Does anyone here read for entertainment?

Just wondering if I'm alone in this, I know Von Milash is reading the Bible, I'm reading Book 3 of His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. Other books I've read this year are Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), His Dark Materials books 1 and 2 (The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife also by Pullman of course), The Silmarillion (JRR Tolkien), Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk), The Art of War (Sun Tzu), The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli), The Illuminatis! Trilogy (Robert Shea and Robert Anton) and some random secret society books earlier in the year.

Anyone else?

Interestingly, I have the entire Art Of War posted on my gyms website

Free forum : FIST

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Cool man, I try and read that one and The Prince at least once a year. I've had two copies of the Art of War that ended up missing, I'll keep that link in case my current copy dissappears.

Im into a Time life book "wings of war" series : Samurai

And you can not go wrong with a Current or older copy of the World Almanac.

I read head stones in grave yards .

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I read head stones in grave yards .

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Why?
Their usually pretty repetitive
Sort of like most sitcoms, but with a corpse 6 feet down

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I read head stones in grave yards .

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Why?
Their usually pretty repetitive
Sort of like most sitcoms, but with a corpse 6 feet down

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Yes well each to their own i guess ;D

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I read head stones in grave yards .

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Why?
Their usually pretty repetitive
Sort of like most sitcoms, but with a corpse 6 feet down

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Yes well each to their own i guess ;D

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is it me or do i only see u hear at night:confused:

I like to read for pleasure, but havent read so much this year.

Ive just got myself a copy of "Kerouac: Selected letters volume 2: 1957-1969". I have the first edition which I bought years ago. And it just seemed like a good idea to continue the journey and read the follow up too. Im an admirer of Kerouac, the writer. And you cant help but be captivated by what happened in the final dozen years. Kerouac became so well known, and yet in just over a decade it had all ended so messily.

Should be interesting reading.

At the moment I am reading

The Rough Guide To Conspiracy Theories Book 1

Amazon.com: The Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories 1 (Rough Guide Reference): James McConnachie, Robin Tudge: Books

FYI I say book one because the updated edition comes out soon, but it isn't really a "new" book. I am reading the original.

I like to read too.. I can't get myself to read in Fiction as I find it easier to just watch movies for that type of entertainment. However the times I have read fiction I get very engrossed in it all. I just don't have the time to bury myself in a fictional story these days.. I also have a habbit of only get a few chapters into books, or maybe 3/4 of the way through one if I really really like it. I rarely finish books.

Two of my favourites that i've read lately is Gandhi which is just brilliant. Some of his wording and sentences are amazing that you need to read them over 3 or 4 times to get their full scope.. I didn't get to finishing that one but i'm wanting to get back into it sometime and finish it off... Also one that I did finish actually quite easily was Richard Branson's Biography "losing my virginity". That was one of the better reads of my life and it read as fast paced as any fiction book i've read... A real page turner..

Mostly the books I read though are investment, real estate, and self development stuff... I also like to read books that teach things like about Anatomy, History, Hypnosis etc. Just interesting stuff about the world we live..

Yep, sure do. About 1 or 2 a week, depending upon how thick they are.

The last book I finished was "John Dies at the End". It'd be really hard to get it now, I think as it is out of print until the new publisher puts out a new edition sometime next year. Before that I read "World War Z". I haven't been doing a great deal of reading because I'm trying to write my own shiat. I have a short story that's going to be in an anthology in about a year. I have some other stuff under consideration and I'm working on my novel.

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The last book I finished was "John Dies at the End". It'd be really hard to get it now, I think as it is out of print until the new publisher puts out a new edition sometime next year. Before that I read "World War Z". I haven't been doing a great deal of reading because I'm trying to write my own shiat. I have a short story that's going to be in an anthology in about a year. I have some other stuff under consideration and I'm working on my novel.

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I read World War Z as well, I guess Brad Pitt's company is getting ready to make it into a movie, don't know how I feel about that. I'd be interested to read your stuff, if you feel like sharing.

Actually I read quite a bit...Just finished North and South....I read 2 of Mick Foleys books this year, Ric Flairs, Page Falkenbergs....

(I Know pro wrestling but it is really interesting all the behind the scenes shit and finding out some of those fuckers are nuts).....Besides I know Mick (He owns a house about 2 blocks from my ex-inlaws...would run into him often cool guy)

Joyce Carol Oates.....Read a book last week called "The Prizefighters" short read good stuff....I reccomend it to anyone

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Just wondering if I'm alone in this, I know Von Milash is reading the Bible, I'm reading Book 3 of His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. Other books I've read this year are Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), His Dark Materials books 1 and 2 (The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife also by Pullman of course), The Silmarillion (JRR Tolkien), Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk), The Art of War (Sun Tzu), The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli), The Illuminatis! Trilogy (Robert Shea and Robert Anton) and some random secret society books earlier in the year.

Anyone else?

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I haven't read as much as I would like to lately but I absolutely love a good book.
How did you like Invisible Monsters? I'm a huge fan of Chuck Palahnuick. If you like him you should really read this book called "The Fighter" by Craig Davidson its probably the best book I have read in awhile.

