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I just finished The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and it was phenomenal. Highly recommended. I'm starting The Grapes of Wrath now.
WAYR: Broken Tree Edition
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Join Me by Danny Wallace :) Fab book!
Join Me by Danny Wallace :) Fab book!
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His name is Shawn Hastings now. :x
on chapter 21 and its amazing so far. 
I'm reading Dune right now, definitely in my top 5 books I've ever read.
After this I'll probably pick up A Game of Thrones and give it another chance. I'll read at least half of it this time, and if it still can't make a good impression I'll move on to better books.
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A Dirty Jobby Christopher Moore...for like the tenth time. I love the book so much; the humor is so dark, and yet the tone of the book is lighthearted at the same time. That quite a feat imo.
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell is currently on my chopping block.
Product DescriptionThe influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by those like Machiavelli and others who have wanted to directly influence rulers. It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of power that modern intellectuals have most influenced the course of events, but by shaping public opinion in ways that affect the actions of power holders in democratic societies, whether or not those power holders accept the general vision or the particular policies favored by intellectuals. Even government leaders with disdain or contempt for intellectuals have had to bend to the climate of opinion shaped by those intellectuals.Intellectuals and Society not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged. One of the most surprising aspects of this study is how often intellectuals have been proved not only wrong, but grossly and disastrously wrong in their prescriptions for the ills of society—and how little their views have changed in response to empirical evidence of the disasters entailed by those views. (from Amazon)
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