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    I'm rereading Halo: First Strike (did I get the name right?) right now, it's a great book, more people should read it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darrenb209 View Post
    I'm rereading Halo: First Strike (did I get the name right?) right now, it's a great book, more people should read it
    its rigth
    lol i forgot how to right

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    I Just got done Re-reading Mercedes Lackey's Arrows trilogy ( Arrows of the Queen, Arrows Flight, and Arrows Fall ) Great Series ( as all her Valdamer related books are ) but also a very emotional story.

    "People once believed, that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens, that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes the crow could bring that soul back to put the wrong things right"

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    "Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death"
    Jim Frederick

    This painstaking and balanced book studies the experience of one airborne platoon in Iraq's deadly "Black Triangle" where U.S. forces have racked up a larger number of casualties than in any other area of the country. The stress of combat on the platoon eventually led to what can be described only as a war crime, in which rape and murder overtook an entire Iraqi family. Frederick's thorough research makes this a dense book, one not for the novice in studying the Iraq War or any other, but his compassion for all parties involved has enabled him to get an amount of cooperation from all of them that makes the book an exceptionally rich and valuable document of an aspect of the war the coverage of which is not always free from political bias or just plain sloppiness. Although not for the beginner, this is a valuable addition to any serious study of this war.

    "Riveting. . . A narrative that combines elements of 'In Cold Blood' and 'Black Hawk Down' with a touch of 'Apocalypse Now' as it builds toward its terrible climax....Frederick's extraordinary book is a testament to a misconceived war, and to the ease with which ordinary men, under certain conditions, can transform into monsters. . . . Extraordinary."
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    Meticulous. . . . Demands to be read.
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    Finished Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals - moving on to another funny british writer, Jasper Fforde and his new book Shades of Grey. I read his Thursday Next series with great joy and I am crossing my fingers that his new book will be just as exhilarating.

    "You live your life in wretchedness and death is no escape."
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    William Gibson ~Neuromancer~ I think i've read it 8 times now never gets boring.

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    Just finished The Prince of Darkness by Robert Novak (may he rest in peace), which is a fascinating account of his 50-year career as a reporter in Washington D.C. (I was a big fan of his Washington Post column).

    Now reading Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin. This is a career-oriented book which talks about what makes successful people so successful. The guy has a lot of insights and its a pretty good read.

    Next up: The Way the World Works by Jude Wanniski. This one is a famous propounding of supply-side economics that I have not gotten around to reading until recently. I'm interested because all that's really taught in school is the Keynesian approach.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darrenb209 View Post
    I'm rereading Halo: First Strike (did I get the name right?) right now, it's a great book, more people should read it
    I LOVE those books, have you read the others? My personal favorite is Contact at Harvest.

    Currently, I'm reading a book on old Celtic/Gaelic mythology.
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    Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go blow up this dead body."
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    I am reading the book to kill a mockingbird right now guys!

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    Quote Originally Posted by attackgod1 View Post
    Just finishing Silence of The Lambs. Great book.
    I'm working on that one in my spare time.

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