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I read a book called "4 iron in the sole" about a journalist who caddied for a Journeyman Pro (means a player who has never reached the heights and just about manages to scrape a living) on the European Golf tour and his experiences with all of the other caddies (sleeping in run down trailers, drinking with those guys) and what it is like week to week working for someone who is not a "superstar" golfer.

 

It was so fascinating and entertaining and informative. Just a really good read about the not so glamourous world of life on the golf tour for the also rans

 

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I read a book called "4 iron in the sole" about a journalist who caddied for a Journeyman Pro (means a player who has never reached the heights and just about manages to scrape a living) on the European Golf tour and his experiences with all of the other caddies (sleeping in run down trailers, drinking with those guys) and what it is like week to week working for someone who is not a "superstar" golfer.

 

It was so fascinating and entertaining and informative. Just a really good read about the not so glamourous world of life on the golf tour for the also rans

 

Steve

I find the life of the grinder golfer fascinating. I know a few ex-grinders and they always have great stories to tell.

 

Steve, have you read Missing Links?

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I was on vacation in Greece for a week (came back home today) and during that week I was reading a great book! It was really well written, and it does not matter if you are a fan or not of her music. Its a book about Lita Ford´s hard living rock life from when she was a kid in the 70s all the way to 2015. And even tho you are not a fan of her, she is the first female rock artist in the male music industry, and only that makes it interesting to read. She write every detail in her life. No matter if its about her private stuff, her music or even the dirty stuff! I recommend this book a lot!

 

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I was on vacation in Greece for a week (came back home today) and during that week I was reading a great book! It was really well written, and it does not matter if you are a fan or not of her music. Its a book about Lita Ford´s hard living rock life from when she was a kid in the 70s all the way to 2015. And even tho you are not a fan of her, she is the first female rock artist in the male music industry, and only that makes it interesting to read. She write every detail in her life. No matter if its about her private stuff, her music or even the dirty stuff! I recommend this book a lot!

 

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Zumbi, you have a great life a lot of the time! :) :) (and I like rock biographies- thanks for the suggestion!)

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Zumbi, you have a great life a lot of the time! :) :)

 

What you mean by that?

I meant it's a cold and rainy spring here and a week in Greece sounds wonderful. Sometimes you sound like mostly bad stuff happens to you but that sounds like a nice thing. I'm truly glad you got to go.

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Zumbi, you have a great life a lot of the time! :) :)

 

What you mean by that?

I meant it's a cold and rainy spring here and a week in Greece sounds wonderful. Sometimes you sound like mostly bad stuff happens to you but that sounds like a nice thing. I'm truly glad you got to go.

 

Well I have been there many times, I got family there. So my mom, big brother and me went there. I got it as a birthday gift.

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Zumbi, you have a great life a lot of the time! :) :)

 

What you mean by that?

I meant it's a cold and rainy spring here and a week in Greece sounds wonderful. Sometimes you sound like mostly bad stuff happens to you but that sounds like a nice thing. I'm truly glad you got to go.

 

Well I have been there many times, I got family there. So my mom, big brother and me went there. I got it as a birthday gift.

 

Cool! That's a great birthday present. :) Did you get any photos?

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Zumbi, you have a great life a lot of the time! :) :)

 

What you mean by that?

I meant it's a cold and rainy spring here and a week in Greece sounds wonderful. Sometimes you sound like mostly bad stuff happens to you but that sounds like a nice thing. I'm truly glad you got to go.

 

Well I have been there many times, I got family there. So my mom, big brother and me went there. I got it as a birthday gift.

 

Cool! That's a great birthday present. :) Did you get any photos?

 

No. No point, it is like a second home to me, since I am there almost every year, so no need for photos. It would be like taking photos at home.

 

Oh, I did take some photos with my phone on a new dog that they got, and also some photos from the plane, but thats it.

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1984, Animal Farm and To Kill a mockingbird make up my favorites when it comes to classic fiction.

 

I recently checked out from my Library and read Kevin J. Anderson's Clockwork Angels Just so I could make more sense of the context of the lyrics of the 2012 Rush album by the same name, and let me just say that book helped out A LOT :D I am tempted to purchase a copy for myself alongside the graphic novel and the Sequel Clockwork Lives.

 

In my non-fiction category I am a fan of the book Lost Moon which was written by NASA Astronaut Jim Lovell, It talks about his epic story of survival and camaraderie aboard the ill-fated Apollo 13, mission back in April of 1970, Ron Howard used this book to base his 1995 epic film Apollo 13 upon. I strongly Recommend it just be warned it also goes under the title of Apollo 13, but it is the same book just different title.

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bC9ynYG.jpgThe original art when my girlfriend in High School introduced me to it

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And The second edition of the original way Tolkien himself wanted to release the book. ONE SINGLE EDITION to RULE THEM ALL, ONE EDITION TO FIND THEM, ONE EDITION TO BRING THEM ALL AND IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM.

