Thought I'd continue the current trend of social blogs we've seen of late, by seeing what everyone's favourite books are, and/or a book you may currently be reading.
That is if others read book regularly of course.
Personally, my favourite modern day author is James Patterson.
Really enjoying his Alex Cross & Michael Bennett series, as well as his stand-alone thrillers.
Also enjoy reading books from guys like Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway etc.
I'm currently reading however, the latest autobiography from Barack Obama, titled the Audacity of Hope. Fantastic insight into his life, and how he had work his butt off as an outsider of sorts, to get to where he is today.
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Yeah, I had to read that book Year 10 English Tony.
Was definitely a good read, that's for sure.
Must admit that some of the ideas that were in that book when I read it that stage were rather outlandish, but then when I was a bit older, I re-read the copy that we got to keep from the school, and then I started to understand it better and see as you say, just how real the ideas in the book seem.
I like to read Sport books. So far ive read - Adam Gilchrist: True colours (Twice), Andrew Johns Biography, Ricky Pontings: Captains Diary 2009 and Captains Year, Shane Warne, Illustrated Career and at the moment I am reading Ashes by Roland Perry
Do your self a favour and read Henry David Thoreau - Walden or life in the woods.
Appreciate the simple things in life as the things that really matter.
A sports reader.
Three biographies I'm keen to get a hold of are Adam Gilchrist: True Colours, Matthew Hayden: Standing My Ground and Richie Benaud's autobiography.
Read a bit at Myer the other day, and it was a fascinating story.
Might get it soon.
Have to say that I haven't heard of that book FH.
Will definitely look into it though.
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion."
— Henry David Thoreau
If you remember 'Dead Poets Society' it was the book they read when they first entered the cave. - An essential
Yeah, I've seen Dead Poets Society, but struggling to remember the book in question.
Either way, I'll need to look into it and start reading it.
Good man.. It was published about 1840 and so is a little dated. Hope you like it.
I enjoy reading a bit of history, and books from some time ago, so I'll look into it.
See if I can find a copy at a bookstore somewhere, if not, even an online copy.
There's bound to be a copy somewhere.
On second thoughts ANY book with Jessica Alba in or on it is an essential read also !!!!!
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