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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #30 on: June 06, 2015, 06:13:35 AM
I was searching around and found out that a second book called "One Year Later" will be coming out later this year. If the first is good I will pick that one up as well once it is released.

I also want to read Into the Wild. I know its probably a "easy read", but that's probably what I need. I loved the movie so the book should keep my attention.
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #31 on: June 07, 2015, 03:38:58 PM
Quote from: captain spaulding on June 06, 2015, 06:13:35 AM
I was searching around and found out that a second book called "One Year Later" will be coming out later this year. If the first is good I will pick that one up as well once it is released.

I also want to read Into the Wild. I know its probably a "easy read", but that's probably what I need. I loved the movie so the book should keep my attention.

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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #32 on: June 07, 2015, 08:59:42 PM
All the Spenser  and Jesse stone books by Robert Parker. It's pretty tough to find one that's not entertaining.
My all time favorite book or books is the Lord of the rings trilogy.
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #33 on: June 07, 2015, 10:51:07 PM
Started reading One Second After today. I got through about 50 pages. I'm really getting into the book and hope I can get some more reading in tonight.
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #34 on: June 07, 2015, 11:02:24 PM
Quote from: wsm0807 on June 07, 2015, 08:59:42 PM
All the Spenser  and Jesse stone books by Robert Parker. It's pretty tough to find one that's not entertaining.
My all time favorite book or books is the Lord of the rings trilogy.

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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #35 on: June 07, 2015, 11:15:21 PM
Fiction, it's either the Hobbit or Gibson's Neuromancer.  Non-fiction, it's The Making of the English Landscape by WG Hoskins - a fascinating look at how seemingly unimportant places develop over time.
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #36 on: June 07, 2015, 11:25:13 PM
a book that was surprisingly excellent (I pre-judged based on age   :facepalm:  )

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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #37 on: June 08, 2015, 03:10:36 AM
Quote from: detron on June 07, 2015, 11:25:13 PM
a book that was surprisingly excellent (I pre-judged based on age   :facepalm:  )

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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #38 on: June 08, 2015, 04:01:15 AM
Quote from: kirk13 on June 07, 2015, 11:02:24 PM
Quote from: wsm0807 on June 07, 2015, 08:59:42 PM
All the Spenser  and Jesse stone books by Robert Parker. It's pretty tough to find one that's not entertaining.
My all time favorite book or books is the Lord of the rings trilogy.

Good call on Robert B Parker. Great yarns!

Just coming to the end of my first Hornblower adventure by CS Forrester. Absolutely great!

Long time fan of Forester.   :tu:  Check out 'The Good Shepherd'.

After Hornblower, check out the Aubrey/Manturin series by Patrick O'Brian.
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #39 on: June 08, 2015, 04:03:08 AM
Quote from: hiraethus on June 07, 2015, 11:15:21 PM
Fiction, it's either the Hobbit or Gibson's Neuromancer.  Non-fiction, it's The_Making_of_the_English_Landscape] by WG Hoskins - a fascinating look at how seemingly unimportant places develop over time.

Sounds interesting. Just ordered it through Prospector inter-library loan.
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #40 on: June 08, 2015, 08:03:48 AM
 :tu: Hope you enjoy it!
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #41 on: June 08, 2015, 09:08:41 AM
Quote from: ColoSwiss on June 08, 2015, 04:01:15 AM
Quote from: kirk13 on June 07, 2015, 11:02:24 PM
Quote from: wsm0807 on June 07, 2015, 08:59:42 PM
All the Spenser  and Jesse stone books by Robert Parker. It's pretty tough to find one that's not entertaining.
My all time favorite book or books is the Lord of the rings trilogy.

Good call on Robert B Parker. Great yarns!

Just coming to the end of my first Hornblower adventure by CS Forrester. Absolutely great!

Long time fan of Forester.   :tu:  Check out 'The Good Shepherd'.

After Hornblower, check out the Aubrey/Manturin series by Patrick O'Brian.

Will do :tu:
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #42 on: June 08, 2015, 10:29:01 AM
This one is very heavy reading.  You many have concentrate a lot when reading it.  But it is excellent.

Ayn Rand: THE VOICE OF REASON


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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #43 on: June 08, 2015, 11:16:00 AM
I prefer popularised science books, about nature and the cosmos. Geology, Astronomy, History, Biology, Evolution, Paleontology, Natural History in general, some Sociology etc.
I used to read Science fiction a lot, Heinlein and Dick being my favorites.
From literature I choose the classics. Best of all is genius Swift, and Gulliver's Travels my all time. I also loved Les Miserables, Notre Damme, Crime and Punishement, War and Piece.

Now with our financial  situation and the methods employed by the WMF and EU, the "Modest Proposal" of Swift comes in my mind again and again.
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #44 on: June 08, 2015, 12:23:52 PM
John Perkins: Confessions of an Economic Hitman (non-fiction)

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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #45 on: June 08, 2015, 03:53:58 PM
Quote from: SAK Guy on June 08, 2015, 03:10:36 AM
Quote from: detron on June 07, 2015, 11:25:13 PM
a book that was surprisingly excellent (I pre-judged based on age   :facepalm:  )

don quixote

 :cheers:  It's called a classic for a reason, it's timeless!  :2tu:

That it is!  I had the same issue with Candide, Detron.  I figured a book that old would be boring.  I was VERY wrong.
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #46 on: June 08, 2015, 06:12:12 PM
I don't think I have a favorite book but I read 1984 in high school and looking back, its freaky how ahead of its time that book was and it paints a vivid picture of today's culture.
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Re: Favorite Books
Reply #47 on: June 08, 2015, 08:46:53 PM
Choosing favorite books is as futile for me as choosing favorite SAKs, but a book I think deserves a mention here is Catch 22 (Joseph Heller). For something completely different, Immortality (Milan Kundera) was the book which made me start reading again after quite a few years only reading scientific and technical stuff. Great book, great author. Nineteen-eighty-four is a great book, but reading some of Orwell's essays in the original English language was very entertaining for someone with English as a second language. His mastery of structure and language make those essays a real pleasure to read, even though the subject matter often is utterly depressing.

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