Nerve Damage, Collusion, I read any type of thriller or mystery novel’s. Ludlum is pretty good at making those types. Just read Frank Shamrock’s biography very interesting first half of his life, was in juve most of the time.
[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]illadelphia91 wrote:
I’ve never been a fan of reading, but my gf introduced me to Angels and Demons and I loved it. Ive read the first couple pages of both angels and demons and the da vinci code.
right now I plan on reading all the books in the series, but when im done do you guys have any books you recommend similar to that.
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Yeah… i’ve read the first 30 pages of both. Little premature to say i love them?
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I’ve never met a Dan Brown book I could put down.
I haven’t started Inferno yet for this reason.
Last book I read was American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
Working on book 3 of “The Dream of the Red Chamber,” or “The Story of Stone” as this translation is called. It’s pretty tedious. Also reading a book about Jackson’s Valley Campaign of 1862, it’s a really great read. One of my Great Great Great Grandfathers fought and died under Jackson’s command.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
And also reading “The War for all the Oceans,” which is about the navies in the Napoleonic wars. Terrific read.[/quote]
Have you read the Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O’Brien? I’m reading through them and just put the book you referenced on reserve from my library. Was looking for a non-fiction book about the time period.
[quote]SILVERDAN7 wrote:
Last two fictions have been by Safran Foer.
Everything is Illuminated and his newest one I am readin right now, i FORGET the title, but it also is very funny.\
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Everything is Illuminated has got to be one of the best books EVER!
The scene with the dog 69ing him in the car and this verbal exchange are 2 of the funniest things ever written:
Just got off a train…24 hours fucking unbelievable
This unbelievable most be some amazing woman
[quote]Nards wrote:
Talking about trash novels…any guys here ever read Mack Bolan books?
I read about a dozen in high school. I picked one up for shits and giggles last time I was home and it was fun.
They come out every month and are made by the same publisher that makes Harrlequin Romance books.
The above pic is what the covers generally look like now.[/quote]
Yeah I used to read these as a teen. Also the executioner series. My dad got me reading Mickey spillane as a kid.
Just finished Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Housseni.
All are essentially the lives of Afghans between the early 1900’s and present day and how the various wars affected them.
The Great Gatsby - meh, was alright I guess, but I find that the characters and problems were generally were… un-relatable.
The Power of Habit - GREAT read, essentially gives the idea that people are the sum of their habits; change their habits, change the people.
One Thing - A book that realizes that a lot of success comes from doing one thing with utmost mastery and competence.
Mastery - Similar to the One thing in a broad sense, but goes into the fundamentals of how masters of the past came to be.
The 48 Laws of Power - Insight to different guidelines and examples over time.
Also read a little past works from the Greeks, like Illiad, Oddessy, and the Symposium.
Halfway through The Graveyard Book - Essentially about a little kid who learns about the world through ghosts.
[quote]IFlashBack wrote:
Mountains Echoed by Khaled Housseni.
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How did you like this one? Loved his other two.
Have you ever read Three cups of tea? some controversy over the veracity but I thought it was a great book.
[quote]polo77j wrote:
Have you read 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene? If you haven’t, it’s a pretty good book. It’s more about strategy; he uses parables to illustrate the proper use of one of his “laws” and the improper way and goes on to explain how they can be applied to everyday life[/quote]
I listened to this on tape like 12 years ago and found it so boring and cliched I didn’t even finish the tapes…I often quit books like 200 pages in, but never a tape…except this one.
[quote]pgtips wrote:
I’m reading the first book of the “The Flashman Papers” called “Flashman” by George MacDonald Fraser.
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All the Flashman books are great as well as anything else written by Fraser.
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
But it ends on quite the cliffhanger.[/quote]
I read it like 19 years ago and don’t remember the actual book too much, but would recommend it as a good read…not sure this makes sense…but…I remember liking it a lot at the time and reading through it in like 2 weeks…thumbs up bitches!
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Re-reading this.
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Didn’t he do Knight and Wizard? (2 different books) about some guy who got transported into a land of Giants? See to recall reading them years ago, but all I can remember is when a Giant would marry a normal human, like it would take 10 women to manipulate the Giant’s wang so he could knock up the bride…didn’t explain how she gave birth…
[quote]IFlashBack wrote:
The Great Gatsby - meh, was alright I guess, but I find that the characters and problems were generally were… un-relatable.
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How old are you? I read this book like every 5 years…it’s awesome and makes me cry everytime, but I’m thinking when I was younger I probably didn’t care for it…I’m 42.
Just read through this whole thread…while not quite as fun as my first run through Sexy Wives and Girlfriends thread was great fun all the same…just put like 10 books on reserve at the liberry.
