03-02-2007, 12:13 PM | #31 |
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I've read everything on the list except Wuthering Heights. I tried, but I never could get into that one. Most of the list is in my read over and over category. But I must admit I've only read the Bible all the way through once. There are parts of Leviticus and Deuteronomy that don't bear repeating.
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03-02-2007, 01:20 PM | #32 |
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I discovered some years ago that the reason those parts are in there is so that you can read them aloud to church-campers to make them go to sleep at night. Very effective.
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If you like fun adventure books like this, give Clive Cussler a try. His dialog is sometimes fairly stilted, but his ideas are fun-- usually there's a historical event that ties in with a James Bond type world-threatening dilemma. I like the older books from the 70's and 80's the best. His 'Raise the Titanic' was a very entertaining book that was made into a bad movie. |
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03-02-2007, 11:21 PM | #34 |
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Another great book not yet mentioned is Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Coo Coos Nest" Additionally, it was one of the best full length books to film conversions I can remember.
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Clive's books were good up to about the Viking one... Valhalla Rising? After that they aren't worth the money. Sahara is IMHO the best of the series...
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Cussler. Thanks! I'll read that.
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Point taken Harry, I thought the 10-book series was a continuation of Battlefield: Earth; apparently I was wrong. It's been at least 15 or so years since I read the series, I seemed to have enjoyed it at the time, but now I see a lot of people saying there was a bit of Scientology snuck into the series. Can't say that I remember that too much, but it was a while back, and before that belief-system became aa prevalent as it is today. I'm almost scared to pick it back up again... Perhaps I've already had my neurons bathed...
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Ha ha was that the one with John Travolta? If yes I agree, that movie was BADDDDDDD........
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That's the one. Blechk.
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Hmmm this is what we have online... I really need to add the Bible but it takes a long long time to add such a book and I can't make a single mistake on this one...
1. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. 3. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. 7. "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte. 10. "Great Expectation" by Charles Dickens. Overall, I've read 6 out of these books, not that bad... |
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Just for fun I checked the current Top 10 sellers at the US Amazon site. (I have excluded the pre-orders for HP #7 and the audio books.) Here is the list:
1. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (editor) Of the books on the list I have read none. Yet somehow this makes me feel good about myself.
2. "In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing" by Lee Woodruff and Bob Woodruff 3. "Woman & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny" by Suze Orman 4. "A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah 5. "You On A Diet:The Owner's Manual for Waist Management" by Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen 6. "The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't" by Robert Sutton 7. "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 8. "Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don't Want" by Michael Losier 9. "The Watchman: A Joe Pike Novel: by Robert Crais 10. "Baseball Prospectus 2007: The Essential Guide to the 2007 Baseball Season" by Christina Kahrl (editor) and Steven Goldman (editor) |
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