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Sly 09-13-2015 07:48 PM
Currently reading The Innovators by Walter Isaacson. Just finished The Nordstrom Way by Robert Spector.

AdultKing 09-13-2015 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Sly (Post 20578689)
Currently reading The Innovators by Walter Isaacson. Just finished The Nordstrom Way by Robert Spector.
The Innovators is a great read. :thumbsup

jimmycooper 09-13-2015 08:30 PM
I have two books at my bedside, the Marine Corps Code of Conduct and the King James Bible.

L-Pink 09-13-2015 08:58 PM
Great thread title.

Read real books only. Not as much as I once did, maybe 2 a month down from 1 or 2 a week. Fiction and history.

Matyko 09-13-2015 10:33 PM
Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author if I have to pick one. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy is My Bible though. :pimp :2 cents:

AmeliaG 09-14-2015 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by SBJ (Post 20578654)
I didn't use to read much till I got my ipad and now my samsung tablet. Since 2013 I've read 24 out of 27 Harlan Coben books. I haven't read the 3 that are geared towards teens yet. I also liked the 3 Tucker Max books.

I need to find a new author to read since I seem to have more time on my hands now.
If you like Harlen Corben, Lee Child, Robert Crais, and Michael Connelly might appeal to you. I've read a high percentage of each of their books.

AmeliaG 09-14-2015 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Matyko (Post 20578727)
Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author if I have to pick one. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy is My Bible though. :pimp :2 cents:
42 :thumbsup

SBJ 09-14-2015 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by AmeliaG (Post 20578735)
If you like Harlen Corben, Lee Child, Robert Crais, and Michael Connelly might appeal to you. I've read a high percentage of each of their books.
cool thanks! I'll make note of all of them and buy one this week. :thumbsup

stoka 09-14-2015 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by AdultKing (Post 20578679)
I have converted most of my library to Kindle or iBooks.
what do you mean "converted to"? I hope that doesn't mean that you traded real books for digital ones :Oh crap

SBJ 09-14-2015 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by AdultKing (Post 20578679)
I have converted most of my library to Kindle or iBooks.

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Originally Posted by stoka (Post 20578754)
what do you mean "converted to"? I hope that doesn't mean that you traded real books for digital ones :Oh crap

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh maybe he scanned each book one page at a time? :winkwink:

EngineCash 09-14-2015 12:38 AM
Adventure... :) JRR Tolkien, all his books... :) Mastermind at his best... :) :thumbsup

XMaster 09-14-2015 02:26 AM
http://i.imgur.com/ezRYIyI.gif

AdultKing 09-14-2015 02:56 AM
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Originally Posted by stoka (Post 20578754)
what do you mean "converted to"? I hope that doesn't mean that you traded real books for digital ones :Oh crap
There's a service in Melbourne that buys your books and gives you both cash and Amazon credit. So conversion is precisely what I did.

SBJ 09-14-2015 03:18 AM
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Originally Posted by AdultKing (Post 20578811)
There's a service in Melbourne that buys your books and gives you both cash and Amazon credit. So conversion is precisely what I did.
I'm going to ignore this post and still visualize you scanning each book into your computer :winkwink::1orglaugh

AdultKing 09-14-2015 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by SBJ (Post 20578820)
I'm going to ignore this post and still visualize you scanning each book into your computer :winkwink::1orglaugh
:1orglaugh

Rob 09-14-2015 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by SBJ (Post 20578820)
I'm going to ignore this post and still visualize you scanning each book into your computer :winkwink::1orglaugh
I just can't do the eBook thing. Reading a book is therapeutic, it's not just the reading, it's the ritual of reading. The brand new book smell -- you gotta love that. The feeling of holding the pages back. Reading eBooks is like drinking warm flat beer. You're going to get a buzz, but it's just not the same.

SBJ 09-14-2015 04:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Rob (Post 20578835)
I just can't do the eBook thing. Reading a book is therapeutic, it's not just the reading, it's the ritual of reading. The brand new book smell -- you gotta love that. The feeling of holding the pages back. Reading eBooks is like drinking warm flat beer. You're going to get a buzz, but it's just not the same.
Ya my daughter use to love these scratch and sniff books too when she was younger :thumbsup
https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1214381220l/1129502.jpg

:1orglaugh Sorry I'm the opposite. I love ebooks and haven't read a book with paper in over 5 years when I got the 1st ipad. And for the record I keep my beer at 34 degrees.

truewbms 09-14-2015 06:35 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaza..._of_the_Fallen
It will be the next Game of Thrones when they will make it for TV, I am on book 9 right now, great read.

newB 09-14-2015 06:54 AM
I'm an avid reader. I have enjoyed Jim Butcher's Dresden books so much, I thought I would give his Codex Alera series a try, and got hooked. Currently reading the fifth of that six book series.

