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#61

At this time I'm actually not reading anything but last time I did read Saddams trustee. It was really nice.

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#62

Anger: The Misunderstood Emotoin by Carol Tavris

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#63

The Passion Of Alice ~ Stephanie Grant

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#64

wow muffin, you read alot

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#65

Waylander by David Gemmel

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wow muffin, you read alot

I don't read a lot a lot. I have times when I read many books and then I don't read at all.

When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?~George Carlin

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#67

I've started the His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, the first book being The Golden Compass. So far I like it. I want a daemon

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#68

Finished The Golden Compass now I'm onto the second book of the series, The Subtle Knife

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#69

has any read Cold Zero? my library doesn't have it and I'm not sure if I should order it online....

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has any read Cold Zero? my library doesn't have it and I'm not sure if I should order it online....

nope, never read it......man, i really should read more

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You should read it you'd probably like it, it's more like a guy book anyway(yeah that was sexist, I don't care )

Cold Zero : Inside the FBI Hostage Rescue Team

by Christopher Whitcomb

From Publishers Weekly

This close-up look at the FBI's most elite unit by a 15-year veteran including firsthand accounts of actions at Waco and Ruby Ridge is alternately funny, exciting and disturbing. With his liberal arts background and experience as a D.C. speechwriter, Whitcomb was an unusual candidate for special agent. Currently director of information management for the Bureau's Critical Incident Response Group, he recounts his 1980s epiphany, following a State of the Union address, that he wanted to help preserve American democracy; he chose the FBI as his medium. He details the tricky, competitive process of becoming an agent, and humorously recalls how, as a cocky, ambitious FNG ("fucking new guy"), he clashed with his conservative superiors, yet soon valued their expertise as he chased an assortment of fugitives, bank robbers and kidnappers from a rural Missouri field office. He details these cases and his own growing expertise, then depicts with gallows humor the "physical and emotional hell" of applying to join the Hostage Rescue Team's (HRT). He succeeded and became a sniper, and offers excellent insight into the science and mindset of this rarefied killing art. In skillful prose, Whitcomb upholds the FBI's party line. Alongside sharp observations of the rituals and absurdities of federal law enforcement, he fiercely espouses an unreconstructed "thin blue line" philosophy whereby he perceives figures such as David Koresh and Randy Weaver simply as evil men and incompletely addresses civic disillusionment with the Bureau following Waco, Ruby Ridge and the FBI crime lab scandals. Still, Whitcomb ably portrays conflicts between the agency's factions Washington bureaucrats, profilers and negotiators, and the gung-ho HRT during these major crises. This valuable book makes a compelling read for armchair G-men everywhere. (Sept. 13)Forecast: There's always a market for insider FBI stories, and Whitcomb's involvement in the controversial Ruby Ridge and Waco incidents gives this one extra currency. A six-city author tour and print advertising in major newspapers should lead to brisk sales.

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#72

Invisible Monsters

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I've started the His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, the first book being The Golden Compass. So far I like it. I want a daemon 

What would you want your daemon be?

In my opinion, Golden Compass is better than Harry Potter. I see more strength and bravery in Lyra than in Harry.

Like all great books, it's being made into movies. The Golden Compass movie will however start being made by 2007. <_<

A raven I think. Or perhaps a large spider.

I heard they were taking the church out of it and making it just some random "bad guy". Wusses.

And I'm halfway through The Amber Spyglass now.

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#74
Invisible Monsters

I that book.

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#75

dostoevysky - crime and punishment

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#76

I loved Their Eyes Were Watching God (read through the earlier posts), but.. uhh.. yea, Hawthorne is shitty. And Oprah seriously fucked up the story with the ABC movie thing. So bad.

Reading some Dylan Thomas poetry, and I'm probably going to try to start Things Fall Apart.

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#77

someone else who can read.

(else then the usual posters)

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#78
  someone else who can read. 

(else then the usual posters)

There are so few of us

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^ yes, so true it's sad

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#80

Collector's Edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I'm about halfway through The Resturant at the End of the Universe

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