CourtneyC
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I just finished Beach Road by James Patterson and am looking for a new fun read. Anyone have any suggestions?
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dex
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Teeth of the tiger - about terrorest - I forgot the author. Good summer read.
FYI I haven't read a book in years - Audio books are the way to go. I can now download them via the internet.
FYI I haven't read a book in years - Audio books are the way to go. I can now download them via the internet.
Moemg
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Quickie James Patterson's new book
Daniel Silva has a new book out: Secret Servant.
The hero of his books, Gabriel Allon, an Israeli spy, hooks up with the Americans to rescue the kidnapped daughter of an American diplomat. I like his stuff.
I agree with Dex's recommendation as well, Teeth of the Tiger is a Tom Clancy book.
The hero of his books, Gabriel Allon, an Israeli spy, hooks up with the Americans to rescue the kidnapped daughter of an American diplomat. I like his stuff.
I agree with Dex's recommendation as well, Teeth of the Tiger is a Tom Clancy book.
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Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut.......Heck, anything by Vonnegut is a great read.
Another thought is any book by Nevada Barr. Her novels feature a national park service ranger solving murders in various national parks. If you are a park lover it is fun to have the familiar settings. I really like her stuff too.
Amazon.com: Barr, Nevada: Books
Amazon.com: Barr, Nevada: Books
Moemg
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If you haven't read it "The Glass Castle " not exactly a beach read but good
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I really like Ted Bell, he's a retired ad man and his character Hawke is a really awesome new addition to the spy genre. Like a more realistic James Bond. Highly recommended!
Also, DH just read Lone Survivor, about the Seal Team in Afganistan that got surrounded by hundreds of Taliban and one actually survived the attack. He wouldn't put it down for three days!
For the not fun summer reading, I just read the remarkable Omnivore's Dilemma, and it has really changed a lot of my concepts about how we eat. It is well worth the time invested, and a fascinating read.
Also, DH just read Lone Survivor, about the Seal Team in Afganistan that got surrounded by hundreds of Taliban and one actually survived the attack. He wouldn't put it down for three days!
For the not fun summer reading, I just read the remarkable Omnivore's Dilemma, and it has really changed a lot of my concepts about how we eat. It is well worth the time invested, and a fascinating read.
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For the women: I am less than 1/2 way through "The Hot Flash Club" by Nancy Thayer, and I love it! I just found out it's the first in a series, so I'll be set with reading material for a while. It's about 4 women, ages 52-62, and I can SO relate to some of their feelings and experiences.
Everyone will appreciate this - at one point, a friend who is a widow retires. She decides to sell her big, old home and buy a Winnebago and drive with her dog all over the United States. People can't believe it. She says, "look, I've been wanting to do this all my life. I've got stacks of books to read, and the addresses of a ton of old friends and acquaintances to visit, and I bet I'll make a lot of new friends along the way. I'm going to lie in the grass looking up at the stars from every park I can find. I'm going to drive down every side road that catches my my fancy and while I drive, I'll listen to opera-the entire opera, not just the arias-and country western music, and jazz, whatever I'm in the mood for. I'm going to eat whatever I want and in the evenings, if it's raining, I'll curl up and read scientific essays and adolescent porn. I'm going to explore this country and my own mind. I've spent my whole life paying attention to my outside. Now I'm going to pay attention to my inside."
And they are all speechless, and think she's nuts.
Like most people we all know who think being FIRE'd is nuts, eh?
CJ
Everyone will appreciate this - at one point, a friend who is a widow retires. She decides to sell her big, old home and buy a Winnebago and drive with her dog all over the United States. People can't believe it. She says, "look, I've been wanting to do this all my life. I've got stacks of books to read, and the addresses of a ton of old friends and acquaintances to visit, and I bet I'll make a lot of new friends along the way. I'm going to lie in the grass looking up at the stars from every park I can find. I'm going to drive down every side road that catches my my fancy and while I drive, I'll listen to opera-the entire opera, not just the arias-and country western music, and jazz, whatever I'm in the mood for. I'm going to eat whatever I want and in the evenings, if it's raining, I'll curl up and read scientific essays and adolescent porn. I'm going to explore this country and my own mind. I've spent my whole life paying attention to my outside. Now I'm going to pay attention to my inside."
And they are all speechless, and think she's nuts.
Like most people we all know who think being FIRE'd is nuts, eh?
CJ
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I've just finished three Stuart Woods books. Silly, vapid entertainmnet -- just what I like.
BTW, I just joined this: PaperBackSwap : Your source for swapping books online!. I'm very impressed with that site, although I haven't gotten any books yet.
Click here for a video on how PBS works.
BTW, I just joined this: PaperBackSwap : Your source for swapping books online!. I'm very impressed with that site, although I haven't gotten any books yet.
Click here for a video on how PBS works.
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Pbs
I have been a member of PBS for over a year and it is great. I have about 75 books listed and have traded for about 20 so far and have about 15 credits saved up. Trading books for just the price of postage!
