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Nick Mangold

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Oct 5, 2017 9:51 AM
Finished How to Win Friends and Influence People and started A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.
Oct 5, 2017 9:51am
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Oct 5, 2017 10:18 AM
justincredible;1875233 wrote:Finished How to Win Friends and Influence People and started A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.
Bill Bryson is great.
Oct 5, 2017 10:18am
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Oct 5, 2017 11:08 AM
Dr Winston O'Boogie;1875240 wrote:Bill Bryson is great.
Read this one after reading the Cheryl Strayed book. Seems so cool to be out there and hiking that far with no worries in the World. I don't even camp, but it sounds awesome.
Oct 5, 2017 11:08am
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Nick Mangold

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Oct 10, 2017 1:42 PM
Finishing up A Walk in the Woods today. It has been a great listen.

I had put in a bunch of holds for audiobooks with the library a while back, and after a pretty long wait almost all of them started to come in all at once. I now have the following to choose from for my next listen:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Churchill and Owell by Thomas E. Ricks
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
The American Spirit by David McCullough
Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt

I am leaning toward Hillbilly Elegy first, not sure what after that. I have between 14-16 days left on all of these books, I'd like to get through 3 on this list.
Oct 10, 2017 1:42pm
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Oct 10, 2017 3:52 PM
justincredible;1876530 wrote:Finishing up A Walk in the Woods today. It has been a great listen.

I had put in a bunch of holds for audiobooks with the library a while back, and after a pretty long wait almost all of them started to come in all at once. I now have the following to choose from for my next listen:

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Churchill and Owell by Thomas E. Ricks
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
The American Spirit by David McCullough
Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt

I am leaning toward Hillbilly Elegy first, not sure what after that. I have between 14-16 days left on all of these books, I'd like to get through 3 on this list.
I've read Hitchhiker's before. A very good read, if light-hearted sci-fi is a thing you can get into. Douglas Adams was a witty guy. Really, it's been a while since I've read it, but I recall the first three Hitchhiker's books to be really good. Don't think I liked the fourth (So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, I think) as much.
Oct 10, 2017 3:52pm
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Nick Mangold

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Oct 16, 2017 8:22 PM
Finished Hillbilly Elegy and Hitchhiker's Guide. I think I'll start The Subtle Art of not Giving a F*ck next.
Oct 16, 2017 8:22pm
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Nick Mangold

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Oct 24, 2017 3:01 PM
Finished Subtle Art, started Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman.
Oct 24, 2017 3:01pm
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Oct 24, 2017 3:09 PM
Basketball (And Other Things) by Shea Serrano.
Oct 24, 2017 3:09pm
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Oct 24, 2017 3:50 PM
Fab4Runner;1878609 wrote:Basketball (And Other Things) by Shea Serrano.
It's so good. And the illustrations are great.
Oct 24, 2017 3:50pm
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Oct 25, 2017 11:31 AM
wildcats20;1878615 wrote:It's so good. And the illustrations are great.
Yeah, I am enjoying it.
Oct 25, 2017 11:31am
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Nick Mangold

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Nov 1, 2017 8:51 AM
Finished Norse Mythology and The Millionaire Next Door. I'm about 2/3 through All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor. It's the final book in a newer sci-fi trilogy that I started this spring. Great books, if you like sci-fi. Even better if you listen to audiobooks, as the narrater is the best in the business, IMO.
Nov 1, 2017 8:51am
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Nick Mangold

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Nov 3, 2017 8:07 AM
Finished All These Worlds this morning, which was my 50th book for the year. Not sure what I'm going to read next.
Nov 3, 2017 8:07am
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Nov 6, 2017 11:55 AM
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. I'm a Hitler/Nazi history junkie, but for some reason have never read this. I'm almost finished with it and I would say it is excellent if you want a detailed account of this period. Very well written and cited.
Nov 6, 2017 11:55am
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Nov 6, 2017 12:54 PM
Dr Winston O'Boogie;1880391 wrote:The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. I'm a Hitler/Nazi history junkie, but for some reason have never read this. I'm almost finished with it and I would say it is excellent if you want a detailed account of this period. Very well written and cited.
You might also be interested, then, in Shirer's The Nightmare Years about the 1930's in Germany.
Nov 6, 2017 12:54pm
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Nov 6, 2017 1:01 PM
BRF;1880408 wrote:You might also be interested, then, in Shirer's The Nightmare Years about the 1930's in Germany.
Thank you for the recommendation. I will check it out. His writing is excellent and he was a first-hand witness to the whole thing.
Nov 6, 2017 1:01pm
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Nov 6, 2017 2:37 PM
Dr Winston O'Boogie;1880412 wrote:Thank you for the recommendation. I will check it out. His writing is excellent and he was a first-hand witness to the whole thing.
Yes, I was going to add that.......that he was actually living there. My copy is personally autographed.
Nov 6, 2017 2:37pm
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Nick Mangold

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Nov 6, 2017 3:54 PM
I'm finally getting around to finishing The Hobbit. I'm not sure what I'm going to get into next. I need a good new audiobook but I'm having trouble deciding what I want to get.
Nov 6, 2017 3:54pm
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Nov 7, 2017 9:11 AM
Working on "Panacea" by F. Paul Wilson. I read thru the conclusion of the Repairman Jack series, looking forward to something different by Wilson. Looks interesting so far, I'm thru the first 3 chapters.

Finished "Origin" by Daniel Brown recently - hated it. A great disappointment after a big build-up at the beginning. Quite unfortunate, because I had just read "The Lost Symbol" before that and found it to be very entertaining and interesting.
Nov 7, 2017 9:11am
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Nov 7, 2017 9:19 AM
The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1870, by Hugh Thomas
Nov 7, 2017 9:19am
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Nick Mangold

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Nov 14, 2017 1:29 PM
I ended up listening to Mr Mercedes by Stephen King. I think it's my first King book. I'm almost finished with it, it has been great so far.
Nov 14, 2017 1:29pm
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Nick Mangold

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Nov 26, 2017 2:40 PM
Finished Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch. Great trilogy from Stephen King.

Started The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve audiobooklast night.

I'm also reading Come and Take It: The Gun Printer's Guide to Thinking Free.
Nov 26, 2017 2:40pm
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Nov 26, 2017 3:14 PM
Alternating between The Cuban Affair and Artemis
Nov 26, 2017 3:14pm
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Nick Mangold

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Nov 26, 2017 3:16 PM
How is Artemis? I really like The Martian so I'll read it at some point.
Nov 26, 2017 3:16pm
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Nov 26, 2017 5:48 PM
Only three chapters in but I like it so far. I don't spend a lot of time reading so you'll likely finish up your two previously mentioned books and start/finish Artemis before I finish it.
Nov 26, 2017 5:48pm