July 28, 200520 yr 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.
July 28, 200520 yr 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, 200520 yr by JUGGERNAUT
July 29, 200520 yr 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
July 29, 200520 yr 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.
July 29, 200520 yr Author 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?
July 31, 200520 yr 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.
July 31, 200520 yr 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, 200520 yr by ChiSoxyGirl
July 31, 200520 yr 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.
July 31, 200520 yr 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.
July 31, 200520 yr 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.
August 5, 200520 yr Author 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?
August 5, 200520 yr 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.
August 5, 200520 yr 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.
August 5, 200520 yr 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.
August 5, 200520 yr 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.
August 11, 200520 yr 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?
August 16, 200520 yr 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.
August 19, 200520 yr 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.
September 3, 200520 yr Author 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?
September 12, 200520 yr 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
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