What book are you reading right now?

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   AliciaCposted 8 years ago

   How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
   
   I read this book when I was a teenager and found it a sad and haunting story. I'm enjoying reading it again. I'm noticing things that I didn't see when I was younger.

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   Paul Kuehnposted 8 years ago

   Lately I have been reading "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens.  It is an excellent novel and even better than his novels "Great Expectations" and "Oliver Twist" which I have already read.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 8 years ago

   Right now: Reckless: My Life as a Pretender by Chrissie Hynde
   
   On deck: Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group by Dennis Dunaway

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   FatFreddysCatposted 8 years ago

   Right now:
   Tough Sh*t: Life Advice From a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good by Kevin Smith
   
   On deck:
   Living Like a Runaway by Lita Ford

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   FatFreddysCatposted 8 years ago

   Just finished:
   
   Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir by Stan Lee
   
   On deck:
   Silent Bob Speaks: The Collected Writings of Kevin Smith by Kevin Smith

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   AnnaDanishekposted 8 years ago

   Vladimir Nabokov's lectures on Russian literature

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   FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

   Just finished:
   
   Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe by Mick Wall
   
   Just started:
   Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal, by Greg Renoff
   
   On deck:
   Living Like a Runaway, by Lita Ford
   (which has been bumped from my "on deck" circle several times by other books over the past few weeks, but which I WILL start next. I really really mean it this time.)

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   FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

   Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: the Rise and Fall of Phil Spector by Mick Brown

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   Amanda108posted 7 years ago

   Just finished The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, which was amazing from start to finish. I'm not used to horror novels being both terrifying and displaying beautiful use of language.
   
   I'm now enjoying The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness - so far anyway it's a really unique acknowledgment of the way characterization typically works in the many supernatural/scifi YA novels out there (which I love, don't get me wrong).

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    SheilaMilneposted 7 years ago

    I've just finished <i>A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding<i>, by Jackie Copleton, about family secrets and the aftermath of the Nagasaki bomb.
    
    Now I'm reading <i>The Little Paris Bookshop<i> by Nina George, translated from German by Simon Pare.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    "The Road to Woodstock" by Michael Lang

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    "Gilliamesque: a Pre-Posthumous Memoir" by Terry Gilliam (Monty Python)

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    "Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life" by Steven Hyden

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time, by Douglas Adams

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City: Faking It in Hair Metal L.A. by Anne Soffee

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    George Lucas: A Life by Bryan Jay Jones

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    James Bond: Win, Lose or Die by John Gardner

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    The Daily Show (The Book) - An Oral History as Told By Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests by Chris Smith

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    Kathleen Cochranposted 7 years ago

    "The Last Telegram" a novel about a family of silk makers in England during WWII.  They made parachute silk.  It was a lovely story.

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    Dean Traylorposted 7 years ago

    1984, George Orwell; The World's Most Famous Math Problem, Marilyn Dos Savant, Thr Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

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    Aime Fposted 7 years ago

    Mein Kampf

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    Anger Is An Energy: My Life Uncensored by John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten)

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    FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

    Song Of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History by Glenn Berger

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    Paul Kuehnposted 7 years ago

    I am reading "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens.  I really like the satire in this novel and it is just as good as "David Copperfield". "Great Expectations," and "Oliver Twist" that I have already read.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    Some graphic novel collections:
    
    Spider-Man and Red Sonja, written by Mike Avon Oeming
    
    and
    
    Astonishing X-Men written by Joss Whedon

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    Various - Deadpool: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 (Marvel Comics)

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       grand old ladyposted 6 years agoin reply to this

       I finished Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan in two days. Highly recommended. Now I am reading Asia's Cauldron by Robert D. Kaplan

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    Batman: The Long Halloween (graphic novel) by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    Kicking & Screaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll by Ann and Nancy Wilson

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    viking305posted 6 years ago

    Robert McKee - Story - The Principles of Screenwriting

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    Ariochposted 6 years ago

    William King - Skaven Slayer - a Gotrek and Felix novel

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    jjackson786posted 6 years ago

    Just started Stephen King's "Black House". Kinda disappointed to find out that it's a sequel though.....

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up With George by Kelly Carlin

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    ptosisposted 6 years ago

    just finished listening to the audiobook,
    Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency by Joshua Green

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    Amanda108posted 6 years ago

    Just finished The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey and I'm now onto the next in the trilogy: The Infinite Sea.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    DC Showcase Presents: Batman (500 pages of vintage Batman/Detective Comics issues from the late 60s)
    
    Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out by Bill Graham and Robert Greenfield

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    Sed-meposted 6 years ago

    Amen, Amen, Amen by Abby Sher
    
    
    https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht … _B0IjgIwCg

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption, From South Central to Hollywood by Ice-T and Douglas Century

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    Cosby: His Life and Times by Mark Whitaker
    (this biography was published shortly before Cos' recent legal troubles began; I imagine that it would read quite differently if it were released today, haha)
    
    Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives Vol. 1 by Bob Kane & more

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    Batman: Eternal Vol. 2 by Scott Snyder/Tim Seeley
    
    Wally's World: The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Wally Wood, the World's 2nd Best Comic Book Artist by Steve Sanger and J. David Spurlock

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    The Unauthorized X-Men: SF and Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice and Adamantium edited by Len Wein

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    IsraelMercadoposted 6 years ago

    Words of Radiance - Book 2 of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    Just finished:Ramones At 40 by Martin Popoff
    
    Now reading: Stay Ugly by King Fowley and Mike Sloan
    
    On deck: What Does This Button Do? by Bruce Dickinson

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    colorfuloneposted 6 years ago

    I'm reading "The Everything Health Guide To Alzheimer's Disease"
    By Maureen Dezell with Dr. Carrie Hill PhD
    
    Trying to find anything that might help to slow down or even reverse the disease that my Mom suffers with.  She is 90, but I'd like to keep her around for another 10 years or more.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

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    Dean Traylorposted 6 years ago

    Just finished Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
    Nearly finished with The World's Most Famous Math Problem by Marilyn Vos Savant
    Starting Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Cristie

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    AliciaCposted 6 years ago

    The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene

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    FatFreddysCatposted 6 years ago

    Various, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View (short story collection)

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    Paul Kuehnposted 6 years ago

    Bleak House by  Charles Dickens

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    Shogunposted 6 years ago

    At my request, a delightful friend gave me a copy of Steven Pressfield's "The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles." I've been a writer for a long time, and I've always found it difficult to jump back into writing. It tends to be a slow and gradual process, and this book is certainly providing a bit of insight.

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    K S Laneposted 6 years ago

    The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. I'm about half-way through and loving it. I can't believe it took me so long to decide to read such a classic!

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