falcon_bob Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 A little twist on the normal "What are you reading right now" threads. I'm always looking for new things to read and I usually come away with good suggestions after one of these...Here's mine:Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules VerneThe Time Machine - HG WellsDexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Books? What is this...skool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon_bob Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Books? What is this...skool skewl? You spelled it wrong, dummy. I fixed it for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkins Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Zima Blue and Other Stories - Alastair ReynoldsBlood Meridian - Cormac McCarthyGood Omens - Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon_bob Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Zima Blue and Other Stories - Alastair ReynoldsBlood Meridian - Cormac McCarthyGood Omens - Neil Gaiman/Terry PratchettGreat book! Cormac McCarthy is awesome. The Road was depressing as all h3ll...but it was fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathis81WR Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Forget the names but I read most of the books that True Blood is based on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Carlton Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven/Jerry PournellePaul Revere's Ride - David Hackett FischerOne Second After - William ForstchenPatriots: A novel of survival in the coming collapse - James Wesley, RawlesYes, that's 4 but I read 1 of them really quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 My problem is I will start 5 or 6 books at once and just get lost. And plus often I am " reading" art instruction or music instruction books or some type of nature guide. But of the biographies or other books, the last three would probably be 1. Jackson Pollock An American Saga:Steven Naifeh/Gregory Smith2.Your God is too small: Mark Buchanan3. The greatest secret in the world Og Mandino.And it seems I always have collections of short horror stories going. I have these old "Alfred Hitchcock Presents:" collections of ghost, horror, mystery and monster stories that I picked up whenever I saw them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Carlton Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 My problem is I will start 5 or 6 books at once and just get lost. And plus often I am " reading" art instruction or music instruction books or some type of nature guide. But of the biographies or other books, the last three would probably be 1. Jackson Pollock An American Saga:Steven Naifeh/Gregory Smith2.Your God is too small: Mark Buchanan3. The greatest secret in the world Og Mandino.And it seems I always have collections of short horror stories going. I have these old "Alfred Hitchcock Presents:" collections of ghost, horror, mystery and monster stories that I picked up whenever I saw them.Not to mention:Civil WarSecret InvasionDark Avengersor the other 3 hundred million spin-offs that catch the eye.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Not to mention:Civil WarSecret InvasionDark Avengersor the other 3 hundred million spin-offs that catch the eye.... Same way, But I wish I could retain more deeply what I read. I have a friend that reads one book at a time and reads very slowly and he is always whining he wants to read faster. But I told him " you retain EVERY thing, be proud and happy" I will hit Goodwill or yard sales and pick up 10-20 books at a time, like an addiction. If I am reading something I want to make sure I retain, like history, I will make an outline along with the book as I go. But I do need to par down the list I have going all at once.To me, the idea we have these ideas that people wrote down over thousands of years right up to yesterday is fascinating, all at our fingertips.It's like, I can know anything anyone else has ever known, or think anything anyone has ever thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfalc Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 We - Yevgeny ZamyatinMartin Luther King's AutobigraphyCorduron manions - Alexander McCall Smith (Dreadful) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Same Ol Falcons Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I read a Playboy sometime last year and a Sports Illustrated a couple years before that while I sat on the can....other than that I don't know if I've ever read a book from cover to cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Wilson Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Business Etiquette : 101 Ways to Conduct Business with Charm and Savvy by Ann SabathThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Coveyand I have forgotten the title of the third but it was an interesting business book written by one of the original creators of styrofoam who was raised in Huntsville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Business Etiquette : 101 Ways to Conduct Business with Charm and Savvy by Ann SabathThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Coveyand I have forgotten the title of the third but it was an interesting business book written by one of the original creators of styrofoam who was raised in Huntsville.WTF? I just oposted I hadn't seen you in a while. Am I drunk maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon_bob Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Business Etiquette : 101 Ways to Conduct Business with Charm and Savvy by Ann SabathThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Coveyand I have forgotten the title of the third but it was an interesting business book written by one of the original creators of styrofoam who was raised in Huntsville.Are these books so good that they've kept you away?! Nice to see ya Flip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labradford Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 On the Road- Jack KerouacBeyond Einstein- Michio Kaku1984- George Orwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkins Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Great book! Cormac McCarthy is awesome. The Road was depressing as all h3ll...but it was fantastic.I blew through The Road in a day, but really had a hard time getting through Blood Meridian. I probably stopped and started that thing 5 times over the course of two months and that is REALLY saying something for me. I don't know exactly what it was about it, but I never really got into it until the last third of the book and then it went by in a flash. After I finished it I couldn't help but read up on the historical references and philosophical debates, but I just never could get into it for the first 2/3s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon_bob Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 I blew through The Road in a day, but really had a hard time getting through Blood Meridian. I probably stopped and started that thing 5 times over the course of two months and that is REALLY saying something for me. I don't know exactly what it was about it, but I never really got into it until the last third of the book and then it went by in a flash. After I finished it I couldn't help but read up on the historical references and philosophical debates, but I just never could get into it for the first 2/3s!I actually had the exact same experience reading it. "Blood Meridian" and "The Silmarillion" are the only two books I've ever read that I didn't realize how much I enjoyed them until they were finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCFalconfan Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 The Forgotten Soldier-Guy SajerSoldat-Siegried KnappeWar Without Garlands-Robert Kershaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethanga62890 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 The Forgotten Soldier-Guy SajerSoldat-Siegried KnappeWar Without Garlands-Robert KershawWow. I didn't know they taught reading at State! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammafan58 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Run with the HorsemenThe Whisper of the RiverAll the World Was Young---All by Ferrol SamsThese books will make you laugh so hard that you cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 The Big ShortAn Inconvenient BookSh*t my Dad Says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkerFalcon8710 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 American College of Sports Medicine: guidelines to exercise testing and prescription Essentials of Strength and Conditions NSCAExercise Physiology. :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon_bob Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 American College of Sports Medicine: guidelines to exercise testing and prescription Essentials of Strength and Conditions NSCAExercise Physiology. :wacko:In law school eh? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Flop Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 The Time Machine-WellsThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin-FranklinMad to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others DieI am currently reading Breakfast at Tiffany's, Animal Farm and The Road to Serfdom. The first two are part of a speed reading program that I am following because I recently discovered that I read at a pathetic rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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