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I've always enjoyed a book or two and I'm an avid reader when I have the time and motivation to dig into some genre's and be entertained in different ways. Books are up my alley for that wanted entertainment. What are you guys reading or have read that can't go unnoticed?



Currently reading:

"Chris Jericho: Undisputed."

If you're a wrestling fan and if you enjoy hysterical story-telling from one of the worlds best entertainers, this is a good book (even though I can certainly do without his story-telling with touring with his tribute Heavy Metal band. I strictly love his wrestling story.) This is Chris Jericho's 2nd New York Times Best Seller and is a sequel to his first success, "A Lions Tale" which illustrates humor and his up-rising from a fan, to a barn-wrestler, to the big time. AR would certainly enjoy these or any other top notch wrestling books like authors Mick Foley & Bret Hart.



Even though wrestling autobiographies are in my opinion, the best read & written books, I'm fascinated with the paranormal and that type of genre. There's just someplace my mind goes when thinking about the paranormal. A true fascination with me.

If anybody is interested in real ghost hauntings, this is one of the best books I've read. Truly frightening in some spots.

"Graves End: A True Ghost Story" by Elaine Mercado



My future pull-list:

I'm currently reading "Midwives" by Chris Bohjalian. I've read it before but it's been awhile.

One of my all time favorites is "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"

I accidentally read a Nicholas Sparks book a couple of weeks ago, I happened to have three of his books and after I read the first one I had to read the other two that I had to see if they were all as ridiculous as the first....they were.

I love to read and i will go in the next day or two and see if i can find those Jericho books i'd love to read those YoungJRNY.I recently just got through reading two books and both were biographies because i love reading life stories.I recently read biographies on Dave Mustaine of Megadeth and i read a book on Duff Mckagen formerly of Guns N Roses.Both were pretty good books but the best ones i read recently were Steven Tylers new book and the Keith Richards book which was a damn good book.I read Hulk Hogans book here a while back as well as Ric Flair's and i really liked both.Gotta get to the library soon.

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes



If you like war novels then I highly recommend this book. It is set in Vietnam and was written over 30 years by a Marine combat veteran who served in Vietnam. I'm about 180 pages into it and I can tell he really experienced the kind of things he wrote in this book, the details he describes are things you can't make up off the top of your head.

New Clive Cussler Book and harry potter 7 again

I've been getting into free kindle books lately. If you've gotta Kindle, so many classic books are available for free.

Per Rip, I'm reading "A Princess of Mars" to get into the whole John Carter thing. So far it's a great book.
I'm psyched to get into the next ones.

Last week I read "The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hide". I'd never read it. As close as I'd come before was seeing it in the dream sequence on Gilligan's Island! "Fresh Fish!!" (ooh, there's an obscure reference)

The week before that I finished "Mysterious Island" by Jules Verne. It was okay, but seemed pretty slow and took a while to get through. And no, I had no idea that it was what "Journey 2" was about. Didn't even know that was out there.

Before that I read Sammy Hagar's book. Short, but really interesting. Paints a pretty bleak picture of the Van Halens.

I second the thumbs up on Keef's book. Odd fellow, but interesting read.

mikemarrs wrote:I love to read and i will go in the next day or two and see if i can find those Jericho books i'd love to read those YoungJRNY.I recently just got through reading two books and both were biographies because i love reading life stories.I recently read biographies on Dave Mustaine of Megadeth and i read a book on Duff Mckagen formerly of Guns N Roses.Both were pretty good books but the best ones i read recently were Steven Tylers new book and the Keith Richards book which was a damn good book.I read Hulk Hogans book here a while back as well as Ric Flair's and i really liked both.Gotta get to the library soon.

If you like books about rock n' roll train wrecks who've lived to tell about it, check out Glenn Hughes' autobio "Glenn Hughes From Deep Purple To Black Country Communion". WOW Darrell Hammond's (from SNL) autobiography is great too. Man, it's amazing how people that f***** up can function. You see them on TV for years and never have a clue. The book's a real page turner.

Mary Kay's autobiography. I wonder who gave me THAT?

DrFU wrote:Mary Kay's autobiography. I wonder who gave me THAT?

I read You Can Have It All a long time ago ...have a (former) MK friend, too!!
Very inspirational lady, MK ...it made me make a bumblebee purchase!!



She's still my friend, the best ...she no longer does the Mary Kay thing, yikes ...

