Whatcha Readin'? - Page 5

BreakABone · 10-30-2009, 02:17 PM

If people wanna complain about movie/book conversions, I don't think they need look further than the Bond series.

As said before, Casino Royale is the first book, but is the 21st movie made.
Live and Let Die is the second book, but the 7th movie made.

So these things were out of wack from word one, and sure its Bond, but there are some elements that carry over and stuff.

Acebot44 · 11-19-2009, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by The Germanator

About to start reading this. It's about an Indian tribe in Mexico who run ultra-marathons, many times barefoot or just with a very thin sandal. It apparently dispels many myths about modern running shoes and running science. I've been running for a little while now, and I'm curious to see whether barefoot running might be the way to go.

Sergey Brin seems to have found this solution.

More on the KSO.

Makes me kinda wanna try them out...

Teuthida · 11-19-2009, 06:08 PM

Those do look rather nice. Maybe if I ever get back into running.

And reading American Psycho. Might be the only time I ever read a book after seeing the movie instead of the other way around.

The Germanator · 11-19-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Acebot44

Sergey Brin seems to have found this solution.

More on the KSO.

Makes me kinda wanna try them out...

Yeah, I'm intrigued by those things. "Barefoot" Ted who is mentioned in the book wears them and it seems rather amazing. I finished the book, by the way. It's a really interesting read, especially since I started running a couple of years ago. It makes you wonder about modern shoe companies...

Today I picked up this in the studio.

I have never actually read Hammet's work. I only know of his work from some of the great 50's Film Noir. It's roped me in already though, really good detective book.

Szymon · 11-20-2009, 01:09 PM

Just finished 1984

WAR IS PEACE
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING

Dyne · 11-22-2009, 03:33 AM

Oh my lord. I don't even know where to begin since my last post.

I'll just say the basics. I just finished Redwall by Brian Jacques, and now I'm reading Gaijin by James Clavell. So good.

I probably go through 40 books a month right now. I'm not joking. I'm finishing everything I have and then moving on to a library. Nothing can stop me.

I love reading on my train.

Bube · 11-22-2009, 03:59 AM

40 books a month means 1.3 books a day. How is that possible?

Angrist · 11-23-2009, 08:26 AM

Well, I think 50-80 pages an hour is possible. So if an average book is 200 pages, it takes 3-4 hours per book. If you travel a lot, I guess you have more than that per day...

But I'm curious as well, how do you do that?

Vampyr · 11-23-2009, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

I'll just say the basics. I just finished Redwall by Brian Jacques

One of my favorite books of all time.

You need to read "The Legend of Luke"...it's another in the Redwall series, and probably my favorite.

Bond · 01-08-2010, 11:18 PM

Just finished this:

Dr. Miller does a great job at reconciling religion and Darwinian evolution (you'll find the two concepts need not be at odds at all).

And currently reading this monster, which I doubt I'll finish before I go back to university:

Swan · 01-09-2010, 01:11 AM

Just about finished this.

By one of my favorite musicians at it is turning out to be an enjoyable read though a bit short.

The Germanator · 01-09-2010, 01:30 PM

In the past few weeks I've read:

The Watchmen

Bottomless Belly Button: http://www.amazon.com/Bottomless-Bel...3061825&sr=1-1

Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3)
http://www.amazon.com/Celine-Dions-L...8&sr=1-1-spell

Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (33 1/3)
http://www.amazon.com/Neutral-Milk-H...3061656&sr=1-1

If you are a music fan, the 33 1/3 series is pretty great. Basically an author chooses an album he finds compelling and writes a short non-fiction book about it. The Celene Dion book is a really interesting look at taste and why certain things are popular.

A friend got me The Exorcist for Christmas, so I'll probably start reading that.

Angrist · 01-11-2010, 02:44 AM

I'm still in Die Unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story). I'm halfway through. Somehow it doesn't captivate me like it did in the beginning. One of the reasons could be that my German isn't that good, and I sometimes have trouble understanding the text.

BreakABone · 01-25-2010, 07:30 PM

Finished reading this.
And it is NOTHING like the movie at all.

And started reading this,

Zen · 01-26-2010, 01:18 AM

Somebody lent me this, about halfway through, dont see what's the big fuzz on this book.