I haven't gotten around to it yet, but even if I do, it would be waaaaay down the list.Kmar wrote:
Uzi lambasted me for only giving it 3 stars.. in retrospect he was prolly right to..lol
Medium Raw was meh. It was like reading the transcript from his show.heggs wrote:
Working on The Zombie Survival Guide
and
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain.
Both pretty good.
Yeah medium raw was alright. He's my idol but even so it was just okay. Kitchen Conf and A Chef's Tour are fuckin awesome though.Jay wrote:
Medium Raw was meh. It was like reading the transcript from his show.heggs wrote:
Working on The Zombie Survival Guide
and
Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain.
Both pretty good.
Should've read it first! I couldn't put it down, finished within 24 hrsheggs wrote:
I like the way he writes, so I don't find his book to be bad.
Yeah, I also have Kitchen Confidential, which I'll be reading eventually.
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Burnz keepin it real. Respect homie.13urnzz wrote:
Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Why in the shitz would this be waaay down any list?unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Just ordered: Egil's SagaI haven't gotten around to it yet, but even if I do, it would be waaaaay down the list.Kmar wrote:
Uzi lambasted me for only giving it 3 stars.. in retrospect he was prolly right to..lol
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Because of the sheer quantity of books I haven't gotten to yet. If I can be convinced it's worth bumping up, I'll get to it sooner.Kmar wrote:
Why in the shitz would this be waaay down any list?unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Just ordered: Egil's SagaI haven't gotten around to it yet, but even if I do, it would be waaaaay down the list.Kmar wrote:
Uzi lambasted me for only giving it 3 stars.. in retrospect he was prolly right to..lol
I haven't heard of Game of Thrones until the thread on it started in BF2S. Still haven't read any of them or seen the show. The description sounds too generic.Uzique wrote:
newbie has to re-read the game of thrones web-comics that they're doing before he can spare the time for that sucker dostoyevsky. what a bore! doesn't even have chicks fighting or medieval weaponry.
I'll be honest and say that I'm mostly over it myself. I like being able to peek and see how many pages I have left in the chapter or book. I like being able to flip back and forth as needed. But mostly I just want to be able to have a physical library for my future kids to look through. What happens if I lose my kindle (yes, I can re-download) or the format changes, or Amazon stops supporting Kindle at some point in the future? Shit out of luck.Kmar wrote:
Both me and my girl are kinda over the ebook thing. I dunno, we tried them for awhile, but we missed actually having physical copies. On a related note, I have two kindles for sale..lol
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Travelling. It's been a godsend recently. Been having to travel light and hang around in Hotels quite a lot recently, so I get through books quick. All I need is an Internet connection, my Kindle and my charger.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Ebooks have a niche, for sure. It's practical for people who travel a lot or move a lot or live in a place that doesn't make sense to have bookshelf in.
I keep my nook as kind of a second option. Its good for certain situations, but I never thought of it as a replacement for physical copies.
i don't think you need to call me an art elitist to say that you've got to be a fucking retard to put dostoyevsky and i quote "waaaay down the list". who exactly is "waaaay" above dostoyevsky on any fiction list? he's one of the most gripping and visceral writers of all time. even kmar can tell you that and he doesn't wear a beret and consider himself part of the literatii. stop being evasive and just admit you said a dumb thing.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Because of the sheer quantity of books I haven't gotten to yet. If I can be convinced it's worth bumping up, I'll get to it sooner.Kmar wrote:
Why in the shitz would this be waaay down any list?unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Just ordered: Egil's Saga
I haven't gotten around to it yet, but even if I do, it would be waaaaay down the list.I haven't heard of Game of Thrones until the thread on it started in BF2S. Still haven't read any of them or seen the show. The description sounds too generic.Uzique wrote:
newbie has to re-read the game of thrones web-comics that they're doing before he can spare the time for that sucker dostoyevsky. what a bore! doesn't even have chicks fighting or medieval weaponry.
Glad to see you still know everything there is to know about everyone else, though. Same old uzique.
funny u should say that. I only started in on dostoyevsky because I found them in my gf's library, which were infact handed down from her pops. I was very glad I did. She lent them to me with the agreement that "nothing would happen to them". Sentimental value I guess.. but really, its not like I'm gunna read them in the shower.Jay wrote:
But mostly I just want to be able to have a physical library for my future kids to look through.Kmar wrote:
Both me and my girl are kinda over the ebook thing. I dunno, we tried them for awhile, but we missed actually having physical copies. On a related note, I have two kindles for sale..lol
Why must you always argue over something that is almost entirely opinion? Arguing over fact is fine, but enjoying a book or artist (or music) that someone doesn't prefer doesn't make you better or worse than them. That's what opinion is. Someone doesn't think Dostoyevsky is the most gripping novelists since sliced bread (though that's not even what UnN said)? Who cares.Uzique wrote:
i don't think you need to call me an art elitist to say that you've got to be a fucking retard to put dostoyevsky and i quote "waaaay down the list". who exactly is "waaaay" above dostoyevsky on any fiction list? he's one of the most gripping and visceral writers of all time. even kmar can tell you that and he doesn't wear a beret and consider himself part of the literatii. stop being evasive and just admit you said a dumb thing.
I've pulled many books out of my FFIL's library. Because of IP laws, going through other peoples libraries is really the only way to find any moderately old books anymore. Look at this chart showing the copyright dates of the books Amazon carries. That big spike in the 1910s is the cutoff for IP rights. Almost two generations worth of books locked away in vaults and lost to us...Kmar wrote:
funny u should say that. I only started in on dostoyevsky because I found them in my gf's library, which were infact handed down from her pops. I was very glad I did. She lent them to me with the agreement that "nothing would happen to them". Sentimental value I guess.. but really, its not like I'm gunna read them in the shower.Jay wrote:
But mostly I just want to be able to have a physical library for my future kids to look through.Kmar wrote:
Both me and my girl are kinda over the ebook thing. I dunno, we tried them for awhile, but we missed actually having physical copies. On a related note, I have two kindles for sale..lol
first, it's a rhetorical flourish, it's not 'banned' from writing. it's actually quite common in journalistic or essayistic technique. thanks for lecturing me on how to write though. i'm sure you're eminently qualified and an excellent prose stylist.pirana6 wrote:
Why must you always argue over something that is almost entirely opinion? Arguing over fact is fine, but enjoying a book or artist (or music) that someone doesn't prefer doesn't make you better or worse than them. That's what opinion is. Someone doesn't think Dostoyevsky is the most gripping novelists since sliced bread (though that's not even what UnN said)? Who cares.Uzique wrote:
i don't think you need to call me an art elitist to say that you've got to be a fucking retard to put dostoyevsky and i quote "waaaay down the list". who exactly is "waaaay" above dostoyevsky on any fiction list? he's one of the most gripping and visceral writers of all time. even kmar can tell you that and he doesn't wear a beret and consider himself part of the literatii. stop being evasive and just admit you said a dumb thing.
Also, saying "and I quote" is only necessary when you're talking. When you write it out then put the actual quotation marks it's redundant.
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