Peartree12249 wrote:

mikemarrs wrote:I love to read and i will go in the next day or two and see if i can find those Jericho books i'd love to read those YoungJRNY.I recently just got through reading two books and both were biographies because i love reading life stories.I recently read biographies on Dave Mustaine of Megadeth and i read a book on Duff Mckagen formerly of Guns N Roses.Both were pretty good books but the best ones i read recently were Steven Tylers new book and the Keith Richards book which was a damn good book.I read Hulk Hogans book here a while back as well as Ric Flair's and i really liked both.Gotta get to the library soon.

If you like books about rock n' roll train wrecks who've lived to tell about it, check out Glenn Hughes' autobio "Glenn Hughes From Deep Purple To Black Country Communion". WOW Darrell Hammond's (from SNL) autobiography is great too. Man, it's amazing how people that f***** up can function. You see them on TV for years and never have a clue. The book's a real page turner.

"God If You're Not Up There, I'm F*cked" , I've heard ...
He's not a person I'd ever thought I'd want to read about ...but yeah, amazing and sad!!

mikemarrs wrote:I love to read and i will go in the next day or two and see if i can find those Jericho books i'd love to read those YoungJRNY.I recently just got through reading two books and both were biographies because i love reading life stories.I recently read biographies on Dave Mustaine of Megadeth and i read a book on Duff Mckagen formerly of Guns N Roses.Both were pretty good books but the best ones i read recently were Steven Tylers new book and the Keith Richards book which was a damn good book.I read Hulk Hogans book here a while back as well as Ric Flair's and i really liked both.Gotta get to the library soon.

I read Slash's book, gonna have to read this to see if the GnR period matches up.
Slash is so complimentary of all his bandmates abilities/talents and, I believe, still in awe
of Axl ...makes me believe in a one off reuinon, at least.

I'm reading "Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength - By: Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney"

It's not really telling me anything I hadn't worked out already.
Willpower takes up your energy. Your willpower slips when your energy slips. When your body takes in some glucose, your energy levels rise and your willpower comes back.


I have read Slash's autobiography. I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed Steven Tyler's recent one. And I enjoyed Lemmy's.

The best 'rock star' biog I have read ever though is by Andy Summers of The Police.


I like biographies, but I'm a typical English woman in that I'm a sucker for English classics - Jane Austen, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens etc.

And I often flick through the self help books such as 'As A Man Thinketh' by James Allen, "Seven Laws of Spiritual Success" by Deepak Chopra, The Power, The Secret, Excuse Me Your Life Is Waiting etc.
I particularly like the first two on that list.


And I love the fiction novels about Jack Reacher by Lee Child.

And I couldn't put down the three books in the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy.


I love reading!

brywool wrote:Before that I read Sammy Hagar's book. Short, but really interesting. Paints a pretty bleak picture of the Van Halens.

I saw Hagar's book on the shelves at the mall and was close to buying it [after quizzing my girlfriend on who he use to be the lead singer of, of course. She hates when I quiz her ] I'll probably end up snatching that one sooner or later.

Angel wrote:I'm currently reading "Midwives" .

Suprise surprise !!

ebake02 wrote:Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes



If you like war novels then I highly recommend this book. It is set in Vietnam and was written over 30 years by a Marine combat veteran who served in Vietnam. I'm about 180 pages into it and I can tell he really experienced the kind of things he wrote in this book, the details he describes are things you can't make up off the top of your head.

I need to get this. I read at least 2 books a month. Just read "Heaven & Hell"(My life in the Eagles by Don Felder). Great read and if your an Eagle fan like me, a must read. Finished "Unforgettable" a couple of days ago. Now reading "Threshold" by Jeremy Robinson (action/thriller) right up my alley.

No Surprize wrote:

ebake02 wrote:Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes



If you like war novels then I highly recommend this book. It is set in Vietnam and was written over 30 years by a Marine combat veteran who served in Vietnam. I'm about 180 pages into it and I can tell he really experienced the kind of things he wrote in this book, the details he describes are things you can't make up off the top of your head.

I need to get this. I read at least 2 books a month. Just read "Heaven & Hell"(My life in the Eagles by Don Felder). Great read and if your an Eagle fan like me, a must read. Finished "Unforgettable" a couple of days ago. Now reading "Threshold" by Jeremy Robinson (action/thriller) right up my alley.