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Just wondering if I'm alone in this, I know Von Milash is reading the Bible, I'm reading Book 3 of His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. Other books I've read this year are Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), His Dark Materials books 1 and 2 (The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife also by Pullman of course), The Silmarillion (JRR Tolkien), Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk), The Art of War (Sun Tzu), The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli), The Illuminatis! Trilogy (Robert Shea and Robert Anton) and some random secret society books earlier in the year.

Anyone else?

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I haven't read as much as I would like to lately but I absolutely love a good book.
How did you like Invisible Monsters? I'm a huge fan of Chuck Palahnuick. If you like him you should really read this book called "The Fighter" by Craig Davidson its probably the best book I have read in awhile.

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Invisible Monsters was crazy all of the characters are horrible human beings in impossible situations, I liked it a lot. I love the flow of Palahnuick, it's like someone trying to remember things and not always succeeding. I'll have to look at that book you recommended.

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The last book I finished was "John Dies at the End". It'd be really hard to get it now, I think as it is out of print until the new publisher puts out a new edition sometime next year. Before that I read "World War Z". I haven't been doing a great deal of reading because I'm trying to write my own shiat. I have a short story that's going to be in an anthology in about a year. I have some other stuff under consideration and I'm working on my novel.

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I read World War Z as well, I guess Brad Pitt's company is getting ready to make it into a movie, don't know how I feel about that. I'd be interested to read your stuff, if you feel like sharing.

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My blog has rough drafts of a few chapters from my novel. So does Writers Cafe. I've just started putting my stuff on Writers Cafe. It's a lot easier to do and the format looks better. I have a half dozen stories there and some poetry. But you can click on my siggy and you'll bring up my blog.

I read Brad Pitt and Leonardo di Caprio's production companies got into a bidding war over WWZ and now that Pitt has won it it's just setting on a shelf because they didn't know how to turn it into a workable script. It's a great story, though. I'll probably read it again.

My next book is "By the Sword" by F. Paul Wilson. I love his Repairman Jack series.

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The last book I finished was "John Dies at the End". It'd be really hard to get it now, I think as it is out of print until the new publisher puts out a new edition sometime next year. Before that I read "World War Z". I haven't been doing a great deal of reading because I'm trying to write my own shiat. I have a short story that's going to be in an anthology in about a year. I have some other stuff under consideration and I'm working on my novel.

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I read World War Z as well, I guess Brad Pitt's company is getting ready to make it into a movie, don't know how I feel about that. I'd be interested to read your stuff, if you feel like sharing.

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My blog has rough drafts of a few chapters from my novel. So does Writers Cafe. I've just started putting my stuff on Writers Cafe. It's a lot easier to do and the format looks better. I have a half dozen stories there and some poetry. But you can click on my siggy and you'll bring up my blog.

I read Brad Pitt and Leonardo di Caprio's production companies got into a bidding war over WWZ and now that Pitt has won it it's just setting on a shelf because they didn't know how to turn it into a workable script. It's a great story, though. I'll probably read it again.

My next book is "By the Sword" by F. Paul Wilson. I love his Repairman Jack series.

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Cheers, I'll give it a read when I get home.

Currently reading "Boxing's Greatest Workouts" by Gary Todd


Just finnished two days ago "Wrath of a Mad God" book three of the Darkwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist

Not to bring in any of the ghey, but "Their Eyes were Watching God" by Zora Neal Hurston is a great book. Her prose reads like poetry. The woman seriously was under appreciated in her time.

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Just wondering if I'm alone in this, I know Von Milash is reading the Bible, I'm reading Book 3 of His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. Other books I've read this year are Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), His Dark Materials books 1 and 2 (The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife also by Pullman of course), The Silmarillion (JRR Tolkien), Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk), The Art of War (Sun Tzu), The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli), The Illuminatis! Trilogy (Robert Shea and Robert Anton) and some random secret society books earlier in the year.

Anyone else?

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Find yourself a copy of "A Winter's Tale" by Marc Halperin. Make that a priority. It's a fantasy novel that takes place in 19th century New York City. It's absolutely brilliant. Either of Khalid Houseini books, "The Kite Runner" or "Thousand Splendid Suns" are great. If you like treasure hunter stories and historical fiction, check out any of the William Martin book, like "Bay Bay" or "The Lost Constitution." As a New Englander, I have special appreciation for those books, but I think anybody would enjoy them.

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Just wondering if I'm alone in this, I know Von Milash is reading the Bible, I'm reading Book 3 of His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. Other books I've read this year are Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), His Dark Materials books 1 and 2 (The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife also by Pullman of course), The Silmarillion (JRR Tolkien), Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk), The Art of War (Sun Tzu), The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli), The Illuminatis! Trilogy (Robert Shea and Robert Anton) and some random secret society books earlier in the year.

Anyone else?

