NT Book Club Vol. WDYRTD

[los angeles fresh]

Really? You should give it another shot. Or get when you are engulfed in flames. I enjoyed that more than me talk

 

[hic57999]

Originally Posted by SuperSaiyan415

Any Ayn Rand fans here?
Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead?

Just finished reading Atlas Shrugged.

It was the first Ayn Rand book I've read, so I had to get use to her style.  On a whole, I absolutely loved the book

.  Probably because I really agree with Rand's philosophy, but from a literary POV I thought the characters, plot, and speed of the book were awesome.

 Even though it's a massive book, its a page-turner.  It gets a little dense in the speeches where Rand is basically just espousing her philosophy via one of the characters dialogue, but other than that, I kept finding myself not able to put it down because I always wanted to know what happened next. 

Highly recommended. 

 

[shottadru718]

Originally Posted by JPioneer

Currently (still) reading the autobio of Malcolm X... I have to say this book is both thrilling and powerful. Wakes up a lot of thoughts in my white european head that is almost as uneducated as you can be about black history.

personal fav...read monster and native son

 

[atlien seeko]

What does the last "D" stand for in "WDYRTD"?

 

[balloonoboy]

Finally finished Dragon Tattoo. It was overdue.

Now reading "A Lesson Before Dying". Few chapters in and I'm already feeling that it will be a great book.

 

[realrubirosa]

 

[papageorgeo510]

 

[epidemik the great]

just copped:
Scorsese on Scorsese

Conversations with Scorsese

I Heard You Paint Houses

i CANNOT wait for these to arrive at my door...

 

[rico x hood]

Just finished The Fountainhead the other. It was excellent, the message was what you'd expect Ayn Rand but still worth the read. Anthem was also good, a nice short book to introduce you to her writing and philosophy.

Next up is We The People, followed by What The Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell.

 

[sstutter]

So far this summer (all finance-related books):

Liar's Poker - Michael Lewis
The Quants - Scott Patterson
More Money Than God - Sebastian Mallaby

 

[i just got lucky]

Just finished The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

 

[kvsm23vs24]

I like fiction.
Last weeks I read:
Alchemist
Disgrace
For one more day.

All really good books.

Currently reading: heaven is for real.

I been going ham at borders, since its closing down.

 

[cwrite78]

reading this right now.

awesome book, some of the stuff this dude did to companies and their reactions are hilarious. the man was a genius.

 

[sagolous]

anybody have a good list of self help book?

i read the prophet this summer and also influence: the psychology of persuasion

 

[prokid404]

I just picked this up..

Great book so far

 

[wizards23]

Just read The Alchemist last night. This book is incredible - really motivational.

 

[uknowdonti]

What I've read since I last posted:

The Education of Henry Adams - Henry Adams
Notes of a Native Son - James Baldwin
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention - Manning Marable - [I highly recommend this book above all others right now.  It will change the way you look at Malcolm.  For me I grew an even greater appreciation for the man and what he was able to accomplish.  For anyone who has the slightest respect for Malcolm (especially if have readhis Autobiography or are familiar with his story) then this book is an absolute must.  There is definitely much more to the man than what is commonly perpetrated about him by the media, critics and loyal Malcolmites, alike.]
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

Currently reading:
The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri

Next up:
The Aeneid - Virgil
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon
War & Peace - Leo Tolstoy

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Reading Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. It's similar to The Corrections but much better.

 

[balloonoboy]

Originally Posted by balloonoboy

Finally finished Dragon Tattoo. It was overdue.

Now reading "A Lesson Before Dying". Few chapters in and I'm already feeling that it will be a great book.

It was far greater than I had expected. Probably the most poignant book I've read to date. It's so good it's disgusting at times.

Highly recommend it to anybody out there, especially those at an impasse in life.

 

[whiterails]

 

[iron mike]

Originally Posted by CWrite78

reading this right now.

awesome book, some of the stuff this dude did to companies and their reactions are hilarious. the man was a genius.

not that it should change the way you read the book or react to it, but he is a pathological liar. everything he says i take with a couple grains of salt.
blood meridian for me right now. 

 

[flacobey]

currently reading the Marrow Of Tradition


I gotta check out some of these book you guys are recommending

 

[Grine]

Just finished, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

 

[balloonoboy]

 

[epidemik the great]

in the middle of this...good !@$ book thus far...i really hope they make the movie...i see Oscars written all over it