Books, Books, Books.

Alfred · Post by **Alfred** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 2:21 am

this is a rather pointless piece of information but i still find it monumental for me.

i'm reading a book called analytical & experimental physics, and some of it is actually sticking. :-2

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:13 am

Well it should stick! You love that stuff.

I am reading Ouspensky's The Fourth Way, an unusual read for me.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:41 am

I'm currently reading a book called "Why the West has Won." its a military history book, its very interesting.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:27 pm

Galbally wrote: I'm currently reading a book called "Why the West has Won." its a military history book, its very interesting.
Who wrote it, Galbally?

How do the Native Americans turn out in it?

Lil~Basco · Post by **Lil~Basco** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:59 pm

I'm reading the book "Why Do Men Have Nipples," by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg. Hundeds of questions you'd only ask a doctor after your third martini. Very enlightening, to say the least. :wah:

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:31 pm

Lil~Basco wrote: I'm reading the book "Why Do Men Have Nipples," by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg. Hundeds of questions you'd only ask a doctor after your third martini. Very enlightening, to say the least. :wah:
Do you have the answer yet?

Do share!

Yavanna · Post by **Yavanna** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:03 am

Men have nipples to torture them with the thought that they once had a nice pair of breasts of their very own........:p

theia · Post by **theia** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:49 am

Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life by James Hollis. He's a Jungian analyst and he writes so lucidly and wisely about making our lives meaningful and finding out about the complexes that interfere with our living.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:21 pm

chonsigirl wrote: Who wrote it, Galbally?

How do the Native Americans turn out in it?

Damn, I just gave it too someone to read, I can't remember his name but he is from California and a military historian. The book was actually brilliant, it went from the battle of Salamis circa 370 B.C. to the Tet offensive in 1968 and outlined the reasons why the author believes that Western armies have always (in general) defeated either Asian, African, or American counterparts in military struggles or when it has been defeated it is always in somewhere that is not the west by armies using Western tactics and weapons. This is the reason he cites with making the Western world the predominant military, economic, and cultural power in the world. Its a very interesting book, and even if you don't share that point of view it makes for thought provoking reading.

Unfortunatly for the native Americans, they get a right hammering off the white boys

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:17 pm

Galbally wrote: Damn, I just gave it too someone to read, I can't remember his name but he is from California and a military historian. The book was actually brilliant, it went from the battle of Salamis circa 370 B.C. to the Tet offensive in 1968 and outlined the reasons why the author believes that Western armies have always (in general) defeated either Asian, African, or American counterparts in military struggles or when it has been defeated it is always in somewhere that is not the west by armies using Western tactics and weapons. This is the reason he cites with making the Western world the predominant military, economic, and cultural power in the world. Its a very interesting book, and even if you don't share that point of view it makes for thought provoking reading.

Unfortunatly for the native Americans, they get a right hammering off the white boys
Was it Davis Hanson?

MzInterpret · Post by **MzInterpret** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:44 am

I enjoy James Patterson, Jeffery Deaver (I can't get enough of him), Patricia Cornwell (only the Kay Scarpetta series), Marilyn Keyes (chick literature, but she is ever so funny)

But lately I discovered Jodi Picoult and I am ploughing through her books at an alarming rate. I love crime and so it is a surprise that I enjoy an author who writes more about the human aspect.

For me her best novel so far (and they are all outstanding) is My Sister's Keeper.

In My Sister's Keeper, Anna Fitzgerald was conceived and born so that she could provide genetically compatible body fluids and parts for her older sister, Kate, who suffers from leukemia. When Kate is 16 and Anna is 13, Kate needs a kidney transplant and Anna balks at giving up one of hers. She hires a lawyer to petition for medical emancipation from her parents, so that she alone can make decisions about her body. It's a decision that threatens to tear the family apart, from her mother who gave up a law practice to be a stay-at-home mom, an older brother who feels left out, and her father who wavers between choosing sides.

(Read an exerpt here)

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:43 pm

I'm also a avid reader. Some of my favorite authors are Maeve Binchy (Circle of Friends one of my absolute favorite books), Nora Roberts, Judy Blume arghh can't name them all.

At this moment I'm slowly reading "My Ishmael" by Danial Quin.

My bookshelves look like they belong to a nuerotic person. Have everything from books for dummys to the Inferno by Dante.

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:14 am

Sheryl wrote: I'm also a avid reader. Some of my favorite authors are Maeve Binchy (Circle of Friends one of my absolute favorite books), Nora Roberts, Judy Blume arghh can't name them all.

At this moment I'm slowly reading "My Ishmael" by Danial Quin.

My bookshelves look like they belong to a nuerotic person. Have everything from books for dummys to the Inferno by Dante.

I really like 'My Ishmael'. :-6

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:46 am

I just finished Grisham's The Broker, and it was pretty good.

joker1662 · Post by **joker1662** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:14 pm

:guitarist whats up im a literary guy from columbus oh who is new to this sort of thing and was wondering if any one had information on the british poet john skeltor?:-5

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:15 pm

Hello joker, wlecome to FG.

joker1662 · Post by **joker1662** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:18 pm

maybe skelton?:-5 :-5 :guitarist

i am likin' da smilies

joker1662 · Post by **joker1662** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:19 pm

wassup chosingirl:-6 im at osu right now listening to da rolling stones

joker1662 · Post by **joker1662** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:21 pm

is there anybody else on here?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:21 pm

Oh, a very good school!

And the Rolling Stones always Rock!

joker1662 · Post by **joker1662** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:22 pm

is there anybody out there....?

joker1662 · Post by **joker1662** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:23 pm

go bucks:guitarist michigan sux:-5

joker1662 · Post by **joker1662** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:24 pm

im listening to let it bleed. its one of my favorite disc!!!:guitarist :-5 :-4

joker1662 · Post by **joker1662** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:26 pm

i :-4 da stones...fred and barney rule:D

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:32 pm

Don't forget Pebbles now!:)

jenmac · Post by **jenmac** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:08 pm

Hi Mr Irishman and various American friends who love books

like the sound of non fiction on SERIOUS

subjects which are well written!! like the sound of the oil book!!

My main problem is finding characters which I like - very few books even WONDERFUL ones have characters I could LIVE WITH :wah: Except No1 Ladies Detective Agency's Mama Ramotswe, and Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird (where is that man - I'll marry him!!):-4

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:21 pm

Oh, many wonderful characters in books.

Hector in the Iliad.

Sherlock Holmes.

Allan Quartermain.

A million and one characters, and more still to be written.

joker1662 · Post by **joker1662** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:18 am

im reading the faerie queen in eng 201 right now. bleeaaachh!!!:mad:

Thanh · Post by **Thanh** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:55 am

Hazel · Post by **Hazel** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:37 am

I usually read Koontz, King, Hutson, McCammon, but lately ive been wanting to try other things, so at the moment im reading A Lesser Evil by Lesley Pearse. Its turning out to be more horrible than the horrors!! A good read though, and she has 6 or 7 other books too, i love it when you find a new author that you like