Marley and Me by John Grogan
If you enjoy Dave Barry and his dog columns, you'll love this book. Gut splitting humor! An easy, fun read for all ages. A must read for dog lovers.
This is the story of a yellow lab and his owner. Marley is the world's worst behavioral problem. A doggie ADHDer with a chronic anxiety disorder......horrible fear of lightening and storms. And guess where he lives, Florida, land of daily afternoon monsoons!
The ending is expected but I still sobbed!
Tender, sweet, loopy Marley. You won't be disappointed. Pants wetting humor. A go-for.
Full Version: Reader's nook
My mom has that book. Looks cute.
I'm reading:
But I'd rather be reading:
I'm reading:
But I'd rather be reading:
Back over the holidays, I burned through the four volumes of stories based on the Halo video game series. Yes, I know, uber-dorky, but a must read for fans of the games. Everybody else shouldn't bother.
I stopped recreational reading when class started back up. I figured I wouldn't have time for anything but school work. I was pleasantly surprised to find my class has been less than challenging, so I'm starting The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. It's about the history of oil exploration.
I stopped recreational reading when class started back up. I figured I wouldn't have time for anything but school work. I was pleasantly surprised to find my class has been less than challenging, so I'm starting The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. It's about the history of oil exploration.
Halo 2 is in the mail from GameFly... should get it tomorrow. I played Halo on the PC, really looking forward to Halo 2. And Halo 3, obviously.
I read a few Vince Flynn novels about a month ago which were entertaining. I recently "read" the SI Swimsuit Issue and have been trying to stay awake while reading the print version of "The Iraq Study Group Report" and one day I'll crack open "The 9/11 Commission Report" that I've been neglecting.
QUOTE (Biggins @ Mar 9 2007, 09:00 PM) 
I read a few Vince Flynn novels about a month ago which were entertaining. I recently "read" the SI Swimsuit Issue and have been trying to stay awake while reading the print version of "The Iraq Study Group Report" and one day I'll crack open "The 9/11 Commission Report" that I've been neglecting.
Currently Im about to finish Strangers by Dean Koontz and then I will start on Tick Tock by him.
QUOTE (coma @ Mar 7 2007, 04:20 PM)
Weren't you reading this last year?
[quote name='Heather' post='76088' date='Mar 12 2007, 08:42 AM'][quote name='coma' post='75897' date='Mar 7 2007, 04:20 PM'][/quote]
Weren't you reading this last year?
[/quoteNo, why would you ask that?
[/quote]Weren't you reading this last year?
[/quoteNo, why would you ask that?
QUOTE (Heather @ Mar 12 2007, 08:42 AM)
QUOTE (coma @ Mar 7 2007, 04:20 PM)
Weren't you reading this last year?
No, why would you ask that?
I think she was referring to Coma, Flipper--not you.
QUOTE (Yossarian @ Mar 12 2007, 02:45 PM)
I think she was referring to Coma, Flipper--not you.
Ok I am sorry maybe she was. Im gonna be Hagerstown tomorrow. got an appointment about a job for Monumental insurance.
I'm still reading the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon. On the last book:
http://www.amazon.com/Breath-Snow-Ashes-Ou...5829&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Breath-Snow-Ashes-Ou...5829&sr=1-1
Just finished "Step on a crack" by James Patterson. Pretty good. Next up "Heart Shaped Box" by Stephen Kings son.
If you like horses and mysteries anything by Dick Francis
I LOVE Dick Francis' books, I think I've finally read all of them out there. Heard good things about "heart shaped box" too, but my next one is The Road by Cormac McCarthy, I hear it's up for a Pulitzer!
I LOVE Dick Francis' books, I think I've finally read all of them out there. Heard good things about "heart shaped box" too, but my next one is The Road by Cormac McCarthy, I hear it's up for a Pulitzer!
Oops, sorry for the double post.
I know this is a little late and old but anyone that has not read Tuesday's with Morrie go out and get it. It is a great book and a quick read.
Also, don't forget that wonder books is going out at the end of the month and all books are $1.00. I grabbed 10 the other night.
Also, don't forget that wonder books is going out at the end of the month and all books are $1.00. I grabbed 10 the other night.
