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Wizerd
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I know some people are totally anti-reading, but I personally like it. Skiing or non-skiing related books welcome. Personally I love 1984 by George Orwell. Don't hate on reading
Nov 1 2013 5:13PM
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Olimar
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Into the Wild was a damn good book. I read it years ago. Still have yet to see the movie though. maybe thats what ill do tonight. Also The Perfect Storm is a good one too.
Nov 1 2013 5:28PM
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i dont read
Nov 1 2013 5:40PM
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saskskier
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The Mutiny on the Bounty trilogy - even more epic because it happened

The Choronicle of Narnia - C.S. Lewis was a brilliant writer, but most people here will hate because he was a Christian. He an Tolkien were bros.

Anything by Clive Cussler - easy, mindless, formulaic action brilliance. Every book is basically the same, but they're still awesome.

LOTR - not much to say

Count of Monte Cristo - just to say you read it
Nov 1 2013 5:53PM
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louie.mirags
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The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan watts and The Buddah Walks into a Bar by Lodro Rinzler are the last two books I read that I really enjoyed. I admit though that if I did not have one twelve hour night shift a week as a dispatcher I would of never gotten into Western authors writing about Eastern philosophy...
Nov 1 2013 6:18PM
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SFB
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read: Shogun. its really long but a fantastic story.
Nov 1 2013 6:34PM
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youngdtay
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I'd recommend Slaughterhouse-5 for anyone & Prodigy of Mobb Deep's autobiography, if you're into rap music and junk. Quite the good read.
Nov 1 2013 6:37PM
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yuck
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if you like the dystopian sci-fi sorta aspect of 1984 you may like Oryx & Crake by margaret atwood. one of my all time favorites for sure
Nov 1 2013 8:36PM
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SFB
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slaughter house 5 was not my favorite book, but thats probably because we had to read it in shcool

Nov 1 2013 9:12PM
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theabortionator
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You might also dig Fahrenheit 451 if you liked 1984


Books I read when I was way younger The Giver, Hatchet. Loved both those.


The things they carried. There are no children here.
Nov 1 2013 9:27PM
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wzrdtrx
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Hey, if you like fantasy books or like shit that happened before there were fire arms, and they raped and pillaged and burned witches in the streets, you should definitely check out any books by Joe Abercrombie.
Nov 1 2013 9:36PM
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Bmo.
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best book ever written
Nov 1 2013 9:57PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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The Book Theif, A Clockwork Orange, A Song of Ice and Fire series, for non fiction I really like auto biographies.
Nov 1 2013 10:13PM
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Lavieille
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fear and loathing
Nov 1 2013 11:26PM
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humpty
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Read the rangers apprentice series for a shcool project shit and I'd deff recommend it if your Into skyrim/lord of the rings stuff
Nov 1 2013 11:40PM
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Bumblesteeze
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Last book I read was Currency Wars, very interesting economics book. Great book to read to get informed on economics and what's going on in the world.
I also recommend Unbroken, awesome book based on a true story!
Nov 1 2013 11:43PM
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cwphoto
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if you liked 1984, i'd recommend orwell's memoir of the spanish war. definitely a good insight on why he wrote some of the stuff in the book. also, atlas shrugged and the fountainhead by ayn rand are probably a couple of my favorite books, they're really well written.
Nov 2 2013 12:07AM
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Errl
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And then the rest of the series once you finish this.
Nov 2 2013 12:08AM
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Wulfty
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I loved reading Clockwork Orange and the two Freakonomics books, so i'd recommend those. I also just started reading Catch-22 and it seems interesting enough so far.
Nov 2 2013 1:38AM
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Daph
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John Irving novels are great. Also, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.
Nov 2 2013 1:44AM
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town_nudist
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I liked inkwell as a kid. Now im reading black swan, its a philosphy book that has nothing to do with the movie. Good read if you like philosphy.
Nov 2 2013 4:04AM
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JAHpow
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The Hatchet series was so good. Along with The Things They Carried, Going After Cacciato is a great book too. Also Into Thin Air.
Nov 2 2013 9:05AM
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Agamemnon
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The Lordship of Ireland in the Middle Ages- James Lydon.
What. A. Read.
Nov 2 2013 11:43AM
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JAHpow
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Has anyone read The Grail Quest novels?
They seem pretty interesting but I want some feedback from any of you that have read them.
Nov 2 2013 11:57AM
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*DUMBCAN*
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Vonnegut is good. I'm currently reading Kafka, not everyone seems to like his books...
Nov 2 2013 12:00PM
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TheIntern
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Pretty well worth the read imo.
Nov 2 2013 12:12PM
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m-tang
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Kerouac
Nov 2 2013 4:13PM
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Turkelton
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Mortal Engines
Nov 2 2013 4:50PM
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DayMan
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Threads. I need to read more
Nov 2 2013 4:51PM
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Ice_Cream_Man
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Red on Red" Edward Conlon
Nov 2 2013 5:01PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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Fuck yes, I loved hatchet when I was younger
Nov 2 2013 8:00PM
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Laurent.
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There are too many good books, too little time to read them all.

My favourite from the past two years must be IQ84.
Nov 2 2013 8:07PM
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Bogs
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I'm reading that right now, actually. It's pretty good so far, though reading translations is always a little awkward, especially from something as different from English as Japanese.

If you like 1984, op, read Brave New World. Better dytopia novel than either 1984 or Farenheit 451, in my opinion. Lord of the Flies is also really good, if you're looking in a similar-ish genre
Nov 2 2013 8:16PM
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Ski_the_east01
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It's almost unbelievable...until you read the research she put into the book and how thorough she was with her sources

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Nov 2 2013 8:27PM
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squibble
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atwood is excellent

Nov 2 2013 8:41PM
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