- a brief history of everything- Ken Wilber
- Warrior of the light- Paulo Coelho
just finished Knot Gneiss by Piers Anthony and Second Ascent by Hugh Herr. getting ready to start The Dinosaur Hunter by Homer Hickman or The Skin Map by Steve Lawhead. hoping to soon start Scottish Witchcraft: the History & Magick of the Picts by Raymond Buckland as I’m #2 in the queue at the library.
I have been reading a few books of poetry by Wordsworth, Byron, and Keats.
Also recently finished both Infected and Contagious by Scott Sigler.
I’ve been reading some pretty fem books recently:
- I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe. Pretty amusing satire on American college life
- On Love by Alain de Boiton. Kind of story/essay/analysis of one of his relationships from start to finish. Very smart and funny. He’s a bit Woody Allen. Plenty of moments that you can really relate to if you’ve ever been in love or had your heart smashed.
- No Country for Old Men by Cormac Mccarthy. I saw the film first. The books is very good. Much darker than the movie. Very fast paced. I seemed to finish it very quickly.
- Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain. Sounds like a self help book, but it’s not. It’s basically about all the latest findings in neuroscience about how the brain is not fixed, even after our early years, and that we can still physically change our brain using thoughts. Also draws links between buddhist practices and ideas and the new findings in neuroscience (science is now proving what buddhists have been saying for years). Interesting.
Just started Madame Bovary and i bought Everyman by Philip Roth.
I just finished a book by Ray Banks about a seedy British Private I named Cal Innes called No More Heroes that was pretty entertaining.
I’m also reading Earth: The Book by the Daily Show team
But school just started back up so I just finished reading a chapter of my Intermediate Macro book and it reminded me of just about every Marco book I picked up in the past three years…
Adam C: I read I Am Charlotte Simmons when it first came out … I thought it was a pretty good book man … well written, a little cliche but still pretty good.
[quote]polo77j wrote:
I just finished a book by Ray Banks about a seedy British Private I named Cal Innes called No More Heroes that was pretty entertaining.
I’m also reading Earth: The Book by the Daily Show team
But school just started back up so I just finished reading a chapter of my Intermediate Macro book and it reminded me of just about every Marco book I picked up in the past three years…
Adam C: I read I Am Charlotte Simmons when it first came out … I thought it was a pretty good book man … well written, a little cliche but still pretty good.
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Have you read: “How to Disappear from Mindless Forums” ?
What did you think?
Game of Thrones.
I’m just finishing Wolves of the Calla and about to read Song of Susannah in the Dark Tower series.
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
I just finished a book by Ray Banks about a seedy British Private I named Cal Innes called No More Heroes that was pretty entertaining.
I’m also reading Earth: The Book by the Daily Show team
But school just started back up so I just finished reading a chapter of my Intermediate Macro book and it reminded me of just about every Marco book I picked up in the past three years…
Adam C: I read I Am Charlotte Simmons when it first came out … I thought it was a pretty good book man … well written, a little cliche but still pretty good.
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Have you read: “How to Disappear from Mindless Forums” ?
What did you think?[/quote]
It was good … I use the method called “System Admin Block: Work is for work,” coupled with “Too Much Work (or school) Makes Jack a Dull Boy”
The language used in the book was top notch and I especially appreciated the illustrations …
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Game of Thrones.[/quote]
I have this series, first one was great. Havent started on the second one yet.
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Game of Thrones.[/quote]
I have this series, first one was great. Havent started on the second one yet. [/quote]
I read the first two and am sort of ‘saving’ the third one. They really are pure quality.
You guys know it’ll be an HBO series soon?
[quote]DJHT wrote:
Since Nards got me interested in Lee Childs a few months ago I am catching up. I have a Nook instead of a Kindle. Next is catching up on Stephen Hunter.
I spent 14 years in college, I just cannot read Non-Fiction any more. [/quote]
Sorry I missed this on page 3.
Yeah, those Reacher books are great in that they’re so easy to read (I don’t mean to sound like an idiot, but some fiction is just easier to read than others) and I know what you mean…after a long day I look forward more to a good fiction book than non-fiction.
I’ll read some science non-fiction, and some history ones, but I’ll frequently stick a bookmark in those by page 200 and go back to a fiction book.
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Game of Thrones.[/quote]
I have this series, first one was great. Havent started on the second one yet. [/quote]
I read the first two and am sort of ‘saving’ the third one. They really are pure quality.
You guys know it’ll be an HBO series soon?[/quote]
You were saying?
Sweet! Thanks for that.
Even people that aren’t into fantsy can enjoy those books as they’re heavy on the kings and queens and knights and there are no wizards or elves or dra…well, there may be dragons. But it’s all good.
Cool really enjoyed the first one I had bought the 2nd and 3rd paper back and the wife bought me the nook. Should have brought it today since I am in bell at a cheerleader competition for my daughter. Pure horror in real life.
I’ve recently become interested in sea warfare so I just finished reading ship of rome by John Stack and am working my way through the Master and commander series.
Two going right now:
Judas Strain - James Rollins (apparently there is a movie as well?)
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
My 9 year old is into ‘spooky’ books, so I read “The Graveyard Book” (also by Neil Gaiman) before I handed it off to her. Turns out he does really good kids books, too.
“Power, Why Some People Have it and Other Don’t” by Jeffrey Pfeffers or soemthing close.
It sucks. Everytime I pick up one of these management/career books, I think it is going to be different from the last one I attempted to read. Then I get in a couple chapters and have to admit that its ridiculous and pointless.
I’ve also been thumbing through the “Definitive Book of Body Language” and that one is worth checking out.
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]DJHT wrote:
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Game of Thrones.[/quote]
I have this series, first one was great. Havent started on the second one yet. [/quote]
I read the first two and am sort of ‘saving’ the third one. They really are pure quality.
You guys know it’ll be an HBO series soon?[/quote]
Nice to see Martin gettin’ a series. I know he always wanted to do one.
[quote]theuofh wrote:
“Power, Why Some People Have it and Other Don’t” by Jeffrey Pfeffers or soemthing close.
It sucks. Everytime I pick up one of these management/career books, I think it is going to be different from the last one I attempted to read. Then I get in a couple chapters and have to admit that its ridiculous and pointless.
I’ve also been thumbing through the “Definitive Book of Body Language” and that one is worth checking out.[/quote]
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