The Military and Police Sniper: Advanced Precision Shooting for Combat and Law Enforcement
by Mike R. Lau
That's what I'm reading now I think my next book will be;
Precision Shooting at 1,000 Yards
by Dave Brennan
by Mike R. Lau
That's what I'm reading now I think my next book will be;
Precision Shooting at 1,000 Yards
by Dave Brennan
QUOTE (hagopinion @ Apr 19 2007, 05:33 PM)
I know this is a little late and old but anyone that has not read Tuesday's with Morrie go out and get it. It is a great book and a quick read.
Also, don't forget that wonder books is going out at the end of the month and all books are $1.00. I grabbed 10 the other night.
Also, don't forget that wonder books is going out at the end of the month and all books are $1.00. I grabbed 10 the other night.
Just finished "For one more day" also by M. Albom another fantastic book
I love true story books, and anything I can learn from. Not much on reading fantasy novels.
Crimes & Punshiment, that's a good true book. Publish in 73
Crimes & Punshiment, that's a good true book. Publish in 73
QUOTE (Udmas @ Apr 19 2007, 06:54 PM)
The Military and Police Sniper: Advanced Precision Shooting for Combat and Law Enforcement
by Mike R. Lau
That's what I'm reading now I think my next book will be;
Precision Shooting at 1,000 Yards
by Dave Brennan
by Mike R. Lau
That's what I'm reading now I think my next book will be;
Precision Shooting at 1,000 Yards
by Dave Brennan
Are you a long-range competitor?
I'm reading "The Language of God" -- written by the guy who led the human genome project. Thought provoking.
QUOTE (Snoopy @ Apr 20 2007, 11:54 AM)
QUOTE (Udmas @ Apr 19 2007, 06:54 PM)
The Military and Police Sniper: Advanced Precision Shooting for Combat and Law Enforcement
by Mike R. Lau
That's what I'm reading now I think my next book will be;
Precision Shooting at 1,000 Yards
by Dave Brennan
by Mike R. Lau
That's what I'm reading now I think my next book will be;
Precision Shooting at 1,000 Yards
by Dave Brennan
Are you a long-range competitor?
I'm reading "The Language of God" -- written by the guy who led the human genome project. Thought provoking.
Francis Collins is a government wonk! this guy spent YEARS and countless MILLIONS of taxpayers money trying to crack the code for the human genome and was getting nowhere fast.
While I do believe in God and admire his conversion from atheism collins is not the man for answers about the scientific side
of the human genome.
In 1997 Dr. J.Craig Venter started Celera Genomics through private (NO TAXPAYER $$) funding and using his shotgun sequencing method
cracked the code in 3 YEARS! The only reason Dr. Collins finally got the ball rolling and accomplished anything os any scientific merit was the direct competition
from Celera Genomics. Theres only 1 genius when it came to mapping the human genome and thats J. Craig Venter. If there were no celera the Human genome project led by collins would still be spending Billions to crack the code using taxpayer money.
When you are done with Collins try reading "The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World" for a different perspective.
Sorry to vent but I have a vested interest in the subject
Just finished heart shaped box by joe hill (steven kings son). very good read. I'd recommend it.
QUOTE (samy0 @ Apr 20 2007, 12:12 PM)
QUOTE (Snoopy @ Apr 20 2007, 11:54 AM)
QUOTE (Udmas @ Apr 19 2007, 06:54 PM)
The Military and Police Sniper: Advanced Precision Shooting for Combat and Law Enforcement
by Mike R. Lau
That's what I'm reading now I think my next book will be;
Precision Shooting at 1,000 Yards
by Dave Brennan
by Mike R. Lau
That's what I'm reading now I think my next book will be;
Precision Shooting at 1,000 Yards
by Dave Brennan
Are you a long-range competitor?
I'm reading "The Language of God" -- written by the guy who led the human genome project. Thought provoking.
Francis Collins is a government wonk! this guy spent YEARS and countless MILLIONS of taxpayers money trying to crack the code for the human genome and was getting nowhere fast.
While I do believe in God and admire his conversion from atheism collins is not the man for answers about the scientific side
of the human genome.
