Books.

Just_Blaze · 09-04-2009, 08:12 PM

I'm always interested in some good books to read the problem I always have is that walking around barnes and nobles or something like that looking at book covers doesn't really do it for me. So here is a list of books that I've read the past year or two....

William Cooper - Behold a Pale Horse
H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell - Blink
Barack Obama - Dreams from My Father
Alexandre Dumas - The Count Of Monte Cristo
Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha << just finished this today... short book, only like 150 pages but reading it really makes you think. Definitely recommend it

If you read then post some of the books you've read recently.. and no I'm not really interested in your wu manuel books and shit like that..

OneManArmy · 09-04-2009, 09:18 PM

Last books i read were Joseph Heller - Catch 22 and George Orwell - 1984. I was thinking about getting The Count of Monte Cristo, but even the abridged version was too long.

Shyne · 09-04-2009, 09:33 PM

get mad Blaze

A.T.I. · 09-04-2009, 09:46 PM

Just finished "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess, excellent book, really interesting what he did with language in this book. Before that it was "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens - some people find his work boring, but I found this to be quite brilliant, though it is a slow read. I have a couple of books on deck, and a list of stuff I want to get, but I'll probably get into Puzo's "The Family" next. Though, school's starting soon, so that will just ruin everything

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Grandmaster G · 09-04-2009, 10:01 PM

i laughed out loud when i saw shyne's post

i read books.....here's my list

Young Ra: The Downfall of A Hoodlum
Seth Dollar: Sayin Ain't Soul, I Wil Not Go

scool · 09-05-2009, 10:32 AM

behold a pale horse was really wack........ i was hyped when i finally got it. but damn its bad

Just_Blaze · 09-05-2009, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scool

behold a pale horse was really wack........ i was hyped when i finally got it. but damn its bad

Yeah I was really interested in it and hyped too when I got it but after reading it I was like damn this is just some corny shit.... and then he gets into all these documents and shit for 2 9347829307492034903724 pages... its like who the hell is gonna sit there and read some documents for that long.. idk was alright, but corny to me.

I was just walking though my living room and seen "The Catcher in the Rye" on a book shelf. I never read it before (I know a lot of ppl read it in high school) and always heard it was a decent read... read like half of it last night after I made this thread.... boring night last night i know lol.

scool · 09-06-2009, 06:48 AM

lmfao yeah those documents.. aka "proof" ...... smh, I tried reading em but gave up like 10 document pages in......

the book was just really really bad

JustAFan · 09-06-2009, 05:02 PM

Interesting list JB. Respect for the H.G. Wells book. Good to know you're reading the classics. :P

I'm always reading like three or four books at the time, because I'm quickly bored by one book..which means it takes a lot of time before I'm done with one book (most of the time it takes me months, sometimes a year haha). At the moment I'm reading sporadically from the following books:

'The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life' by Ryszard Kapuscinski
- Great book about a Polish journalist travelling through Africa. An account of African politics and life in a span of fourty years.

'The rise and fall of the British Empire' by Lawrence James
- I have a real interest in modern imperialism and colonialism. The book is playfully written, but it's a pretty long read nevertheless.

'Woede en tijd' [Anger and time] by Peter Sloterdijk
- The author analyses the role the human emotion of anger has played in our history and ultimately what it means in the present. An interesting read, but overall the author seems to try to overcomplicate and overanalyse certain issues, thereby discrediting its one-dimensional view on human history.

'Piracy: A complete history' by Angus Konstam
- Not what I expected. I think it's an interesting subject, but the tone is too formal and the text too factual which makes it hard to stimulate the imagination.

scool · 09-06-2009, 05:34 PM

justafan u 40 years old still tryna kick knowledge on this mafucca.......

U AINT JIGGA SON... U AINT FOREVER YOUNG

JustAFan · 09-07-2009, 06:30 AM

Lol, I'm 36 get your facts straight son.

Btw, Jigga ain't got nothing on me! Yea

Snapper · 09-07-2009, 12:16 PM

The Most Recent Books I Read ... :

Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Emma By Jane Austen
Birdsong By Sebastian Faulks
Regeneration By Pat Barker
Conman By Richard Asplin
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Much Ado About Nothing (Drama) By Shakespere
A Dolls House (Drama) By Henrik Ibsen
The Importance of Being Earnest (Drama) By Oscar Wilde
Birthday Letters (Poem Anthology) By Ted Hughes

Nokster · 09-07-2009, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JustAFan

Lol, I'm 36 get your facts straight son.

Btw, Jigga ain't got nothing on me! Yea

Lmao..

Man, that was hilarious.

ps. I don't read.... :(

A.T.I. · 09-07-2009, 03:35 PM

^see what hip-hop does to these kids!

scool · 09-07-2009, 03:40 PM

justafan i hope ur kidding when u say ur 36

Nokster · 09-07-2009, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by A.T.I.

^see what hip-hop does to these kids!

pfft, I've been bored with hip hop for a minute actually.

I just never make time to read, but I know I'll be doing a lot of it again when I start school soon.

Not the biggest fan, but I do love reading in general.

Shyne · 09-07-2009, 08:46 PM

I stopped reading heavy a few years ago, most books are bullshit anyways. You read one book where somone swears what they're saying is fact and has all these documents and proof to prove it then the next day you read another book, saying the exact opposite of the first, but also claiming to have facts and proof and shit. 90% of writers are full of shit

I stick to fiction these days, at best I may read a graphic novel or somthing but actual reading has died long ago for me

p.s. just to keep it on topic

last book I read that I REALLY liked was like in 5th or 6th grade, it was called Enders Game, sci-fi book but it was amazing. I read the sequels to it which sucks thanks to Card's heavy handed, religious undertones. Then I read Enders Shadow which was equally as amazing but again Scott Card fucked up the sequels, essentially killing any interest had left

Just_Blaze · 09-08-2009, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scool

lmfao yeah those documents.. aka "proof" ...... smh, I tried reading em but gave up like 10 document pages in......

the book was just really really bad

The sad part is normally when your asking younger people, especially people who are into like hiphop they always seem to mention the book like it's a bible or something.

anyway... That HG Wells book is just amazing. My friend lent it to me and I read it twice since then. I understand how you get bored with books but I can't go back and forth between books like that.. I usually just stop reading it for a while or never get back to it.

JustAFan · 09-08-2009, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shyne

I stopped reading heavy a few years ago, most books are bullshit anyways. You read one book where somone swears what they're saying is fact and has all these documents and proof to prove it then the next day you read another book, saying the exact opposite of the first, but also claiming to have facts and proof and shit. 90% of writers are full of shit

Damn Shyne, no disrespect, but that is just nonsense. It is just a matter of picking the right books from the right authors. If you want sheer facts, there are a zillion books you can consult without worrying 90% what is being said is bullshit.

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Originally Posted by scool

justafan i hope ur kidding when u say ur 36

Why? Because I go to forums in my spare time and lol at statements made by random anonymous people even though I reached maturity at a time when most of the people I talk with here didn't even exist yet? Gee scool, that's just low.. I thought we had a bond, but I guess not.

Shyne · 09-08-2009, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JustAFan

Damn Shyne, no disrespect, but that is just nonsense. It is just a matter of picking the right books from the right authors. If you want sheer facts, there are a zillion books you can consult without worrying 90% what is being said is bullshit.

Why? Because I go to forums in my spare time and lol at statements made by random anonymous people even though I reached maturity at a time when most of the people I talk with here didn't even exist yet? Gee scool, that's just low.. I thought we had a bond, but I guess not.

yeah, I know, they're called fiction, which is what I said I read. anything even slightly based in reality does nothing for me, all of it bullshit and a complete waste of time.

p.s. that being said though I love books like these

books that explain how things work or why they are the way they are

Just_Blaze · 09-08-2009, 10:29 PM

Jaf wanna hang out some time?

KING BHOB · 09-09-2009, 12:55 AM

i said i was bored one time and someone handed me a book...
after i said..'fuck is this?'
i started to read it

its one of those 'self empowerment' type of jawns that tells you how to achieve what you want...apparently theres a film of this too...i guess of stories from actual trials.....w/e but anyway....its called The Secret....the cover looks weak...shits under 200pages...its a good read cuz it makes you think about how you approach your day and certain situations....i dunno....you still couldnt succeed if you mastered the shit tho Justice Blazer

A.T.I. · 09-09-2009, 01:46 AM

^lmfao, harsh (but probably true

)

JustAFan · 09-09-2009, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shyne

yeah, I know, they're called fiction, which is what I said I read. anything even slightly based in reality does nothing for me, all of it bullshit and a complete waste of time.

p.s. that being said though I love books like these

books that explain how things work or why they are the way they are

Alright, well I'm not trying to convince you to change your lifestyle or anything and I'm not saying reading books is better than not. I'm just saying that if you're interested in facts, there's more than enough to find.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Just_Blaze

Jaf wanna hang out some time?

Sure. Tomorrow? I'll meet you at the airport.

