I?m always in the middle of a book. Right now I'm reading two books, although I?ve not been reading very diligently as of late. They are sort of collections of shorter writings so I can easily shift between the two. http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-Unit...t/dp/0060528370 http://www.amazon.com/Great-Shark-Hunt-Str...ie=UTF8&s=booksBoth are really good books. The first one is a US history book from different perspectives, like Christopher Columbus's arrival in North America from the view of the Indians, slavery and the Declaration of Independence from the slaves' point of view. It will certainly make you think. History is all perspective so when look at it from a differinf perspective we can certainly learn something. The second is a collection of articles from the early in Hunter S. Thompson's career. This was also a book that has caused me to think but also laugh. HST has a unique style that quickly moves from reporting facts to writing fiction and mixing the two. It?s like he is writing to his audience and having a drug addled conversation with himself all at once. He is very fun to read. Thompson hated Richard Nixon and wrote about Nixon quite often. If you take the name "Nixon" and read it as "Dubya", and change "Vietnam" to "Iraq" almost every word of it applies to the current situation in politics. It?s almost frightening.
Harry PotterArtemis FowlEverworldYeah I'm a nerd, but Everworld's lack of an ending pissed me off after I read all 12 books.I also like The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons.Holes was a great book that I read in 6th grade.And I just had to pick a book to read for school and, Necessary Roughness is pretty good. It's about an Asian family moving to Minnesota and all the white kids looking at them funny.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Oct 29 2006, 10:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'll post some of the books I've read.Bob WoodwardBush at WarSeymour HershChain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu GhraibJames RisenState of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush AdministrationMichael Crichton...TimelinePreyRising SunJurassic ParkThe Lost WorldCongoDisclosureThe Andromeda Strain Pat Buchanon State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America David Corn Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq WarThe Lies of George W. BushPeter Bergen The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader Chalmers JohnstonSorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the RepublicTom ClancyTHe Hunt for Red OctoberTeeth of the TigerCall to TreasonRainbow SixExecutive OrdersThe Sum of all FearsPatriot GamesJeffrey Archer The Eleventh CommandmentTwelve Red HerringsThe Fourth EstateFalse ImpressionHonor Among Thieves</div> 1331, have you ever read any of these? Or anything from Archer?
To Kill a Mocking Bird is ok, the Harry Potter books are getting better....people are starting to die. I like the Pig Man also.
Yeah I read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry in 6th grade in my English class and it was a great book. I typically don't reada ton but I also like Shadow of the Dragon, The Butterfly Revolution, and almost all books by Waletr Dean Meyers a lot. Were gonna be starting To Kill A Mocking Bird this week in my English class but I don't know much about it.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Oct 29 2006, 09:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'll post some of the books I've read.Bob WoodwardBush at WarSeymour HershChain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu GhraibJames RisenState of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush AdministrationMichael Crichton...TimelinePreyRising SunJurassic ParkThe Lost WorldCongoDisclosureThe Andromeda Strain Pat Buchanon State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America David Corn Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq WarThe Lies of George W. BushPeter Bergen The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader Chalmers JohnstonSorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the RepublicTom ClancyTHe Hunt for Red OctoberTeeth of the TigerCall to TreasonRainbow SixExecutive OrdersThe Sum of all FearsPatriot GamesJeffrey Archer The Eleventh CommandmentTwelve Red HerringsThe Fourth EstateFalse ImpressionHonor Among Thieves</div>Are you going into political science?That's a nice list.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Devlin @ Oct 29 2006, 11:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm as gangsta as a brick.</div>LOL Everything is a brick with you. lolMagiacian by Raymond E. Feist -in fact the whole series that follows, I liked.-Loose balls by jason Williams -funny-The lord of the rings series + the Hobbit-a few archer book, most memorable is "not a penny more"-The Sword of Shannara - that whole series -by Terry Brooks -other books by him too.the list goes on and on. But these I enjoyed. the most- well at least I remember them.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinoy Balla @ Oct 29 2006, 02:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I hate reading but the best book I have read so far is:Holes</div><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua">I read that back in 5th grade...Anyway, a very interesting book I read was something over the summr for my AP Language & Composition class. The novel's name was <u>Catcher in the Rye</u>. Very good novel.</span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ReppinTheD @ Oct 29 2006, 07:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Are you going into political science?That's a nice list.</div> I won't waste my time with politics...My major is Criminal Justice.
No I've not read any of those. I really only read non-fiction, I do see some of those are non fiction but they aren?t really my style. There are a few fiction exceptions, DiVinci Code, Harry Potter. I read Lord of the Rings every year or so.I generally rotate between reading a ?normal? book and then reading a book on Buddhism and meditation.
Harry Potter? I LOVE Harry Potter but I hate the people that dress up and make normal fans like me look bad.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC @ Oct 29 2006, 07:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Too be honest with you, I hate reading anything not related to basketball.I read alot of NBA related books before I go to sleep at night.Michael Jordan- Driven from withinMagic Johnson's autobiographyLarry Bird- Bird Watching.</div>Driven from Within was one of my favorites, forgot about that. Some great quotes in that.
<span style="font-family:Book Antiqua">I've also read several NBA books, such as some Vince Carter biography at school (can't recall the book's title) and <u>NBA's Greatest</u>.</span>
I read all the time..more sports related. Some of my favorable books:"Now I can die in Peace" by Bill Simmons"The Sixth Man" by Chris Palmer"T.O. the Terrell Owens Story" by Terrell Owens and Jason Rosenhaus
