SallyCat Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 The Great Gatsby is the worst book people pretend to like to seem smart lol I like it because it's about where I grew up. I'm not particularly smart. Just educated to a limited extent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 I like it because it's about where I grew up. I'm not particularly smart. Just educated to a limited extent. Have you taken an IQ test?? You have a masters degree that's more educated than almost all the PASRs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Law Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 I like it because it's about where I grew up. I'm not particularly smart. Just educated to a limited extent. I didn't mean it like personally towards you I was just saying in general....its like catcher in the rye, decent enough book but most people just read it because lots of other people said it was super dope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 The Great Gatsby is the worst book people pretend to like to seem smart lol I like David Eggers novels I used to like Judy Blume as a kid..Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Super Fudge were great. The Pizza Hut Book It program got me hooked on personal Pan pizzas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 I didn't mean it like personally towards you I was just saying in general....its like catcher in the rye, decent enough book but most people just read it because lots of other people said it was super dope and chaucer. garbage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 and chaucer. garbage I did not like Canterbury tales or mythology. I did like Tom Sawyer at least the Rush version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarponhead Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 The Great Gatsby is the worst book people pretend to like to seem smart lol Melville’s Moby Dick was impenetrable for me - hated it ( except the non-esoteric shit of actually catching a whale). Catcher in the rye I liked. Considering it was published in the early 50’s it was pretty rowdy. James Fenimore Cooper’s Last of the Mohicans is fuckin kick ass! Once you get used to the early 19th century syntax it’s a non-stop action thriller with some of the worlds best bad ass characters (on both sides). Got everything; great fight scenes, ripping story line and young hotties with jungle fever. Almost always available in my library. Damn, time to stop there on the way home and reread it again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 I liked American psycho. The book Was better than the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootDKJ Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 The Dark Tower series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 I like David Eggers novels I used to like Judy Blume as a kid..Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Super Fudge were great. The Pizza Hut Book It program got me hooked on personal Pan pizzas. I read the circle by Dave Eggers and thought it was pretty good, although I was embarrassed that it had a "high school summer reading" sticker on the sleeve. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 I read What is the What and a Heartbreaking work of staggering genius by Eggers. A million little pieces by James Frey is also very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Canterbury Tales and Lord of the Flies are my favorite high school reads. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Law Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Marcuse - One Dimensional Man is a must read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mixilplix Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 High school... All the LOTR stuff Hunter S.Thompson books Tom Wolfe books James A. Michener books and the stuff everybody has to read in high school.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Do any of y'all still read books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Yes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Yes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Actually books or kindle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Actually books or kindle? Fucking hate ebooks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Fucking hate ebooks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Ive read entire books on my iPhone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 My mom has a kindle and so does my office manager. I used to always hangout at borders and Barnes and nobles and read books and magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 I check out books at the library. I don’t have any need to buy and collect books, and I just prefer looking at paper pages. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Canterbury Tales and Lord of the Flies are my favorite high school reads. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk One of my finest high school moments was when I chose Robin Hood as my summer read but instead watched the movie "Robin Hood Prince of Thieves" with Kevin Costner (in lieu of the book) and wondering how the fuck I bombed that test. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted November 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 I don't think I've been to the Allentown library in about 15 years. When I became a skier I read every skiing book they had. Even memorized the vertical drops of about 700 ski areas. I never had to do any summer reading or school projects over the summer. My grandfather was a big book collecter as well as sheet music. He had a library with over 6,000 books in his house all organized by his own system and in the basement were hundreds of filing cabinets filled with sheet music. At one time he had the largest individual sheet music collection in North America. He ended up donating some of his collection to the muhlenberg college library and for years my mom had a mail order business called OSM old sheet music where she'd sell my grandfathers sheet music to collectors. My cousin now has my of my grandfathers books in his house. My grandfather wrote an autobiography called Fragments when he was about 80 and it was distributed to family and friends... On the book topic my sister has a series of children's books that she sells on amazon. Sheryl Sandburg the COO of Facebook is likely her most famous customer and she wrote my sister a nice email. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMSKI Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 My great uncle wrote a couple books about New Mexico/family history that you can find on amazon. His wife wrote a kick ass New Mexican cookbook too. Sorry, just realized this is the trains thread Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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