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08-18-11, 04:26 PM
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Ha! Guess if someone posts only once, that's a safe assumption. But I'll second Mr. Cole's endorsement. Open City was a great read.
08-18-11, 05:39 PM
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Just found my copy after 15 years and started re-reading it.
08-18-11, 05:48 PM
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fair weather cyclist
picked up this book called "Chain reaction" - fiction - currently reading
also ended up ordering that belgian blocks book someone mentioned
Also ordered the USAC coaching manual (level 3)
and finally
also ended up ordering that belgian blocks book someone mentioned
Also ordered the USAC coaching manual (level 3)
and finally
08-18-11, 06:47 PM
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Rereading The Fourth Protocol. Rereading Dog in Hat too.
08-19-11, 05:14 AM
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depends on what classes. I read some great books in school:
etc.
etc.
08-19-11, 10:50 AM
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'The Killer Angles' by Michael Shaara. Historical Fiction, placed during the battle of Gettysburg. Good so far but I am only 1/4 in.
08-19-11, 11:39 AM
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Never read this in school, so I figured I ought to.
I'd read a bit of his short stories, and so far I'm enjoying this. Although I don't care for Lady Brett. She reminds me of a girl I knew at Berkeley.
I'd read a bit of his short stories, and so far I'm enjoying this. Although I don't care for Lady Brett. She reminds me of a girl I knew at Berkeley.
08-19-11, 11:43 AM
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Everyone knows a Brett.
Did you pick up on the impotence yet?
Did you pick up on the impotence yet?
08-19-11, 11:46 AM
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Yeah, took me awhile, but I finally figured it out.
08-19-11, 03:35 PM
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I've had a bit of a resurgence in reading lately. Couldn't find the time for years. But I've gotten addicted to the Kindle app on my phone.
In the last 3 weeks:
First Kindle book
Free on Kindle app and hadn't read it since I was a kid:
About half way done with this one:
Next on the list:
And then (free download because I've started spending too much on Kindle books and this will keep me busy for a little while:
In the last 3 weeks:
First Kindle book
Free on Kindle app and hadn't read it since I was a kid:
About half way done with this one:
Next on the list:
And then (free download because I've started spending too much on Kindle books and this will keep me busy for a little while:
08-23-11, 06:44 AM
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I just re-read "Old Man's War" by John Scalzi. I want to get the other books he wrote. I figure this is one of the well-written books I've read, like "Lance's War". There are other books where the subject matter holds me but they're not well written, they seem unfinished. "Fourth Protocol" was well done too.
"First Fast Draw" by Louis L'Amour, started that again. A few of these novels are ones I found at my dad's house (where my bro, sis-in-law, and 3 kids live too). They have some books I wouldn't have bought so I peruse the shelves when I'm there.
"First Fast Draw" by Louis L'Amour, started that again. A few of these novels are ones I found at my dad's house (where my bro, sis-in-law, and 3 kids live too). They have some books I wouldn't have bought so I peruse the shelves when I'm there.
08-25-11, 10:09 PM
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The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher is a really good urban fantasy series I just finished up. Another book coming out soon. The God Engines by John Scalzi was interesting.
Cormac McCarthy's The Road, way creepy and disturbing, better than the movie of course. Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons.
So many good books out there
Cormac McCarthy's The Road, way creepy and disturbing, better than the movie of course. Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons.
So many good books out there
08-25-11, 10:14 PM
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08-28-11, 10:02 AM
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Genetics have failed me
Just finished reading 'Cryptonomicon' from Neal Stephenson. Good 1100 page read, but the ending left something to be desired.
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09-04-11, 05:24 AM
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out walking the earth
09-04-11, 08:39 AM
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09-14-11, 11:10 AM
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I'm sure this is going to get me on the NSA's watchlist.
09-21-11, 03:01 PM
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I'm flopping back and forth between The Utility of Force by Rupert Smith, A Very Short Introduction to Economics (OUP's series) by Partha Dasgupta, and the latest issue of Cycle Sport America.
Smith's book is good if you want to skip all the rest of military theory out there and get a good commentary on the relevant bits [+ Napoleon and his lack of rifles] - but it is not very short.
Dasgupta's is what it says on the tin - it is very short.
Cycle Sport seems to have the best writing of the cycling magazines I've come across and I like the retrospectives about great races or stages in the past -- though at times it's a bit of a Team Sky [/Cavendish] Fan Club Monthly. And of course magazines these days are challenged relative to the internet by being already out of date by the time you get them.
On topic, I'd recommend Fignon's and Cavendish's books.
I'm hoping to at least skim Daniel Yergin's The Quest next.
Smith's book is good if you want to skip all the rest of military theory out there and get a good commentary on the relevant bits [+ Napoleon and his lack of rifles] - but it is not very short.
Dasgupta's is what it says on the tin - it is very short.
Cycle Sport seems to have the best writing of the cycling magazines I've come across and I like the retrospectives about great races or stages in the past -- though at times it's a bit of a Team Sky [/Cavendish] Fan Club Monthly. And of course magazines these days are challenged relative to the internet by being already out of date by the time you get them.
On topic, I'd recommend Fignon's and Cavendish's books.
I'm hoping to at least skim Daniel Yergin's The Quest next.