Eye Reedz (book thread)

[Arachnid]

Picked up this interesting book...The End of Money and the Future of Civilization -Thomas Greco
Fascinating history of currency and where it is headed. Should be done by the end of the weekend if the weather holds up.

http://www.amazon.com/The-End-Money-Fut ... 1603580786

[Chef Boi RD]

I just read that they are filming a movie in Vancouver that was adapted from a book I recently recommend here called a A Single Shot - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540741/

[rats19]

Dude I enjoyed the gargoyle....

[KeyserSoze]

Other older favourites:
"Into Thin Air" Jon Krakauer's account of the tragic climb up Everest in 1996. Read "The Climb" by Boukreev which provides some rebuttal.

I recently read Into Thin Air and really enjoyed it (even though I was reading it in the middle of summer ). I'll be interested to read another take on those 1996 summits in The Climb as well.

[Hoss]

Under the Banner of Heaven is also indispensable Krakauer. Particularly since we have a Mormon up for election in this country. Its amazing what millions of dollars in PR money will do to legitimize your cult.

[Chef Boi RD]

Talk about a thread from the past, kinda funny and sad reading back some, I miss some of these cats. Decided to look in on this thread after seeing Donny and the boys talk about Clavell. Just slayed Train Dreams in a day, a 116 page novella by Denis Johnson. One of the best things I’ve read in a long, long time. An instant classic, the movie adaption is about to be released starring Joel Edgerton. This was the first Denis Johnson I’ve read, now reading his Jesus Son, nothing to do with religion. It was adapted into a movie back 1999 starring Billy Cudrup. Actually haven’t seen the movie

[donlever]

Yeah, a few in here Dude for sure.

Rummy gone, Eddy gone, Doc we presume.

And others:

Hoss
Spidey
Vpete

...faded but not forgotten.

I know someone from here who I talk to in the real world has a relationship with Keyser as does another who still shows up here once in a while.

His life is just busy, no time to post.

Southern, Lotus & UK.....chased off I guess.

Always wondered if TimeOut (from the old site), Fred and Micky were the same dude.

Never had much interaction with Island.

2 ships in the night type of thing.

[donlever]

Books? What’s your top 5 books? Fiction. I know you’re into non/fiction self help books like how to improve the mind, but what’s your top 5 fiction?

So, if you're done calling me a shithead for chirping you a wee bit we can talk books if you want....

I'll actually switch from genre to genre for shits and giggles.

So I read Obama, Grover Cleveland, Trudeau, Reagan and Carter auto & or biographicals in recent years for instance.

Fear and Loathing.
Keith Richards
McCartney
Keidis (Scar Tissue)
Great History of Time
Profiles in Courage
Just Kids
Aggasi
Kitchen Confidential
The Rape of Nanking

Top 5 fiction I can't tell you.

Off the top of my head books I enjoyed reading from the fictional realm:

Topical from the dead thread are....

Shogun
Noble House
TaiPan
King Rat

Also...

1984
Catch 22
Slaughterhouse 5
Fahrenheit 451
Old Man and the Sea
Wheel of Time series
Godfather
Pillars of the Earth (read the series, this was my favourite of the group, read it 3 or 4 times in my life)
The Shining
Grapes of Wrath
The Stand
Bonfire of the Vanities
The Gunslinger Series
Eye of the Needle

...to name a few.

[rats19]

I was gonna say…

[Cornuck]

I haven't read much lately, but used to read a lot. Mostly the old classics, Steinbeck's a favourite, Dostoevsky - always. Lately I've been reading the odd rock autobiography for a quick, light read over the holidays. I did finish a novel last month, "Ten Sleep" that a friend wrote (quite good, actually).

The one book that has stuck with me, and I've read a few times, is East of Eden. It really hit home how much power our choices have throughout our lives - from big to small, they are what make us who we are. If I'm going some place where I know I'll be waiting, I'll grab my worn copy of Cannery Row for fun.

Edit: also, just to be relevant - I read Shogun as well when the original series came out.

[2Fingers]

I have also read pillars of time 3-4 times, Shogun the same. Read rest of the series as well.

Read a lot of Sydney Sheldon and other authors but I find their books become repetitive.

Read LOTR books and The Hobbit.

Read all the Game of Thrones but skipped sections as the author just rambled in my opinion.

Read hundreds and hundreds of books, probably over a thousand but 95% are non fiction. I feel life is tough and during the day my brain is working hard and I just want to relax when I read and get lost in a story.

Problem I have now is that I find authors are too predictable, they also fill the story with useless information that does nothing for the story. Also finding that they seem to want to be politically correct or they feel the need to emphasize something like constantly talking about the fact the main character is a woman or a POC.

I have a couple books now and will try them.

Lastly I do like books that combine real history with a fake family supposedly living in that time. Really good one about Poland that I read years and years ago, can’t remember the books name.

[donlever]

Morning Reef.

Ken Follets Century Series combines the fiction/history angle you speak of, not sure if you have read that or not.

Eye of the Needle as well.

rats turned me on to an author, Conn Iggulden, who bases novels on that genre as well.

I enjoyed his Mongolian Empire series.

He also wrote a Caeser/Roman Empire series but it didn't grab me as much.

Perhaps because I jumped in right after the Mongol one.

I bought all the books so may try that one again.

[Chef Boi RD]

Books? What’s your top 5 books? Fiction. I know you’re into non/fiction self help books like how to improve the mind, but what’s your top 5 fiction?

So, if you're done calling me a shithead for chirping you a wee bit we can talk books if you want....

Bro, the Walter Sobchuk line was in jest.

Geez, I can’t win for trying.

[donlever]

Lol....I'm just fucking with you Dude.

We're all good.

Tell me about your books bro....

[2Fingers]

One of the symptoms of my medical issue is that I get brain fog. Words elude me, I use it in the wrong context or sometimes I just forget things. I forgot some of my staffs and peers names even after working with them for years. Google can be your friend sometimes

Loved Follet and I believe I read Iggulden as well but need to look him up again. Best part of their books is that they are written about the past and it does not go out of style.

Thanks for the great recommendations, just reserved East of Eden, on a short wait list for it. This discussion is starting to peak my interest in reading again. It has been a struggle in the past year.