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[Tyrone Slothrop]

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

Two people recommended them and I'm not that picky. Also, not a lot going on in my life right now.

I had like 10,000 posts while you were coma'd. you ain't going to read that?

[PresentTense Pirate Penske]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Another Saturday nite soiree at Penske's.....

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Has anyone had H1N1?

[PresentTense Pirate Penske]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Has anyone had H1N1?

Not me, but I had chocolate truffles rolled in diced bacon, then pan fried and sprinkled with sea salt for dessert last nite, accompanied by a 20 year old tawny port. Buon appettito, indeed!!

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

Two people recommended them and I'm not that picky. Also, not a lot going on in my life right now.

Here. Pick any three. A much better use fo your time.

Sometimes a Great Notion - Ken Kesey
Underworld - Don Delillo
Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon
Sick Puppy - Carl Hiaasen
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
Texasville - Larry McMurtry
History of God - Karen Armstrong
I'm Just Here for the Food - Alton Brown
On The Road - Jack Kerouac
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - (I forget)
Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Harlot's Ghost - Norman Mailer
On Food and Nutrition - Harold McGee
Double Deuce - Robert Parker
Mystic River - Denis Lehane

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by dtb

Seriously? I thought the one holding number 2 was the worst. But it's decent.

5 and 7 are crushing the rest. And you're right - 2 is the weakest. 3 isn't bad. It's just bland... missing adequate 'zest' or something.

[John Phoenix]

I saw a Flomax commercial (note to tv programmers: commercials during NFL games are not preschooler friendly) in which they gave a disclaimer that you could experience an increase in the amount of semen you produce if you take Flomax. Now we know Peter North's secret.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

Two people recommended them and I'm not that picky. Also, not a lot going on in my life right now.

Considering they each seem to be about 1000 pages long, if you're looking to kill time, it's probably not a bad recommendation. Just read some of the stuff from Wonk's list along with them. I flipped through one of the Twilight books a supermarket checkout line and definitely got the feel from the the prose that one's vocabulary could quickly regress from overexposure to the series. Comparisons to J.K. Rowling are horribly unfair to Rowling. And I say that as someone who hates Harry Potter in its every incarnation.

[ltl/fb]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I had like 10,000 posts while you were coma'd. you ain't going to read that?

I can't really remember much of 2008. So no. I was not in a coma after the first few months. Otoh, I wasn't reading the board as far as I know. I don't recall that time either.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by John Phoenix

I saw a Flomax commercial (note to tv programmers: commercials during NFL games are not preschooler friendly) in which they gave a disclaimer that you could experience an increase in the amount of semen you produce if you take Flomax. Now we know Peter North's secret.

What ev. Take 1000 ius of E for two weeks. You'll go off like a high pressure glue gun.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by John Phoenix

a disclaimer that you could experience an increase in the amount of semen you produce if you take Flomax.

that would be one of the disclaimers if there was a commercial for dating atticus's sister, but there'd be others.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by ltl/fb

I'm reading book 1 of the Twilight Saga and liking it. Aside from my crappy taste, do I want to get the other books?

I've read the first two. The second is better than the first. I haven't gotten to the last two because I can't bear to buy them in hardback. I think the third is finally out in paperback, and I'm sure that I'll get to them sooner or later. I like them for the camp.

A twelve year old of my acquaintance thinks that I'm awesome because I read the first two.

I'm a huge, huge fan of the Stieg Larsson Millennium series, and this is one where I am willing to buy in hardback. I bought the third one today at an outrageous price thanks to the importing prowess of my local independent murder mystery bookstore. Everyone else in town won't get this one until May.

[ltl/fb]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I've read the first two. The second is better than the first. I haven't gotten to the last two because I can't bear to buy them in hardback. I think the third is finally out in paperback, and I'm sure that I'll get to them sooner or later. I like them for the camp.

A twelve year old of my acquaintance thinks that I'm awesome because I read the first two.

I'm a huge, huge fan of the Stieg Larsson Millennium series, and this is one where I am willing to buy in hardback. I bought the third one today at an outrageous price thanks to the importing prowess of my local independent murder mystery bookstore. Everyone else in town won't get this one until May.

I'm reading the second Twilight book now on Kindle. I'll have to see how much the third one is. I would not pay for a hardcover for these either. Hmmmm.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I'm a huge, huge fan of the Stieg Larsson Millennium series, and this is one where I am willing to buy in hardback. I bought the third one today at an outrageous price thanks to the importing prowess of my local independent murder mystery bookstore. Everyone else in town won't get this one until May.

You rock. I'll be in line in May. Although I guess I was given the first two, so I haven't had to buy one yet.

I love the Alan Furst thrillers set during World War II, but not enough to buy them in hardcover. And the up side to getting into series that have been out for years (Henning Mankell, Maj Sjostrom and Per Wahloo) is that they're all out in paperback, just waiting for you.