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Feb. 1, 2012, 3:45 p.m.
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This is fascinating and eye opening!

This is just fun!

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Feb. 1, 2012, 10:51 p.m.
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Stoked that this thread got revived. Here are some books I've enjoyed lately:





Feb. 2, 2012, 12:11 p.m.
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The book:

Inspires the song


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdefe7l7_Zc

The book:

Inspires the song:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0ZP152mALk

Feb. 2, 2012, 1:32 p.m.
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I just finished this:

Feb. 2, 2012, 2:50 p.m.
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Stoked that this thread got revived. Here are some books I've enjoyed lately:

I stalled at the halfway point of this. I think I'm 5-10 years too young for it. His pop culture ravings fall on my unappreciative ears.

I'm on page 800ish of 1000ish of

I like it. Some complain that it's just a long drugstore spy novel, and it may be. No obscure tech concepts, no life on other planets. Just lots of chasing, spying, shooting, and video game references.

Feb. 2, 2012, 5:39 p.m.
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I'm 26, so i could relate quite well to klostermans book. His commentaries on saved by the bell were especially true/hilarious.

Feb. 3, 2012, 7:45 a.m.
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OK, I'm 30 and couldn't.

Must not be my age then.

Feb. 3, 2012, 8:08 a.m.
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American Sniper, an autobiography by a U.S. Navy Seal sniper. Got really good reviews.

The reviews I read were not that positive. It seems that the tone of the book is militaristic and simplifying. I have not yet read it - am hooked on other books at the moment. And I do not want to start an argument here, just what I heard on the radio and read on the 'net.

"You don't learn from experience. You learn from reflecting on the experience."
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Feb. 3, 2012, 8:16 a.m.
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By Stieg Larsson

the girl with the dragon tatoo, the girl who played with fire ,the girl who kicked the horents nest all in pretty rapid succession

Feb. 3, 2012, 4:43 p.m.
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damn, read the thread title wrong. I thought this was the boobs thread…….

This is way out of my league.

Feb. 3, 2012, 4:47 p.m.
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The reviews I read were not that positive. It seems that the tone of the book is militaristic and simplifying. I have not yet read it - am hooked on other books at the moment. And I do not want to start an argument here, just what I heard on the radio and read on the 'net.

Interesting. I heard the opposite. Mind you, the reviews I heard were from the shooting community. I did hear that his writing isn't as polished as others, but that's to be expected from a Navy SEAL. I imagine the stories are fairly interesting, especially if you participate in the sport of precision shooting. Otherwise it probably isn't your thing. I imagine the reviews you heard/read weren't from shooters, so that's understandable.

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."
— Sigmund Freud

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Feb. 3, 2012, 4:57 p.m.
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Finished this last week.


Fraser Valley Mountain Bikers Assoc.

Feb. 3, 2012, 5:37 p.m.
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^^^I used to read Clive all the time. Then he started to get other people to write under his name, and I stopped.

Does anyone wear an orange Doxa dive watch in those new books? Or was Dirk Pitt the only one?

Feb. 3, 2012, 8:27 p.m.
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^^^I used to read Clive all the time. Then he started to get other people to write under his name, and I stopped.

Does anyone wear an orange Doxa dive watch in those new books? Or was Dirk Pitt the only one?

This one is the second Issac Bell story. It took place in the late 1800's/turn of the century, no dive watches there.

Fraser Valley Mountain Bikers Assoc.

Feb. 4, 2012, 3 p.m.
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:lol:

I fail to see the humor :???:

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."
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