In 1997 Dr. J.Craig Venter started Celera Genomics through private (NO TAXPAYER $$) funding and using his shotgun sequencing method
cracked the code in 3 YEARS! The only reason Dr. Collins finally got the ball rolling and accomplished anything os any scientific merit was the direct competition
from Celera Genomics. Theres only 1 genius when it came to mapping the human genome and thats J. Craig Venter. If there were no celera the Human genome project led by collins would still be spending Billions to crack the code using taxpayer money.
When you are done with Collins try reading "The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World" for a different perspective.
Sorry to vent but I have a vested interest in the subject
There's only 1 guy who knows his stuff in this area????? Sorry, I don't buy it. There may be only one "best" at a given time but there are usually lots of "almost as goods".
Government research is often slower and more expensive than private industry. Heck, government everything is that way! And while 1 or 2 folks usually get credit, lots of bright people usually made big contributions in the shadows.
Does Venter come up with a completely different argument or what?
Now that classes are over, I have a good stack of books to get caught up on. First on the list is The Wal-Mart Effect by Charles Fishman. Then I have one about home organization called It's All Too Much, a cook book about once a month cooking, a budget/money management book, one about child rearing, and one about diet and exercise. I'm working on The Number by Lee Eisenberg about retirement planning,and have a reserve on Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult. Of course I'm anxiously awaiting HP7. Throw in some magazine catch-up and I have a pretty long list going. When I get those done, I want to read School for Heiresses (fluffy beach reading), Worldchanging, Freedom Writer's Diary, Castle in the Forest, Exit A, and a few others. Yay! I get to read what I want!!!!!!......until August.
Peace Child
by Don Richardson
Whew! Action packed book. True story of missionaries to a tribe of cannibals/head hunters in New Guinea. Takes place in the 60's.
This tribe is the ultimate in evil. They put the highest value on becoming the most treacherous back stabber, literally. They believe that the way to become powerful is to pretend to make friends with an enemy, then murder them when they least expect it. Then they eat their flesh to gain their enemy's spirit. Gruesome at times. But, fascinating.
Lots of unexplained spiritual stuff going on..... good vs. evil stuff on a spiritual realm. Cool because it's true.
A close look into a place that we would never visit. Once you start reading, you don't want to put it down.
by Don Richardson
Whew! Action packed book. True story of missionaries to a tribe of cannibals/head hunters in New Guinea. Takes place in the 60's.
This tribe is the ultimate in evil. They put the highest value on becoming the most treacherous back stabber, literally. They believe that the way to become powerful is to pretend to make friends with an enemy, then murder them when they least expect it. Then they eat their flesh to gain their enemy's spirit. Gruesome at times. But, fascinating.
Lots of unexplained spiritual stuff going on..... good vs. evil stuff on a spiritual realm. Cool because it's true.
A close look into a place that we would never visit. Once you start reading, you don't want to put it down.
Im on Midnight-Dean Koontz, just finished Tick Tock.
QUOTE (hagopinion @ Apr 19 2007, 05:33 PM)
I know this is a little late and old but anyone that has not read Tuesday's with Morrie go out and get it. It is a great book and a quick read.
Also, don't forget that wonder books is going out at the end of the month and all books are $1.00. I grabbed 10 the other night.
Also, don't forget that wonder books is going out at the end of the month and all books are $1.00. I grabbed 10 the other night.
Wonder Book went outta business? Oh man say it isn't so!!
Did the Frederick store shut down as well?
I have fond memories of digging through the shelves of the Frederick store with my big bro when I was a teen. I loved the atmosphere there, very laid back and informal.
It isn't so, the store out by K-mart is closing (they keep extending the closing date) because they opened a new store out by the old Ames store.
Haven't heard anything about the Fred. store.
Haven't heard anything about the Fred. store.
Somebody on the intarwebs pointed me to the trailer for the upcoming Will Smith movie, I Am Legend.
(The trailer is pretty good, but it gives no indication as to the reason he's alone, so don't read the rest of my post if you don't want to know.
)
The ensuing discussion led to a revelation (for me) it was based on a book of the same name by Richard Matheson. I found a synopsis of the plot and it intrigued me.
Any of you horror fans ever read this book. Apparently, the movie "The Omega Man" is also based on it.
