I'm reading tons of books this summer. Two in particular that I'm enjoying is.....

The Ecology of Commerce.....awesome book that opens your eyes to exactly what we are doing to this planet.

The Puppet Masters: Spies, Traitors, and the real forces behind world events.............great book, basically explores the history of spying and secret intelligence.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* My friend totally loves the Shopaholic books! How are those? Like what are they about? Also, Wally Lamb...there's another one I read by Wally Lamb, and was also in Oprah's selection...dammit what's it called? It's about two twin brothers, and one is schizophrenic. I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE! That's what it was...read that if you haven't already!

Ooh, thanks for the other Wally Lamb one.

Becky Bloomwood/Shopaholic, let's see... she overspends, and hates her job. She's very frusterating, because as you're reading you're like "no no!" But she redeems herself and is very endearing. Great books! The author just came out with a new one, too!

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Originally posted by muzzybear Ooh, thanks for the other Wally Lamb one. Becky Bloomwood/Shopaholic, let's see... she overspends, and hates her job. She's very frusterating, because as you're reading you're like "no no!" But she redeems herself and is very endearing. Great books! The author just came out with a new one, too!

Hmm sounds like it'd be a really fun read!
You should check out the other book I was talking about that I'm reading now. It's by Mary Kay Andrews, and it's called Little Bitty Lies. She has two otehr books out that I guess are like it too. But it's definatly a fun book to read, I just can't put it down!

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I used to love the fluff books like the shopaholic series but now I find there is way too much of it at the bookstores. Every single book seems like sex and the city meets ______.

I'm actually reading plays these days and just finished up Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by tennessee williams. Any recommendations for what to start next?

My true love is and probably always will be Russian Lit. I've pretty much read most of Dostoyevsky's and Tolstoy's works. Love em!

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Originally posted by riskytrader I used to love the fluff books like the shopaholic series but now I find there is way too much of it at the bookstores. Every single book seems like sex and the city meets ______. I'm actually reading plays these days and just finished up Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by tennessee williams. Any recommendations for what to start next? My true love is and probably always will be Russian Lit. I've pretty much read most of Dostoyevsky's and Tolstoy's works. Love em!

I'm a huge fan of Russian lit, too! War and Peace was ok, loved Anna Karenina.. Haven't read Lolita yet, tho. My favourite was Crime and Punishment. I hear that freaky bastard Crispin Glover was in a film or made for TV version of it... would love to see it! He's so weird!

Have you read the screenplay for Angels in America? I was in an acting class and did the part that Mary Stuart Masterson played.

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Just got this one today:

>Fire in the Belly - Sam Keen<

I read the DaVinci Code and it is a very good book I love the way he twists his information around which could be wrong but it still makes me wonder about everything in life...
anyways a little while back I picked up the biography on CHE I started reading it but a few days later my brother ended up stealing it from me he moved to london and took it with him, he currently changed his status to kingston once again and now I have my book back. I have been meaning to read it but I havent got a chance to just yet....anyways I want to finish this one before I pick up another.....

K just finished "A Single Step" by Heather Mills McCartney, and what a great read! She's had quite the life.... who'd have thought she'd go from living on the streets to marrying England's Top Beatle (arguable)!

I just started reading "edison's eve... A magical history of the quest for mechanical life" and funny, but in the introduction it has a quote from Umberto Eco (mentioned above)!

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I just bought Porno by Irvine Welsh yesterday...it's the follow up to Trainspotting. I'm almost finished reading Little Bitty Lies, and hope to be starting that soon. I love working at the University Bookstore, b/c we get amazing discounts on brand new books. I got 4 books yesterday for 7 bucks!

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Was watching CBC's The Hour with Georgie Porgie last night and saw this 21 year old kid who just published his second book:

"Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future" by Ben Shapiro.

I'd probably check that out...very interesting insights; kid goes to Harvard and seems pretty bright. He talks about a million miles an hour.

http://benjaminshapiro.com/book.html

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* I love working at the University Bookstore, b/c we get amazing discounts on brand new books. I got 4 books yesterday for 7 bucks!

*jealous*

Well, I just killed another novel a week ago, "The Syndrome" by John Case. Fascinating! He's just an awesome thriller author!

Now I'm onto "The 8th Day" by John Case as well. It already looks interesting. The start has me intrigued -- I have a hunch this one's gonna be excellent and fast-paced. Very hard to put down! Cannot wait to start reading more of it... gotta focus on some other stuff for the next month or so though, so I prolly wont get through it anytime soon right now.

Hows everyone else's reading coming along? You finish all those books Lisa-Loo?? How was Porno!? Wish I could get such good deals on books like you. Im gonna have you buy books for me in the future now! And you can totally just mail them to me or just bring them to TO when u come up! ... that's completley a wicked-ass idea!!!! Whuddaya think girl....?!?!?!

Summer's almost over kids! this sucks

Jamie.

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Originally posted by Jem_hadar Hows everyone else's reading coming along? You finish all those books Lisa-Loo?? How was Porno!? Wish I could get such good deals on books like you. Im gonna have you buy books for me in the future now! And you can totally just mail them to me or just bring them to TO when u come up! ... that's completley a wicked-ass idea!!!! Whuddaya think girl....?!?!?!

I havne't finished all my books yet. I'm hoping to finish the one I'm reading before I go on vacation...it's called, How I Paid for College.
I haven't read Porno either yet, I want to watch Trainspotting right before I read it. Even though it doesn't really have anything to do with it, just the same characters, I want to watch it first. I may bring that with me to Hawaii. I want to have 2 fresh new books to bring with me.
I'll buy books for you, and mail them to you...but I'm charging crazy interest!

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