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    oy1
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    I’m looking for a good book, any recommendations?

    #974803
    live right
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    The biography of R’ Shlomo Friefeld

    #974804
    Ender
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    Fiction or non-fiction?

    #974805
    oy1
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    “Fiction or non-fiction?”

    either. something you enjoyed, something interesting to read(unpredictable)

    #974806
    OneOfMany
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    What’s your tolerance level? 🙂

    #974807
    oy1
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    “What’s your tolerance level? :)”

    ????

    #974808
    OneOfMany
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    how “prudish” does it have to be

    #974809
    oy1
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    Do I have to klaap “Al Chet”?

    jk, I’m not that prudish as long as it’s worth reading

    #974810
    writersoul
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    What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell.

    I don’t really like his pop psychology books, but I LOVE this book, which is basically a collection of the best/favorite articles that he wrote for the New Yorker. You will find yourself fascinated by the development of advertisements for hair dye and training dogs. It’s also very, very well written, obviously.

    If you don’t want to spend on it or shlep to the library all of his articles (including many more than are in the book) are on his website, but the computer is an annoying way to read.

    #974811
    OneOfMany
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    Beloved–Toni Morrison

    Midnight’s Children–Salman Rushdie <– this and Beloved are not for the faint-hearted, as they are disturbing and kind of gory

    The Ocean at the End of the Lane–Neil Gaiman

    Discworld series–Terry Pratchett

    Tortilla Flat–John Steinbeck

    The Lord of the Rings–J. R. R. Tolkien

    Pale Fire–Vladmir Nabakov

    The Help–Kathryn Stockett

    Millenium Trilogy–Stieg Larsson

    The Joy Luck Club–Amy Tan

    War and Peace–Leo Tolstoy

    Room– Emma Donoghue

    The Good Earth–Pearl S. Buck

    Mrs. Dalloway–Virginia Woolf

    Age of Innocence–Edith Wharton

    #974812
    oy1
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    OneofMany: Thanks, I’ve read a couple, but it looks like a good list. (The book’s usually better than the movie)

    #974813
    lakewood001
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    Pillars of the Earth and its sequel World without end by Ken Follet (fiction)

    The Prime Ministers by Yehuda Avner (non fiction)

    Fall of giants by Ken Follet (fiction)

    The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (dramatized non fiction)

    Jurassic Park by Michael Chricton (fictio)

    Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

    The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connely (fiction)

    At home by Bill Bryson (non fiction)

    #974814
    Ender
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    The Corner by David Simon

    #974816
    lakewood001
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    The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort (non fiction)

    The Ice Man by Philip Carlo (non fiction)

    Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahaneman (non fiction)

    Busting Vegas by Ben Mezrich (dramatized non fiction)

    21 by Ben Mezrich (dramatized non fiction)

    #974817
    oy1
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    thanks, I don’t want to sound like I only read chick books, those sound more guy oriented, (I heard of some of them)

    #974818
    OneOfMany
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    …what are chick books?

    #974819
    lakewood001
    Member

    Yeah, what’s a chick book?? My wife read most of the books I list above and she liked them….

    #974820
    eclipse
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    live right: The book on Rabbi Freifeld WAS incredible.

    “As long as I Live” by Ahron Margolit,also unbelievably inspiring.

    #974821
    Bookworm120
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    Lakewood001 – Haha, I see Jurassic Park’s being recommended now! 😀 Oy1, if you can tolerate the more mature stuff in the JP books, it really is a great read.

    #974822
    notasheep
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    I would think a chick book is something like PS: I Love You, which is beautiful. Otherwise I usually head for the older kids’ section cause there are some fantastic books there and kids’ literature is always clean. Adults’ and even teens’ section you really have to be careful what you pick up in terms of content.

    I can recommend The Tapestry series by Henry H Neff.

    #974823
    Ender
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    well if you are going to read Michael Crichton books, you might as well read the best book of his, Timeline.

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