(The trailer is pretty good, but it gives no indication as to the reason he's alone, so don't read the rest of my post if you don't want to know.
)The ensuing discussion led to a revelation (for me) it was based on a book of the same name by Richard Matheson. I found a synopsis of the plot and it intrigued me.
QUOTE
The book takes place in the then-future of 1976–1979, and opens with the monotony and horror of the daily life of the protagonist, Robert Neville. Neville is apparently the only survivor of an apocalypse caused by a pandemic of a bacterium the symptoms of which are very similar to vampirism. He lives in a house fortified against nocturnal attacks by the roaming infected, and sallies forth by daylight to kill the sleeping vampires. Every day he also makes repairs to his house, boarding up windows, stringing and hanging garlic, and disposing of vampires' corpses on his lawn.
Neville's psychological disposition is a significant element in the novel, and his struggles with despair imbue the character with intensity and gravitas. The author emphasizes that he is an ordinary, flawed man trying to deal with an extraordinary catastrophe.
Much of the story is devoted to Neville's struggles to understand the plague that has transformed everyone he meets except for himself, and the novel details the progress of his discoveries. In this regard, the novel is almost unique in vampire fiction in that instead of asking the reader to accept a supernatural explanation for vampire phenomena, the author strives to offer scientific basis for such symptoms as aversion to garlic, craving of fresh blood, and resistance to bullets but vulnerability to stakes and sunlight. The aversion to mirrors and crosses (or, in the case of one vampire of Jewish origin, the Torah) is classified as psychological.
Eventually, Neville discovers that while he is the only person immune to the bacterium, he is not the only one still alive. Others who have been infected have discovered a means to hold the disease at bay. However, during the daylight hours, they appear to be fully involved vampires. Thus, along with the vampires, he has been killing these still alive persons. He becomes a source of terror to the still living, since he can go abroad in daylight (which they can't) and leaves their dead behind. These still living "vampires" capture Neville and reveal their nature to him, and how monstrous he appears to them. Just as vampires were regarded as legendary monsters that preyed on the vulnerable humans in their beds, Neville has become the last of a dead breed; a mythical figure that kills both vampires and the infected living while they are sleeping. He becomes a legend as the vampires once were, hence the title.
Neville's psychological disposition is a significant element in the novel, and his struggles with despair imbue the character with intensity and gravitas. The author emphasizes that he is an ordinary, flawed man trying to deal with an extraordinary catastrophe.
Much of the story is devoted to Neville's struggles to understand the plague that has transformed everyone he meets except for himself, and the novel details the progress of his discoveries. In this regard, the novel is almost unique in vampire fiction in that instead of asking the reader to accept a supernatural explanation for vampire phenomena, the author strives to offer scientific basis for such symptoms as aversion to garlic, craving of fresh blood, and resistance to bullets but vulnerability to stakes and sunlight. The aversion to mirrors and crosses (or, in the case of one vampire of Jewish origin, the Torah) is classified as psychological.
Eventually, Neville discovers that while he is the only person immune to the bacterium, he is not the only one still alive. Others who have been infected have discovered a means to hold the disease at bay. However, during the daylight hours, they appear to be fully involved vampires. Thus, along with the vampires, he has been killing these still alive persons. He becomes a source of terror to the still living, since he can go abroad in daylight (which they can't) and leaves their dead behind. These still living "vampires" capture Neville and reveal their nature to him, and how monstrous he appears to them. Just as vampires were regarded as legendary monsters that preyed on the vulnerable humans in their beds, Neville has become the last of a dead breed; a mythical figure that kills both vampires and the infected living while they are sleeping. He becomes a legend as the vampires once were, hence the title.
Any of you horror fans ever read this book. Apparently, the movie "The Omega Man" is also based on it.
I read I Am Legend and liked it very much.
I spazzed out after posting that this morning and went to Borders to buy it. I read it this afternoon sitting around the in-laws pool. I really liked it, too. I wonder what the chances are of the movie staying faithful to the book?
When I was looking at that on Amazon, they recommended World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. It got great reviews and sounds very interesting given my current horror mood. I had it in my grubby hands at Borders, but left it since hardcover books are such a ripoff.
