Fotop Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 11:48 PM) All of the books on that page are good for reading to children at night. But don't do it word for word. You need to skim the details. You can add them as they grow older. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...120138?v=glance Alice in Quantumland : An Allegory of Quantum Physics (Hardcover) The Wizard of Quarks by Robert Gilmore today! Scrooge's Cryptic Carol: Visions of Energy, Time, and Quantum Nature by Robert Once Upon a Universe : Not-so-Grimm tales of Cosmology by Robert Gilmore Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So by Ian Stewart Flatland : A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover Thrift Editions) by Edwin A. Abbott The New World of Mr Tompkins by George Gamow Man am I glad all my parents read me was "Good Night, Moon." Now THATs a book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUGGERNAUT Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 (edited) Juggs is a funny guy... but not intentionally funny. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you knew me in real life you would know it's intentional. I drip with sarcastic humor. Put it another way, if you were all card carrying members of the Southern Baptists I would still be dripping with sarcasm. The fact that you are not just makes it easier Edited July 28, 2005 by JUGGERNAUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I just picked up "The Numbers Game" at walden today. First time in a long while, i just randomly bought a book at the mall. I'm excited to read it. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=books&n=507846 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 QUOTE(Fotop @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 02:23 AM) Man am I glad all my parents read me was "Good Night, Moon." Now THATs a book. At church camp I would read Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to the kids at bed time--they would be asleep in a flash. Highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted July 29, 2005 Author Share Posted July 29, 2005 Alrighty...who is picking the next book cuz I needs to be getting to the library & picking it up. Cheat, Soxy, Spiff, Tex...somebody pick one & let's do this. I know Cheat suggested a book but it was still in hardcover, so maybe he wants to choose another one instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 01:32 PM) I just picked up "The Numbers Game" at walden today. First time in a long while, i just randomly bought a book at the mall. I'm excited to read it. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=books&n=507846 I really liked this book.... Lots of neat stuff that I didn't know about baseball's past, especially the root of statistics. Not really good material for a book club though I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 (edited) QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 03:43 PM) Alrighty...who is picking the next book cuz I needs to be getting to the library & picking it up. Cheat, Soxy, Spiff, Tex...somebody pick one & let's do this. I know Cheat suggested a book but it was still in hardcover, so maybe he wants to choose another one instead? What kinds of books do people like to Read? I'm assuming some of my favorites probably wouldn't be good fits here (Atwood, Christie, although for a murder mystery many of her books can't be topped), but if we were in a conspiracy kind of mood Ian Rankin's books are decent, quick fun reads. Or I also really enjoyed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime--funny, quirky. Edited July 31, 2005 by ChiSoxyGirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 05:09 PM) I really liked this book.... Lots of neat stuff that I didn't know about baseball's past, especially the root of statistics. Not really good material for a book club though I think. i've read about half of it and agree with you. It's really fascinating how the box score was developed. I really like how it focuses on the individuals who tried to "overthrow" old baseball w/ their big studies of probability and stuff. But i agree, not book club material, just wanted to throw it out there for anyone interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 05:29 PM) Or I also really enjoyed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime--funny, quirky. That would be a great book for a 'club' -- The story teller is an autistic child, so the reading level is accessable, and the story is a very cute one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Jul 31, 2005 -> 07:00 PM) That would be a great book for a 'club' -- The story teller is an autistic child, so the reading level is accessable, and the story is a very cute one. Amazon description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 So I take it that we're gonna be reading the book Cheat picked ("The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Nighttime")? Give us 3 weeks from today -- have a wrap up discussion starting like the 26th of August? That work for everybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 01:06 PM) So I take it that we're gonna be reading the book Cheat picked ("The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Nighttime")? Give us 3 weeks from today -- have a wrap up discussion starting like the 26th of August? That work for everybody? Sounds good--how does that fit with people's school schedules? And I would also like to say I love this book club--but it's such a guy book club. We read a book, tell each other we read it, how good it was, and then move onto the next one without any like deep analysis or talking about bigger symbolism and issues. It's actually kind of adorable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 12:47 PM) Sounds good--how does that fit with people's school schedules? And I would also like to say I love this book club--but it's such a guy book club. We read a book, tell each other we read it, how good it was, and then move onto the next one without any like deep analysis or talking about bigger symbolism and issues. It's actually kind of adorable. I had read survivor before, right around a year ago, and assumed it would all come back to me. -- But I couldn't remember s***. I guess I should have re-read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 01:51 PM) I had read survivor before, right around a year ago, and assumed it would all come back to me. -- But I couldn't remember s***. I guess I should have re-read it. Eh, it's just really funny to me. Completely different from a book discussion that I would have with my girl friends. Kinda refreshing and nice, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 5, 2005 -> 11:06 AM) So I take it that we're gonna be reading the book Cheat picked ("The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Nighttime")? Give us 3 weeks from today -- have a wrap up discussion starting like the 26th of August? That work for everybody? Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Sox Josh Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 I read Catcher in the Rye. Great book. It is a great Dark Comedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spod=Ratings Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Aug 11, 2005 -> 03:25 AM) I read Catcher in the Rye. Great book. It is a great Dark Comedy. you have a thing for dark comedys dont you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Sox Josh Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 I'm also reading the Wave for school. Spare yourselves and don't read this POS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Man, I can only read books about gambling for some reason. "Bringing down the House" and "Positively fifth street" are the last two I read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokona Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Aug 11, 2005 -> 03:25 AM) I read Catcher in the Rye. Great book. It is a great Dark Comedy. Ew. I hated everything about that book. Grow up and stop being a little b**** Holden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted September 3, 2005 Author Share Posted September 3, 2005 Alright gang, time has come again for yet another installment of the book club. I'm kinda partial to asking Texsox to pick this month's book since he seems to have some good ideas to suggest. How bout it Tex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUGGERNAUT Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Heaven and Hell and Earths in Universe by Emanuel Swedenborg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercy! Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Heaven and Hell and Earths in Universe by Emanuel Swedenborg <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I assume you mean: Heaven and Hell AND Earths in the Universe -------------------------------------------- My suggestion: The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn Amazon.com reviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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