book recommendations

[Tobias]

i did not know that.  I'm averaging like 10 pages a year on it, may die before I finish it

[mocat]

i went on a rampage at half price books the other day, some of my choices were based on this thread! 

btw did you guys know that infinite jest is the size of the bible?

[SdK]

I answer the surveys on Google and use that money to buy more books

[star seed 7]

I answer the surveys on Google and use that money to buy more books

I did this for a long time but they haven't given me a survey in like 2 years now probably. I had worked up a balance of like $100 so maybe they got tired of giving me money

[Mikeyis4dcats]

I answer the surveys on Google and use that money to buy more books

I have never seen this..

[SdK]

I think it's called Google rewards. It's an app. Doesn't pay much but I've found quite a few books I wanted to read for under a dollar.

[SdK]

I answer the surveys on Google and use that money to buy more books

I did this for a long time but they haven't given me a survey in like 2 years now probably. I had worked up a balance of like $100 so maybe they got tired of giving me money

I'm sitting at around 2 dollars now. I keep buying books.

[michigancat]

I'm reading this:

https://www.amazon.com/Evicted-Poverty-Profit-American-City/dp/0553447432

Heartbreaking non-fiction. So good though.

It made me cry. Everyone should read this.

[Kat Kid]

Reading hillbilly elegy, will read this vast southern empire next. Still reading assassination of Julius Caesar will pick citizens back up later.

Will report back later


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[michigancat]

Reading hillbilly elegy, will read this vast southern empire next. Still reading assassination of Julius Caesar will pick citizens back up later.

Will report back later


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That looks like a good one. Have you read Evicted? I was thinking of you when recommending.

[Kat Kid]

Reading hillbilly elegy, will read this vast southern empire next. Still reading assassination of Julius Caesar will pick citizens back up later.

Will report back later


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That looks like a good one. Have you read Evicted? I was thinking of you when recommending.

No, will circle back. But probably doing some ancient/classical history before I come back around to modern.

How different is it from Family Properties?

I still want to read dark money by Jane Mayer and nickel and dined (old book).

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[michigancat]

Reading hillbilly elegy, will read this vast southern empire next. Still reading assassination of Julius Caesar will pick citizens back up later.

Will report back later


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That looks like a good one. Have you read Evicted? I was thinking of you when recommending.

No, will circle back. But probably doing some ancient/classical history before I come back around to modern.

How different is it from Family Properties?

I still want to read dark money by Jane Mayer and nickel and dined (old book).

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It's modern and a first person account. (It's not actually written in first person, but the author lived in a trailer park and the north side of Milwaukee to meet the families he wrote about it.) It's also a more general look at how the poor live in general imo.

[Mrs. Gooch]

This Google Rewards survey thing is a scam. I signed up and competed 2 surveys and after each one they said "Not all surveys earn credit" and I didn't get paid anything. WTF!

[The Big Train]

This Google Rewards survey thing is a scam. I signed up and competed 2 surveys and after each one they said "Not all surveys earn credit" and I didn't get paid anything. WTF!

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=35093.0

[michigancat]

What should I read on the beach next week? Ideally one or two fiction and one non fiction.

[Dual Ju]

What should I read on the beach next week? Ideally one or two fiction and one non fiction.

I'm half way through Devil in the White City. It's interesting non-fiction. I think they're making a movie about it with DiCaprio. Lots of references to how cold Chicago was, so not sure if that's what you want when you're on a beach.

[michigancat]

What should I read on the beach next week? Ideally one or two fiction and one non fiction.

I'm half way through Devil in the White City. It's interesting non-fiction. I think they're making a movie about it with DiCaprio. Lots of references to how cold Chicago was, so not sure if that's what you want when you're on a beach.

that's a good one!

[mocat]

What should I read on the beach next week? Ideally one or two fiction and one non fiction.

non-fiction: https://www.amazon.com/Ship-Gold-Deep-Blue-Sea/dp/B004H8GM9Y

[CHONGS]

What should I read on the beach next week? Ideally one or two fiction and one non fiction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Trilogy

[The Big Train]

What should I read on the beach next week? Ideally one or two fiction and one non fiction.

Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199753814/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_25t3ybZX6YDJG

[michigancat]

What should I read on the beach next week? Ideally one or two fiction and one non fiction.

Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199753814/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_25t3ybZX6YDJG

I tried to read "Particle at the end of the Earth" and I've never felt so dumb in my life.

[SdK]

I enjoyed A heartbreaking work of staggering genius.

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[The Big Train]

What should I read on the beach next week? Ideally one or two fiction and one non fiction.

Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199753814/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_25t3ybZX6YDJG

I tried to read "Particle at the end of the Earth" and I've never felt so dumb in my life.

Haven't read that but I'm probably gonna order it  

And I'm assuming it's about the Higgs Boson?

[michigancat]

What should I read on the beach next week? Ideally one or two fiction and one non fiction.

Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199753814/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_25t3ybZX6YDJG

I tried to read "Particle at the end of the Earth" and I've never felt so dumb in my life.

Haven't read that but I'm probably gonna order it  

And I'm assuming it's about the Higgs Boson?

Yeah and the large hadron collider

[michigancat]

And it's particle at the end of the universe, lol