Books you always wanted to read but "didn't have the time?"
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
The Cat In the Hat series is on deck.
The Cat In the Hat series is on deck.
Always wanted to read thru the entire Bible multiple times back to back, to back to back......Probably will have the time. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Haven’t read a book since HS. Will soon read “Age Of Reason” by Free-Thinker, Thomas Paine. I’ve always found his ideas to be fascinating. He was a huge influence on the American revolution and most of the founding fathers.
Thought he was first AA basketball player at UK
I have read it, but would suggest The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson.
It is a non-fiction piece that reads like a novel. Great stuff, IMO.
It is a non-fiction piece that reads like a novel. Great stuff, IMO.
If you like fiction....Shantaram. Can't recommend it enough. I read bc Jackson gave to Jordan and Kobe to read during two of their championship seasons.
You missed a lot with all but the last 10 pages. Awful. Just awful!!!
Books? "Why read when you can watch the movie." Thornton Mellon.
Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu. Over 3,000 pages long. I only include this because it makes me sound intelligent.
Ha! I see you checked out my spread! What did you ya think man? I tried to go for tasteful, but you know me! LOL! Had to make em swing!
Would recommend Dune for anyone who’s not read it and enjoys science fiction.
Besides the stuff on America's first serial killer, all the info on the World's Fair in Chicago was very interesting, especially the part on the Ferris Wheel. It was an engineering marvel and held over 2000 people at once
I tried a long time ago and just could not get through it.
Same for Game of Thrones, about half way into book 3 (took me probably two years of part time reading) I just said F it, don't care how many ways you can describe what banners look like, or who is related to who, or who is supporting, or double crossing who, etc. Just wore me the hell out.
Amen to GoT books. Read 3+ and it was just such a slog through almost 1000 pages in each tome, I said to heck with it.
All the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child
All the Mitch Rapp books by Vince Flynn
Psych thrillers: Ruth Ware - The Woman in Cabin 10 and The Turn of the Key are both good
Freakonomics (every edition - interesting reading)