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Read any good books lately?

Hurleyboy05

Hurleyboy05

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I'm a "Read-oholic". I try to read if I'm not at school/work/gym. I'm probably at Barnes & Noble more than I am home. Read anything worth mentioning lately? Got any recommended reads?

BTW, if you have any interest in reading or becoming a reader, you must crack open "Empire Rising" by Thomas Kelly. You will thank me.
 
hmm... wasn't exactly expecting these answers, but hey, at least you guys got the balls to admit that you know how to/can read. A+ for the above mentioned books :clap2:
 
A few that I have read recently, but not finished yet:

The Definitive Book of Body Language
Death in Venice
Collections of writings by Nietzsche
They X-Rayed my head and found nothing
 
Anything by Palahniuk is a great book. "Michael Marshall Smith - Straw man trilogy or The Intruders" Then theres "Brett Easton Ellis - Less than zero" and "Simon Ings - The weight of numbers"

All very good books. IMO
 
I have been enjoying the Mitch Rapp novels by Vince Flynn. Easy reading fiction and hey, Mitch kicks some serious towl-head ass. :D
 
I'm reading a biographical/philosophical analysis of Nietzsche by Kauffman. Good stuff, so far.

Also muddling through a Terry Goodkind book...not so interesting.
 
One of the best books i've read in a long time was "Wonderland Avenue". Damn i can't even remember the author.....Danny Sugerman perhaps as he is the main character and its his real life story. Its quite an amazing insight into the life of a Beverly Hills rich kid who became obsessed with the Doors when they first came out and ended up years later becoming their manager. Absolutely hilarious as well.
 
Australian made said:
I'm guessing you've read "Breaking Vegas" and "Bringing down the house"??? Once you start you don't stop until the book is finished. True stories as well. If you haven't read i highly recommend.
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Not too into the actual "story" aspect. The only books I read on poker involve the actual theories involved, statistics, and other things to improve my game. Some other ones I've read are NLHE: Theory and Practice and Dan Harrington's Series.
 
Irish Cannon said:
Not too into the actual "story" aspect. The only books I read on poker involve the actual theories involved, statistics, and other things to improve my game. Some other ones I've read are NLHE: Theory and Practice and Dan Harrington's Series.
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I see your point, but the books are easily read in a day or two...anyway just an idea if your ever lacking motivation..

Do you play poker fulltime? or is that what your trying to do? I've seen you mention your poker play quite a lot. I was playing online a lot but not with real money because i'd be flat broke within minutes but haven't played in the last few months. Its much more fun when you are at a table playing against real people.
 
Australian made said:
I see your point, but the books are easily read in a day or two...anyway just an idea if your ever lacking motivation..

Do you play poker fulltime? or is that what your trying to do? I've seen you mention your poker play quite a lot. I was playing online a lot but not with real money because i'd be flat broke within minutes but haven't played in the last few months. Its much more fun when you are at a table playing against real people.
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I want to be able to label myself as professional by the time I'm done with school, which will be another year and a half. We will see how things go.

If you really enjoy the game, I'd suggest you read that book I mentioned, Theory of Poker by David Sklansky. So much to learn from that. I've really been working on my Omaha H/L game and Stud H/L in hopes to be more well-rounded. I've done pretty well in some HORSE events online recently, and have really brushed up on my NLHE (No Limit Holdem) tournament game; what I really need to be working on is my cash game for PLO (Pot Limit Omaha) and NLHE.
 
It depends what genre you are into. Im an avid fantasy reader, and I have pretty much every decent author in my two full bookshelves. So I'd recommend:

1) Robert Jordan (R.I.P) - Wheel of Times Series
2) George R.R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire Series
3) Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth Series
4) Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind (he is a new and upcoming author who just released his first novel, but its pretty sweet)

There are some others, but those would be some of the better authors, although Terry Goodkind can have some long drawn out areas in some of his books.
 
Haven't read it in a while, but Crime and Punishment is a hell of a novel. I also recommend Paradise Lost by John Milton.
 
Nabisco said:
It depends what genre you are into. Im an avid fantasy reader, and I have pretty much every decent author in my two full bookshelves. So I'd recommend:

1) Robert Jordan (R.I.P) - Wheel of Times Series
2) George R.R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire Series
3) Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth Series
4) Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind (he is a new and upcoming author who just released his first novel, but its pretty sweet)

There are some others, but those would be some of the better authors, although Terry Goodkind can have some long drawn out areas in some of his books.
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Holy crap when did R. Jordan die!!? The Wheel of Time is a stellar series as is the Goodkind novels. Also check out:

Jim Butcher-Dresden Files
Terry Brooks-Shannara series
Dean Koontz- Odd Thomas, Fear Nothing, Watchers, Seize the Night
James Patterson-Maximum Ride
Rob Thurman-Night Life
 
I'm not sure if many people read 'em, but "A Monk Swimming" is a memoir by Malachy McCourt and it's probably one of the most hilarious/interesting books I've ever read, plus its TRUE!
 
bombBoogie said:
A few that I have read recently, but not finished yet:

The Definitive Book of Body Language
Death in Venice
Collections of writings by Nietzsche
They X-Rayed my head and found nothing
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Death in venice is good and short.. a little homo thou (its all about man-love)..

if you want a good, classic, hillarious book.. check out Don Quixote, its definitely my favorite.

Slaughterhouse-5 is also excellent, its about a WWII post-war vet who is somewhat dillousional. very funny and entertaining as well.
 
Palo Alto Labs said:
Death in venice is good and short.. a little homo thou (its all about man-love)..

if you want a good, classic, hillarious book.. check out Don Quixote, its definitely my favorite.
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Thomas Mann was always a weird writer(anemic, little boy obsessions). Right up there with Poe.

Don Quixote was an excellent read, and actually had a very heartfelt ending.

If your into the classics then I'd have to say check out Cantebary Tales and The Once and Future King.
 
freqfly said:
The Instant Millionaire; The Greatest Salesman in the World
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Excellent books, I have read them both. Another key book that changed the course of my thinking would be Think and Grow Rich; By Napoleon Hill.

I currently am reading

The Game of Life and How to Play it; By Florence Scovel Shin

The Closers; By Ben Gay III


I send out my wish list to my Family every year from Amazon as that's all I really want is books now. Pretty cool how you can add books, comment on them and set a priority. I also I hide it in the month of December.

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