Books... What are you reading? And what do you recommend?

Believe it or not one of my old ones ,Dragonsong.

Hmmmm what do I recommend, "A Thief in the night" Baháʼí faith, but it riveted me, and on top of the lists I imagine, Ulysses by James Joyce, Dune all of them Frank Herbert, Stranger in a strange land Robert Heinlein, do androids dream of electric sheep, protector, ring world by Larry Niven I think, Riverwotld books, Wellworld, the Death Gate Cycle (loved them ) Jerry Pournelle 10 steps further out, Lord of the rings and it's predecessor The Hobbit (yes it was written after) Don Quixote, 1984, A Brave New World, Hobson's Choice, The grapes of wrath, Lord of the flies, quite a lot from my childhood there, Asimov, Bernard Cornwell, simon scarrow last two historical fiction but good Nigel Trantor again historical fiction, I can't remember much more top of my head.

Robert B. Parker's someone to watch over me / Ace Atkins.

Spin / Patricia Cornwell.

The scorpion's tail : a Nora Kelly novel / Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.

I : the creation of a serial killer / Jack Olsen

We promised you a great main event : an unauthorized WWE history / Bill Hanstock. American traitor / Brad Taylor.

Blast the sugar out! : lower blood sugar, lose weight, live better / Ian K. Smith, MD. Leave no trace / Sara Driscoll.

The clean 20 : 20 foods, 20 days, total transformation / Ian K. Smith, M.D.

The ancient nine : a novel / Ian Smith.

Violent peace : the war with China--aftermath of Armageddon / David Poyer.

McGarvey / David Hagberg.

Unrestricted access : new and classic short fiction / James Rollins.

Meat illustrated : a foolproof guide to understanding and cooking with cuts of all kinds / America's Test Kitchen.

lokie said:

In his book, Richard discusses the ins and outs and dos and don'ts of buying lottery tickets to increase your chances of winning.

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lol

how to read a book by mortimer j. adler

Haven't read it yet.

BarnBuster said:

lol

How To Improve Your Odds Of Winning The Lottery, According To A 7-Time Winner

We take a look at a guy's claim that he can increase our odds of winning the lottery.

www.businessinsider.com

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Just wondering, is the author a Multi Billionaire, if so I will buy it

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt would like to read the books by his brothers Malachy and Alphie, Angela's Ashes was tragically funny but also eye opening at times, in one house people would be using cardboard and newspaper to keep warm and not even bread to eat, whilst next door would be having a roast with all the trimmings.

insomnia65 said:

Just wondering, is the author a Multi Billionaire, if so I will buy it

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I had a boss in the mid 80's that won our state lotto twice, BUT he was playing $2-300 per week on it. That's like $5-700 in today's money.

BarnBuster said:

I had a boss in the mid 80's that won our state lotto twice, BUT he was playing $2-300 per week on it. That's like $5-700 in today's money.

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I wonder what his ROI was?

Does listening to an unabridged audio book count? I'm listening to Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman

curious2garden said:

I wonder what his ROI was?

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I duuno, he retired at 50 to a new house he built on Marco Island.
They weren't huge back then but I think one was 3mil and another 5mil plus lots of smaller ones
along the way.

curious2garden said:

Does listening to an unabridged audio book count? I'm listening to Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman

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A fascinating and funny man.

BarnBuster said:

I had a boss in the mid 80's that won our state lotto twice, BUT he was playing $2-300 per week on it. That's like $5-700 in today's money.

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A few years back our County Commissioner won $1M on a scratch off. He still spends 200 to 300 bucks a day on tickets.

injinji said:

A few years back our County Commissioner won $1M on a scratch off. He still spends 200 to 300 bucks a day on tickets.

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Daft

If you have a vintage motorcycle, you should get a factory service manual and parts manual

Sir Napsalot said:

If you have a vintage motorcycle, you should get a factory service manual and parts manual

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Haynes for the win.

I recently finished an obscure book called "Nothing to Say", that I bought from a funky oddball bookstore some years ago. The given author is just initials, "RRCKC". It was written in 2006 by a 17 year old autistic boy. It's written strangely, but is brilliantly thoughtful.

Now I'm reading "Charlotte Sometimes". It's a kid's book, but not bad at all. The Cure even wrote a song about it: