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Good Books.......
hmmm ..... not in any certain order, since i usually have more than one going at a time ..
david mccullough's "mornings on horseback" about teddie roosevelt
bill bryson's "a short history of nearly everything" .... this one was pretty good
stephen ambrose's "undaunted courage" about lewis and clark
leroy garrett's "stone campbell movement"
dan brown's "da vinci code" and "angels and demons"
"five people that you meet in heaven", author ??
this is a good thread. good choices.
david mccullough's "mornings on horseback" about teddie roosevelt
bill bryson's "a short history of nearly everything" .... this one was pretty good
stephen ambrose's "undaunted courage" about lewis and clark
leroy garrett's "stone campbell movement"
dan brown's "da vinci code" and "angels and demons"
"five people that you meet in heaven", author ??
this is a good thread. good choices.
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Dan Brown is not an exceptional writer- he just hit the jackpot on interesting and controversial subject matter.
Read Neil Gaiman. He's wonderful. American Gods, Anansi Boys (the sequel), Good Omens (with Terry Pratchet).... anything he writes is wonderful.
Read Neil Gaiman. He's wonderful. American Gods, Anansi Boys (the sequel), Good Omens (with Terry Pratchet).... anything he writes is wonderful.
UPDATE
Finished reading A clockwork Orange about 2 weeks ago and have to say it is a great book. Burgess was a genius on how he used the slang in the book. Really brought another level to the story. Anyway after that I read "monster" by Frank Peretti (he is a christian science fiction author) ok book not the best by far though. Now I just bought "Whiteout" by Ken Follett I really like his stuff. Anyway I suggest A clock work orange if you havent read it.
Finished reading A clockwork Orange about 2 weeks ago and have to say it is a great book. Burgess was a genius on how he used the slang in the book. Really brought another level to the story. Anyway after that I read "monster" by Frank Peretti (he is a christian science fiction author) ok book not the best by far though. Now I just bought "Whiteout" by Ken Follett I really like his stuff. Anyway I suggest A clock work orange if you havent read it.
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Originally Posted by aggiez28
i try to turn unproductive time into productive time. fiction novels may be more fun to read but they arnt productive so i try and ditch them and read somthing i can use or get somthign from
brook
brook
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I'm not much into reading, but The Old Man and the Sea is one of my favorite books ever. It won Ernest Hemingway the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature in 1954. Most probably wouldn't like it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Originally Posted by aggiez28
i would say read books that are going to benifit you, not some fiction novels that are only good for entertainment.
fiction novels are fun to read but your not really gaining anything from them.
thats just my opinion
brook
fiction novels are fun to read but your not really gaining anything from them.
thats just my opinion
brook
Originally Posted by FUroundeye
I think that if you (not you specifically, but in general) don't feel as if you're gaining anything from the fiction books you're reading, then you're not reading the right ones. For example, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead taught me to look at everything from economics to love in a different light. I just finished reading A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe, a book that I didn't think I'd really enjoy (I read The Bonfire of the Vanities and liked it ok, but didn't think it was great), but I was really surprised by how good it was. Tom Wolfe is as much a social commentator on issues like race relations, class, and gender roles as he is an author. I think reading books by highly intelligent people, even if they're fictitious novels, is like surrounding yourself w/ smart friends: they don't have to be actively teaching you a skill for you to be better off for having spent time w/ them.
