Book Recommendations

I don't know if you're like me, but if you are, you like hopping from book to book. I'm going to Amazon probably every two weeks or so to get a new book delivered right to my door... If I have nothing to read, I'm lost.

So, if you're like that at all, this thread is for you.
Post any recent books you've read and enjoyed, so that we can figure out your tastes, and other users can try and recommend books that you will enjoy.

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Permalink Reply by SassySweetBren on March 1, 2009 at 6:45pm: I enjoy detective stories like the ones that Sue Grafton writes.

Her books all start with a letter of the alphabet.
Like the one in front of me is L for Lawless

I also have read all of Patricia Cornwell's books.
All of John Grisham's books except for the last one.

However, I just finished reading a play by Oscar Wilde ...The Importance of Being Earnest

Lee Smith is a great author.

Now, I am reading Psycho-Cybernetics.
It is a book about how we can accomplish anything in life by training our mind.
I have read it several times and feel that it is important enough to read often.

So, as you can see, I enjoy a lot of different genres of books.

I can give anyone a list of authors as I remember who I enjoy reading.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Condawg on March 1, 2009 at 6:47pm: Hmm... I've never heard of any of those, sorry.

Also, I forgot to post my list...

I've recently loved...

-iCon: Steve Jobs
-Rapture for the Geeks
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Permalink Reply by SassySweetBren on March 1, 2009 at 6:58pm: Condawg, I used to get hung up reading the same kind of books. Then a friend started passing books to me and I found new authors that I enjoyed.

We need to venture out of the same old, same old as there are a lot of amazing authors out there.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Condawg on March 1, 2009 at 7:59pm: I'm not sure I get what you mean... Same old, same old? All three of the books that I listed are on completely different subjects :P; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Typicalexbf on March 1, 2009 at 10:49pm: I second Psycho-Cybernetics, referred by Bren of course :D

I'm through a couple of pages, but seems interesting enough. Another book would be The Black Box by Amos Oz. http://www.amazon.com/Black-Box-Amos-Oz/dp/015112888X

It was written in a way I have never seen before, which intrigued me. It is about letters going back and forth between a divorced couple. Lots of twists and turns and kept me until the end!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SassySweetBren on March 1, 2009 at 11:02pm: Darling, I didn't mean anything concerning your reading.

It is just that I have been an avid reader for a long, long time. People like me who reads a lot, gets caught up in reading the same types of books.

Wow, Typicalexbf, I think I will read that one. Amazon here I come. Books like that are great.

I read a book called Fair and Tender Ladies that was all about this woman writing letters to family and friends. There were twist there too, as later in the book, I found that she had been writing to a sister who had died....ooohhh.

Yep, I think everyone needs to read Psycho-Cybernetics. It is great for people to improve their self imagine as well as learning that they can accomplish anything in life using a simple technique.

If you are on chapter one, you have not even gotten to the good part yet. Keep reading.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Typicalexbf on March 1, 2009 at 11:06pm: AHHH I want to read that and you gave away the ending! Edit the post edit the post!lol; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Condawg on March 1, 2009 at 11:09pm: Hahaha. I thought that's what you knew when you started reading. Essentially, that's the description on most sites that are selling the book.

Anyway, Psycho-Cybernetics sounds pretty good, but not the kind of book I want to spend money on and keep in my personal collection.
I may ask around to see if any friends have it, or even check the library.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SassySweetBren on March 1, 2009 at 11:42pm: If I could only read one book in my life, it would be Psycho-Cybernetics.

The book totally changed my golf game for the better by 18 strokes but it changed my personal life.

It should be read in high school by all students. We would have more well adjusted people in this world if that was the case. I promise.

My thing is that I buy books at thrift stores for a couple of bucks.

I used to have a list of books that I had read. One year, I read 67 books and even wrote a novel. So, my thought is that writers need to read, read, read.

Sorry that no one else is responding to this post, but it seems that most Geeks love computers and games more than books.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jon Sheline on March 2, 2009 at 1:55pm: Well, I love to read just about anything engaging across many genres, so I'll just suggest a few science/science fiction titles.

Contact by Carl Sagan: A message from deep space is received by a scientist here on earth, and the contents of the message end up challenging our knowledge, beliefs, and capabilities. If you've seen the film and liked it, you really should read the book. It's much more interesting and involved than a longer-than-average movie could contain, and sneaks in little scientific facts to support plot points. One of my favorite fiction books of all time.

The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil: A fascinating look from 1999 at what the author believes technology will achieve by the end of the 21st century. This book recaps our tech past, discusses our tech present, and uses the developmental templates of the two to plot our probable course. Some concepts discussed my be slightly disturbing to us today (like the concept of integrating machines into human evolution), but it is a must-read.

Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick (with introduction by Jonathan Lethem): A collection of tweny-one short stories by one of the masters of Science Fiction. This collection includes three stories that became wide-release films; Minority Report, Paycheck, and We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (renamed Total Recall).; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Condawg on March 2, 2009 at 1:57pm: Ohh, Ray Kurzweil!
He's mentioned several times in Rapture for the Geeks... Sounds like a good read.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cal M. Desmond-Pearson on April 7, 2009 at 1:23am: Good place to go for book recommendations/reviews etc is GoodReads http://www.goodreads.com. I'm curently working my way through Genet's Our Lady Of The Flowers for one of the reading groups that I'm in -it's a strange and at times rather disturbing book.; ▶ Reply to This