I just read Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile:Amazon:Kindle Store It was really good. In the same vien as Paul Shirley's book. Anybody else read a good book lately?
I really enjoyed The Fault In Our Stars. Thought it was pretty funny, cute, touching. I was also relatively short so I was able to finish in a day or two. Dr. Sleep was an excellent read if you've read The Shining. Reading Lone Survivor right now and its tough to get through. Tough as in its horribly written. The actual story is pretty engaging but the mass amount of fluff surrounding the story is incredibly distracting.
As mentioned above, Unbroken is good.
A good one I read last summer was The Worst Hard Time. Was about the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. An interesting topic about which I knew very little.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl: Timothy Egan: 9780618773473: Amazon.com: BooksThis is an excellent read.
As mentioned above, Unbroken is good.
A good one I read last summer was The Worst Hard Time. Was about the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. An interesting topic about which I knew very little.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl: Timothy Egan: 9780618773473: Amazon.com: BooksThis is an excellent read.
I also give this book my recommendation. His newer book The Big Burn is also a very good read. Maybe its because I already had a decent knowledge of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl but I enjoy The Big Burn more.
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Burn-Tedd...FME_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390324748&sr=1-3
The author gives a lot of political opinions that don't contribute to the story. It would've been better without, but still an amazing story of bravery.I had the same thoughts about Lone Survivor. It's been awhile, so I can't quite remember what it was exactly, but there was something about the way it was written that turned me off.
The author gives a lot of political opinions that don't contribute to the story. It would've been better without, but still an amazing story of bravery.
I just started it, but I am loving "Don't Put Me in Coach" by Mark Titus. It's a lot like Shirley's book. He talks about growing up and playing AAu with Mike Conley and Greg Oden and his time as a walk on at Ohio State. Very funny. Another good one is ***** My Dad Says. Don't remember the author right off hand but he is a contributor for Maxim.
I also just finished Divergent. It's a very easy read and it does pull you in. It was also great timing to read Divergent as I had finished Cloud Atlas prior, which was a boring read in my opinion.
I'm now trying to read older classics that I feel like I should have read already. Slaughterhouse Five is the one I started with. If anyone else has some classics that they feel are a must read, I'd love to add more to my list.