Official Book Thread - What You're Reading & Everything Book Related (merged)

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Currently reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.

Yes, it's an inspirational/self-help/spiritual book (genres that I rarely touch), but I was convinced it would be worth a read. Enjoying it so far.
 
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JohnMarxism said:
Currently reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.

Yes, it's an inspirational/self-help/spiritual book (genres that I rarely touch), but I was convinced it would be worth a read. Enjoying it so far.
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Haven't read Power of Now, but New Earth (by Tolle) is one of my favorite books ever. It truly changed my outlook.
 
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VOLatile said:
Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut. Player Piano up next, then running through his books in order for a book club.
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Was just telling a friend a few days ago that I'd like to go back and re-read a couple Vonnegut books. We were discussing which would be good candidates. It's been so long, it would be interesting to see how different a read they might be now, with two or three decades of perspective added on. I suspect they'd be even better.
 
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Currently listening to Snow Crash (I do audiobooks at work) weird but interesting. Just finished 1984, Brave New World and the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies trilogy. I enjoyed all of them.
 
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pismonque said:
Was just telling a friend a few days ago that I'd like to go back and re-read a couple Vonnegut books. We were discussing which would be good candidates. It's been so long, it would be interesting to see how different a read they might be now, with two or three decades of perspective added on. I suspect they'd be even better.
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I have been thinking for a few years I need to re-read the entire catalogue. My favorite is God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater with Deadeye Dick second, would be interesting if they would remain my favorites. I am guessing Rosewater would still be.

Sounds like we read them around the same time-frame.
 
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NorCalVol67 said:
Currently reading Thirteen Days in September about the Camp David meetings with Carter, Begin & Sadat.
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I'm in a men's book club and that's the last book I chose for us to read. We're currently reading "Give a boy a gun: The true story of law and disorder in the American west" by Jack Olsen. Pretty interesting book I understand it's required reading for anyone who wants to join the Oregon State Police.
 
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GoDucks349 said:
I'm in a men's book club and that's the last book I chose for us to read. We're currently reading "Give a boy a gun: The true story of law and disorder in the American west" by Jack Olsen. Pretty interesting book I understand it's required reading for anyone who wants to join the Oregon State Police.
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That sounds interesting, I am not aware of that story.

I had a beer from up your way tonight, Ninkasi Tricerahops.
 
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Currently in between books and can't figure out what's next. Reread catch 22, so I'm thinking about rereading 'Night' by Elie Wiesel just for the stark difference on ww2
 
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apevol said:
Anybody got a suggestion related to human suffering?
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"Night Comes to the Cumberlands-A Biography of a Depressed Area"
by Harry M. Caudill

In the early & mid 70's I did communications survey work as one of my jobs while getting college in after the service. This was all over northern East Tennessee Cumberlands and parts of southeast Kentucky where Caudill is writing about. I had to pass through places he's describing, but it's virtually indescribable. Look up images of Kentucky, West Virgina, and Tennessee "coal patch" towns.

CoalPatchLivingConditions

America powered our industrial revolution on the coal brought out of the ground many of these famiies owned, but did not know to protect their mineral rights.
Coal is going away now and many of these folk still refuse to believe it. Even if Trump partially revitilizes coal, it is a dying industry. When this sinks home, their last thread of hope will be gone.

Shake&bake&crankituptime.
Lost with nothin to do.
 
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Orangedogsrule said:
"Night Comes to the Cumberlands-A Biography of a Depressed Area"
by Harry M. Caudill

In the early & mid 70's I did communications survey work as one of my jobs while getting college in after the service. This was all over northern East Tennessee Cumberlands and parts of southeast Kentucky where Caudill is writing about. I had to pass through places he's describing, but it's virtually indescribable. Look up images of Kentucky, West Virgina, and Tennessee "coal patch" towns.

CoalPatchLivingConditions

America powered our industrial revolution on the coal brought out of the ground many of these famiies owned, but did not know to protect their mineral rights.
Coal is going away now and many of these folk still refuse to believe it. Even if Trump partially revitilizes coal, it is a dying industry. When this sinks home, their last thread of hope will be gone.

Shake&bake&crankituptime.
Lost with nothin to do.
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That'll be like reading about myself 5 years ago
 
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I just started reading books by an written by Lee child. They are based around an ex military cop named Jack reacher. If you like action mystery. Then these are the books for you. I can't stop reading them.
 
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