Valentino Rossi's autobiography "what if I had never tried it"....it's really good, he talks about his whole life and gives an inside look about what was happening with him and biaggi, and when he switched to Yamaha. It's kinda funny to, he is a jokester :up:
Not mine. ..."he spanked my bottom..." Is where I closed the book... Really? You are writing an S&M porn and you write "he spanked my bottom"??? For Pete's sake. I just couldn't get on the Grey bandwagon at all. I really don't read any girly porn anyway. If you want a survival manual, edible wild plants, herbal medicine, Gardening, canning, Stephen Kings Dark Tower series or the Road to Serfdom - you will find it in my bookshelf. Along with some Shakespeare, Poe and Hemingway... Maybe Pat the Bunny and Everybody Poops.
You started with a good one! :up: I'd stay with the travel theme and go "Vroom With A View". Similar but different. I also tried sticking with the hiking theme and going "Wild" but there was more self-discovery than I wanted. IMHO, it's really hard to top "A Walk in the Woods" in the hiking genre. Now I'm stuck on "The Tipping Point" after reading and listening to alot of Freakonomics.
Just finished the Odd Thomas Series, waiting for the next one. I AM getting kinda tired of the <insert popular author name here> with <insert unknown or lesser known writer here> so they can make a few more bucks of of a franchise series.
If you want to learn something about how your mind works, read "How We Decide" by Jonah Lehrer. Easy to follow, fascinating insight into the human decision-making process. If you learn what he is saying, it makes selling and negotiating a lot easier.
If you have any interest in business, or even work in a business, and especially if you own a business, read Entreleadership by Dave Ramsey. It's all about business success, it's interesting, and will keep your attention. For the spy thriller type fiction, I have many of the above mentioned and they are good; I have just started a new series by Vince Flynn with a character named Mitch Rapp. 250 pages in two nights. I'm hooked.
Clive Cussler writes some pretty good action adventure. The movie version of "Sahara" was so bad he wont allow any others to be made into movies, but the book was great even though I hate reading novels.
I read that one, pretty good book. If you like that style of writing, you should read "American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China" Pretty funny. http://www.amazon.com/American-Shaolin-Flying-Buddhist-Odyssey/dp/1592403379
I wish I had a book like How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor by Ernie Zelinski to read 35 years ago. My life would sure have been different. I would have lived same life but with a different perspective on living. Probably would have done more riding too.
I just finished "Perks of Being a Wallflower", and am now reading Corey Taylor's autobiography "Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good". He's the singer for Slipknot and Stone Sour if you're not familiar with his work. I really enjoy his writing style.
"A Higher Call" by Adam Makos. It's a true story about two WWII pilots, one American and one German. Absolutely riveting, I read it in one sitting (A whole Sunday shot...but what the hey). I came away with a different view of the German WWII pilots, I guess I can understand where they came from...even though it was still "wrong".
I read a lot. If I had to pick only two books in order to try to convert someone to becoming a reader: Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl Michael Crichton - Prey Fun, page-turning books that suck you in.
