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What are you reading Chapter 4

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Sorry to be a bummer, but unfortunately, I am reading this right now. The author is a dear personal friend, who has been a guest in our home more times than I could count. His parents house is not 5 minutes from me. We hung/worked together a lot during his touring roadie years, and he even rolled with my band back to NY from a leg we did in New Orleans. He is a brother. Pete was an a-list stage hand/tech on some really big shows, he was known by name at major venues all over the country, but none of us had any idea this was his childhood. I'm just trying to get through it one chapter at a time, but it is really hard. So heartbreaking it physically hurts. As they say, you NEVER know what someone else is going through. Never.


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Bob_Ross said:
I just got a copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, which I ordered based on a recommendation from another internet forum. Looking forward to diving into that today.
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Well, some ~20 months later I finally finished reading ^^^that book! Not what I was expecting, definitely not as rewarding as I was hoping, slow-going, in short, Would Not Recommend.
 
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Never been a huge fan, although I've seen them twice (as my son is) and came away very impressed with what a damn good show they gave.
This book has certainly pushed me far more in favour of them...childish antics aside (par for the course for a punk band, I guess), these guys are simply all about the music and work hard at it.
It's a bit heavy on sales figures and awards won, but on the other hand contains some fascinating information on their videos, something I've rarely read about in other bands' bios.
It covers their career from beginning to about 2005, so I guess I'll have to find something else to follow the story.:)
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slobake said:
Looking forward to reading this one. Should I buy it on Kindle and save eight bucks or purchase the paperback and get out my highliter? :)
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For some reason, I usually don't have to think about that question too much. My Nook has been out of commission for a couple of years, so that's simplified things. But even before, there were some books that just screamed, "Nook/Kindle," while others demand a hard copy. Some sub-questions I might ask:

  1. Am I fairly confident this book is worth space on my bookshelf?
  2. Am I going to want to re-read this book multiple times? (It's always a question whether our e-books will be compatible with our hardware in 10, 20 years)
  3. Is it more important to have it in a convenient format I can carry with me and read short bits at a time?
  4. Am I going to need frequent access to dictionaries and other resource material while reading this? (Usually conveniently provided on e-readers)
 
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Lee Moses said:
For some reason, I usually don't have to think about that question too much. My Nook has been out of commission for a couple of years, so that's simplified things. But even before, there were some books that just screamed, "Nook/Kindle," while others demand a hard copy. Some sub-questions I might ask:

  1. Am I fairly confident this book is worth space on my bookshelf?
  2. Am I going to want to re-read this book multiple times? (It's always a question whether our e-books will be compatible with our hardware in 10, 20 years)
  3. Is it more important to have it in a convenient format I can carry with me and read short bits at a time?
  4. Am I going to need frequent access to dictionaries and other resource material while reading this? (Usually conveniently provided on e-readers)
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I also ask my self "Self, is this book going to be a resource?" Will it be a book I will pull out to look up certain references in the future?
It is a new book so it is not available on Thriftbooks or other used booksellers yet. Often I can get a very good used book for the same price as a download.
 
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A Robot named K-404 is awakened at the bottom of a pile of refuse. He finds himself in a world of marauding gangs of patchwork robots who steal power sources from other robots. The story is told as first person narrative by K-404 as he tries to find a way out of the vast junkyard and discover if humans still exist.


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James L. Rubart - The Five Times I Met Myself

This book doesn't seem like a literature to me. It's rather a product of graphomania, or "chick lit for chicks with d1cks". But strangely I think I'm going to finish the book, just to find out what happens to the protagonist.
In my mind I've already renamed the book to "The Five Times I Wet Myself", but this maybe says more about me than about the book. ;)
 
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