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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #275 on: May 20, 2012, 07:32:44 PM »
Oh man, just finished reading the first two books of Hunger Games.  Fun read.  Starting book three tonight.

Hunger Games > Catching Fire >Mockingjay

Good read, though I was disappointed with how the last 2 kind of scrambled to end.

The end of Mockingjay was just silly.  Like a little girl made it up.

Confirmed.  :sad:

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« Reply #276 on: May 20, 2012, 10:05:08 PM »
I just finished Cold Mountain, fantastically written, but you know...
I am pumped to start Shogun, it was a miniseries in the 80's so it must be pretty good.
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« Reply #277 on: May 20, 2012, 10:42:57 PM »
I just read Sense of Direction - nonfiction about a 30 year old with daddy issues doing pilgrimages around the world. It was pretty decent

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« Reply #278 on: May 21, 2012, 06:36:25 AM »
I just read Sense of Direction - nonfiction about a 30 year old with daddy issues doing pilgrimages around the world. It was pretty decent

the eff would compel you to read something like that?

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« Reply #279 on: May 21, 2012, 09:17:05 AM »
I just read Sense of Direction - nonfiction about a 30 year old with daddy issues doing pilgrimages around the world. It was pretty decent

the eff would compel you to read something like that?

Saw an article talk about how it was awesome.  It kinda captures that after college wanderlust pretty well.  And his daddy issues are fairly interesting, his was a Rabbi and came out as gay when the kid was 19.

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« Reply #280 on: May 21, 2012, 12:52:37 PM »
Now just finished Turn Right at Machu Picchu.  Nonfiction about a guy who employs a crocodile dundee-esque guide to take him on old Incan trail.  Good mix of adventure/history.  Incan history and their conquest by Spaniards is pretty nuts.  Reviews seemed to promise more humor than was delivered.

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« Reply #281 on: June 04, 2012, 08:57:20 AM »
Now just finished Turn Right at Machu Picchu.  Nonfiction about a guy who employs a crocodile dundee-esque guide to take him on old Incan trail.  Good mix of adventure/history.  Incan history and their conquest by Spaniards is pretty nuts.  Reviews seemed to promise more humor than was delivered.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #282 on: June 04, 2012, 09:30:11 AM »
Just started The Castle in the Woods.  Haven't read Mailer before and also wanted to get familiarized with what to expect from oscar in the coming seasons. 

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #283 on: June 04, 2012, 11:08:27 AM »
North and South. Really long book but an interesting look at the antebellum south.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #284 on: June 04, 2012, 11:11:08 AM »
Now just finished Turn Right at Machu Picchu.  Nonfiction about a guy who employs a crocodile dundee-esque guide to take him on old Incan trail.  Good mix of adventure/history.  Incan history and their conquest by Spaniards is pretty nuts.  Reviews seemed to promise more humor than was delivered.

Inca humor is notoriously subtle.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #285 on: June 04, 2012, 12:31:33 PM »
Oh man, just finished reading the first two books of Hunger Games.  Fun read.  Starting book three tonight.

Hunger Games > Catching Fire >Mockingjay

Good read, though I was disappointed with how the last 2 kind of scrambled to end.


The end of Mockingjay was just silly.  Like a little girl made it up.

Confirmed.  :sad:

Didn't think Catching Fire scrambled as much as Mockingjay did, Catching Fire made me want to read Mockingjay immediately. However, the end of Mockingjay was just brutal. I like to think it was just a rough draft and the real ending is coming out soon...
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #286 on: December 11, 2012, 05:33:13 PM »
My sister is coaching a club volleyball team.  I think she may have a future in coaching, or at least the development of youngsters.  What are some good books on coaching or leadership?  I would like something that seems to jive with what  :bill: does.  You know, the work hard, focus on what you can control, get better every day type stuff.  What say you?

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« Reply #287 on: December 11, 2012, 05:51:09 PM »
My sister is coaching a club volleyball team.  I think she may have a future in coaching, or at least the development of youngsters.  What are some good books on coaching or leadership?  I would like something that seems to jive with what  :bill: does.  You know, the work hard, focus on what you can control, get better every day type stuff.  What say you?

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« Reply #288 on: December 11, 2012, 06:18:27 PM »
Just finished Ready Player One. Kinda goofy, but it was fun.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #289 on: December 26, 2012, 01:00:23 PM »
If you like GRRM, then read Joe Abercrombie.  He's very good.  I give him four out of a possible five breads. 
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #290 on: December 26, 2012, 01:03:13 PM »
I think people should read Gomorrah.  Which is about the Napoli mafia.
Is that the basis for the movie Netflix keeps telling me to watch?

Pretty sure yes.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #291 on: December 26, 2012, 01:04:08 PM »
My goal this Christmas break:

Read Villa and Zapata and Game of Thrones.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #292 on: December 26, 2012, 01:08:16 PM »
I think people should read Gomorrah.  Which is about the Napoli mafia.
Is that the basis for the movie Netflix keeps telling me to watch?

Pretty sure yes.

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« Reply #293 on: December 26, 2012, 02:49:55 PM »
My goal this Christmas break:

Read Villa and Zapata and Game of Thrones.

GoT is tough at first because there's so many names and details, but plow through it and it's worth it.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #294 on: December 26, 2012, 03:07:59 PM »
I am looking for a good food book.  I'll probably just finally read kitchen confidential.  There is some reluctant chef book that amazon keeps pushing though that it may just sell me on.

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« Reply #295 on: December 26, 2012, 03:16:03 PM »
I actually just (finally) read kitchen confidential.  Had a pretty good idea of what to expect, but it was still pretty good.

I started Catch-22.  About 50 pages in, I was wondering if I'd finish it.  Then, I saw it was at the top of the list of books most often started and not finished on goodreads.  So, I'm now about a third done and determined to finish.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #296 on: December 26, 2012, 03:20:12 PM »
Haven't read any of this thread so this might already be in here, but Outliers is fantastic if you like either (or both!) of the following:
 -Sports
 -Numbers/Statistics

I'm only like halfway through it but so far it's a great read
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« Reply #297 on: December 26, 2012, 03:24:38 PM »
The Book of Lost Things was my favorite book from Fable & Fantasy @ KSU

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« Reply #298 on: December 26, 2012, 03:39:29 PM »
If you want a quick, easy, entertaining read for a 2.5 hour flight: Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman.
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #299 on: December 26, 2012, 03:50:17 PM »
I am looking for a good food book.  I'll probably just finally read kitchen confidential.  There is some reluctant chef book that amazon keeps pushing though that it may just sell me on.

Bourdain's fiction isn't bad either...