Favorite Authors:
Jim Butcher
Dean Koontz
Will Self
Orson Scott Card
Michael Crichton
Clive Cussler
John Le Carre

Favorite Book:
Probably One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez with Antarctic Navigation by Elizabeth Arthur coming in second.

Rob 09-14-2015 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by SBJ (Post 20578850)
Ya my daughter use to love these scratch and sniff books too when she was younger :thumbsup
Someone get me aloe...I just got BURNED! :thumbsup :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

CDSmith 09-14-2015 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by AmeliaG (Post 20578637)
Great quote! GRRM's journey to bummersville kinda makes my interest in his stuff peter out, although I've read all of his short stories and most if his novels and books he's edited.
Other than GOT's I've only read one of his other works, that being a children's medieval fantasy book titled The Ice Dragon. I bought it for my niece for Christmas a few years back, but read it before I gave it to her. (Had to make sure it was appropriate reading material for an 8 yr old) :D

One of these days I definitely will check out his other works though.

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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
Except pretty much in high school, when I lived overseas, I've read a few books a month every month since I was six. Hopefully all those whetstones are doing their job :winkwink:
Generally speaking it is all too often quite obvious as to who here reads a lot and who doesn't. I believe in your case as in many others it has paid off considerably.

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I'm reading The Affinities today. SF about social modeling to find a group of people where one fits and will not be misunderstood. So, basically Narnia for adults.
By Robert Charles Wilson? I've only read the synopsis but it sounds very Divergent-like in certain ways.

I think a trip to the book exchange is in my near future, as thanks to this thread I now have a new list of titles I want to devour.

newB 09-14-2015 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by CDSmith (Post 20579083)
One of these days I definitely will check out his other works though.
I remember enjoying the couple of WildCard books that I read by him. I believe he came up with the concept and invited writer friends to contribute, so they are not wholly by him.

Brief synopsis: Shortly after WWII, an alien virus is released which affects people differently. The majority of the population are unaffected, but you also have Aces, who look unchanged but are given super-human powers, and Jokers, who suffer physical mutations, but usually with no upside to their condition. Basically, you end up with a whole new class system, with many Aces gaining celebrity status, and Jokers becoming 'untouchables.'

patadeperro 09-14-2015 12:04 PM
Digital as well as paper ones, I really like them

Colmike9 09-14-2015 12:05 PM
I'm working on an adult coloring book for stoners. :upsidedow

AmeliaG 09-14-2015 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by CDSmith (Post 20579083)
Other than GOT's I've only read one of his other works, that being a children's medieval fantasy book titled The Ice Dragon. I bought it for my niece for Christmas a few years back, but read it before I gave it to her. (Had to make sure it was appropriate reading material for an 8 yr old) :D

One of these days I definitely will check out his other works though.



Generally speaking it is all too often quite obvious as to who here reads a lot and who doesn't. I believe in your case as in many others it has paid off considerably.


By Robert Charles Wilson? I've only read the synopsis but it sounds very Divergent-like in certain ways.

I think a trip to the book exchange is in my near future, as thanks to this thread I now have a new list of titles I want to devour.
Aw thanks.

The Affinities addresses some of the same themes as in Divergent, but it is not YA, and the perspective is how seductive it would be if you could finally find a place where you truly fit in and were understood and loved for who you are. The tech and societal evolution is also very beliavable.

RyuLion 09-14-2015 01:14 PM
I was gonna answer but then saw this sig..lol
http://i.imgur.com/vPBug4P.gif

ilnjscb 09-14-2015 02:36 PM
I promise, read this book by Robert Bevan - "Critical Failures" a spoof on dungeons and dragons that is really funny. I think it is only digital though, who cares if its on paper, don't make me tell an ent on you.

AntonMG 09-14-2015 02:53 PM
World war Z by Max Brooks (noting to do AT ALL with the movie).
ANY BOOK by Chuck Palahniuk (but Fight Club, Choke and Haunted are safe choices)
The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher is pretty nice too if you dig this kind of story.

2MuchMark 09-14-2015 06:16 PM
[QUOTE=SilentKnight;20578384

Favorite book - probably Contact by Carl Sagan.[/QUOTE]

I liked it too, though it wasn't my favourite. Book-wise, I loved the science, but thought the character development was really weak. And I also didn't like the ending. (Spoiler : They find a hidden message a bazillion digits inside PI).

I liked the movie version - it had a much better ending, and they boiled down the 4 main characters of the book into 1.


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