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I've now read the first seven Dresden Files books. Apart from books 1 and 3, which were merely very good, the other ones have been fantastic. They're just real page-turners.
 
I'll go best three since it has been awhile since I last posted and I've read quite a few books :

Best Fiction:
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Best Religious:
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Best Non-Fiction:
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The last one gets best non-fiction simply because I've been forcing myself to read counter viewpoint books, just kind of pretending I was in a presidential debate or something and seeing if I could respond point by point without any help and I think he made a few good micro economic points that I had nothing off the top of my head to come back with. The whole book can actually be disputed just by pointing out that the guy failed to understand the impact of financial bubbles on employment(he wrote it in 2008). It's baffling that an editor at the Wall Street Journal writes an entire book on economic issues and doesn't mention monetary policy once when his entire arguments are based on it working. When it doesn't work, and bubbles pop, he has nothing.
 
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A scifi book call "Tribulations". What a bad book. It seemed like the author had no plot and just made thing sup. For example: He introduced what seemed to be a major character and then killed them 2 pages later. So ultimatly he had no point for even mentioning the guy but the guy should have changed the whole course of the book. Just odd. Maybe it was his first book...
 
Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger

Ok. A little too much of a puff piece.
But I'll bet Wendy Leigh's book is too much of a dirt digger.
 
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Craig2112 would have an absolute heart attack from reading this.

I thought it was absolutely amazing. Has completely re-kindled a love for American 20th century plays for me. I plan on moving onto Arthur Miller now, seeing as I have only read "All My Sons" from him.

Would highly recommend many of you to give this play a read, if you haven't seen the HBO min-series already.
 
Last 3 fiction books I read:

- Stories of your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang. An absolutely incredible collection of undefinable novellas.
- In a Dark Dark House, by Neil Labute. A little play that takes a very unconventional look at adolescent sexuality. I'd say it was interesting but somewhat uneventful.
- The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman. I finally got to read this famous novel. And it was pure and unadulterated garbage.
 
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Pretty good if you are interested in urban development/economics. Mainly just a long extrapolation of all those - why Detroit/Rust belt cities failed and NYC kept going/rebounded despite some similar challenges - articles that show up every once in awhile.
 
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If you are a NASCAR fan and remember the day Dale Earnhardt died, In The Blink of an Eye is a must-read book written by Michael Waltrip, Dale's friend and the driver who won the race that day. Funny, sad, entertaining.
 
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If you are a NASCAR fan and remember the day Dale Earnhardt died, In The Blink of an Eye is a must-read book written by Michael Waltrip, Dale's friend and the driver who won the race that day. Funny, sad, entertaining.
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The part where he died? Ya, that's probably the most I've ever watched of NASCAR -- thank Gordon it actually was "in the blink of an eye" because, wow, I'd rather watch Craig1221 feed his cats.
 
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The part where he died? Ya, that's probably the most I've ever watched of NASCAR -- thank Gordon it actually was "in the blink of an eye" because, wow, I'd rather watch Craig1221 feed his cats.
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haha. that wasn't the entertaining part. that was the sad part.

Have fun with Craig and the cats. I hear only good things.
 
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