The best ones to submit for trade are very recent bestsellers or one of a kind, hard to find books like old sci-fi. There is a shortage of financial how to books, in case you all have any of those laying around. I am 4th in line of 25 for Bogleheads guide to investing and 10 of 16 for the 4 pillars.....if anyone has a spare copy.
2fer
Great book if a bit long, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.
I have been a member of PBS for over a year and it is great. I have about 75 books listed and have traded for about 20 so far and have about 15 credits saved up. Trading books for just the price of postage!
The best ones to submit for trade are very recent bestsellers or one of a kind, hard to find books like old sci-fi. There is a shortage of financial how to books, in case you all have any of those laying around. I am 4th in line of 25 for Bogleheads guide to investing and 10 of 16 for the 4 pillars.....if anyone has a spare copy.2fer
Great book if a bit long, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.
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my son (16) just read Kite Runner and LOVED it...it must be amazing cuz the kid has never enjoyed a book like that before!
two4theroad
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You should post that book to PBS, there are 122 people waiting in line for it.
Including me......
You should post that book to PBS, there are 122 people waiting in line for it.
Including me......
CourtneyC
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Great rec's. Thanks!
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TromboneAl
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You join PBS (PaperBackSwap : Your source for swapping books online!) and list your books by entering their ISBN numbers. Then, if someone "orders" one of your books, you get an email, print out a mailer, wrap the book in it, and send it to them. You pay the postage (usually $2.13).
When you order a book, you get it for free.
My plan is to use PBS for the times that my library doesn't have a particular book (e.g. four pillars), and for gifts.
When you order a book, you get it for free.
My plan is to use PBS for the times that my library doesn't have a particular book (e.g. four pillars), and for gifts.
happy2bretired
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I have Kite Runner...very good book! I don't want to trade it tho since a few years from now, I might want to read it again. I need to check out that swap site. I think that might be just what I need.
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cool! i will definitely check it out!
I just finished an amazing book called "Three Cups of Tea", subtitled "One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. This is the most inspirational book I've read in ages. It reminds us all that it is possible for one person to have a significant impact on the world.
Greg Mortenson is a former mountain climber who failed in an attempt to climb K2, but ended up promising that he would build a school for a tiny village in Northern Pakistan where he recovered after his attempt. The children in the village were sitting outside, tracing their lessons in the dirt because they wanted to learn, but had no school. Now, ten years later, Greg has opened over 50 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan, most of them focused specifically on educating girls as well as boys. He is educating over 24,000 children through his non-profit. The amount of good that he has done (and the goodwill that he has spread) with very little resources is phenomenal.
The book is well-written and is a fast read. The fact that it is about an area of the world that we would all benefit from knowing more about is just a bonus. Plus, if you buy the book from the website Three Cups of Tea, a portion of the purchase price goes directly to support the non-profit that does the work.
Greg Mortenson is a former mountain climber who failed in an attempt to climb K2, but ended up promising that he would build a school for a tiny village in Northern Pakistan where he recovered after his attempt. The children in the village were sitting outside, tracing their lessons in the dirt because they wanted to learn, but had no school. Now, ten years later, Greg has opened over 50 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan, most of them focused specifically on educating girls as well as boys. He is educating over 24,000 children through his non-profit. The amount of good that he has done (and the goodwill that he has spread) with very little resources is phenomenal.
The book is well-written and is a fast read. The fact that it is about an area of the world that we would all benefit from knowing more about is just a bonus. Plus, if you buy the book from the website Three Cups of Tea, a portion of the purchase price goes directly to support the non-profit that does the work.
packrat44
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I have been a member of PBS for over a year and it is great. I have about 75 books listed and have traded for about 20 so far and have about 15 credits saved up. Trading books for just the price of postage!
2fer
Great book if a bit long, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.
Have you tried your public library?
I have been going on line where one can access anything within the city library system. Upon finding what I want I have it sent to the branch nearest my house (no cost). So far I have been able to find anything I wanted by Bogle, Armstrong, Bernstein, Swedroe, Malkiel, Shiller, etc.
Moemg
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Thanks for the recommendation .I need a few light books . I'm going to Pa. for several weeks to help my 91 year old mother while she has a knee replacement .So "The Hot Flash Club " sounds perfect .
ScottFromUtah
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For some serious but extremely interesting reading, try Collapse: How Socieities Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond. I loved Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel and his The Third Chimpanzee, and I wasn't disappointed with Collapse. If you like history, science, environment, politics, geography, archeology, paleobiology (or thing you would like them), Collapse is a great book. Highly recommended.
And if you haven't read Guns, Germs and Steel, then you should run, don't walk, down to you bookstore or library and immediately start reading. It's one of my all time favorite books.
And if you haven't read Guns, Germs and Steel, then you should run, don't walk, down to you bookstore or library and immediately start reading. It's one of my all time favorite books.
two4theroad
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Packrat,
We live outside town so access to library is a bit of a pain. I will check to see if they have the on line request mail it option. I wanted to keep those investment books as reference. I tend to keep that type of book and trade the fiction books. Thanks for the idea!
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