When I was looking at that on Amazon, they recommended World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. It got great reviews and sounds very interesting given my current horror mood. I had it in my grubby hands at Borders, but left it since hardcover books are such a ripoff.
QUOTE (SMan @ Jun 10 2007, 10:14 PM)
I spazzed out after posting that this morning and went to Borders to buy it. I read it this afternoon sitting around the in-laws pool. I really liked it, too. I wonder what the chances are of the movie staying faithful to the book?
When I was looking at that on Amazon, they recommended World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. It got great reviews and sounds very interesting given my current horror mood. I had it in my grubby hands at Borders, but left it since hardcover books are such a ripoff.
When I was looking at that on Amazon, they recommended World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. It got great reviews and sounds very interesting given my current horror mood. I had it in my grubby hands at Borders, but left it since hardcover books are such a ripoff.
Sitting around the pool, reading. Hmph, must be nice!
As far as the movie staying faithful to the book...28 Days Later is already pretty much the same story, so if I Am Legend doesn't deliver as a movie, you can always watch 28 Days Later in it's place. Besides looking GREAT, Cillian Murphy convinces moreso than Will Smith...
If you're into horror recently, check out House of Leaves by Danielewski. I keep wanting to read it, but haven't picked it up.
I ordered what I thought was a juicy horror book, 30 Days of Night, and it came in the mail yesterday.
It's a comic book.
It's a comic book.
QUOTE (SMan @ Jun 10 2007, 10:14 PM)
When I was looking at that on Amazon, they recommended World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. It got great reviews and sounds very interesting given my current horror mood. I had it in my grubby hands at Borders, but left it since hardcover books are such a ripoff.
I read this last week. It's a very cool zombie/(almost)end of the world story with lots of gruesome tales. It's written documentary style with each chapter being a different interviewee telling their story of the rise and fall of the zombies. It's kind of tongue in cheek horror, but I loved it.
You guys should check out www.bookins.com.
It's great. Get a book for $3.99 (that's the cost when you receive a book; just coves shipping) and if you don't like it, put it back up on the swap list and when someone else wants it, you earn points to pick out more books.
I love it. You print out the address label from the website when someone wants a book that you have. You don't pay a thing to ship your book to someone. Only pay when you get a book..$3.99 So, don't have to waste much money on buying books. And if you buy one and don't like it, you can just swap it for another one. Lots of fun. There are thousands and thousands to choose from.
It's great. Get a book for $3.99 (that's the cost when you receive a book; just coves shipping) and if you don't like it, put it back up on the swap list and when someone else wants it, you earn points to pick out more books.
I love it. You print out the address label from the website when someone wants a book that you have. You don't pay a thing to ship your book to someone. Only pay when you get a book..$3.99 So, don't have to waste much money on buying books. And if you buy one and don't like it, you can just swap it for another one. Lots of fun. There are thousands and thousands to choose from.
I just finished Night by Elie Wiesel.
Got it through Bookins. I'm keeping this one! It's his autobiography of the year he spent in a death camp in Germany. Only 120 pages, so you can read it in one sitting.
Very moving. Not as graphic and detailed about the horrors compared to some books I've read. But, it was very thought provoking and insightful from his teenage perspective. He tends to jump from story to story, so it was a very simplified viewpoint of his experience. But, very poetic, as well. Much different than alot of books about the Holocaust.
He also included a copy of his speech when he received the Nobel Peace Prize. Powerful!!
Got it through Bookins. I'm keeping this one! It's his autobiography of the year he spent in a death camp in Germany. Only 120 pages, so you can read it in one sitting.
Very moving. Not as graphic and detailed about the horrors compared to some books I've read. But, it was very thought provoking and insightful from his teenage perspective. He tends to jump from story to story, so it was a very simplified viewpoint of his experience. But, very poetic, as well. Much different than alot of books about the Holocaust.
He also included a copy of his speech when he received the Nobel Peace Prize. Powerful!!
QUOTE (Heather @ Jun 27 2007, 10:20 AM)
I ordered what I thought was a juicy horror book, 30 Days of Night, and it came in the mail yesterday.
It's a comic book.
It's a comic book.
Not sure if I told y'all this already, but awhile back, the electric went out in my neighborhood at about 8:30pm one night. It was out for awhile so I went around and lit candles all over the house. I picked up this 30 Days of Night and read it by candle light in about 30 minutes.
