Comments on: Young Bill Young’s Summer Reads… Thus far… http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/2011/06/07/young-bill-youngs-summer-reads-thus-far/ Looking at a little down home literature Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:57:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Young Bill Young http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/2011/06/07/young-bill-youngs-summer-reads-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-4625 Young Bill Young Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:22:39 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/?p=4004#comment-4625 Don’t be tempting me with vampires, Kitty! ;-)

]]> By: kitty pittman http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/2011/06/07/young-bill-youngs-summer-reads-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-4623 kitty pittman Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:10:50 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/?p=4004#comment-4623 Now I’m reading Tempest Rising (Jane True novel) by Nicole Peeler. Vampires with a twist.
And I like Bill’s rating system.

]]> By: Young Bill Young http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/2011/06/07/young-bill-youngs-summer-reads-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-4620 Young Bill Young Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:11:04 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/?p=4004#comment-4620 Facebook friend Melissa is reading “Clara and Mr. Tiffany” by Susan Vreeland (historical fiction about the woman who created Tiffany lamps)…

http://www.amazon.com/Clara-Mr-Tiffany-Susan-Vreeland/dp/1400068169/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

… and “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World” by Jane McGonigal…

http://www.amazon.com/Reality-Broken-Games-Better-Change/dp/1594202850

… and a lot of mysteries!

Whew, Melissa!

]]> By: Young Bill Young http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/2011/06/07/young-bill-youngs-summer-reads-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-4618 Young Bill Young Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:44:15 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/?p=4004#comment-4618 Facebook friend Christine is reading “Super Sad True Love Story” by Gary Shteyngart. Warped satire. Right up my alley!

http://www.amazon.com/Super-Sad-True-Love-Story/dp/1400066409

]]> By: Young Bill Young http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/2011/06/07/young-bill-youngs-summer-reads-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-4614 Young Bill Young Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:54:00 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/?p=4004#comment-4614 Thanks for your submission, Tory! I’ve not read Harris’s Dead novels but I have at least two friends who really adore them. I do watch True Blood, though! ;-)

]]> By: Young Bill Young http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/2011/06/07/young-bill-youngs-summer-reads-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-4613 Young Bill Young Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:53:05 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/?p=4004#comment-4613 Lots of responses from my Facebook friends. Here are the titles they’re reading, with links to more info…

Anne: “Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions” by Dan Ariely

http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expanded-Decisions/dp/0061353248/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1307550969&sr=1-1

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Adri: “The Thank You Economy” by Gary Vaynerchuk

http://www.amazon.com/Thank-You-Economy-Gary-Vaynerchuk/dp/0061914185/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1307551347&sr=1-1

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Cathy: “George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I” by Miranda Carter

http://www.amazon.com/George-Nicholas-Wilhelm-Three-Cousins/dp/1400043638/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1307551526&sr=1-1

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Michael: “Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived” by Paul S. Kemp

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Old-Republic-Deceived/dp/0345511387/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1307551662&sr=1-2-fkmr0

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Sadie: “20th Century Boys” by Naoki Urasawa

http://www.amazon.com/Naoki-Urasawas-20th-Century-Boys/dp/1591169224/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307551754&sr=1-1-spell

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So, we’ve got social science, history, and geekdom!

Keep reading, folks! It’s only going to get hotter!

]]> By: Tory http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/2011/06/07/young-bill-youngs-summer-reads-thus-far/comment-page-1/#comment-4611 Tory Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:50:23 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okiereads/?p=4004#comment-4611 I’m reading Charlaine Harris. Catching up on the Dead series. It’s steamy for summer but it works for me!

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