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  • #1801
    Here's my 2016 Favorite Reads list (Fiction). Hoping others will post theirs.

    1. The Nix, Nathan Hill
    2. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
    3. Mr. Splitfoot, Samantha Hunt
    4. Miss Jane, Brad Watson
    5. Lions, Bonnie Nadzam
    6. LaRose, Louise Erdrich
    7. To the Bright Edge of the World, Eowyn Ivey
    8. The Sport of Kings, C. E. Morgan
    9. The Vegetarian, Han Kang
    10. Dodgers, Bill Beverly

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    • #1802
      Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post
      Here's my 2016 Favorite Reads list (Fiction). Hoping others will post theirs.

      1. The Nix, Nathan Hill
      2. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
      3. Mr. Splitfoot, Samantha Hunt
      4. Miss Jane, Brad Watson
      5. Lions, Bonnie Nadzam
      6. LaRose, Louise Erdrich
      7. To the Bright Edge of the World, Eowyn Ivey
      8. The Sport of Kings, C. E. Morgan
      9. The Vegetarian, Han Kang
      10. Dodgers, Bill Beverly
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      2. Still working on #1
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      • #1803
        I read mainly non fiction/history this year

        My top ten for Non Fiction

        books I gave 5 stars to on Good Reads

        Emperor of All Maladies - Siddhartha Mukherjee
        Fleet at Flood Tide – James Hornfischer
        Custer’s Trials - T.J. Stiles

        4 Star reads

        Millionaire and the Bard – Andrea Mays
        McArthur at War – Walter Borneman
        Grunts: The Curious Science of Humans at War – Mary Roach
        Clementine: The Life of Mrs Winston S. Churchill – Sonia Purnell
        India’s War – Raghavan Srinath
        Bradock’s Defeat – David Preston
        A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britian – Marc Morris

        My top 10 for Fiction

        Damned of Petersburg - Ralph Peters - the only fiction read I rated 5 stars

        4 stars on Good Reads

        Bloodline (Wars of the Roses #3) - Conn Iggulden
        Sworn Sword Trilogy - James Aitcheson
        Dictator (Cicero #3) - Robert Harris
        Hell's Foundations Quiver (Safehold #8) - David White
        Warriors in the Storm - Bernard Cornwell
        Flame Bearer - Bernard Cornwell
        Blood and Steel (Throne of the Caesers #2) - Harry Sidebottom

        I may be small, but I'm slow.

        A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

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        • #1804
          The Aviators by Winston Groom. A 3-in-1 bio of Eddie Rickenbacker, James Doolittle, and Charles Lindberg and a history of the rise of aviation. Outstanding book.

          Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard. My favorite Leonard novel yet. The guy was a master of witty dialogue.
          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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          • #1805
            My top of 2016:
            1. The Trespasser, Tana French
            2. High Dive, Jonathan Lee
            3. The Fireman, Joe Hill
            4. Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson
            5. End of Watch, Stepehn King
            6. The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi
            7. Dodgers, Bill Beverly
            8. A God in Ruins, Kate Atkinson

            Other Favorite books I read this year:
            Look Who's Back, Timur Vermes (2014) - This was probably my favorite book I read this year.
            The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson (2012)
            The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt (2011)
            The Girl Who Slept with God, Val Brelinski (2015)
            The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu (2014)
            Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout (2008)

            Non Fiction:
            Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic, Sam Quinones
            Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, Joby Warrick
            QB-My Life Behind the Spiral, Steve Young
            Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari
            Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance

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            • #1806
              Soar Above: How to Use the Most Profound Part of Your Brain under Any Kind of Stress by Steven Stosny. The man is a popular psychotherapist and founder of the CompassionPower method. Helps to understand much and manage yourself, your feelings, desires, etc.

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              • #1807
                Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
                My top of 2016:
                1. The Trespasser, Tana French
                2. High Dive, Jonathan Lee
                3. The Fireman, Joe Hill
                4. Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson
                5. End of Watch, Stepehn King
                6. The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi
                7. Dodgers, Bill Beverly
                8. A God in Ruins, Kate Atkinson

                Other Favorite books I read this year:
                Look Who's Back, Timur Vermes (2014) - This was probably my favorite book I read this year.
                The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson (2012)
                The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt (2011)
                The Girl Who Slept with God, Val Brelinski (2015)
                The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu (2014)
                Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout (2008)

                Non Fiction:
                Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic, Sam Quinones
                Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, Joby Warrick
                QB-My Life Behind the Spiral, Steve Young
                Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari
                Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance
                Great lists. I've been on the wait list for The Trespasser forever. Maybe I'll have to break down and purchase it.

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                • #1808
                  Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post
                  Great lists. I've been on the wait list for The Trespasser forever. Maybe I'll have to break down and purchase it.
                  I logged into Audible last week and saw I had 3 credits available. I used one of those credits on The Trespasser. Looking forward to it.
                  "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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                  • #1809
                    Just about to finish Hillbilly Elegy based on recommendations from you folks. I love a good memoir and this one is very good. Thanks.

                    Also finished Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard. Supposedly it was Leonard's favorite novel. Features a high diver, a Mississippi casino, Detroit mobsters, and civil war reenactors. EL had a gift for storytelling and witty dialogue.
                    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                    • #1810
                      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                      Just about to finish Hillbilly Elegy based on recommendations from you folks. I love a good memoir and this one is very good. Thanks.

                      Also finished Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard. Supposedly it was Leonard's favorite novel. Features a high diver, a Mississippi casino, Detroit mobsters, and civil war reenactors. EL had a gift for storytelling and witty dialogue.
                      You folks going past Tishomingo?

                      Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                      Dig your own grave, and save!

                      "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                      "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                      GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                      • #1811
                        Originally posted by falafel View Post
                        You folks going past Tishomingo?
                        Ha. Yeah, lots of references to the crossroads in this novel.
                        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                        • #1812
                          How do you guys find time to read? I'm impressed with you folks. I think the practice of law may have ruined reading for me.
                          Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

                          "Cog dis is a bitch." -James Patterson

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                          • #1813
                            Originally posted by Green Monstah View Post
                            How do you guys find time to read? I'm impressed with you folks. I think the practice of law may have ruined reading for me.
                            I listen to books as I commute and drive the kids around. Also I have a kindle paperwhite that I take with me everywhere I go. Waiting at the doctor's office for a few minutes - read some of the book.

                            I just finished a book a week or so ago that I really enjoyed.

                            IQ by Joe Ide - Best way I can think to describe it is if Sherlock Holmes was from South Central.

                            Also, High Dive by Jonathan Lee - A fictionalized account of the assassination attempt of Margaret Thatcher by the IRA in the early 1980's.

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                            • #1814
                              Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
                              I listen to books as I commute and drive the kids around. Also I have a kindle paperwhite that I take with me everywhere I go. Waiting at the doctor's office for a few minutes - read some of the book.
                              Exactly. Audible and Kindle in your spare moments.
                              "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                              "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                              "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                              • #1815
                                Wanted to give oxcoug his due. He recommended Six Days of War by Michael Oren. Amazing book, learned a lot and it was definitely a page turner.

                                Heard about A House Full of Women by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich on NPR and started that a few days ago. I know very little about church history so it is all news to me.

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