Dimebag Darrell · 09-10-2009, 05:55 PM

catcher in the rye is a goat book

i haven't read a good book in a long ass minute.. the last good book i read was like 6 months ago when i read 1984.. i have to read a book for one of my classes, a social studies class.. should be fun , but i kinda wanna read the book 'the souls of black folk' by w.e.b. du bois

09-04-2009, 08:12 PM	#1
Just_Blaze Thread Jacker Numero Uno! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nu Jers.. It's that on top muzik! Posts: 3,641 Repped: 131 Repped 145 Times in 102 Posts Neg Reps: 11 Neg Repped at 4 Times in 4 Posts	Books. Books. I'm always interested in some good books to read the problem I always have is that walking around barnes and nobles or something like that looking at book covers doesn't really do it for me. So here is a list of books that I've read the past year or two.... William Cooper - Behold a Pale Horse H.G. Wells - The Time Machine Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell - Blink Barack Obama - Dreams from My Father Alexandre Dumas - The Count Of Monte Cristo Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha << just finished this today... short book, only like 150 pages but reading it really makes you think. Definitely recommend it If you read then post some of the books you've read recently.. and no I'm not really interested in your wu manuel books and shit like that.. __________________ "tell blaze to stop it wit the embarassing posts.....he's making everything die" - Grandmaster G

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OneManArmy Super Moderatоr Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: enecS eht no kcaB Posts: 10,921 Repped: 2,648 Repped 664 Times in 354 Posts Neg Reps: 147 Neg Repped at 48 Times in 44 Posts	Last books i read were Joseph Heller - Catch 22 and George Orwell - 1984. I was thinking about getting The Count of Monte Cristo, but even the abridged version was too long. __________________

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Shyne Sons Of Liberty Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Iowa Posts: 5,552 Repped: 3 Repped 2,053 Times in 849 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 151 Times in 95 Posts	get mad Blaze __________________ myspace.com/vocabthemc http://coldglassofoj.blogspot.com

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A.T.I. Agitating the Ignorant Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 7,583 Repped: 1,369 Repped 2,033 Times in 714 Posts Neg Reps: 152 Neg Repped at 156 Times in 127 Posts	Just finished "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess, excellent book, really interesting what he did with language in this book. Before that it was "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens - some people find his work boring, but I found this to be quite brilliant, though it is a slow read. I have a couple of books on deck, and a list of stuff I want to get, but I'll probably get into Puzo's "The Family" next. Though, school's starting soon, so that will just ruin everything . __________________ “At a snail's pace, I won this race that y'all trail"

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JustAFan Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 834 Repped: 17 Repped 42 Times in 25 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	Interesting list JB. Respect for the H.G. Wells book. Good to know you're reading the classics. :P I'm always reading like three or four books at the time, because I'm quickly bored by one book..which means it takes a lot of time before I'm done with one book (most of the time it takes me months, sometimes a year haha). At the moment I'm reading sporadically from the following books: 'The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life' by Ryszard Kapuscinski - Great book about a Polish journalist travelling through Africa. An account of African politics and life in a span of fourty years. 'The rise and fall of the British Empire' by Lawrence James - I have a real interest in modern imperialism and colonialism. The book is playfully written, but it's a pretty long read nevertheless. 'Woede en tijd' [Anger and time] by Peter Sloterdijk - The author analyses the role the human emotion of anger has played in our history and ultimately what it means in the present. An interesting read, but overall the author seems to try to overcomplicate and overanalyse certain issues, thereby discrediting its one-dimensional view on human history. 'Piracy: A complete history' by Angus Konstam - Not what I expected. I think it's an interesting subject, but the tone is too formal and the text too factual which makes it hard to stimulate the imagination. Last edited by JustAFan; 09-06-2009 at 05:08 PM.

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Grandmaster G Veteran Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: . Posts: 8,274 Repped: 1 Repped 105 Times in 69 Posts Neg Reps: 4 Neg Repped at 9 Times in 7 Posts	i laughed out loud when i saw shyne's post i read books.....here's my list Young Ra: The Downfall of A Hoodlum Seth Dollar: Sayin Ain't Soul, I Wil Not Go

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scool Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: DA CHAT SEXHUN THRONE MAFUCCA.. DEEBO WUDDUP?? Posts: 20,134 Repped: 1,328 Repped 2,389 Times in 867 Posts Neg Reps: 267 Neg Repped at 488 Times in 326 Posts	behold a pale horse was really wack........ i was hyped when i finally got it. but damn its bad

