The 50 Book Challenge 2009

mirra · Post by **mirra** » 11 Mar 2009 04:51

1. Septuagenarian Stew by Charles Bukowski
2. Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
3. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck by Charles Bukowski
4. South Of No North by Charles Bukowski
5. The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills by Charles Bukowski
6. Notes Of A Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
7. Book Of Dreams by Jack Kerouac
8. Selected Poems by Malcolm Lowry
9. Love Is A Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski
10. The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man And The Sea, what a great book!

Tina · Post by **Tina** » 11 Mar 2009 14:43

1. War and Peace by Lew Tolstoj
2. The Simpsons and philosophy by William Irwin, Mark T. Conard, Aeon J. Skoble
3. the cooperatvie gene, farewell to darwinism by Joachim Bauer
4. Media Control by Noam Chomsky
5. What Einstein told his barber by Robert L. Wolke
6. Schweiz ohne Armee? Ein Palaver (more or less: Switzerland without an army?) by Max Frisch
7. Niklaus Meienberg (a biography about a swiss writer) by Marianne Fehr
8. Homo Faber by Max Frisch
9. Some Questions of Moral Philosophy, a lecture from the year 1965 by Hannah Arendt

B_Man · Post by **B_Man** » 11 Mar 2009 21:21

Next by Michael Crichton (415 pages)
Knights of Dark Renown by David Gemmell (310 pages)
Wolf in Shadow by David Gemmell (326 pages)

Averaging about 1 a month, though last year I must have read atleast 20.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 11 Mar 2009 21:35

20 a month is a good effort

daLai · Post by **daLai** » 12 Mar 2009 04:25

1. Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart 197p.
2. Saul Bellow - The Adventures Of Augie March 536p.
3. Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep 220p.
4. Joseph Heller - Catch-22 519p.
5. Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons - Watchmen 436p.
6. Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go 282p.
7. J.D. Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye 192p.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 13 Mar 2009 05:22

1. God is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens, 307 pg.
2. Great American Hypocrites, Glenn Greenwald, 290 pg.
3. The Monster of Florence, Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi, 322 pg.
4. Toward 2012: Perspectives on the Next Age, editors Daniel Pinchbeck and Ken Jordan, 351 pg.
5. Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence, Mitch Earleywine, 328 pg.
6. Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Robbins, 337 pg.
7. Chaos: Making a New Science, James Gleick, 352 pg.
8. PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story, Alexander and Ann Shulgin, 978 pg.
9. Desolation Angels, Jack Kerouac, 409 pg.
10. The Wheel of time, Carlos Castaneda, 209 pg.
11. 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, Daniel Pinchbeck, 411 pg.
12. Wizard's First Rule, Terry Goodkind, 820 pg.
13. Buddhism: Plain and Simple, Steve Hagen, 159 pg.
14. The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri, 798 pg.
15. DMT: The Spirit Molecule, Rick Strassman, 358 pg.

As far as DMT: The Spirit Molecule goes, it's a must-read! One of the best books on psychedelics I have ever read. It's very honest and scientific. Strassman did a great job on it. I actually wrote (in my opinion) a pretty good review for this one, so if you're interested in checking it out, you can do that by clicking here.

Rishell · Post by **Rishell** » 13 Mar 2009 09:10

1. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 498 pages
2. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer 563 pages
3. Go Ask Alice Anonymous 228 pages
4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 328 pages
5. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk 293 pages
6. Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik 218 pages
7. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey 430 pages
8. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews 411 pages
9. Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews 439 pages

A great sequal to the first! Cant wait to finish the rest.

mtoolan · Post by **mtoolan** » 15 Mar 2009 10:09

1. Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp 252 pages
2. A Separate Peace by John Knowles 196 pages
3. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 150 pages
4. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells 140 pages
5. Rebel Giants by David R. Contosta 330 pages
6. Oracle Night by Paul Auster 243 pages

mirra · Post by **mirra** » 15 Mar 2009 14:27

1. Septuagenarian Stew by Charles Bukowski
2. Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
3. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck by Charles Bukowski
4. South Of No North by Charles Bukowski
5. The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills by Charles Bukowski
6. Notes Of A Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
7. Book Of Dreams by Jack Kerouac
8. Selected Poems by Malcolm Lowry
9. Love Is A Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski
10. The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
11. Big Sur by Jack Kerouac

mtoolan · Post by **mtoolan** » 19 Mar 2009 19:01

1. Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp 252 pages
2. A Separate Peace by John Knowles 196 pages
3. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 150 pages
4. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells 140 pages
5. Rebel Giants by David R. Contosta 330 pages
6. Oracle Night by Paul Auster 243 pages
7. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 267 pages

great book

mirra · Post by **mirra** » 22 Mar 2009 03:06

1. Septuagenarian Stew by Charles Bukowski
2. Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
3. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck by Charles Bukowski
4. South Of No North by Charles Bukowski
5. The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills by Charles Bukowski
6. Notes Of A Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
7. Book Of Dreams by Jack Kerouac
8. Selected Poems by Malcolm Lowry
9. Love Is A Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski
10. The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
11. Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
12. June 30, June 30 by Richard Brautigan

