The Best Book You Have Read (recently)

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by slymarketing, Oct 18, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi all,

    I thought I share with you the best book experience I have had for the past six months or so.

    It was when I read the book called The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.

    From the book/homepage:
    On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.
    I really recommend that you read the book.

    Do you have any recommendations regarding a book you have read during the past months?

    Jens
     
    slymarketing, Oct 18, 2008 IP
  2. esidyo

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    I am not much of a book fan, i read Brisingr few days back
     
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    my math book
    i usually read this before go to school today
     
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    My favorite book is the 'Wikinomics' by Don Tapscott and Anthony D.Williams.
     
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    I am not much into reading books but the last book that I read was Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I was very impressed by that book. :)
     
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    my fav is chetan's bhagat Five Point Someone
     
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    A Game of Thrones. This is part of the epic A Song of Ice and Fire series.

    I have actually read all of these before, but I am re-reading the series because the next book should be coming out soon. It had been scheduled to come out in October, but it looks like it has been pushed back several months now :(
     
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    I'm not much into reading books. The last book i read was when the last Harry Potter book came out.
     
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    Hmmm.. The last book I re-read was The Da Vinci Code.
     
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    Ivanhoe & Canterbury Tales
     
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    The only books I've been reading is my note books, filled with study notes... XP

    But other than that, I would say Brisingr a week ago.
     
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    I am a fan of good books. I read almost all type of books. But i like fantasy novels very much. My favorite book is The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein. This book was written during the word war II. It is translated into many languages and make a film related to this book.
     
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    Not much of a reader but i like harry potter books also Dan Brown Novels. Rate 5 star for davinci code and Angels and demons
     
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