09-06-2009, 06:48 AM	#8
scool Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: DA CHAT SEXHUN THRONE MAFUCCA.. DEEBO WUDDUP?? Posts: 20,134 Repped: 1,328 Repped 2,389 Times in 867 Posts Neg Reps: 267 Neg Repped at 488 Times in 326 Posts	lmfao yeah those documents.. aka "proof" ...... smh, I tried reading em but gave up like 10 document pages in...... the book was just really really bad

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scool Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: DA CHAT SEXHUN THRONE MAFUCCA.. DEEBO WUDDUP?? Posts: 20,134 Repped: 1,328 Repped 2,389 Times in 867 Posts Neg Reps: 267 Neg Repped at 488 Times in 326 Posts	justafan u 40 years old still tryna kick knowledge on this mafucca....... U AINT JIGGA SON... U AINT FOREVER YOUNG

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JustAFan Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 834 Repped: 17 Repped 42 Times in 25 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	Lol, I'm 36 get your facts straight son. Btw, Jigga ain't got nothing on me! Yea

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A.T.I. Agitating the Ignorant Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 7,583 Repped: 1,369 Repped 2,033 Times in 714 Posts Neg Reps: 152 Neg Repped at 156 Times in 127 Posts	^see what hip-hop does to these kids! __________________ “At a snail's pace, I won this race that y'all trail"

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scool Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: DA CHAT SEXHUN THRONE MAFUCCA.. DEEBO WUDDUP?? Posts: 20,134 Repped: 1,328 Repped 2,389 Times in 867 Posts Neg Reps: 267 Neg Repped at 488 Times in 326 Posts	justafan i hope ur kidding when u say ur 36

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Shyne Sons Of Liberty Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Iowa Posts: 5,552 Repped: 3 Repped 2,053 Times in 849 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 151 Times in 95 Posts	I stopped reading heavy a few years ago, most books are bullshit anyways. You read one book where somone swears what they're saying is fact and has all these documents and proof to prove it then the next day you read another book, saying the exact opposite of the first, but also claiming to have facts and proof and shit. 90% of writers are full of shit I stick to fiction these days, at best I may read a graphic novel or somthing but actual reading has died long ago for me p.s. just to keep it on topic last book I read that I REALLY liked was like in 5th or 6th grade, it was called Enders Game, sci-fi book but it was amazing. I read the sequels to it which sucks thanks to Card's heavy handed, religious undertones. Then I read Enders Shadow which was equally as amazing but again Scott Card fucked up the sequels, essentially killing any interest had left __________________ myspace.com/vocabthemc http://coldglassofoj.blogspot.com Last edited by Shyne; 09-07-2009 at 08:56 PM.

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Just_Blaze Thread Jacker Numero Uno! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nu Jers.. It's that on top muzik! Posts: 3,641 Repped: 131 Repped 145 Times in 102 Posts Neg Reps: 11 Neg Repped at 4 Times in 4 Posts	Jaf wanna hang out some time? __________________ "tell blaze to stop it wit the embarassing posts.....he's making everything die" - Grandmaster G

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KING BHOB P.O.L.O/Attention:Deficit Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: East Side Pennsylvania Posts: 2,189 Repped: 0 Repped 590 Times in 201 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 25 Times in 20 Posts	i said i was bored one time and someone handed me a book... after i said..'fuck is this?' i started to read it its one of those 'self empowerment' type of jawns that tells you how to achieve what you want...apparently theres a film of this too...i guess of stories from actual trials.....w/e but anyway....its called The Secret....the cover looks weak...shits under 200pages...its a good read cuz it makes you think about how you approach your day and certain situations....i dunno....you still couldnt succeed if you mastered the shit tho Justice Blazer __________________ >\|>\|>\|> http://twitter.com/KingBhob <\|<\|<\|< >>>>>>>LIFE

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A.T.I. Agitating the Ignorant Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 7,583 Repped: 1,369 Repped 2,033 Times in 714 Posts Neg Reps: 152 Neg Repped at 156 Times in 127 Posts	^lmfao, harsh (but probably true ) __________________ “At a snail's pace, I won this race that y'all trail"

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Dimebag Darrell Rebel Without A Pause Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New York Posts: 3,293 Repped: 1,201 Repped 489 Times in 301 Posts Neg Reps: 123 Neg Repped at 94 Times in 71 Posts	catcher in the rye is a goat book i haven't read a good book in a long ass minute.. the last good book i read was like 6 months ago when i read 1984.. i have to read a book for one of my classes, a social studies class.. should be fun , but i kinda wanna read the book 'the souls of black folk' by w.e.b. du bois __________________ I got a Molotov cocktail with a match to go , I smoke my cigarette with style

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