So, time to take the book challenge! List the 10 books or more that have impacted your life. I am calling out 10 of u ( I lost count And the more the merrier)
More of my favorite books not just the ‘impact’ thing.
my thoughts- kbf
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Books and Authors that provide knowledge
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I have a degree in Economics and as described I
am to the right of Attila the Hun [like Jefferson]. My favorites include Walter
Williams “America a Minority View Point”, Thomas Sowell “Knowledge and Decisions”
, Milton Freeman “Free to Choose”, Thomas Freeman “The World is Flat”, Alexis
de Tocqueville “Democracy in America”, and way too many read 2-3 decades ago
when I still thought this would all make since someday.
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Bonus Book- at some point in the late 70’s I
found a book in a shop in Memphis on Konrad Adenauer, don’t remember the title
but I found it fascinating. How would you like to be the guy who had to clean
up Hitler’s mess with the Russians and Americans in the middle of a power grab?
“Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and
detective stories.” ARTHUR C CLARKE
Radio is playing “Poke Salad Annie” Tony Joe White,,, gators
got your granny… [jkf?]
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Any list by me would be bit hollow if I didn’t
mention Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” and the “Fountainhead”. I am fanatical
about some things and I own Hardcover, Kindle and audio versions of both… at
least 5 times each. [I do the same with music I love- I have bought “The Last
Waltz” The Band over the years LP, 8 track, Cassette, DVD and down loaded
version.]
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Move along, back to the list and books that I
just really enjoy reading. These are mostly books I originally bought in
hardcover or Kindle and then have purchased in the Audio version.
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My current top 10 [these lists are only applicable
in a moment in time.]
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Jim Butcher – Dresden Files series- I read and
listen to each book at least 3 times, the first time I try to go slow because I
don’t want to finish due to the time it
takes to put out a new one. I have tried to read his other books and I hated
them.
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Tom Clancy “Red Storm Rising” and then the Jack
Ryan and Jack Clark books. Toward the end too much was written by others. But I
have read them all at least twice.
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Michael Crichton “State of Fear” another book
that I have read a half dozen times. Great book, read the notes at the end.
Most of his other stuff as well.
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Jeff Sharra and his father [who wrote a book
called “The Killer Angels”]. Sharra is writing what I consider the most
important series on America and our wars. He covers the American Revolution,
the Spanish American War “Gone for solders” imagine Grant and Lee before they
were Generals fighting in Mexico. WWI and II. His research is amazing and his
characters fantastic. I have stood on the battlefields of Europe with a young Lieutenant
named Patton during WW1. These books should be in every library in America.
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Lee Childs’ Jack Reacher series- working on book
19 right now, a great character who could swallow Cruise whole.
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Stieg Larson’s “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” series.
I started it 3 times before it hooked me
and now I have read all 3 at least 3 times each, love Lisbeth.
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Robert Galbraith, or is it JK Rowling books- I
love the Harry Potter books. My wife read them to our kids, voices and all and
I listened from my chair and I became hooked. A wonderful world. I have enjoyed
the Galbraith books so far, she can write.
A side note- Carol and I had been married a short time and I
didn’t know she could read, never saw her read anything at all. I would lay in
bed and read and I would talk about the book I was reading. One night it was “Presumed
Innocent” by Scott Turow and I noticed she was reading over my shoulder, then
she took the book away from me. From that moment she has read 10 books to my
every one. Sometimes her book consumption amazes me. My daughters Jessica and
April picked up on that and have a great love of books. I think Carol was like
a lot of kids, burned out on books from high school reading lists and it just
needed to be rekindled. [My son embraces my love of Dresden] Reading those
books may have been the best parenting I ever did, besides loving their Mother.
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Robert B Parker, most of his books are a fun
read and just great lite reading.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle- “Sherlock Holmes”,
perhaps IMHO the greatest character ever put to pen.
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#10 the book I find tomorrow.
Read to your kids, if you enjoy it they will put the TV and
video games aside for a bit.
Enough of my pompous ramblings.
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I have the desire to read approximately 0 of these books. But I think Kevin has the first Dresden Files book on audio for him to listen to. I think I will stick with my fantasy books. Although, Nicole is supposed to be picking out a book for the 2 of us to read...
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