Someone give me a good read...

SlimDunkin.

SlimDunkin.

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With winter not quite here yet, even with a job I seem to have an abundance of free time during the week... So hook it up with some suggestions of some good books, I mean books I can really sink my teeth into, something I'll wanna sit down and read in a night. +k for legit responses
 
FUCK YEA, I forgot that the new hobbit movie is coming out soon, that probably means I should re read the book.

And yes, I don't think I'll ever share a stronger bond with anyone else on newschoolers.
 
the hobbit then the lord of the rings trilogy then the silmarillion, should take a good chunk out of your free time
 
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Come to Burly when it comes out and lets you me and Phil take some of that super not bunk acid from the other night and go see it.

Oh and bring Liam
 
Holy fuck i didn't even realize it was you.

ohhhhhhhh i know the eskimo girl.

holy fuck that sounds prime. bumping this and only this

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if you like sports, beyond belief. its the story of Josh Hamilton the baseball player for the rangers and all of his struggles in life including being addicted to crack and cocaine
 
Read Monster, by Sanyika Shakur, about his life as a member of the Crips, absolutely mind blowing how much violence goes on in South Central.
 
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster.

A novel about an english professor recovering from losing his family in a tragic plane crash who finds something to preoccupy his time and ends up spending his time, money, and love pursuing it. Sounds gay as fuck but it is AMAZING.

Not many people know about it. Find it at B&N. You're welcome beforehand.

 
I read The Phantom Tollbooth in 4th grade. It is the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've had with a book.

Now I'm reading Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson. An average interview is 20 pages, but they are crazy. Interviewing an interviewer. He wrote a ton of books, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and was a regular contributor (interviewer) for Rolling Stone mag. In the 70s he joined the Hells Angels just to go undercover and write about him. When he revealed himself, the only reason they didn't kill him is because they had so much respect for the guy. He blew his brains out in 2006. Page turner for sure.

A Perfect Day for a Bananafish is a Sallinger short story that will take you ten minutes. Also, Edgar Allan is da man.
 
This too, excellent read. Harry Turtledove's alt WWII books are damn good. Found in fantasy or sci-fi section. THey arent all silly beats and unicorns kinda books they're based around like what if Japan invaded HAwaii in WWII.

And the military section has lots of good books as well.
 
I just started re-reading The Hobbit last week. As well as just re-watched the LOTR movies. Stoked!!!

I just finished up book 4 of "Song of Ice and Fire", but don't want to spend the $40 on the hard cover of book 5 and the paperback doesn't come out till like March or something so I figured it's a good time to brush up on my Middle Earth.

Last night at dinner I was looking at my Tolkien collection and had a crazy thought about re reading the whole thing, but I don't know if I can handle that much with full on winter just over the horizon. Have you ever read "The Silmarillion" and/or "The Unfinished Tales"? If you're a Tolkien fan it's worth checking out for sure.
 
Dan Brown- The Lost Symbol really good story line and interesting plot. You learn a lot of interesting things about America too that is cool. Not politics wise or stuff like that. I never read and hardly ever have but for some reason this book grabbed me really well.
 
Ernest Hemingway -- the old man and the sea.

had to read it for school and it was one of the first assigned books I've read cover to cover in a while. good read
 
hell yeah i posted a picture so you pay more attention to this so you read this book cuz its the best one.

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Maybe not what you're looking for, but I've been super stoked on George Saunders lately. His short stories are awesome, super funny with a great writing style and sense of humor. I'd really recommend The Braindead Megaphone if you're looking for some giggles.
 
Between a rock and a hard place - Aron Ralston (127 hours)

its surprisingly good, not real gory or anything, its just a biography
 
If you are into fantasy and like lord of the rings, I suggest you read the Eragon series. Sure they may be aimed at a bit younger audience, but with the 4 books in the series, they easily total 3500 pages. READ THEM IN ORDER. That might go without saying but whatever. Only start if you have plenty of time because the books are hard to put down, especially the last one which is my second favorite book, behind East of Eden for obvious reasons.
 
I recently found a website for writers, some of the articles are complete shit but there is some really good stuff if you look a little.

thoughtcatalog.com
 
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Neuromancer - William Gibson. If you liked the matrix you will love this book.
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I had not realized how much of cyberpunk came from this book. Awesome awesome book, a lot of stuff from Altered Carbon they clearly took right out of here.

Also:
https://z-lib.org/ for any and all books basically.

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Planet Walker-follows John Francis MD as he walks around the world to promote peace, all while under a vow of silence

Alone on The Wall- Alex Honnold's book on free soloing

Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

The Hidden Life of Trees- Peter Wollebehn

On the Road and Dharma Bums by Kerouac

Basically what I've read in the past year
 
English Ed major stopping in to drop my current favorites

(and a list of links to digital copies)

- Mark Twain- the mysterious stranger
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3186/3186-h/3186-h.htm

-Aldous Huxley- brave new world // the island (2 books that are loosely connected)
https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20160545
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149670

-John Krakauer- into the wild

(couldn’t find an ePub for this one :/)

-Norman Maclean- a river runs through it
https://archive.org/details/riverrunsthrough00macl_0

Graphic novels:

-Katsuhiro Otomo: Akira
https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Akira

-Alan Moore: Watchmen
https://archive.org/details/WatchmenByAlanMooreAndDaveGibbons
 
Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories

625 pages of interesting things sci-fi and morally related

Siddhartha Mukherjee: The Gene: An Intimate History

Super interesting science about genes and their history

Jordan Ellberg: How not to be wrong

Interesting books on statistics, rhetoric, morality and math

The second two books are books I thought I would hate. They are actually pretty great. Definitely hard books to put down while reading.
 
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