Quote from: Zóôt Threepwood on January 17, 2014, 05:36:12 PM
Crimethink! Shantel unbellyfeel Ingsoc

Uh -oh the thought police are after me! 

Quote from: Shantel on January 17, 2014, 05:52:44 PM
Uh -oh the thought police are after me! 

Oranges and lemons,
Say the bells of St. Clement's.

You owe me five farthings,
Say the bells of St. Martin's.

When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.

When I grow rich,
Say the bells of Shoreditch.

When will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney.

I do not know,
Says the great bell of Bow.

Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
And here comes a chopper to chop off your head!

Fifty Shades of boredom.. what a rubbish book. I can't imagine how the orginal Fifty Shades sold millions.

Quote from: Zóôt Threepwood on January 18, 2014, 07:30:13 AM
Oranges and lemons,
Say the bells of St. Clement's.

You owe me five farthings,
Say the bells of St. Martin's.

When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.

When I grow rich,
Say the bells of Shoreditch.

When will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney.

I do not know,
Says the great bell of Bow.

Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
And here comes a chopper to chop off your head!

Shades of Lizzie Borden who had an axe, she gave her mother forty whacks and when she was done, gave her father forty-one.

Quote from: Shantel on January 18, 2014, 10:31:41 AM
Shades of Lizzie Borden who had an axe, she gave her mother forty whacks and when she was done, gave her father forty-one.

Under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you and you sold me
There lie they, and here lie we
Under the spreading chestnut tree

A Beefheart picture and a Monkey Island name - great stuff.

I'm reading a translation of a 12th century Bestiary and it is very interesting the way the other blends natural history, myth and christianity into one bizarre hotch-potch.

Quote from: Pica Pica on January 18, 2014, 01:17:22 PM
A Beefheart picture and a Monkey Island name - great stuff.

I'm reading a translation of a 12th century Bestiary and it is very interesting the way the other blends natural history, myth and christianity into one bizarre hotch-potch.

rubber chicken puller

puller puller

puller puller

The eye of the world by Robert Jordan. I've also got Book 2 The Great hunt lined up when I"m done with the first one. And King's Under the Dome, so many I've yet to read but so little time.

Starting on "The reason I jump" on Tuesday I believe. It's the thoughts of an autistic child. Intrigues me as I can relate.

Politics by Aristotle

http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html

Quote from: Thing on January 24, 2014, 03:41:41 PM
Politics by Aristotle

http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html

A good choice! I find Aristotle rather interesting, although, the world he proposes seems rather cold.

Murdoch's Pirates.   Brilliant stuff, reads like a cold war spy book.

Admittedly I have an interest in satellite TV and was aware of the various people and web sites involved, but it still makes for fascinating reading and well before the obscene telephone hacking scandal.

http://www.amazon.com/Murdochs-Pirates-hacking-Ruperts-skullduggery-ebook/dp/B009VA1NVU

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/on-the-run-with-murdochs-pirates-20121024-284th.html

http://www.murdochspirates.com/   

I just picked up 1636: Seas of Fortune. I'm also eagerly awaiting the next Honor Harrington installment and comic book!

The Janus Tree by Glen Hirshberg was priced at $1.50 on a bogo sale day at the library store, and mis-shelved so I didn't realize how dark the stories would be. It's pleasant stuff, creepy enough to be fun and literate enough to be fascinating and boring enough to be safe to read in bed or when I'm not necessarily happy. It feels cheap and meaningful.

I am currently reading the aptly-named, How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. It came to me highly recommended from a friend of mine. It is a pretty good book, though there are chapters that make me feel really dysphoric.

Finally got the book I've been looking for called The House of Evil: the Indiana Torture Slaying by John Dean. It's a true crime story about a girl that was tortured to death in the 1960's.

Quote from: Mr Hockey on February 16, 2014, 09:27:51 AM
Finally got the book I've been looking for called The House of Evil: the Indiana Torture Slaying by John Dean. It's a true crime story about a girl that was tortured to death in the 1960's.

Sounds gruesome!

Quote from: Shantel on February 16, 2014, 09:32:40 AM
Sounds gruesome!

It is a very horrific story; I've read a lot about it online but the book goes into more detail. Ellen Page played Sylvia Likens, the girl that was tortured in the movie An American Crime.

Quote from: Mr Hockey on February 16, 2014, 09:35:48 AM
It is a very horrific story; I've read a lot about it online but the book goes into more detail. Ellen Page played Sylvia Likens, the girl that was tortured in the movie An American Crime.

Stories like that and about the three girls in Cincinnati and others we read about leaves you wondering about humanity and makes you paranoid about people and places.

I've just finished "The Republic of Thieves" by Scott Lynch.
It follows the misadventures of con-artists in a Renaissance style fantasy setting as they are pitted against each other in an attempt to rig an election.
I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first instalment "The Lies of Locke Lamora" which has become one of my favourite books of all time.