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A Tale Of Two Cities- Charles Dickens

Revolutionary Road- Richard Yates

The Island Of Dr. Moreau- H.G. Wells

War Of The Worlds- H.G. Wells

Never Let Me Go- name escapes me

Cloud Atlas- David Mitchell

 

Hhhmmm...more sci-fi than I expected!

 

There's a recent Globe and Mail article here about Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell where he mentions his love for RUSH.

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I'll go with ORF and tip my hat to Lord Of The Rings. Perhaps not definitely the absolute greatest book (or trilogy I suppose) I've ever read, but certainly the most. If that makes any sense, lol. I'll toss The Hobbit and Silmarillion in there with the trilogy because it's all the same epic story. I spent years getting through it all (because school takes up a lot of time and reading requires concentration) and it always continued to fascinate me and surprise me. I might dare to say that, because when I started the story (with the Hobbit) I wasn't really interested in fantasy, Tolkien singlehandedly made me a fan of the style.

 

But anyway a few runner's up, because there are too many great books in the world to ever recommend just one:

 

The whole The Chronicles Of Narnia (6/7ths of the way through now!)

The Music Lesson - Victor Wooten

The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest) - Robin Hobb (THANK YOU SEGUE!)

Ender's Game

Animal Farm

Othello (I'm including plays which I was introduced to in book form)

Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead - Tom Stoppard

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I'll go with ORF and tip my hat to Lord Of The Rings. Perhaps not definitely the absolute greatest book (or trilogy I suppose) I've ever read, but certainly the most. If that makes any sense, lol. I'll toss The Hobbit and Silmarillion in there with the trilogy because it's all the same epic story. I spent years getting through it all (because school takes up a lot of time and reading requires concentration) and it always continued to fascinate me and surprise me. I might dare to say that, because when I started the story (with the Hobbit) I wasn't really interested in fantasy, Tolkien singlehandedly made me a fan of the style.

 

But anyway a few runner's up, because there are too many great books in the world to ever recommend just one:

 

The whole The Chronicles Of Narnia (6/7ths of the way through now!)

The Music Lesson - Victor Wooten

The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest) - Robin Hobb (THANK YOU SEGUE!)

Ender's Game

Animal Farm

Othello (I'm including plays which I was introduced to in book form)

Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead - Tom Stoppard

I remember reading all 7 Narnia books as a kid and being transported to another world! ... a great read for all ages.
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As with some of the above, i have been a big fan of all things Tolkien.

Terry Pratchett - Discworld series ...... these books make me laugh out loud!

Stephen R Donaldson - The Cronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever ...... same genre as Tolkien although darker

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As with some of the above, i have been a big fan of all things Tolkien.

Terry Pratchett - Discworld series ...... these books make me laugh out loud!

Stephen R Donaldson - The Cronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever ...... same genre as Tolkien although darker

I would have thought you'd have gone for Hammer of the Gods... ;)

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As with some of the above, i have been a big fan of all things Tolkien.

Terry Pratchett - Discworld series ...... these books make me laugh out loud!

Stephen R Donaldson - The Cronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever ...... same genre as Tolkien although darker

 

I like Donaldson but he does subscribe to the "why use one word when a thousand will do" school of thought....

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As with some of the above, i have been a big fan of all things Tolkien.

Terry Pratchett - Discworld series ...... these books make me laugh out loud!

Stephen R Donaldson - The Cronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever ...... same genre as Tolkien although darker

 

I like Donaldson but he does subscribe to the "why use one word when a thousand will do" school of thought....

Hehe .. perhaps! ... I just bought the Thomas Covenant books in a second hand bookshop way back in the day (early '80s) knowing nothing about neither author nor books.

I found the story line and characters interesting.

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_Hi_Water_said,

I am not a huge fan of books. Books are for nerds! :smoke:

 

Books haven't been, and aren't for nerds. Books have been good, and great to read. For the mind, they strengthen them, and benefits both your physical, and mental health, and those can last a lifetime. In answer to the question, I haven't had a greatest book that I've read. To choose, and for choosing from, I've read a lot of very, and really good ones.

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As with some of the above, i have been a big fan of all things Tolkien.

Terry Pratchett - Discworld series ...... these books make me laugh out loud!

Stephen R Donaldson - The Cronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever ...... same genre as Tolkien although darker

 

I like Donaldson but he does subscribe to the "why use one word when a thousand will do" school of thought....

 

Oh, god, yes Donaldson does. In fact, I sometimes use his sentences to explain to my students what not to do. "Unambergrised" and "condign" are fun, but not even Evil Time Lords could speak that way with a straight face. I also wanted Covenant to be less mopey and pull himself together, but he's more of a Hamlet type, I suppose. The Giants were cool.

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