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firstdown 06-06-2007, 09:58 AM I don't like books. If I want fictional tales, I'll watch movies. And if I want to find out more about something in the non-fiction realm, I don't want to read a whole book. I'll read articles and stuff instead.
I read periodicals, mostly online. Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Bottom Line, Forbes, Time, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and some other stuff here and there.
If you want fictional tales read some of the post on this site!
CooleyAsCanBe 06-06-2007, 10:00 AM I'm a big fan of American authors John Steinbeck and Wallace Stegner.
SmootSmack 06-06-2007, 10:04 AM I thought so. I was there yesterday looking at SPA?
What do you know of their law school? You can PM me if you want.
SGG might have a better answer since he went to law school and he's probably more familiar with law schools overall, even though he didn't go to AU. I know that AU's Washington College of Law has a good reputation, particularly for Int'l Law.
ArtMonkDrillz 06-06-2007, 10:04 AM I need to read more Kurt Vonnegut. I read Slaughterhouse Five a few years ago and really enjoyed it, and I have Cat's Cradle but I've never gotten around to reading it.
12thMan 06-06-2007, 10:06 AM SGG might have a better answer since he went to law school and he's probably more familiar with law schools overall, even though he didn't go to AU. I know that AU's Washington College of Law has a good reputation, particularly for Int'l Law.
Yeah, I was speaking specifically about AUs Law School. Thanks.
I love that part of town, by the way.
Schneed10 06-06-2007, 10:11 AM Of the books I have actually read, which have mostly been for school-related stuff, The Catcher in the Rye is the one that really stands out in my mind as the most memorable book.
I actually took a Shakespeare class in college to fulfill my literary course requirement, and I really dug some of that stuff. Henry VIII, The Taming of the Shrew, and MacBeth were excellent.
I also liked One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Lord of the Flies a lot.
And then there were kids books, there was an author named Matt Christopher who wrote a book about just about every sport there was. I LOVED "The Kid Who Only Hit Homeruns." You can imagine what it was about. There was a kid, and all he did was hit homeruns. He was my hero in 4th grade!
An author I really hate? Nathaniel Hawthorne. When I read The Scarlet Letter, I was getting so pissed at how thick his verbage was. I had a hard time wading through his diction.
Monkeydad 06-06-2007, 10:18 AM I don't read.
Don't, or can't? :benched:
Monkeydad 06-06-2007, 10:20 AM This will come to no suprise to most of you but I read my Bible everyday nowdays. I've been consentrating back with the 4 Gosples. I figure Jesus was only around 33 years, only preached and taught 3 of those and never wrote anything down. I love reading his Words from people that were with Him and knew Him. I love Bible quotes and I now love His even more.
I figure when a subject or situation comes up and Jesus says something about it I'll start there with my answer searching.
If any of you wants a Bible and does not have one I will buy one and mail it to you for Free.
~steps down from Pulpit
lol
peace
That's my favorite book too. :)
Next book I'll read is the Reagan Diaries. My wife bought it for my birthday last week.
mredskins 06-06-2007, 11:27 AM My favorite author is Chuck Palahniuk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Palahnuik), who's first book was Fight Club. I obviously picked that one up because of the movie but I've been obsesses with his writing ever since. His books can be philosophical as well as disturbing. It's funny because a lot of his books read almost like 200 page epic poems because he will frequently use the same type of verses over and over. I've heard that his writing has made people vomit and/or pass out during some of his public readings, so there's that.
I also just recently read both "Dexter" books by a guy named Jeff Lindsay. If you've ever seen Dexter on Showtime you know the basic story of the books (a serial killer that works for Miami PD forensics and only murders other killers); the books were a good quick read.
Basically I'm a huge movie guy, so I basically started reading the books that my favorite movies are based on. This isn't always the case, but sometimes it's a good way to start reading a good author.
Have your read Choke??? That one blew my mind.
ArtMonkDrillz 06-06-2007, 11:37 AM Yeah, but I read Choke about 5 years ago and I have trouble remembering it now. I've been thinking about re-reading all of his books.
Fight Club was my favorite but I also really liked Diary.
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