12-15-2005, 02:11 AM | #1 |
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What books have you read this Year?
What books have you read this year and in particular which ones did you enjoy the most and would recommend to the Cougarguard masses?
I read the following: John Adams Angels & Demons The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Hubener vs. Hitler Sphere Animal Farm The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Atlas Shrugged Ric Flair: To Be The Man 1776 Deception Point The first 2 Chronicles of Narnia Books and I'm on the 3rd now. My favorite book was John Adams. I don't think I've ever read a more beautifully written book and it was easy for me to see how it won the Pulitzer. Atlas Shrugged was the toughest book I've read in terms of it's scope and message. A tough read, but a worthy one, and I'm glad I did. Moral relativism is an interesting concept presented by Ayn Rand, though I'm not sure I'll read any of her other stuff. I know a friend who liked Fountainhead just as much. I really enjoyed Angels & Demons. A crackling good adventure yarn with some surprising twists. I thought it was better than Da Vinci Code. Next I think I'm going to read Rough Stone Rolling, the new Joseph Smith biopic by Bushman. |
12-15-2005, 04:30 AM | #2 | |
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Re: What books have you read this Year?
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I was kind of disappointed in "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time". Didn't do much for me. I thought last few lines in Sphere were pretty cool, but I am surprised how many people don't like the ending. |
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12-15-2005, 03:22 PM | #3 |
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Curious Incident didn't do much for me either. When I expressed that opinion I was told I was insensitive by a few posters on Cougarboard.
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12-15-2005, 05:04 PM | #4 |
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I am never good at remembering the books I have read
Here goes for this year:
To Kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee Goodbye Mr Chips - James Hilton Bag of Bones - Stephen King Ghost Story - Peter Straub The Devils Teardrop - Jeffery Deaver Kirkland Revels - Victoria Holt The Man in the Brown Coat - Agatha Christie some other book by Jeffery Deaver Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain Brian Piccolo: A short season - Jeannie Morris A Christmas Carol - Dickens Bleak House - Dickens Mystery of the Nile: The Epic Story of the First Descent of the World's Deadliest River - Richard Bangs, Pasquale Scaturro Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck I know there were some more, but I can think of them I am currently reading The Historian. I like it but have been busy lately so havent been able to sit down get throught it. I am also reading Les Miserables by Hugo but I am doing that in french so it is taking forever. I need to start back up again. I will be getting Rough Stone Rolling for christmas so I plan on reading that next as well |
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