Tag: reading
member name: Gil T. Wilson
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November 06, 2009 11:41 PM EST --
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle originally published in 1963 This 2000 edition published by Gramercy Books
Recently I set myself down in front of my television and watched a marathon of all . . .
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October 12, 2006 03:57 AM EDT --
Book review: "The Ruins" by Scott Smith
I have just read one of the creepiest, scariest books since Stephen King's "The Cell," "The Ruins" by Scott Smith. . . .
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September 13, 2006 04:36 PM EDT --
"Water for Elephants" has got to be one of the most beautifully and creatively written books from this century. Sara Gruen introduces us to Jacob Jankowski at the age of 90 (or is it 93?, he's . . .
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October 17, 2006 10:01 PM EDT --
I'm continuing in my quest to read all 13 books in this delightful series. (Okay, I mean delightful in the sense that it makes for some entertaining reading, by no means do I mean that the . . .
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November 01, 2006 08:42 PM EST --
In rounding out my Dan Brown reading there was only 1 of the 4 novels I hadn't read. But now I have and I wish I would have read this one first. That way I wouldn't have been let down. . . .
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March 12, 2008 09:35 PM EDT --
Well I finally read the latest from Stephen King, the master of horror. Actually I would say Mr. King is the Master at taking something pretty plain and making it downright horrifying. In "Duma Key" . . .
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July 28, 2008 11:26 PM EDT --
Every so often you have to treat yourself to a David Sedaris book. If you haven't read David Sedaris, let me introduce him to you. First of all he's extremely funny, his wit is a bit . . .
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August 30, 2006 02:07 PM EDT --
Democrats.org has a post called "CDF Katrina Project Needs Books" that's worth checking out...
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools Katrina Project partners with community . . .
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August 03, 2006 10:41 PM EDT --
Okay, I'm going to go on a rant here...but I think this stuff needs to be said. At least, I feel I need to say it.
Why have we lost our creativity and appreciation for creativity? There are numerous . . .
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August 22, 2006 08:45 PM EDT --
"The Accidental" is a very creatively written book. Each chapter or section is written by a different point of view of the characters involved. And they are written as stream of thought, . . .
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September 22, 2006 02:34 PM EDT --
What do you get when you cross a couple of comic book guys with a great idea for juvenile fiction? You get the latest series based book craze that'll keep the kids reading, the Abadazad series. . . .
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October 21, 2006 03:38 PM EDT --
Once again we join Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, otherwise known as the Baudelaire orphans and heirs to the Baudelaire fortune. But this book is a little different from the other three, at . . .
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October 31, 2006 10:10 PM EST --
The Stolen Child is one of those books that's hard to categorize. While it's a coming of age story it has a bit of a twist. The twist being the mixing of the mythos of faeries,hobgoblins . . .
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November 18, 2006 01:36 PM EST --
Here we are again reliving the lives of the Baudelaires in yet another unfortunate circumstance, or rather a series of them. First of all the orphans have a new guardian. Actually, this time . . .
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December 02, 2006 01:55 PM EST --
I'm almost done with the entire series of Unfortunate Events. It's kind of sad really, I'm gonna read the remaining 4 books slowly just so I can enjoy the witticism of Lemony Snicket even more . . .
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August 25, 2007 02:54 PM EDT --
Tokyopop has started another Manga series that creates some fun and mystery. Blank is actually a "Manga - Like" book, I say this because Pop Mhan is an American citizen that immigrated . . .
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July 17, 2008 10:10 PM EDT --
I don't know what it is about nonlinear storytelling, but I seem to have a weak spot for it. Give me a good book or movie that is nonlinear and well you've got me hooked. Non-linear, . . .
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August 27, 2006 07:24 PM EDT --
Okay, if you are a corporation or support corporations not having to pay taxes or to clean up their own toxic messes, this book is not for you, because you are already receiving all the good stuff . . .
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November 22, 2006 02:08 PM EST --
How can a law abiding police officer become one of the most wanted Animal liberationists, sought by the FBI, Scotland Yard and many state police? This book tells the story of how the Animal Liberation . . .
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January 11, 2008 09:11 PM EST --
This is the 3rd and final book in the series written by Elie Wiesel. The first book being the Nobel Prize winning, "Night," which was the author's account of the holocaust. The second was . . .
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