The Enders Game thread talked more about the books (which I have not read, should I?) than the movie, which got me thinking that we have not had a book thread in a while. I get a good chunk of my reading suggestions from you people and I'm in dire need of suggestions.
I recently finished The Shipping News and have also been trying to get through Anna Karenina since spring. It'a good, but I'm reading it on my kindle (it was a free book) and it's very disheartening to see that I'm only 1/4 of the way through. I'm a SUPER quick reader (I read Shipping news in a few hours), but this is my first foray into Tolstoy.
I'm going brain dead by reading Stephen King's Dreamcatcher. Not very good but I want to know how it ends.
"Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies: On Myths, Morons, Free Speech, Football, and Assorted Absurdities"
Amazon link
Written by Chris Kluwe, former punter for the Minnesota Vikings, founder and bassist of the band "Tripping Icarus". Do not dismiss him as a meathead football player. A very interesting human being.
RE - I didn't finish it. The only King book I didn't finish because it was crap (I didn't finish Salem's Lot because I had nightmares from it
Slower than you
World War Z.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man" - The Dude
Upcoming races: AthHalf: 10/20
it's a man's world
I loved this book!
"Everyone who can stand, stand now. If you can help others, do so." - Welles Crowther
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GO 49ERS!
Unbroken
It's AMAZING! Total page turner. That Louis Zamperini is fucking awesome.
+1
SL - is that the one written by the chick that wrote Seabiscuit?
A paper called "Critical Branching Neural Networks" which describes a neurally inspired model that can reproduce experimentally observed 1/f fluctuations in cognitive performance variability.
"Run Gently Out There" by John Morelock. Great book about trail and ultrajogging.
"Racing Weight"
Trail and Ultra Running User Group
Yep, it's fantastic
It's great. The research Max Brooks put into it is really amazing.
Salem's Lot is one of my favs because it was very disturbing.
Refurbished Hip
Me too. And he graces us with his presence in the trail forum as well.
Running is dumb.