Thanks for the info about the Don Felder book. I didn't know he'd written one.

I just ordered a copy from Amazon!

Michigan Girl wrote:

mikemarrs wrote:I love to read and i will go in the next day or two and see if i can find those Jericho books i'd love to read those YoungJRNY.I recently just got through reading two books and both were biographies because i love reading life stories.I recently read biographies on Dave Mustaine of Megadeth and i read a book on Duff Mckagen formerly of Guns N Roses.Both were pretty good books but the best ones i read recently were Steven Tylers new book and the Keith Richards book which was a damn good book.I read Hulk Hogans book here a while back as well as Ric Flair's and i really liked both.Gotta get to the library soon.

I read Slash's book, gonna have to read this to see if the GnR period matches up.
Slash is so complimentary of all his bandmates abilities/talents and, I believe, still in awe
of Axl ...makes me believe in a one off reuinon, at least.

Are you thinkin' RRHOF perhaps???? I never much cared for GNR. Couldn't stand Axl's voice. Like fingernails on a blackboard to me. But I always liked what Slash did. He seems like a really nice guy and he's a big fan of Rory Gallagher. Which makes him all right in my book!

SusieP wrote:

No Surprize wrote:

ebake02 wrote:Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes



If you like war novels then I highly recommend this book. It is set in Vietnam and was written over 30 years by a Marine combat veteran who served in Vietnam. I'm about 180 pages into it and I can tell he really experienced the kind of things he wrote in this book, the details he describes are things you can't make up off the top of your head.

I need to get this. I read at least 2 books a month. Just read "Heaven & Hell"(My life in the Eagles by Don Felder). Great read and if your an Eagle fan like me, a must read. Finished "Unforgettable" a couple of days ago. Now reading "Threshold" by Jeremy Robinson (action/thriller) right up my alley.

Thanks for the info about the Don Felder book. I didn't know he'd written one.

I just ordered a copy from Amazon!

I found the Felder book to be a little bit of a bore, actually. I liked this book about The Eagles better:

http://www.amazon.com/To-Limit-Untold-S ... 772&sr=8-1

Penthouse Letters.

No Surprize wrote:

ebake02 wrote:Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes



If you like war novels then I highly recommend this book. It is set in Vietnam and was written over 30 years by a Marine combat veteran who served in Vietnam. I'm about 180 pages into it and I can tell he really experienced the kind of things he wrote in this book, the details he describes are things you can't make up off the top of your head.

I need to get this. I read at least 2 books a month. Just read "Heaven & Hell"(My life in the Eagles by Don Felder). Great read and if your an Eagle fan like me, a must read. Finished "Unforgettable" a couple of days ago. Now reading "Threshold" by Jeremy Robinson (action/thriller) right up my alley.

It's truly an excellent book, well written and very realistic. All the praise that has been heaped on this book is well deserved.

Ehwmatt wrote:

SusieP wrote:

No Surprize wrote:

ebake02 wrote:Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes



If you like war novels then I highly recommend this book. It is set in Vietnam and was written over 30 years by a Marine combat veteran who served in Vietnam. I'm about 180 pages into it and I can tell he really experienced the kind of things he wrote in this book, the details he describes are things you can't make up off the top of your head.

I need to get this. I read at least 2 books a month. Just read "Heaven & Hell"(My life in the Eagles by Don Felder). Great read and if your an Eagle fan like me, a must read. Finished "Unforgettable" a couple of days ago. Now reading "Threshold" by Jeremy Robinson (action/thriller) right up my alley.

Thanks for the info about the Don Felder book. I didn't know he'd written one.

I just ordered a copy from Amazon!

I found the Felder book to be a little bit of a bore, actually. I liked this book about The Eagles better:

http://www.amazon.com/To-Limit-Untold-S ... 772&sr=8-1

I read that one long before I read Felders. The author of that one was a pro-Henley dick puller and made it out that HE was The Eagles. Other than that I thought it was a great read. The "Gods" as Felder referred to Frey & Henley in his book, were off the chain drug addicts, Frey having to have his nose rebuilt with teflon lining fron years of cocaine abuse. Both are great reads if your an Eagle fan, Felder's book was more insightful on how Frey & Henley were control freaks that lead to Leadon, Meisner, and Felder to eventually leave the band.

Well I've ordered the Felder one for now.

I'll take a look at the other one too.

Can't hurt to read several takes on a story.

