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| Tanniker Smith
Posted on 12/30/2004 1:28:19 PM PST by Tanniker Smith
2004 -- It was a year of catching up on a number of series books.
And it was probably the most books I've read in a long time (even if 12 of them were Lemony Snicket)
- The Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Broken Blade, Ann Marston
- The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket
- The Reptile Room, Lemony Snicket
- The Wide Window, Lemony Snicket
- The Miserable Mill, Lemony Snicket
- The Austere Academy, Lemony Snicket
- Cloudbearer's Shadow, Ann Marston
- Rogue Pirate, John Gregory Betancourt
- The King of Shadows, Ann Marston
- The Ersatz Elevator, Lemony Snicket
- The Vile Village, Lemony Snicket
- The Hostile Hospital, Lemony Snicket
- The Carniverous Carnerval, Lemony Snicket
- Let Freedom Ring, Sean Hannity
- Maybe (Maybe Not), Robert Fulgrum
- The Slippery Slope, Lemony Snicket
- The Unauthorized Autobiography of Lemony Snicket
- Eats, Shoots, & Leaves, Lynne Truss
- Tom Clancy's Net Force: Night Moves
- Tom Clancy's Net Force: Breaking Point
- The Kingdom of Infinite Numbers: A Field Guide, Bryan Bunch
- X-Files: Whirlwind, (does it matter who it's by?)
- Tom Clancy's Net Force: Point of Impact
- The Grim Grotto, Lemony Snicket
- Tom Clancy's Net Force: Cybernation (in this one, the title actually had something to do with the story)
- Vulcan!, Kathleen Sky
- Stars & Stripes Forever, Harry Harrison
- Stars & Stripes In Peril, Harry Harrison
- Stars & Stripes Triumphant, Harry Harrison
Also
Graphic Novels: (I don't normally get to read these, but I found a stack at the local library and went through them!)
- Batman: Terror (good)
- Tales of the Slayers (very good, it was worth picking rather than the Buffy books)
- Batman: Child of Dreams (pretty good, but pretty long)
- Spiderman: The Death of Gwen Stacey (excellent -- even for reprints)
- Spyboy/Young Justice (ick)
- Batman: The Arrow, the Ring & the Bat (good story, but the splash pages were annoying)
TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: biography; books; fantasy; fiction; nonfiction; readinglist; scifi; series; unfortunate
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To: gubamyster
American Soldier:Gen Tommy Franks
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:38:31 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
To: Tanniker Smith
Zell Millers book "A National Party No More". It is real good.
How on earth did you ever get the time to read all those books?
All my extra time I spend here :)
To: RushCrush
you forgot to read Ann Coulter's new book! Haven't gotten it from the library yet. And when I do, I'll need a disguise in case my wife sees me reading it. I'll probably tell her it's porn -- must easier for her to deal with.
TS
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:39:33 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: Tanniker Smith
To: Tanniker Smith
Currently reading the "Da Vinci Code". A real page turner. I will however follow up with the book that debunks the misinformation here. It must be read for pure enjoyment, not for taking anything lasting away from it.
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:39:49 PM PST
by
w1andsodidwe
(Jimmy Carter allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
To: patriciaruth
The connections from one character to the next are still bad. It's like each character has an unrelated story.
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:40:31 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Pray for the millions of lives disrupted by tsunami.)
To: Tanniker Smith
what is a lemony snicket?
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:41:03 PM PST
by
GeronL
(I am NOT the real bin Laden)
To: mysto
I couldn't get past the opening credits.
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:41:09 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Pray for the millions of lives disrupted by tsunami.)
To: Tanniker Smith
Here are some books that stick out in my mind from the past year ...
- The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki: A book about how large groups can make more intelligent decisions than even the most intelligent member
- Eats Shoots and Leaves by Lynn Truss: A humerous book about punctuation (really!)
- Carnage and Culture by Victor Hansen: The rise of the Western military tradition as seen from 10 historic battles
- Ripples of Battle by Victor Hansen: The impact of three historic battles (Delium, Shiloh, and Okinawa)
- Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell: A basic introduction to free-market economic theory. Very well written, but I haven't finished it yet!
- Prime Obsession by John Derbyshire: A well-written examination of the Riemann Hypothesis (the most famous unsolved hypothesis in mathematics - now that Fermat's Last Theorem has bit the dust)
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:41:52 PM PST
by
PMCarey
To: Tanniker Smith
Interesting thing happened. I read Johnny Tremaine before sending it to my husband's grandson, and while reading it realized that John Jake had ripped off half the characters and plot when he wrote The Bastard and The Rebels.
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12/30/2004 1:41:58 PM PST
by
patriciaruth
(They are all Mike Spanns)
To: Conspiracy Guy
But you got to love the short stories!!
To: Tanniker Smith
While I read a few dozen amusing, but forgettable works of science fiction, I did read a few good books:
Peter Watson, The Modern Mind
Jacques Barzun, From Dawn to Decadence
B. T. Wilkins, Burke's Political Philosophy
all of which I commend to the interested student of ideas.
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:42:02 PM PST
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: RosieCotton
Hm...writing down everything I've read or reread would be tricky. Start now for 2005. If you're on a PC, open a new file in "My Documents", call it "Books 2005" and write down what you're reading currently (assuming you don't finish it in the next 30 hours or so). Update it as needed.
Someone else can give Mac directions. (Actually, I use a DOS file. Yes, I did just turn 40, how did you know?)
TS
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:42:20 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: mlmr
The Long Walk. My copy of that has vanished. Uh, some say the whole work is a fiction.
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:42:49 PM PST
by
don-o
(Stop Freeploading. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor.)
To: blue-duncan
It just doesn't flow well.
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:42:58 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Pray for the millions of lives disrupted by tsunami.)
To: RushCrush
The Narnia books are getting the bigscreen treatment--I think Lion, Witch and Wardrobe is coming out late next year. The visuals are being done by WETA, which did the Lord of the Rings movies.
There are several more low-rent TV and video versions avaiable. I suggest waiting for the more lavish versions. Lewis's stepson, I think, has a hand in them.
To: ConservativeBamaFan
Dump all your old business books and pick up "Good to Great," by Jim Collins. Best take on what makes a successful organization I've read in a decade.
I also read William Manchester's "American Caesar" (MacArthur's life story) over the Christmas holiday. Very book biography.
To: Tanniker Smith
Born Fighting-How The Scots-Irish Shaped America
Beowulf(second time)
Just started "Heloise and Abelard, A New Biography"
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:43:42 PM PST
by
redangus
To: Tanniker Smith
That's kind of a cool idea! Be interesting to have a record. I should do that.
Currently reading Graham Greene's This Gun for Hire...
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:43:58 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: MontanaCowgirlCop
How on earth did you ever get the time to read all those books? Well, 12 of them were Lemony Snicket. Heck, I read 1/2 of one of those while waiting in line to have it autographed.
Mostly, it was a half-hour at bedtime and every-so-often on the subway (I usually drive to work, so that's kinda out).
TS
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:44:11 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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