Currently reading: The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger

Tina · Post by **Tina** » 22 Mar 2009 14:23

1. War and Peace by Lew Tolstoj
2. The Simpsons and philosophy by William Irwin, Mark T. Conard, Aeon J. Skoble
3. the cooperative gene, farewell to darwinism by Joachim Bauer
4. Media Control by Noam Chomsky
5. What Einstein told his barber by Robert L. Wolke
6. Schweiz ohne Armee? Ein Palaver (more or less: Switzerland without an army?) by Max Frisch
7. Niklaus Meienberg (a biography about a swiss writer) by Marianne Fehr
8. Homo Faber by Max Frisch
9. Some Questions of Moral Philosophy, a lecture from the year 1965 by Hannah Arendt
10. my view of the world by Albert Einstein
11. Salvador Allende, a chronicle by Peter Jacobs
12. Jorge Semprun and his century, von Treue und Verrat by Franziska Augstein
13. Dalai Lama: Man, Monk, Mystic by Mayank Chhaya
14. The Physicists by Friedrich DÃ¼rrenmatt
15. Les Mains Sales by Jean- Paul Sartre
16. Nelson Mandela: Playing the Enemy by John Carlin

Rishell · Post by **Rishell** » 23 Mar 2009 13:43

1. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 498 pages
2. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer 563 pages
3. Go Ask Alice Anonymous 228 pages
4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 328 pages
5. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk 293 pages
6. Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik 218 pages
7. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey 430 pages
8. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews 411 pages
9. Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews 439 pages
10. If There be Thorns by V.C. Andrews 374 pages

Not as good as the first two... but there is still more to go!

daLai · Post by **daLai** » 25 Mar 2009 07:34

1. Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart 197p.
2. Saul Bellow - The Adventures Of Augie March 536p.
3. Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep 220p.
4. Joseph Heller - Catch-22 519p.
5. Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons - Watchmen 436p.
6. Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go 282p.
7. J.D. Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye 192p.
8. Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird 281p.

Cod · Post by **Cod** » 25 Mar 2009 09:08

1. Duma Key, Stephen King, 638pgs
2. The Death List, Paul Johnston, 416pgs
3. L'empire Des Loups, Jean-Christophe Grange, 464pgs
4. La Sombra del Viento, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, 516pgs
5. Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay, 222pgs
6. Dearly Devoted Dexter, Jeff Lindsay, 207pgs
7. Thinner, Richard Bachman (Stephen King), 405pgs

It was a cool read. I like King's style.

mirra · Post by **mirra** » 26 Mar 2009 04:01

1. Septuagenarian Stew by Charles Bukowski
2. Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
3. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck by Charles Bukowski
4. South Of No North by Charles Bukowski
5. The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills by Charles Bukowski
6. Notes Of A Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
7. Book Of Dreams by Jack Kerouac
8. Selected Poems by Malcolm Lowry
9. Love Is A Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski
10. The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
11. Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
12. June 30, June 30 by Richard Brautigan
13. The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger

mtoolan · Post by **mtoolan** » 26 Mar 2009 12:51

1. Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp 252 pages
2. A Separate Peace by John Knowles 196 pages
3. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 150 pages
4. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells 140 pages
5. Rebel Giants by David R. Contosta 330 pages
6. Oracle Night by Paul Auster 243 pages
7. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 267 pages
8. Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster 293 pages

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 27 Mar 2009 02:00

1. The Joke's Over; Memories of Hunter S Thompson Ralph Steadman 387pg
2. Bottomfeeder; How the fish on our plates are killing the planet Taras Grescoe 357 pg
3. Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 110 pg
4. A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists David G. Myers 136pg
5. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Tom Wolfe 368pg
6. The Black Swan; The impact of the highly improbable Nassim Nicholas Taleb 300pg
7. The Life You Can Save; Acting now to end world poverty Peter Singer 189pg
8. The Empire Of The Sun J.G. Ballard 351 pg
9. The Missionary Position; Mother Teresa in theory and practice Christopher Hitchens 98pg
10. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carol 327pg

I was getting rather tired of my book about the Middle East (The Great War for Civilisation by Robert Frisk) so thought I'd have an interlude with something light and easy reading. Good book. I've read it quite a few times before. Lewis Carol is very clever

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mirra · Post by **mirra** » 29 Mar 2009 05:01

1. Septuagenarian Stew by Charles Bukowski
2. Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
3. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck by Charles Bukowski
4. South Of No North by Charles Bukowski
5. The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills by Charles Bukowski
6. Notes Of A Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
7. Book Of Dreams by Jack Kerouac
8. Selected Poems by Malcolm Lowry
9. Love Is A Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski
10. The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
11. Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
12. June 30, June 30 by Richard Brautigan
13. The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger
14. Collection Of Poems by Richard Brautigan

daLai · Post by **daLai** » 29 Mar 2009 07:23

1. Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart 197p.
2. Saul Bellow - The Adventures Of Augie March 536p.
3. Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep 220p.
4. Joseph Heller - Catch-22 519p.
5. Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons - Watchmen 436p.
6. Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go 282p.
7. J.D. Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye 192p.
8. Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird 281p.
9. John Le CarrÃ© - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold 229p.

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