As Don Henley himself said,"there's 3 sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth."

Michigan Girl wrote:

mikemarrs wrote:I love to read and i will go in the next day or two and see if i can find those Jericho books i'd love to read those YoungJRNY.I recently just got through reading two books and both were biographies because i love reading life stories.I recently read biographies on Dave Mustaine of Megadeth and i read a book on Duff Mckagen formerly of Guns N Roses.Both were pretty good books but the best ones i read recently were Steven Tylers new book and the Keith Richards book which was a damn good book.I read Hulk Hogans book here a while back as well as Ric Flair's and i really liked both.Gotta get to the library soon.

I read Slash's book, gonna have to read this to see if the GnR period matches up.
Slash is so complimentary of all his bandmates abilities/talents and, I believe, still in awe
of Axl ...makes me believe in a one off reuinon, at least.

Besides Journey and Kiss i consider Guns N Roses to be right up there with my all time favorites.I read the Slash book and was shocked when i read that Slash had to be fitted with a pacemaker for his heart.He must have really did some damage to his heart with all the partying.I do hope that Guns will one day get back together and reunite.I have not been to a live rock show in a good twelve years or longer and there are two shows i would consider absolutely going to and one would be Journey reunion with Perry and the other would be a Guns N Roses reunion.

I think the Slash book would be enjoyable even if you aren't a GnR fan.
I'm not that keen on Axl, but Slash's intelligence shines through in his writing and I think it's worth a look.

SusieP wrote:I think the Slash book would be enjoyable even if you aren't a GnR fan.
I'm not that keen on Axl, but Slash's intelligence shines through in his writing and I think it's worth a look.

I really enjoyed Slash's book and you are right that even if your not a fan it is still worth giving a look.Definitely a good book.

mikemarrs wrote:

SusieP wrote:I think the Slash book would be enjoyable even if you aren't a GnR fan.
I'm not that keen on Axl, but Slash's intelligence shines through in his writing and I think it's worth a look.

I really enjoyed Slash's book and you are right that even if your not a fan it is still worth giving a look.Definitely a good book.

Absolutely, one senses that the writer is presenting a truthful, honest account of every aspect of his life.
He sure doesn't go to any lengths to make himself appear saintly in the reader's eyes ...which makes me like
him more. I am a fan of the original GnR lineup because of Slash, primarily; however, I do love them
as a group. I have not listened to the new GnR, but I understand Axl is very committed to that lineup ...
as he should be.

To Peartree ...Yes, the RNR HOF induction would've been ideal. I heard GNR will perform, the
current GNR ...still, fingers crossed!! I'm sure most fans would like to hear the lineup/men who
got them there.

Currently reading a shitload of books for Uni, as I'm three weeks behind from being sick. I had the books with me, but I have to say, texts books on editing, 'The Iliad' and Modernist authors aren't exactly good hospital reading. I certainly don't recommend reading Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' when you have a 40C/104F fever.

Generally, though, I'll grab the latest Terry Pratchett book as soon as it comes out (it kills me that he has alzheimers; I really dread the time when it has progressed enough that he can no longer write.) For crime fiction, I love Aussie author Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher series of books, and Lindsay Davis's Falco books (crime novels set in Classical Rome) are pretty good too. Irvine Welsh's later stuff is pretty decent, which I found odd considering how little I liked 'Trainspotting'.

I also have a fascination with the Titanic. There are hundreds of books written, but I'm more of a "survivors" type of reader and learning what actually happened that night of horror through their eyes and their emotions being told in script. Just an amazing tradedy that still gives me the chills and creeps 100 years later. Here are good books to snag if you're a Titanic fan.

Arianddu wrote: I certainly don't recommend reading Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' when you have a 40C/104F fever.

I read "Harmful Intent" by Robin Cook while I was in the hospital....if you've ever read it you know it's not a great idea....all the healthcare professionals that had read it commented on how "brave" (or maybe stupid) I was for reading it while in the hospital.

ebake02 wrote:Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes



If you like war novels then I highly recommend this book. It is set in Vietnam and was written over 30 years by a Marine combat veteran who served in Vietnam. I'm about 180 pages into it and I can tell he really experienced the kind of things he wrote in this book, the details he describes are things you can't make up off the top of your head.

I saw him on BookTV talking about his new book "What it's Like to Go to War" that book looked really interesting, too. Both are on my "to read" list.