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EC-Tom
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Yeah, so I have a new found passion in reading. Used to hate it, but now I find it relaxing and use it as an escape from reality.

Please tell me your favorite book and brief background about it, im looking for a new read.

As of now my favorite book is: The King of Torts by John Grisham


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Sep 23 2005 9:08PM
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jib-unit00
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I hope i once find a passion for reading cause i sure hate it now, or atleast all the books I have been reading.

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will987654321
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yea i just got back into reading too. i loved the fortress of solitude by jonathan lethem, it's about a white kid growing up in nyc, and it basically follows him through his life until he's about 30 something. there isnt a real captivating storyline, but it's so interesting the way he writes it.

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Sep 23 2005 9:20PM
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EC-Tom
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I'll have to check that out, sounds interesting. Anyone else?


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Sep 23 2005 9:24PM
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cpas_
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the new harry potter!

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Sep 23 2005 10:05PM
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hugeairkid
Posts: 1802 - Karma: 29
"The Minds of Billy Milligan", I picked this up in Cambodia and could not take my eyes off it for 3 days straight. It is a true story about a guy named Billy Milligan who had 21 different personalities. It is totally documented and factual novel. It goes through everything he did and which personality is controlling him during each action. Crazy Crazy book......a definate read.

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Sep 24 2005 4:25AM
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december
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i have recently rediscovered how much i love reading.
you know what you should do, find a used book store and search it for how ever long it takes you to find at least 5 books you want to read. it's cheap too. and just look through stuff, pick up authors you've never heard of and try it out. i did it, and read some really really good books.





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Sep 24 2005 9:06AM
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skiierman
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Pick up any Tom Clancy book. Preferably Rainbow Six or Net Force.

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Sep 24 2005 9:19AM
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steeplechamp
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer...non fiction book. I really enjoyed it and have read it a few times.

It is about a kid who graduates college with a very high gpa, and just tries to life a nomatic life. Hitchhiking or "tramping" across the nation until he comes up with a plan to make it to Alaska where he dies. I didn't give anything away, trust me. In fact it says this on the front cover!

The author gets his journal, and contacts people who he met through the nation from his old mail and what he writes in his journal....there is one dry spot in the book where the author talks about how other people tried to do similar stuff. I think you'll enjoy the book a lot, I have.


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Sep 24 2005 11:49AM
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beefbud
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my friend leanord

Sep 24 2005 12:24PM
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Danger.
Posts: 3476 - Karma: 58
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy

currently reading Naked Lunch, confusing the fuck out of me, and I'm only on page 15.

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Sep 25 2005 1:07AM
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FRZGene
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When Genius Failed. About the most succesful hedge fund ever that almost brought the entire financial world down.

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Sep 25 2005 2:44AM
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
mainly modern warfare books dealing with special ops seals, delta force, sas, and etc

Sep 25 2005 4:13AM
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crooks
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i dont read unless i have to for school, but holes was good

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Sep 25 2005 6:18AM
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Anathema
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the robot series and foundation series by isaac asimov
anything by michael crichton, tom clancy, or robin cook

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Sep 25 2005 6:26AM
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ShmagmaSkiier420
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i just read slaughterhouse-five. i thought it was really good. ill probably pick up another kurt vonnegut book.

Sep 25 2005 10:31AM
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cjgncjgn
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1984 and animal farm

Read animal farm first its an easy way to get into orwell. Then 1984 cuz 1984 is pretty much right now

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Sep 25 2005 12:27PM
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Capt.Flannel
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The Game - ken dryden








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Sep 25 2005 12:34PM
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hucker22
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1984-Orwell
Fear and Loathing in Las Vega-Thompson
A Farewell to Arms-Hemmingway
Great Gatsby-Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird-?

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Sep 25 2005 12:49PM
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hans_aschim
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The Catcher in the Rye - one of my favorites of all time, that will never change. On the Road is great as well as 1984 and Catch-22 is funny.



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Sep 25 2005 1:16PM
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(Jonesy)
Posts: 2594 - Karma: 20
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Catch-22

and my two personal favorites

THE DAVINCI CODE
ANGELS AND DEMONS

dan brown is an amazing writer

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Sep 25 2005 2:39PM
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Alkyy
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The divinci code and angles and demonds by dan brown are both good... also david baldachi the last man standing

Sep 25 2005 2:57PM
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marsland
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friday night lights
anything by vince flynn

Sep 25 2005 6:48PM
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seemeski
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A Clockwork Orange is my all time favorite book. Alos Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas is an awesome book.

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scientist
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zen and he art of motorcycle maintence was on will and grace

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Sep 25 2005 9:01PM
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PimpDaddySkier
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i love the catcher in the rye.....holden caufield is the man, and hates phonies......one good ass book, ive actually read it a couple times

Sep 25 2005 9:49PM
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bigdaddytmac
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Siddhartha by Herman Hess, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Into the Wild

Sep 26 2005 9:30AM
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BizNach
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/slap books? magazines or the shizzle

Sep 26 2005 10:22AM
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gmack24
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george orwell- 1984

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Sep 26 2005 10:29AM
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JoakimHayland
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the only book i have remebered that i have read is Robinson Cruoses..

Sep 26 2005 12:57PM
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ERIEcoastSKIER
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farenheit 451


Sep 26 2005 2:47PM
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k2skierec
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definatley fear and loathing in las vegas by hunter thompson. pretty much all of his books are good


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Sep 26 2005 4:57PM
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zackskis
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any thing by michael chriton is amazing, try timeline, its about time travel and weird shit... its the book they beat the shit out of drunk JP with in the UP1 video on x. clancy is good to and koonst books are pretty good too




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Sep 26 2005 5:14PM
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oakjewlery
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they guy who wrote fight club and diary all his books are reallly good

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Sep 26 2005 7:13PM
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CTripper
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life of pi
dharma bums
the great gatsby
the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe

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Sep 26 2005 7:22PM
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EC-Tom
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Bill Bryson has some funny shit. Also check out "The Taking" by Dean Koontz.


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Sep 26 2005 7:30PM
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masterexploder
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the hobbit- pretty ill
also it may sound kinda kiddish but the hatchet and all those books by gary paulson. They make me wanna go camping

Sep 26 2005 9:24PM
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