I like reading a lot medieval stuff as well as the Alex Cross series from James Patterson. I enjoy the side books by Tom Clancy. I also have a fascination with books about utopian worlds like Brave New World and Anthem.
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 I like reading a lot medieval stuff as well as the Alex Cross series from James Patterson. I enjoy the side books by Tom Clancy. I also have a fascination with books about utopian worlds like Brave New World and Anthem.
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 Anyone who hasn't read it is doing themselves a disservice. Bar none the best book I've ever read, and most people who've read it agree.
 
 As a self proclaimed history junkie, there's no reason for you not having read it. Once you get past the "WHOMG THERE'S A LOT OF PAGES" it's a fantastic book.
 
 I wasn't too impressed with War and Peace, kinda dissapointed. I would definitely recommend "Life and Fate" by Vasily Grossman as an alternative. One of the best books i've ever read.Comment
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 Currently reading Karl Jaspers' Nietzsche, which is technically a supplemental to Nietzsche's philosophy, but one that is written by a legitimate philosopher in his own right (Jaspers) opposed to a mere scholar. Before this was Why We Read What We Read by Lisa Adams and John Heath, which catalogs and analyzes the best-selling books of recent times and draws parallels between them. Fascinating. Also working on Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion for a religious studies course.I am become death
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 I'm also in the middle of reading The Outsiders. Great book so far. If you haven't read you should.MLB: St. Louis Cardinals
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 anybody ever read any of Neil Gaiman's books? I've read American Gods and Neverwhere, and I really like both of them. I also like this British horror write called James Herbert, I have a hard time finding his books.Teams I Live and Die with:
 
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 No, but...
 
 "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
 
 "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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 I like JJ, but I can't agree with this.Just to point out - forums count as reading. Novels and books aren't the only reading to be done; games, magazines, forums, websites, and things like that all count.
 
 You've got over 5000 posts, and I'm going to guess you've read more than you've posted.
 
 So I wouldn't say you hate reading; this sort of reading counts just as much as reading any novel does.
 
 Forums are like conversation, not reading.
 
 Very different things.
 
 I also wouldn't agree that someone who reads magazines instead of novels is actually reading in the sense we're describing here or even in the sense that JJ meant."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
 
 "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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 Have not read it, but 1,400+ pages seems manageable to me.
 
 I'm interested, but I have to make sure I finish a few books. It seems like a totally different genre than the one I prefer."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
 
 "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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 Neverwhere was fantastic. for whatever reason I havnt picked up his other stuff.Originally posted by Alexis de TocquevilleThe America Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.Comment
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 I'm currently reading The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry. The style reminds me very much of Dan Brown and the Da Vinci Code.Comment
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 American Gods isn't quite as good as Neverwhere, but its a really good book with a plot twist and a lot of deep characters. Ive never read Anansi Boys, which is related to American Gods, but I have heard it is good too.Teams I Live and Die with:
 
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 I used to try to get into reading but I could never decide what to read. The endless stacks of books is really a scary thing, especially when you have no idea what you're looking for.
 
 The only time I ever really read was like back in 5th or 6th grade when I read through the entire Redwall series.
 
 Last book I read was in my senior year of high school, A Clockwork Orange. I'm probably not one to judge books since I haven't read hardly any but I thought it was a great book.Fan of....
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