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richlevy · 02-19-2006, 07:47 PM

I just finished My Peoples Waltz by Dale Ray Phillips. It's a thin paperback I took with me on my trip. Very nice writing. The story plays out like a bad country western song - child of divorce grows up and gets divorced, but the characters, events, and surroundings are described very well.

It's somewhere between depressing and uplifting depending on how you look at life.

Pie · 02-19-2006, 11:22 PM

Freakonomics

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (Alan Alda's autobio)

Granola Goddess · 02-21-2006, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

Freakonomics

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (Alan Alda's autobio)

I have Alda's book on hold at the library. Looking forward to reading it! Right now I'm reading "If Dog's Prayers Were Answered, Bones Would Fall From The Sky".

http://www.dogwise.com/ItemDetails.c...45228&Method=3

I have a black lab/border collie cross who I luv very much.

Cyclefrance · 02-23-2006, 02:00 PM

Just finished Lance Armstrong's autobiography 'It's not about the bike' that deals with his early career and fight aginst testicular cancer that had raged throughout his body. A very emotional read and telling of the man's unbeliveable ability to fight adversity. Hard to say how long it has been since I have read something that impacts so much. Amazing stuff - if you see it on the bookshelf it's worth the expenditure. It of course helps if you like cycling and have an interest in 'Le Tour' but there so much more besides that I reckon anyone would find this book compulsive reading.

dar512 · 02-28-2006, 04:24 PM

Finished Seventh Son and started Red Prophet both books by Orson Scott Card in the Alvin Maker series. They are fantasy novels about an alternate universe set in the early 1800s America.

wolf · 02-19-2006, 11:39 PM

Pagans and Christians - Gus DiZerega

Clodfobble · 03-01-2006, 10:12 PM

I gave a couple of books in that series to my sister-in-law for Christmas this year. I personally couldn't get past the romance-novel look of the cover art.

dar512 · 03-01-2006, 10:58 PM

They're well worth reading if you like fantasy and/or early American history.

wolf · 03-02-2006, 01:29 AM

Never judge a science fiction novel by it's cover. Cover art on science fiction novels rarely bears any relation to the content. Cover artists tend to be given access to one or two pages of text at most and have to base their artwork on that or a brief description (prepared by some feeb at the publisher's office who didn't read the book either) of one or more of the main characters. Oh, yeah, and rejected cover art is sometimes recycled for another novel. I can't remember what novel it was, but I am pretty sure that cover art that should have gone on Enemy Mine by Barry Longyear ended up on something else ...

busterb · 03-02-2006, 09:44 AM

Anything by Michael McGarrity

wolf · 03-02-2006, 11:15 AM

But what's the name of the book ...

FallenFairy · 03-02-2006, 11:25 AM

Christ the Lord - Out of Egypt by Anne Rice

dar512 · 03-02-2006, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by FallenFairy

Christ the Lord - Out of Egypt by Anne Rice

What did you think of it?

busterb · 03-02-2006, 11:37 AM

Michael McGarrity Slowkill, under the color of law, everyone dies. Think that's the ones I've read or reading.

FallenFairy · 03-02-2006, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

What did you think of it?

Actually thought it was pretty good - she definitely got the feel of the times down - you can tell there was quite a bit of research involved...
my only complaint? It's a very easy read - I finished it in like 4 hours... and wanted more.
Have you read it yet?

02-19-2006, 07:47 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I just finished My Peoples Waltz by Dale Ray Phillips. It's a thin paperback I took with me on my trip. Very nice writing. The story plays out like a bad country western song - child of divorce grows up and gets divorced, but the characters, events, and surroundings are described very well. It's somewhere between depressing and uplifting depending on how you look at life. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

02-19-2006, 11:22 PM	#2
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Freakonomics Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (Alan Alda's autobio) __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-23-2006, 02:00 PM	#4
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Just finished Lance Armstrong's autobiography 'It's not about the bike' that deals with his early career and fight aginst testicular cancer that had raged throughout his body. A very emotional read and telling of the man's unbeliveable ability to fight adversity. Hard to say how long it has been since I have read something that impacts so much. Amazing stuff - if you see it on the bookshelf it's worth the expenditure. It of course helps if you like cycling and have an interest in 'Le Tour' but there so much more besides that I reckon anyone would find this book compulsive reading. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-28-2006, 04:24 PM	#5
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Finished Seventh Son and started Red Prophet both books by Orson Scott Card in the Alvin Maker series. They are fantasy novels about an alternate universe set in the early 1800s America. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

02-19-2006, 11:39 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Pagans and Christians - Gus DiZerega __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-01-2006, 10:12 PM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I gave a couple of books in that series to my sister-in-law for Christmas this year. I personally couldn't get past the romance-novel look of the cover art.

03-01-2006, 10:58 PM	#8
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	They're well worth reading if you like fantasy and/or early American history. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

03-02-2006, 01:29 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Never judge a science fiction novel by it's cover. Cover art on science fiction novels rarely bears any relation to the content. Cover artists tend to be given access to one or two pages of text at most and have to base their artwork on that or a brief description (prepared by some feeb at the publisher's office who didn't read the book either) of one or more of the main characters. Oh, yeah, and rejected cover art is sometimes recycled for another novel. I can't remember what novel it was, but I am pretty sure that cover art that should have gone on Enemy Mine by Barry Longyear ended up on something else ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 03-02-2006 at 01:33 AM.

03-02-2006, 09:44 AM	#10
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Anything by Michael McGarrity __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

03-02-2006, 11:15 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	But what's the name of the book ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-02-2006, 11:25 AM	#12
FallenFairy nope Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322	Christ the Lord - Out of Egypt by Anne Rice __________________ ~going, going... gone now

03-02-2006, 11:37 AM	#14
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Michael McGarrity Slowkill, under the color of law, everyone dies. Think that's the ones I've read or reading. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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