I usually read like 300 books a year, but a lot of them are cookbooks I just flip through or graphic novels/comic books (Walking Dead type stuff) or I’ll get 10 books on a topic and only end up reading 1 or 2 of them all the way through.
I’m looking through my Reading History on my library account and here’s some highlights from May to Octorber of 2012:
Cookbooks:
Around my French table : more than 300 recipes from my home to yours Greenspan, Dorie. - Cooked pretty much all the recipes
Chez Jacques : traditions and rituals of a cook : with 100 recipes Pépin, Jacques. - Jacques is The MAN
Eat like a wild man : 110 years of great Sports afield recipes Gray, Rebecca. - Not very good recipes, but interesting hunting stories
Fiction:
Lost memory of skin Banks, Russell, 1940- - great book about convicted sex offenders
The Elagin affair and other stories Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953. - Russian Short stories, but can’t remember any of them
Brief encounters with Che Guevara : stories Fountain, Ben. - Short stories about Central or South America
Niceville / by Carsten Stroud. - I forgot about this one, but it was awesome…about missing children
The Ministry of Special Cases Englander, Nathan. - Awesome book about Argentinia in the 80s and drugs and murders, hilarious and heartbreaking
A feast for crows Martin, George R. R.
Historical Fiction
The dream of the Celt Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- - Story of Roger Casement very interesting, but homo overtones
Non-Fiction
Cheerful money : me, my family, and the last days of WASP splendor Friend, Tad. - Great book, reads like fiction
The greatest hunting stories ever told / edited by Lamar Underwood. - this one is awesome…i read it like every 3 years when i get the urge
to hunt
Betting thoroughbreds : a professional’s guide for the horseplayer Davidowitz, Steven. - I guess I didn’t understand it as I still didn’t win
Preppy : cultivating Ivy style Banks, Jeffrey. - History of preppy
[quote]sen say wrote:
Just read through this whole thread…while not quite as fun as my first run through Sexy Wives and Girlfriends thread was great fun all the same…just put like 10 books on reserve at the liberry.
I usually buy like 300 books a year, but a lot of them are cookbooks I just flip through or graphic novels/comic books (Walking Dead type stuff) or I’ll get 10 books on a topic and only end up reading 1 or 2 of them all the way through.
I’m looking through my Reading History on my library account and here’s some highlights from May to Octorber of 2012:
Cookbooks:
Around my French table : more than 300 recipes from my home to yours Greenspan, Dorie. - Cooked pretty much all the recipes
Chez Jacques : traditions and rituals of a cook : with 100 recipes Pépin, Jacques. - Jacques is The MAN
Eat like a wild man : 110 years of great Sports afield recipes Gray, Rebecca. - Not very good recipes, but interesting hunting stories
Fiction:
Lost memory of skin Banks, Russell, 1940- - great book about convicted sex offenders
The Elagin affair and other stories Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, 1870-1953. - Russian Short stories, but can’t remember any of them
Brief encounters with Che Guevara : stories Fountain, Ben. - Short stories about Central or South America
Niceville / by Carsten Stroud. - I forgot about this one, but it was awesome…about missing children
The Ministry of Special Cases Englander, Nathan. - Awesome book about Argentinia in the 80s and drugs and murders, hilarious and heartbreaking
A feast for crows Martin, George R. R.
Historical Fiction
The dream of the Celt Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- - Story of Roger Casement very interesting, but homo overtones
Non-Fiction
Cheerful money : me, my family, and the last days of WASP splendor Friend, Tad. - Great book, reads like fiction
The greatest hunting stories ever told / edited by Lamar Underwood. - this one is awesome…i read it like every 3 years when i get the urge
to hunt
Betting thoroughbreds : a professional’s guide for the horseplayer Davidowitz, Steven. - I guess I didn’t understand it as I still didn’t win
Preppy : cultivating Ivy style Banks, Jeffrey. - History of preppy
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Fixed that for you Mr. Say
Just finished the Gunslinger series last night.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Return of a King
The Norm Chronicles
Tufs Voyage
Its from many initials Martin, the very same who wrote Game of Thrones.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Fixed that for you Mr. Say
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I don’t see it…what’d you fix?
[quote]Testy1 wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
Talking about trash novels…any guys here ever read Mack Bolan books?
I read about a dozen in high school. I picked one up for shits and giggles last time I was home and it was fun.
They come out every month and are made by the same publisher that makes Harrlequin Romance books.
The above pic is what the covers generally look like now.[/quote]
Yeah I used to read these as a teen. Also the executioner series. My dad got me reading Mickey spillane as a kid.
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You mean the Destroyer? Like Remo Williams? Because The Executioner is Mack Bolan’s nickname.
I read Spillane too. It’s too bad all his stuff seems to be out of print. I fell in love with his stuff by the thrid page of The Last Cop Out twenty years ago.