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Old 01-04-2011, 12:42 AM   #16
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There have been a couple of times when I've told cops what to do, but it never turned out well.
Yes, context matters when it comes to ordering around cops or security guards. In this context, we were protecting celebrities from rabid fans. It was usually off-duty officers but sometimes Metro would send out a unit or two to keep an eye on things, and they would ask me where to go because I knew the foot traffic patterns, weak points, and potential line-of-sight opportunities for snipers. Okay, that last part never came into play but it's useful info to have nonetheless.

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Darwin's Origin of Species or another Origins? I found Darwin's book to be dry-going, but some passages absolutely sparkled.
Darwin. I have an old musty copy and the awesome new illustrated anniversary edition. (The real one, not the one that got handed out with the religious disclaimers in the front.) I don't know if you've seen it, but it's got lots of interesting sidebars and such in it. I'm actually looking forward to digging into it, but I know it won't be easy going (I've never made it more than a third in before) so I feel like I need to be committed to it before I start this time. I think the format of the new edition will make it a little easier on both my eyes and my brain.
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Old 01-04-2011, 12:47 AM   #17
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... Christianity Maccullough, Diarmaid ...
Zounds! The Kindle version costs more than a new hardcover edition!

But it looks as if it may be worth it. I just downloaded a sample.
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Old 01-04-2011, 12:50 AM   #18
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I got "Christianity" as an audiobook, but almost 2/3 of the way through it got very bogged down in philosophy; the history went into hiding. So ... I switched to the library Overdrive ebook instead.
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Old 01-04-2011, 12:52 AM   #19
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And finally , S - Z ...
Pardon the expression, but holy crap! I feel like such a slacker now. But it's good, because stuff like this motivates me to read more, and I can come back to this thread later for ideas.

I am in awe of your list.
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Old 01-04-2011, 12:55 AM   #20
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It's about 1/3 audiobooks (italicization that didn't carry through). I'm a bit ADD'ish in that I juggle several books at once, and I read relatively fast.
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Old 01-04-2011, 01:06 AM   #21
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It's about 1/3 audiobooks (italicization that didn't carry through). I'm a bit ADD'ish in that I juggle several books at once, and I read relatively fast.
I admire anyone who can do that. I've never been able to read more than one book at a time. My brain doesn't like to switch gears after only small amounts of something. I can't even read short serial-type releases unless I save up a few at a time to read together before reading something unrelated. I can do it with regular book-length series, but not the shorter ones.
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Old 01-04-2011, 01:13 AM   #22
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At this moment I have one audiobook going, one print book I've been reading mostly at lunch and such over the past week or so and one I just started today, and on my e-reader I have one current nonfiction book, one essay collection, one that I started a while ago to see if I could get into it (yes, but I decided to read the rest of it later), and one huge book of movie reviews that I read a couple of every so often; I don't count the last two as "currently reading".

One book at a time is absolutely inconceivable to me!
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Old 01-04-2011, 02:11 AM   #24
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No idea, I never keep track...
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Old 01-04-2011, 03:36 AM   #25
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Me neither ... But I can say I read a lot of fantasy. Let me refrase that: I read nothing but fantasy
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Old 01-04-2011, 06:18 AM   #26
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A summary listed by author in alpha order:

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility
Sydney Bauer: Gospel
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Kylie Chan: Dark Heavens series
David Eddings: Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium, Belgarath, Polgara
Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts: Riftware, Empire
Neil Gaiman: Smoke and Mirrors, Odd and the Frost Gians, Coraline
Tom Holt: his first 7 comic fantasy novels
John Irving: A Prayer for Owen Meany, Setting free the Bears
Stephen King: a few from the early 90s
Lois Lowry: The Giver
Herman Melville: Moby Dick
Stephenie Meyer: Twilight series, The Host
Richard North Patterson: his 11 most recent
Terry Pratchett: Tiffany Aching series
Louis Sachar: Holes
Alice Sebold: The Lovely Bones
Shaun Tan: Tales from Outer Suburbia
H.G. Wells: The War of the Worlds

A lot of (ie. mostly) re-reads in there, I've been doing that a lot in the last few years. Saves money and is very convenient when you have lots of other stuff going on. Also quite a few kids books, or at least for "younger readers", which is also convenient when time is tight and some of them are very very good.
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Old 01-04-2011, 07:03 AM   #27
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That's kinda where I'm at....I'm going to have to think about it a bit....
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Old 01-04-2011, 07:13 AM   #28
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Instead of posting the list here again. rather see it on my blog. I just need to add the 12 other titles I finished after reaching the 100 book mark.
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Old 01-04-2011, 08:22 AM   #29
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Me neither ... But I can say I read a lot of fantasy. Let me refrase that: I read nothing but fantasy
Hmm, I do know I've finished at least one historic novel, one science fiction novel, one contemporary novel, one fantasy novel and one classic novel.

But I added a new column to my Calibre database, so I can keep track in what year I have finished books... The ones I had already tagged as "Read" are now all put in 2010 though
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Here's what I can remember:

The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
The White Queen - Philippa Gregory
The Red Queen - Philippa Gregory
The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
The Virgins Lover - Philippa Gregory
The Queens Fool - Philippa Gregory
Queen Of Silks - Vanora Benett
Blood Royal - Vanora Benett
Twilight - Stephenie Meyers
New Moon - Stephenie Meyers
Eclipse - Stephenie Meyers
Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyers
The Devils Punchbowl - Greg Iles
Breathless - Dean Koontz
Frankenstein: Lost Souls - Dean Koontz
Under the Dome - Stephen King
The Strain - Guillermo Del Toro
Risen - J. Strnad
The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson

I'm sure there's more but I can't think of them right now
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