~Take a look, It's in a BOOK, Back She Goes~

by **CalvinBall** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 09:57:34

Phantom Tollbooth is the best book of all time. Discuss.

by **Slowhand** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:00:37

I don't read books, but I like this thread title, Cal!

by **Youseff** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:07:22

there's this guy Tai Lopez who seems to be a huckster of sorts and his big thing is saying he reads a book a day, which is possible, but you wouldn't have time to make goofy aspirational Youtubes. he said that he's not really an advocate of reading the whole thing, just scanning it and reading chapters or random sections that seem interesting to you. obviously that's fine, but don't say you read a book a day if that's what you're actually doing.

this type of thought has taken hold, I believe, with the Silicon valley type - not all of course, but I just heard an interview with angel investor Naval Ravikant where he says to do the exact same thing.

as a practice I'm not wholly opposed to it - I do it in bookstores all the time, but again, I don't say that I've read that book when I've just read 30 pages or whatever. It leads to this really superficial understanding of the material, and lacks nuance. granted, these people are probably talking about business books, which are generally about 85-98% filler.

by **Youseff** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:07:57

(>^.^)> <3 <(^.^<)

by **pacino** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:09:19

never!

by **jamiethekiller** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:09:50

i'm on book 4 of Wheel of Time. i'm not hooked but i feel like i gotta finish all 40 of them now. took over a month for Overdrive check it out to me. and now that i've worked from home all week i'm not gonna be able to finish it in my 21 allowable days. this blows.

by **Bucky** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:55:34

dang, i thought someone had written a book about BSG, got me all excited (/PiP)

by **TenuredVulture** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 21:22:00

I remember loving Phantom Tollbooth. That Milo was alright. Never got to infinity though.

by **MoBettle** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 23:59:01

I found a copy of the Phantom Tollbooth a few months ago and went through the first half of it in like an hour. Still great.

by **RichmondPhilsFan** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 16:15:17

Started reading The Martian last week. Absolutely outstanding. Only halfway through.

jamiethekiller wrote:i'm on book 4 of Wheel of Time. i'm not hooked but i feel like i gotta finish all 40 of them now. took over a month for Overdrive check it out to me. and now that i've worked from home all week i'm not gonna be able to finish it in my 21 allowable days. this blows.

Just don't sync with wifi on your Kindle. I do it all the time for books that I haven't finished in the checkout period..

You can also download it to your PC through Amazon, then put it on your Kindle via USB at any time. I may or may not have a large folder in Google Drive of library ebooks.

by **Youseff** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 16:32:35

Marcus Aurelius' Meditations is really hard to read/listen to. Can't wait until I'm done tbh.

by **Bill McNeal** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 20:55:55

I'm reading The Racketeer by Grisham. Haven't read one of his books in forever. Read all of them as the came out back when I was in middle school and high school, figured I'd check out some of his recent stuff. It's interesting enough, but it's not really all that good. It's a quick read though and I want to finish it to find out how it ends.

Anyone have a recommendation for something next? I have a que of heavier stuff that I'm just not ready to get into, so I'm looking for something lighter.

by **CalvinBall** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 23:09:37

Check out the first post for a good rec

by **PTOITWCFTPP** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 23:20:51

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:Started reading The Martian last week. Absolutely outstanding. Only halfway through.

Movie getting incredible reviews, i bought the book but haven't started it. Fkkkkkkkkkk

by **Phred** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 09:40:47

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:
RichmondPhilsFan wrote:Started reading The Martian last week. Absolutely outstanding. Only halfway through.

Movie getting incredible reviews, i bought the book but haven't started it. Fkkkkkkkkkk

I read it through the library but may have to purchase it. I'd like to read it again. I thought it was great and am psyched for the movie. It sounds like they did a good job with it. I'll probably take the kids.

by **Youseff** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 09:48:44

gotta love Matty Damon

by **swishnicholson** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 09:54:46

Finally started Franzen's Purity. first six pages are killer!

Finished Alice McDermott's Child of my heart. Nothing earth shattering, but she's consistently one of the best writers about late adolescence and Catholic families out there. That Night is probably a shorter, stronger work. For some reason I've never read her National Book Award winning Charming Billy. Might have to hunt that out down the road.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 09:59:38

swishnicholson wrote:Finally started Franzen's Purity. first six pages are killer!

don't tell your girlfriend!! YEESH

by **RichmondPhilsFan** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:04:13

Phred wrote:
PTOITWCFTPP wrote:
RichmondPhilsFan wrote:Started reading The Martian last week. Absolutely outstanding. Only halfway through.

Movie getting incredible reviews, i bought the book but haven't started it. Fkkkkkkkkkk

I read it through the library but may have to purchase it. I'd like to read it again. I thought it was great and am psyched for the movie. It sounds like they did a good job with it. I'll probably take the kids.

I was 1st or 2nd on my library's waitlist for the e-book, but I got it last month on Amazon instead when it dropped to $1.99. So glad I have my own copy.

PTOITWCFTPP, don't wait... just read it. It's that good. A lot of times reading the book first causes the movie to suffer, but I can't imagine that'll be the case for this one. My guess is that getting the extra dose of hard science in the book will probably help the movie experience.

by **drsmooth** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 21:42:16

On the fence about getting a copy of Elvis Costello's Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink. I'm a fan of autobiography, and a fan of Costello, but nearly 700 pages is a lot of anything, & especially of "rock musicians" (though he's got more going on than that narrowish category).

But at about $15 for the kindle edition, it's not exactly a huge commitment. Somebody convince me

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