Steve Smith Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) 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 SteveI 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? Edited April 24, 2017 by goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken hawk Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 A great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 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! http://i.imgur.com/WMeGfyR.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) 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! http://i.imgur.com/WMeGfyR.jpg Zumbi, you have a great life a lot of the time! :) :) (and I like rock biographies- thanks for the suggestion!) Edited April 29, 2017 by blueschica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 . Zumbi, you have a great life a lot of the time! :) :) What you mean by that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 . 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 . 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 . 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 . 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebuckeye2112 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate2112 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is bar none the greatest novel ever written Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) Hard to choose just one. Edited September 11, 2017 by Steevo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 (edited) The original art when my girlfriend in High School introduced me to it.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. Edited September 14, 2017 by OldRUSHfan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 A Tale Of Two Cities- Charles DickensRevolutionary Road- Richard YatesThe Island Of Dr. Moreau- H.G. WellsWar Of The Worlds- H.G. WellsNever Let Me Go- name escapes meCloud 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) 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 WootenThe Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest) - Robin Hobb (THANK YOU SEGUE!)Ender's GameAnimal FarmOthello (I'm including plays which I was introduced to in book form)Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead - Tom Stoppard Edited July 15, 2020 by Entre_Perpetuo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 mostly The Hobbit and TLOTR... I am not a huge fan of books, books are for nerds! :smoke: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 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 WootenThe Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest) - Robin Hobb (THANK YOU SEGUE!)Ender's GameAnimal FarmOthello (I'm including plays which I was introduced to in book form)Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead - Tom StoppardI remember reading all 7 Narnia books as a kid and being transported to another world! ... a great read for all ages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 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 darkerI would have thought you'd have gone for Hammer of the Gods... ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 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.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek19 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) _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. Edited July 21, 2020 by Derek19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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