It's about this town in Alaska that gets ravaged by vampires when the town goes through it's cycle of having no sunlight for 30 days. I grinned at how I was reading a story about not having light and there I was with no light. I thought the book was lame and not scary and just stupid. After I put the book down though...I wound up being scared for the rest of the night and with no electric.
I blew all the candles out and was lying in my bed in the dark praying that I didn't wake up in the dark with the sounds of something shuffling down the hall toward my bedroom. 
The electric came on and woke me up at about 3:30am. I was so sleepy that I just went back to sleep and didn't even acknowledge anything else.
well im still on Dean Koontz Midnight but almost done, my next one by him will be From the Corner of His eye. I havent had much time to do what i want lately or else id have been done them
I am finally about done Dean Koontz Midnight. The next one up is From the Corner of His Eye
Here I am reading a spooky book in the dark again. House of Leaves, Danielewski.
"You might try then, as I did, to find a sky so full of stars it will blind you again. Only no sky can blind you now. Even with all that iridescent magic up there, your eye will no longer linger on the light, it will no longer trace constellations. You'll care only about the darkness and you'll watch it for hours, for days, maybe even for years, trying in vain to believe you're some kind of indispensable, universe-appointed sentinel, as if just by looking you could actually keep it all at bay. It will get so bad you'll be afraid to look away, you'll be afraid to sleep.
Then no matter where you are, in a crowded restaurant or on some desolate street or even in the comforts of your own home, you'll watch yourself dismantle every assurance you ever lived by. You'll stand aside as a great complexity intrudes, tearing apart, piece by piece, all of your carefully conceived denials, whether deliberate or unconscious. And then for better or worse you'll turn, unable to resist, though try to resist you still will, fighting with everything you've got not to face the thing you most dread, what is now, what will be, what has always come before, the creature you truly are, the creature we all are, buried in the nameless black of a name.
And then the nightmares will begin."
That's good stuff!
Jesus Christ there was justaloudthumpintheyardI'mserious!
What am I, 13?
I'm going back to my book and chocolate milk now.
"You might try then, as I did, to find a sky so full of stars it will blind you again. Only no sky can blind you now. Even with all that iridescent magic up there, your eye will no longer linger on the light, it will no longer trace constellations. You'll care only about the darkness and you'll watch it for hours, for days, maybe even for years, trying in vain to believe you're some kind of indispensable, universe-appointed sentinel, as if just by looking you could actually keep it all at bay. It will get so bad you'll be afraid to look away, you'll be afraid to sleep.
Then no matter where you are, in a crowded restaurant or on some desolate street or even in the comforts of your own home, you'll watch yourself dismantle every assurance you ever lived by. You'll stand aside as a great complexity intrudes, tearing apart, piece by piece, all of your carefully conceived denials, whether deliberate or unconscious. And then for better or worse you'll turn, unable to resist, though try to resist you still will, fighting with everything you've got not to face the thing you most dread, what is now, what will be, what has always come before, the creature you truly are, the creature we all are, buried in the nameless black of a name.
And then the nightmares will begin."
That's good stuff!
Jesus Christ there was justaloudthumpintheyardI'mserious!
What am I, 13?
I'm going back to my book and chocolate milk now.
I'm working on "Bitter is the New Black". It's just a little fun beach read-type thing. I'm hoping it will be similar to Celia Rivenbark's "Stop Dressing your 6 Year Old Like a Skank". Absolutely the funniest damn book I've ever read. It's like sitting around the pool, drinking sangria, and dishing with your BFFs!
Recently finished Maxed Out by James Scurlock. It's all about debt, credit cards, the banking industry's manipulation of legislation, predatory lending , and what it means for our ecomony. Pretty decent, but not my all-time favorite. Worthwhile if you aren into social issues, though.
Recently finished Maxed Out by James Scurlock. It's all about debt, credit cards, the banking industry's manipulation of legislation, predatory lending , and what it means for our ecomony. Pretty decent, but not my all-time favorite. Worthwhile if you aren into social issues, though.
Over the last couple weeks, I managed to squeeze a little recreational reading in despite my online summer class.
