swedishcelt 0 #1 August 30, 2005 I just read, The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason. It was okay I guess... Would anyone recommend any good 'reads' they have finished lately? I could use some good books to read right now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #2 August 30, 2005 I'm working on The Know It All by AJ Jacobs. It's fun. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743250605/ref=lpr_g_1/104-6436958-5135939?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meux 0 #3 August 30, 2005 I just finished, "The Crisis of Islam" by Bernard Lewis. Really enjoyed it, would highly recommend it. After that I find myself re-reading the 20 book series by Patrick O'brian on his character "Captain Jack Aubry". Today I'm on book 5. You may have seen or heard of the movie "Master and Commander" that was book 7, I believe. Also open by my bed is "The Little book of Letting Go". by Hugh Prather. Good Luck, Mo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #4 August 30, 2005 The last book I really read was "The Da Vinci Code". One of the best reads in a long time, but that was a couple of years ago."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misskriss 0 #5 August 30, 2005 "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #6 August 30, 2005 I just read "Horton Hears a Who". Made me cry.... - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIREFLYR 0 #7 August 30, 2005 QuoteI just read "Horton Hears a Who". Made me cry.... Horton hatches the egg is also a classic, I think my favorite it The Trouble I Had In Getting To Solla Sellew though."One flew East,and one flew West..............one flew over the cuckoo's nest" "There's absolutely no excuse for the way I'm about to act" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #8 August 30, 2005 Dr. Suess makes you cry? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #9 August 30, 2005 I just finished a business book calledGood to Great by Jim Collins. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11--including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. And I finally got around to finishing The Da Vinci Code. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #10 August 30, 2005 I've been re-reading the Liaden series by Lee and Miller... will be re-reading Elizabeth Moon's "Paksenarrion" books probably next week... Then, after that, Timothy Zahn's new "Thief and Dragon" series.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #11 August 30, 2005 i've read 3 james patterson books this summer. my most favorite first honeymoon, then the beach house, then the lake house Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #12 August 30, 2005 I re-read The Monkeywrench Gang, Desert Solitare and Hayduke Lives... I like Ed Abbey I'm about through with Guns, Germs and Steel and it's pretty good too.Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j0nes 0 #13 August 30, 2005 I'm currently reading Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. It's a look at why Europeans rose to colonize and dominate all the other continents. This isn't some KKK treatise, the author goes out of his way to establish that in the intro or 1st chapter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meloo09 0 #14 August 30, 2005 My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi PicoultWhat you do speaks so loud, I cannot hear what you say. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #15 August 30, 2005 A great book I just got is called You, The Owners Manual. It is by Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen. My sister just gave it to me. It is about how your body works and what you should do live and long prosperous and healthy life. Unlike South Beach or something like that it is from the heart surgeons that operated on Bill Clinton. I think everyone should own this book. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060765313/102-1348101-1367326?v=glance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j0nes 0 #16 August 30, 2005 QuoteA great book I just got is called You, The Owners Manual. blah blah blah I think everyone should own this book. those authors were on Oprah and they were both shorter than her! she also thought everyone should ownthe book. wait. ashy = oprah? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #17 August 30, 2005 I don't watch Oprah. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dholmes 0 #18 August 30, 2005 If you like love stories, you will really like The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks. All of his books are really good. I can't put them down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j0nes 0 #19 August 30, 2005 QuoteI don't watch Oprah. i don't believe you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #20 August 30, 2005 For a fictional, techno-thriller I enjoyed Memorial Day by Vince Flynn. Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #21 August 30, 2005 For fun, I'm currently reading: "Shadow Divers" - story of some deep-wreck divers that discovered a U-boat of the coast of New Jersey and risked their lives to dive it. I heard a few of them got killed, but I'm not to the end of it. It's a bit over-dramatic, but some of the details are fascinating. "An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide" - the first genocide of the 20th century (pre-WW1) committed by the Turks against the Armenians, who were so poor, none of them wrote it down, so they had to interview the survivors. To this day, the Turks still denied it ever happened. The rest of my reading is all about real-estate law these days Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #22 August 30, 2005 Quote I'm currently reading Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. I've been recommeded that book a few times - let us know if it's a good read.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #23 August 30, 2005 The Knights Templar. Good book about the history of the Templar knights.if fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenz 0 #24 August 30, 2005 james patterson is great - i just finished the beach house not too long ago in the middle of davinci code two other great ones are the lovely bones and the way of the wise guy ;)"life does throw curveballs sometimes but it doesn't mean we shouldn't still swing for the homerun" ~ me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #25 August 30, 2005 QuoteQuote I'm currently reading Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. I've been recommeded that book a few times - let us know if it's a good read. It is Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
