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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Trip Dee on January 26, 2010, 03:07:53 PM
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(http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/177697_James_Clavel-King_Rat_jpg171e511653ae4c7af96f1f47994c12d7)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Rat_(1962_novel)
just started, cool shit so far...
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Umberto Eco- The Name of the Rose
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I just read "Run Baby Run" not so long ago, it's a good book. I don't really read books that much though. I'm gonna be buyin' "The Club Dumas" book soon since i liked "The Ninth Gate" movie so much. And i'm buyin' Ronin Ro's "Dr. Dre: The Biography" and "Have Gun Will Travel" too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Club_Dumas
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Umberto Eco- The Name of the Rose
nice book, altough i couldn't finish it cause i knew the ending from the movie n it just bored me...
I just read "Run Baby Run" not so long ago, it's a good book. I don't really read books that much though. I'm gonna be buyin' "The Club Dumas" book soon since i liked "The Ninth Gate" movie so much. And i'm buyin' Ronin Ro's "Dr. Dre: The Biography" and "Have Gun Will Travel" too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Club_Dumas
i'm readin during winter/fall, than abandon it for the spring & summer. i've watched 9th Gate recently so i might just wait with the book. as for ronin ro's books, i'm planing to buy it but i'm broke nowadays...
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i guess y'all guys ain't into that "reading" thing too much...
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not really read much in the last month or so, but in the last 6 months i've read The Godfather (twice), The Beach (again), and The Da Vinci Code (not even seen the film).
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Godfather is a classic. I must read The Beach, i haven't even been aware of it's existance and i loved the movie. as for Da Vinci Code, i don't know if i wanna read that, i'm not into all that religious bullshit, and the book seems girly (my ex and her girlfriends were praising that fucking book ;)). how is it?
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i guess y'all guys ain't into that "reading" thing too much...
lol Dub provides enough drama, violence, and comedy 2 fill a 1000 page novel. Why read a book that will end when I have several Trilogies going on here already.
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Godfather is a classic. I must read The Beach, i haven't even been aware of it's existance and i loved the movie. as for Da Vinci Code, i don't know if i wanna read that, i'm not into all that religious bullshit, and the book seems girly (my ex and her girlfriends were praising that fucking book ;)). how is it?
i wouldn't call it 'girly'. not in the slightest. they will have only read it due to the hype that surrounded it.
i found it a very fast, enjoyable book. some nights i couldn't put it down. i was reading it in the summer and on numerous nights found myself out in the yard reading, drinking and smoking (cigarettes) until the early hours of the morning.
i've just downloaded the movie, i'll watch it tonight.
The Beach is a great book, and a great movie. There are several differences between the two, if the movie had followed the book line for line it would have been much better.
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just started reading stephen king's dark tower series, currently on book #2
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Sun Also Rises
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Sun Also Rises
how is it? only thing i read from Hemmingway was "Old Man And The See"...
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started Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. preety good. hard going tho.
started War & Peace a month or two ago and havent made it past like page 16. books fuckin crazy hard to read.
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Sun Also Rises
how is it? only thing i read from Hemmingway was "Old Man And The See"...
Just started. It's okay - easy to read.
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'sun also rises' is the shit, im a Hemingway fanatic,
i recently finished "confederacy of the dunces' which i highly recomend
and now im reading 'Maloy' of Samuel Beckett's trilogy
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jack kerouac - on the road
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jack kerouac - on the road
you know, i never read that, i read 'dharma bums' and 'big sur' and really enjoyed them, so i really need to pick myself a copy of that, i know its a classic, what you think about it?
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Just finished "King Rat". :o really really dope book. i can reccomend it with clear conscience.
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jack kerouac - on the road
you know, i never read that, i read 'dharma bums' and 'big sur' and really enjoyed them, so i really need to pick myself a copy of that, i know its a classic, what you think about it?
im reading it in english, which isnt my first language. plus the story is kind of confusing, i think. one of jack most favorite sentences is: i will tell you about that later.. fuck you. i want to know what happened in fucking texas. reading it makes me kind of nervous, te whole atmosphere of the book is like you have a serious case of ADD. thus its a good book, because i have emotions of it by reading it. (spelling?)
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i recommend Glue by Irvine Welsh though. an awesome sory about friendship/growing up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glue_%28novel%29
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Started "The Firm" by John Grisham...
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just started reading stephen king's dark tower series, currently on book #2
it took me almost 6 months to read all 7 parts lol
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Started "The Firm" by John Grisham...
finished than watched the movie. great book but goddamn that movie was wack :grumpy: that fuckin pimple tom cruise :grumpy:
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just started the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, so dope so far
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The Corner
Been reading it for ages !
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Read in short segments (a few paragraphs to a few pages, depending on content density), all the while thinking about and paraphrasing the meaning of what is written.
To rehearse what you are memorizing, see how many of the mental pictures you can reconstruct. Use headings and highlighted words if needed to help you reinforce the mental pictures. Rehearse the mental pictures every day or so for the first few days after reading.
Think about the content in each segment in terms of how it satisfies the purpose for reading. Ask yourself questions about the content. “How does this information fit what I already know and don’t know? Why did the author say that? Do I understand what this means? What is the evidence? Do I agree with ideas or conclusions? Why or why not? What is the practical application?” How much of this do I need to memorize?” Apply the ideas to other situations and contexts. Generate ideas about the content.
It also helps to focus on what is not said. To do that you also have to keep in working memory what was said. This not only helps memory, but you get the opportunity to gain creative insights about the subject. In short, thinking not only promotes memory formation but also understanding.
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just finished reading The Game by Neil Strauss.
Pretty interesting stuff there. Most of the stuff they teach you i learned already from experience but it was still very interesting to learn that there are communities out there that are dedicated on picking up women.
The first half of the book is more of teaching the game while the second half turns into a story of how the character "style" uses what he's learned and moves into a mansion with other pick up artists and live this crazy life.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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Tropic Of Capricorn by Henry Miller. Tropic Of Cancer was cool, let's see bout that one...
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http://www.amazon.com/Still-Life-Oysters-Lemon-Intimacy/dp/0807066095/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266898113&sr=8-1
Still Life With Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy
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Tropic Of Capricorn by Henry Miller. Tropic Of Cancer was cool, let's see bout that one...
yea im slackin, i need to read both of those...
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Tropic Of Capricorn by Henry Miller. Tropic Of Cancer was cool, let's see bout that one...
yea im slackin, i need to read both of those...
henry was a cool dude... ;)
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The Wasteland.
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The Wasteland.
t.s. elliot is a fucking trip
this is the way the world ends
this is the way the world ends
this is the way the world ends
not with a bang but a whimper
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The Wasteland.
t.s. elliot is a fucking trip
this is the way the world ends
this is the way the world ends
this is the way the world ends
not with a bang but a whimper
So hard to read, especially without footnotes.
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Started "The Firm" by John Grisham...
How is it? I've only read 'The Rainmaker' and 'The Street lawyer' so far.
I'll get that James Clavell book you recommended since 'Shogun' is probably my favourite book.
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this thread
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this thread
lol
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haha you foo 4 dis one lol
this thread>>>>>>>> any book
this thread
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Started "The Firm" by John Grisham...
How is it? I've only read 'The Rainmaker' and 'The Street lawyer' so far.
I'll get that James Clavell book you recommended since 'Shogun' is probably my favourite book.
it's cool unless you've watched movie first (you don't want to imagine fuckin tom cruise through whole book). and yeah get that King Rat, highly reccomended.
this thread
what's wrong mayne? :D
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Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
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Jazz