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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Mon Mar 26, 2018 9:35 am
stripethree wrote: Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:41 pm About 20% into Dan Brown's Origins. Annoyed. It's been all build up, barely anything has happened. And build up in the "I get it, the horse is dead, shits about to go down" way. Going to see if I can fly through it but I might not pick up his next book, I'm that annoyed.
really.. I enjoyed it.
razr390 wrote: Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:36 pm Just finished Armada. 4/7 book.

Going to start Red Sparrow soon.
70% through Armada. so far so good
Armada is 5/7 after 50% through. Has a VERY slow start but it gets good quick.
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Anyone going to pick up Comey’s book?
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:58 pm At the risk of being sucked into your wedding planner decorative vortex, that is kind of cute.
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[user not found] wrote: Sat Apr 14, 2018 8:43 am
Sno wrote: Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:59 am Anyone going to pick up Comey’s book?
Already pre-ordered but I am an unabashed Comey for many years so I'm not the best marker on this one.
An unabashed Comey WHAT? Fan? Dissenter? :notsure:
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[user not found] wrote: Sat Apr 14, 2018 10:39 am Shit... Fan.

He's made mistakes but he has always done what he thought was the right (in the moral sense) thing to do.
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Thought so, but didn't want to assume.
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Thought so, but didn't want to assume.
I've had the pleasure of hearing him speak a few times as well. :mindblown: intelligence.
Doesn't surprise me, really.
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Just finished Artemis, Andy Weir's follow-up to The Martian. It's a crime caper set in the first city on the moon. 5/7. Looks like he set it up to possibly be a series, or at least for a sequel.

Just started And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. It's supposedly her best crime novel.
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ordered ready player one. Will be here tomorrow i think.

I havent read a book in nearly 6 years. :derp:
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Sno wrote: Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:59 am Anyone going to pick up Comey’s book?
fuck no.
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dubshow wrote: Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:23 pm ordered ready player one. Will be here tomorrow i think.

I havent read a book in nearly 6 years. :derp:
I keep being told that I need to read this. Maybe I'll grab it for the Kindle tonight.
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Ready Player One is great if you’re into pop culture from 70’s-present and whatnot.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:05 pm DFD. The forum where everybody makes the same choices and then tells anybody trying to join the club that they are the stupidest motherfucker to ever walk the earth.
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Finished Ready Player One in just over a week. Excellent read. I totally geeked out.

While I knew there were going to be differences from the movie (which I saw before reading the book), I didn't expect as much of a difference as there was. While I loved both the book and movie - I think of it more as two different perspectives on the same main storyline - I can see why you, @razr390, didn't appreciate the film as much, having read the book first.
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SAWCE wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:25 pm I'll be reading RPO thanks to our PandaMan
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wap wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:59 pm
SAWCE wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:25 pm I'll be reading RPO thanks to our PandaMan
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Jax taught you how to read: :notbad:
He's both strong and patient.
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Just ordered Setting the Table by Danny Meyer. 5/7 excited to read it. I don’t expect much interest here but if you have any interest in his restaurants in NYC, it’s had good response as a good read.

Excited to read his thoughts and theories for why so much shit in the hospitality world is the way it is.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:58 pm At the risk of being sucked into your wedding planner decorative vortex, that is kind of cute.
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Sno wrote:Just ordered Setting the Table by Danny Meyer. 5/7 excited to read it. I don’t expect much interest here but if you have any interest in his restaurants in NYC, it’s had good response as a good read.

Excited to read his thoughts and theories for why so much shit in the hospitality world is the way it is.
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wap wrote: Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:37 pm Just finished Artemis, Andy Weir's follow-up to The Martian. It's a crime caper set in the first city on the moon. 5/7. Looks like he set it up to possibly be a series, or at least for a sequel.

Just started And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. It's supposedly her best crime novel.
I also enjoyed Artemis
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:53 pm
wap wrote: Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:37 pm Just finished Artemis, Andy Weir's follow-up to The Martian. It's a crime caper set in the first city on the moon. 5/7. Looks like he set it up to possibly be a series, or at least for a sequel.

Just started And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. It's supposedly her best crime novel.
I also enjoyed Artemis
Did you also feel that a sequel is pending?
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wap wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:22 pm
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I also enjoyed Artemis
Did you also feel that a sequel is pending?
Pending? No but the door is certainly wide open.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:30 pm
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Did you also feel that a sequel is pending?
Pending? No but the door is certainly wide open.
Guess we'll have to wait and see.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 9:35 am Started reading Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training
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On the last few chapters of A Dance with Dragons. Been on an audiobook kick this past year. I went through all of the Lord of the Rings and Middle Earth related works (for the third time in my life, this time on audiobook), all Harry Potter books and am about to finish the Game of Thrones series. It's been so much fun :D
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Sno wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:40 pm Just ordered Setting the Table by Danny Meyer. 5/7 excited to read it. I don’t expect much interest here but if you have any interest in his restaurants in NYC, it’s had good response as a good read.
Interested.

I'm reading Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Finding it a dense read, but not as bad as Cryptonomicon which I have tried to read three times and end up putting it down. I haven't had a lot of reading time in the last few weeks so not far. Luckily, it is coming into pool and boat season so, that might uptick.
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