What are you reading right now?

aspeedlin4589 said:
PaulCrewe said:
Po Belini said:
What is this book about? Biography of some guy?
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More or less they are stories of the debotchery he and his buddies have done in the pass, as well as messed up tales of chicks that he has bagged. All toilet humor, and very jacka$$-ish but friggin hilarious. And like I said earlier this guy is a law grad that has had some huge intern jobs. He is a riot
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Po- If you get the chance, give the book a try. It will have you laughing from start to finish.

I just started the second one, and already it is giving the first one a run for its money.
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Tent people,I have a Bullhorn so I am your GOD!!!!! Hilarious.

 
I'm on an Anthony Bourdain kick right now, I just finished "A Cook's Tour". Right before that I read "Down and Out in Paris and London", one of George Orwell's first. I think I'm going to check out "Death to the BCS" next. My dad (who doesn't read AT ALL finished it in three days. Said it was quite fascinating.

 
GMoose said:
I'm on an Anthony Bourdain kick right now, I just finished "A Cook's Tour". Right before that I read "Down and Out in Paris and London", one of George Orwell's first. I think I'm going to check out "Death to the BCS" next. My dad (who doesn't read AT ALL finished it in three days. Said it was quite fascinating.
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I've breezed through Bourdain's books at the bookstore and I think they're probably worth the read, but I'm such a cheap bastard that I hate paying hardback prices for them. I can't make myself spend $20 for a book.

He spoke at the Holland Center in Omaha last September and made for a very fun night. Should I bite the bullet and just buy one of his books?

 
knapplc said:
GMoose said:
I'm on an Anthony Bourdain kick right now, I just finished "A Cook's Tour". Right before that I read "Down and Out in Paris and London", one of George Orwell's first. I think I'm going to check out "Death to the BCS" next. My dad (who doesn't read AT ALL finished it in three days. Said it was quite fascinating.
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I've breezed through Bourdain's books at the bookstore and I think they're probably worth the read, but I'm such a cheap bastard that I hate paying hardback prices for them. I can't make myself spend $20 for a book.

He spoke at the Holland Center in Omaha last September and made for a very fun night. Should I bite the bullet and just buy one of his books?
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If you really like him as a speaker (I saw him at the Lied a few years back), buy the book. Try amazon, I've bought all my Bourdain books from there...all paperbacks. If you do buy one, start with Kitchen Confidential (Updated edition), his first book. From there, it doesn't matter where you go. So far, "The Nasty Bits" has been my favorite. If you're into his show and travel/foodie stuff, definitely a great read.

 
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I just started reading this one too. Its more about the inside workings of the camp, how people interacted and how the guards interacted. It's grusome, but very interesting at the same time. If WW2 stuff is your cup of tea, this is worth the read.

 
aspeedlin4589 said:
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I just started reading this one too. Its more about the inside workings of the camp, how people interacted and how the guards interacted. It's grusome, but very interesting at the same time. If WW2 stuff is your cup of tea, this is worth the read.
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I'll definitely check that out aspeedlin. Night by Elie Wiesel changed my life forever, no joke. I've never been able to feel quite as sorry for myself ever since.

 
I am finishing the book World War Z by max brooks. It is a bunch of interviews by surviviors of the zombie Appocalypse. Max Brooks is Mel Brooks kid and this is goona be made into a movie with Brad Pitt as the lead roll.

 
I'm reading "The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson. Its in the fantasy genre like the rest of his work, and I really recommend anything from him.

 
T_O_Bull said:
The 'Alex Cross' series by James Patterson.

T_O_B

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I just listened to the first two on Audio book. Pretty good

I am starting "Unbroken" The story of the olympian that was a POW in WWII. I gave a large print copy to my dad for Christmas because he was a WWII vet. He passed away in June, and while we were going through a few of his things I found it beside his bed, booked marked at the end of the book. It has received excellant reviews and I hope he enjoyed it, but I am very sad that I didn't get to discuss it with him.

 
strigori said:
I'm reading "The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson. Its in the fantasy genre like the rest of his work, and I really recommend anything from him.
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A friend of mine read that recently and also spoke very highly of it. I've never read anything from Sanderson. Maybe a place to start.

 
Husker_x said:
strigori said:
I'm reading "The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson. Its in the fantasy genre like the rest of his work, and I really recommend anything from him.
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A friend of mine read that recently and also spoke very highly of it. I've never read anything from Sanderson. Maybe a place to start.
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The way of Kings is a book 1 of a planned 10. I would say Elantris or Warbreaker (both stand alones) would be better first starts, or the Mistborn trilogy.

 
strigori said:
Husker_x said:
strigori said:
I'm reading "The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson. Its in the fantasy genre like the rest of his work, and I really recommend anything from him.
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A friend of mine read that recently and also spoke very highly of it. I've never read anything from Sanderson. Maybe a place to start.
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The way of Kings is a book 1 of a planned 10. I would say Elantris or Warbreaker (both stand alones) would be better first starts, or the Mistborn trilogy.
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I'll keep that in mind. Right now I'm reading the new one in Martin's series. I try to switch up genre/fiction-nonfiction, so maybe somewhere down the road. I think the first Mistborn is on my to-read list somewhere.

 
I started reading "Scorecasting" last night. The example they use in the introduction was about little league softball and how they put the worst player in right field cuz he was least likely to touch the ball there, but then teams figured it out and started hitting that way, so they put the kid at catcher cuz there was no stealing allowed and whatnot.

Then they started talking about the David Tyree catch in the Super Bowl and how Mike Carey, the referee, could have blown the play dead because Eli Manning was basically "in the grasp" of the defender. The whole first chapter is about how fans will react worse to a bad call than a no call. They call it ommission bias. Pretty interesting so far.

 
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