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Find yourself a copy of "A Winter's Tale" by Marc Halperin. Make that a priority. It's a fantasy novel that takes place in 19th century New York City. It's absolutely brilliant. Either of Khalid Houseini books, "The Kite Runner" or "Thousand Splendid Suns" are great. If you like treasure hunter stories and historical fiction, check out any of the William Martin book, like "Bay Bay" or "The Lost Constitution." As a New Englander, I have special appreciation for those books, but I think anybody would enjoy them.

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Looks like I owe you some rep, almost done with the book I'm reading I look for A Winter's Tale.

I just picked up War of the World by Niall Ferguson, I'll probably start reading it between semesters when I actually have some free time.

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Currently reading "Boxing's Greatest Workouts" by Gary Todd


Just finnished two days ago "Wrath of a Mad God" book three of the Darkwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist

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I used to love reading Feist when I was younger.

Reading a book called The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay. A fantasy novel, they're pretty hit or miss for me, but this one seems pretty good. George Martin's the best fantasy novelist to me, most of it I don't really get into. I actually liked Phillip Pullman's first two books in that series but for some reason never got around to the third one, which I guess is a bit odd now that I think about it.

Don't get to read that much. Usually have a lot of reading for school anyway but this semester's ridiculous, have this insane professor that does things like, for example this week, give me two four hundred plus page books on Monday and tells me to have a review of them ready by the next monday. If he thinks I'm reading these word for word he's out to lunch.

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Reading a book called The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay. A fantasy novel, they're pretty hit or miss for me, but this one seems pretty good. George Martin's the best fantasy novelist to me, most of it I don't really get into. I actually liked Phillip Pullman's first two books in that series but for some reason never got around to the third one, which I guess is a bit odd now that I think about it.

Don't get to read that much. Usually have a lot of reading for school anyway but this semester's ridiculous, have this insane professor that does things like, for example this week, give me two four hundred plus page books on Monday and tells me to have a review of them ready by the next monday. If he thinks I'm reading these word for word he's out to lunch.

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Jesus man, that's cruel and unusual.

My youngest son is on this harry potter kick all of the sudden of which i know nothing about. His mama goes out and gets him the latest potter book so guess who has to proof read it to make sure there's no tits and shit in it ?? Yup me so during my commute that's what i'm doing reading harry potter.

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My youngest son is on this harry potter kick all of the sudden of which i know nothing about. His mama goes out and gets him the latest potter book so guess who has to proof read it to make sure there's no tits and shit in it ?? Yup me so during my commute that's what i'm doing reading harry potter.

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I read the series, it's clean. A little violent in the last two books depending on your values and the age of your kid. The issue of death does come up, no tits or fuckin though.

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The last book I finished was "John Dies at the End". It'd be really hard to get it now, I think as it is out of print until the new publisher puts out a new edition sometime next year. Before that I read "World War Z". I haven't been doing a great deal of reading because I'm trying to write my own shiat. I have a short story that's going to be in an anthology in about a year. I have some other stuff under consideration and I'm working on my novel.

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I read World War Z as well, I guess Brad Pitt's company is getting ready to make it into a movie, don't know how I feel about that. I'd be interested to read your stuff, if you feel like sharing.

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My blog has rough drafts of a few chapters from my novel. So does Writers Cafe. I've just started putting my stuff on Writers Cafe. It's a lot easier to do and the format looks better. I have a half dozen stories there and some poetry. But you can click on my siggy and you'll bring up my blog.

I read Brad Pitt and Leonardo di Caprio's production companies got into a bidding war over WWZ and now that Pitt has won it it's just setting on a shelf because they didn't know how to turn it into a workable script. It's a great story, though. I'll probably read it again.

My next book is "By the Sword" by F. Paul Wilson. I love his Repairman Jack series.

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A writer! Good for you mate. I have only written one short story it was true about our survival at sea, if you want to read it its here;

NiceStories.com: Short story: Isabella 2, Survival of Bass Strait. by Andre Linnell

I read every day/study allot, mostly on ancient practices arising from the Creator through the golden mean and sacred geometry.

For pleasure and relaxation,recommended novels like Pillars of the earth,Ken Follet, Breath /Tim Winton. Ringoleveo,etc etc.

I don't read books much, most of my reading is done in newspapers and magazines, I want to be a journalist so that is the stuff that benefits me the most. My favorite works of literature are magazine articles, National Geographic has some GREAT ones sometimes where you have people who have dedicated years of their life for single stories and they write about them in Nat Geo and it makes for fascinating stuff almost regardless of the topic.

Also, I get laughed at for this, but I have to library database where I read a lot of articles from and I like to read the articles from the previous month's Playboy a lot, online, no pictures most of the time. Weird I know, but I do. In fact, Playboy writers are some of the best in the nation imo, they had an EXCELLENT story on Andre Berto probably the best I've seen written on him when he was blowing up Youtube.

I also read an article about how Playboy is the favorite magazine among Braile readers. Imagine that? Weird I know but the writing is great.

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Why?
Their usually pretty repetitive
Sort of like most sitcoms, but with a corpse 6 feet down

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Yes well each to their own i guess ;D

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is it me or do i only see u hear at night:confused:

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Your point being wot ?

I love totalitarian fiction though, that is my favorite. All that Orwell stuff is fascinating to me.