Blaze - Stephen King's lastest book. Well, actually it was written under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. According to the foreward, he recently found it in an old box and decided to print it. It's more of a Shawshank Redemption/Green Mile story than a Carrie. It's about a big, dumb guy (Blaze) who is the criminal sidekick muscle for a smarter crook. When the smart crook gets killed in a dice game, Blaze carries on alone with their big idea to kidnap and ransom a rich couple's baby.
The Wal Mart Effect - I finally got around to reading it after our Wal Mart discussion in another thread a month or so ago. After reading it, I have mixed feelings on which side of the more harm/more good line Wal Mart comes down on. The stories of harm had more of an impact on me, probably because of imagining myself in the position of some of these companies that got squashed for trying to compete with, or even by doing business with WM. However, you can't discount the good they've done by saving consumers money and teaching the rest of the retail world had to streamline and become more efficient. And they seem to actually be willing to accept some criticisms and make some changes to help lessen the enviromental impact their suppliers cause throughout the world.
Blaze - Stephen King's lastest book. Well, actually it was written under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. According to the foreward, he recently found it in an old box and decided to print it. It's more of a Shawshank Redemption/Green Mile story than a Carrie. It's about a big, dumb guy (Blaze) who is the criminal sidekick muscle for a smarter crook. When the smart crook gets killed in a dice game, Blaze carries on alone with their big idea to kidnap and ransom a rich couple's baby.
The Wal Mart Effect - I finally got around to reading it after our Wal Mart discussion in another thread a month or so ago. After reading it, I have mixed feelings on which side of the more harm/more good line Wal Mart comes down on. The stories of harm had more of an impact on me, probably because of imagining myself in the position of some of these companies that got squashed for trying to compete with, or even by doing business with WM. However, you can't discount the good they've done by saving consumers money and teaching the rest of the retail world had to streamline and become more efficient. And they seem to actually be willing to accept some criticisms and make some changes to help lessen the enviromental impact their suppliers cause throughout the world.
I dont want to be mean but I just wanted to know how y'all have so much time to read, post and work extremely hard all the time? I just wanna know because Id like to discover the method to being able to do it. Reading is one of my main interests and I never have much time to dit, I try though, I dont even work hard either.
QUOTE (Flipper @ Jul 23 2007, 01:23 PM)
I dont want to be mean but I just wanted to know how y'all have so much time to read, post and work extremely hard all the time? I just wanna know because Id like to discover the method to being able to do it. Reading is one of my main interests and I never have much time to dit, I try though, I dont even work hard either.
Organization is the key to success.
You MAKE time for things you enjoy.
how can you read for hours and post for hours and still work long hours and get some decent sleep as well as go out to eat and go places. I dont work much at all and i should have plenty of time but i dont and i am very well organized.
I keep the forum on WHILE I work, and check it occassionally. It doesn't take long to check the "view new posts" and the shoutbox.
I read fast, I type fast.
I have no boss peering over my shoulder.
I read books/mags in the evening after the kids are in bed - OR - I utilize the 'books on tape' at my local library.
I sleep VERY little (not for lack of trying though).
I work 9-hour days.
I SCHEDULE my time appropriately so that I have work time/play time/Jelsey time/family time.
As I said before, organization is the key to success.
I read fast, I type fast.
I have no boss peering over my shoulder.
I read books/mags in the evening after the kids are in bed - OR - I utilize the 'books on tape' at my local library.
I sleep VERY little (not for lack of trying though).
I work 9-hour days.
I SCHEDULE my time appropriately so that I have work time/play time/Jelsey time/family time.
As I said before, organization is the key to success.
thats gotta be stressing trying to adhere to such a strict schedule, what if things go wrong and you cant do your schedule? it cant be much fun trying to hurry and get everything in. i suppose if you have others do things for you then its a little easier but when you are alone- out of choice like me then theres no way you can get all the cleaning and cooking done, go to work and deal with pa traffic, i guess if i had everything done for me i could enjoy things but to do it all by yourself its impossible. what used to take me a few days to read a 600 page book now takes me a few months, i dont type extremely slow and i read very fast although my eyes are getting ba- my complete is getting bad for that matter. anyway what do you read mostly?
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