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BOOKS!!!!!

Postby Shawn » Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:35 am

Thought I'd start a new thread about Books and Book Recommendations (assuming we have some people here that read them :wink: ) Feel free to post any good books you may have read recently, and would recommend to the rest of the group, they also don't have to be all Sports related, (although there have been some good ones recently) also if there are any books you DON'T recommend you can list those too :) I'm posting my list soon
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Postby BradyT » Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:46 pm

The only books I really read in my life were the Harry Potter books. If you havn´t read them yet, try the first.. and if you like it.. you will get through the 6 others in a hurry.
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Postby Orca » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:26 pm

Anything by Tom Robbins for sure. Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates is my recommendation but anything by him is good.

Christopher Moore is excellent as well.
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Postby hosler427 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:29 am

I am not much into reading but this one is a classic :lol:

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Postby Pilate » Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:57 pm

hosler427 wrote:I am not much into reading but this one is a classic :lol:

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I apologize for my lack of maturity.....I assure you my wife loves it
I get the pictures of the various things that...poop. But what is the apple doing there?!?! Do apples poop!?!?!

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Postby Orca » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:00 pm

Pilate wrote:
hosler427 wrote:I am not much into reading but this one is a classic :lol:

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I apologize for my lack of maturity.....I assure you my wife loves it
I get the pictures of the various things that...poop. But what is the apple doing there?!?! Do apples poop!?!?!

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Now playing: Vedera - The Rain
I was kind of wondering the same thing
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Postby Steelersfan » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:02 pm

Orca wrote:
Pilate wrote:
hosler427 wrote:I am not much into reading but this one is a classic :lol:

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I apologize for my lack of maturity.....I assure you my wife loves it
I get the pictures of the various things that...poop. But what is the apple doing there?!?! Do apples poop!?!?!

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Now playing: Vedera - The Rain
I was kind of wondering the same thing
Me too. Maybe apples make you poop?
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Postby blacksheep » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:06 pm

Steelersfan wrote:
Orca wrote:
Pilate wrote: I get the pictures of the various things that...poop. But what is the apple doing there?!?! Do apples poop!?!?!

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Now playing: Vedera - The Rain
I was kind of wondering the same thing
Me too. Maybe apples make you poop?
What about the image of the person who looks like they are having a tough time taking a.....poop? :lol:
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Postby blacksheep » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:10 pm

By the way, I do read alot. Mostly history and biographies but some true crime, Stephen King and Tom Clancy (and books of authors in that genre).
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Postby MonkeyOne » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:28 pm

I tend to read history books a lot for work, so fiction doesn't get much of a look in these days. Probably my favourite book from the last decade was Cryptomicon by Neal Stephenson. It mixes codes, computers, World War 2 and today, and while it takes about fifty pages to get into, I thought ir became excellent.
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Postby hosler427 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:40 pm

highballers wrote:By the way, I do read alot. Mostly history and biographies but some true crime, Stephen King and Tom Clancy (and books of authors in that genre).
I read the same kind of stuff John....Stephen King is my favorite.
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Postby princevincexoxo » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:43 pm

all the books I have enjoyed are mostly adolescent literature books like

Hatchet
Perks of being a Wallflower (my favorite)
Of Mice and Men
The Giver

I dont have a favorite author though. R.L. Stine used to be mine :lol: but Im not much of a fan of any 1 thing
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Postby Shawn » Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:41 pm

Recently I've read and would recommend:


Bill Simmons - The Book of Basketball - Excellent book if you like The Sports Guy Colums
Andre Agassi - Open - Actually a pretty good book and biography
Stephen King - Under the Dome - Best King read in several years
James Swanson - Manhunt - Really good read about the hunt to track down Lincoln's killer
Erik Larson - The Devil in the White City - Based on a true story
Mark Helprin - A Soldier of the Great War - Excellent epic author!
Malcolm Gladwell - Blink - Very good author, psychology/ self-help type books
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Postby grimace » Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:59 pm

Even thought the movie is out right now, "The Blind Side" is a really great book.
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