or maybe not since it's a NYT bestseller. The great wit in the book is what I gravitate to the most. I laughed a lot at the dry humor contained in the book. The implementation of magic is interesting and a lot more subtle and scientific that most fantasy works. Great stuff. Probably one of the best modern books I read (although I despise most of modern literature).

I hope Susanna Clarke writes more stuff along these lines. She could even just drop the fantasy and write a great period piece in my opinion.

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Re: Rate the last book you read.
« Reply #376 on: February 02, 2010, 04:10:36 PM »
The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut

Made me feel a little small and lost in the universe, and then it made me laugh.

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Re: Rate the last book you read.
« Reply #377 on: February 02, 2010, 09:11:17 PM »
The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut

Made me feel a little small and lost in the universe, and then it made me laugh.

Yep, it was good.
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Re: Rate the last book you read.
« Reply #378 on: February 02, 2010, 09:41:06 PM »
The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut

Made me feel a little small and lost in the universe, and then it made me laugh.

Yep, it was good.

Hey Vonnegut, do you read lips?

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Re: Rate the last book you read.
« Reply #379 on: February 04, 2010, 12:46:17 AM »
The Beauty Queen of Leenanne - Martin McDonnagh.

Yes, the dude that wrote In Bruges started his rise to fame by writing plays. This one was way darker than In Bruges, which is hard to do, but still quite funny. There are a couple of scenes that are spectacularly funny and then I hated myself for laughing. So it was good.

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