Becker Book Club

spikebot587 said:
I feel bad admitting this, but I have read non of The Lord of the rings books, nor have I seen the movies :o
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Neither have I, except I don't feel bad about it at all. I almost had to resort to physical violence to keep from seeing the first movie.
 
spikebot587 said:
I feel bad admitting this, but I have read non of The Lord of the rings books, nor have I seen the movies :o
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I've got you covered. I was feeling silly because I've just finished reading The Hobbit again and am (again) in the middle of reading LoTR. Not sure how many times through this is - a bunch.

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Beckerhead #42
 
Unintended Consequences by John Ross.

This is one of my favorite books of all time and a must read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_Consequences_(novel)

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I think you guys would like the Hatchet series of books by Gary Paulsen. They're targeted at a teen audience but they're excellent boks for anyone.

If you're in to fantasy stuff try out the Rangers Apprentice series. Might be the one book series I like more than The Hobbit or LotR.
 
I started hatchet but never finished it

Some of my favorite book are by Leonard Scott, Charlie Mike, the last run and the hill. They are about soldiers in the 75th serrira rangers in Vietnam

The Star Wars republic commando series by Karen Travis's is also really good
 
Liked the early stuff from Tom Clancy. Read most of the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child - the first half dozen were good, but kinda dragged on after that. The Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn was also pretty good, in a Clancy-esque mold. John Le Carre, Robert Ludlum, Len Delighton - my dad had a house full of cold-war spy novels that I thumbed thru growing up. Good stuff, though maybe a little dated. Gave me my love for espionage books.

Game of Thrones series was pretty good, as long as you don't get attached to any characters. Not sure if the author has a game plan for that series or not though, kinda seems like he's making it up as he goes along. Should dust off my Tolkien books and read the Hobbit again.

Outdoorsy books (since I get like seven months of winter here...) - I've read the offerings from Lundin, Stroud, Mors, even (gasp!) Grylls' bio (which I actually found quite interesting). All had something to offer. Currently making my way thru Canterbury's book; seems ok. Highly recommend Dick Proennekes' "One Mans' Wilderness" - at like 50 years old, dude walks into the Alaskan wilderness and builds himself a log cabin using only hand tools. Hermits himself in there until he's like eighty-something. Awesome stuff. Traveling to Alaska and visiting his cabin is one of the things on my bucket list.
 
I too recommend "The Frontiersman" if you like to read about the Long Hunters that went into Kentucky. Basically a Simon Kenton biography. Has a very grewsome description of being burnt at the stake and when reading about that in a history book you will think about it in a different way. It is a big book and can get alittle slow, but really opens your eyes about the pioneers and Indians during that period.
 
Galeocerdoshark said:
Still reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Very impressive...
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Amazing book.
Big fan of McCarthy. (Re)Reading Outer Dark right now.

For Sci-Fi/Fantasy, I like Heinlein, Asimov, Bradbury, Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Ursula LeGuin...

Then for fun, I enjoy stuff like Christopher Moore, Tom Robbins, John Irving, John Barth, Vonnegut

I can definately second the rec for Alone in the Woods, by Dick Proenneke, also Cody Lundin and Dave Canterburys works...

I love to read...
 
Mrknot said:
...Vonnegut...
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Nice list you got there, and out of those (imo) Vonnegut is years, maybe decades ahead. He's probably my favourite author. I could read Slaughterhouse 5 every week and not grow tired of it. Same for Sirens of Titan.
 
I'm rereading the Lord of the Rings right now. I'm near the end of The Two Towers.

Palahniuk's books are usually fun if a little dark and very well written. I loved Gary Paulsen's books when I was younger, and read the entire Brian series several times, and the Transall Saga, Guts is Paulsen's short autobiography and is also excellent.

Some of these books sound great - I love historical books. I'm definitely going to look into some of Bernard Cornwell's books.

Once I'm done with what I'm reading now I'll start the Silmarillion which I've never read before.
 
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Saturday, I read Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road. It was depressing as hell.
 
I've read a bunch of military genre books in the last few years, Lone Survivor was first, then in no particular order were, Robert's Ridge, Seal Team Six, American Sniper, No Easy Day, Never Surrender, Six Minutes to Freedom, SEAL of God, American Gun, Basher Five-Two, Glock, Iwo, You'll Be Sorree.

I have more to read just waiting, Helmet for My Pillow, With the Old Breed, The Rescue of Bat 21, Chesty, Fugitives of the Forest, Tank versus Tank.

One book that was quite heavy had nothing to do with military stories, "Five Against the Sea". You fishermen might find this one ... compelling.
 
Read Ludlum as a kid, and Clancy as a young adult. All I have time for know, unless I'm on vacation, seems to be magazine articles. But I make an effort because it's important, and I love it.

Re-reading Wilson Rawls' Where the Red Fern Grows with my daughters. Enjoying it even more the second time around.

Hunger Games series was good.
Divergent was really good, but the series kinda, um, diverged after that.
Read Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series before the movies were out. Disturbing, but a great read.
 
Guyon said:
Saturday, I read Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road. It was depressing as hell.
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Try Plath's The Bell Jar or Sartre's No Exit for a quick pick-me-up :thumbup:

Embarassingly enough, I barely remember the last time I sat down and read any fiction. Pretty sure it was North Dallas Forty, and that was at least 3 or 4 years ago. Most of my reading these days is dry technical stuff.

I re-read Bowies, Big Knives and the Best of Battle Blades for probably the 6th time a few weeks ago, does that count?
 
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