# Read any good books lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 5, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386 "2007-06-05T07:30:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/141 "2008-12-18T14:05:30Z")
:tup: I have a pdf if you like to slack at work and would enjoy continuing your progress ---
**Author:** ![rojaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@rojaul](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rojaul)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/142 "2008-12-18T14:35:34Z")
The Great Influenza (revised edition) by: John M Barry ---
**Author:** ![ecoshardcore](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ecoshardcore/32/7591_2.png) [@ecoshardcore](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ecoshardcore)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/143 "2009-01-11T13:11:34Z")
Conscience of a Conservative- Barry Goldwater ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/144 "2009-01-12T08:22:32Z")
Just started Cold Mountain (not Brokeback Mountain, fggt) a few days ago. Very, very good book so far. ---
**Author:** ![ecoshardcore](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ecoshardcore/32/7591_2.png) [@ecoshardcore](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ecoshardcore)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/145 "2009-01-15T10:17:22Z")
Just finished “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell” In 24 hours. It was pretty hilarious ---
**Author:** ![FBodyMadnezz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fbodymadnezz/32/7433_2.png) [@FBodyMadnezz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FBodyMadnezz)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/146 "2009-01-15T21:31:18Z")
just finished Watchmen, wanted to read it before the movie came out. ![http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:30xaKRBKRrPSnM:http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/spotlights/news/watchmen.jpg](http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:30xaKRBKRrPSnM:http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/spotlights/news/watchmen.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/147 "2009-02-23T19:54:43Z")
![http://www.mountvernon.org/images/store/biggest/His%20excellency1lg.jpg](http://www.mountvernon.org/images/store/biggest/His%20excellency1lg.jpg) Fucking fascinating. Going back to the beginnings of this little experiment in democracy. Turns out he was just an arrogant asshole protecting his own interests and driven by perpetually having something to prove. The American dream at its most fundamental. Fantastic study in leadership too. ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/148 "2009-02-23T19:58:23Z")
currently reading “The Book of Bluffs” ---
**Author:** ![double\_j](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/double_j/32/7380_2.png) [@double\_j](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/double_j)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/149 "2009-02-24T18:58:24Z")
![http://www.muskegoncc.edu/Images/English%20Department/Teacher%20Man.jpg](http://www.muskegoncc.edu/Images/English%20Department/Teacher%20Man.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/150 "2009-02-24T19:31:40Z")
Just finished “The Pillars of The Earth” by Ken Follett. Great read ---
**Author:** ![97\_B18b1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/cdc98d/32.png) [@97\_B18b1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97_B18b1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/151 "2009-02-28T02:25:03Z")
Just finished: A Nation of Sheep By, Judge Andrew Napolitano Currently reading: The Creature from Jekyl Island, A Second Look at the Federal Reserve By, G. Edward Griffin The Case for Christ By, Lee Strobel ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/152 "2009-02-28T06:35:11Z")
damn I never saw this thread! Crank by Ellen Hopkins. Semi-true story about a girl who went to visit her father in New Mexico and started using crystal meth, and took on a new alias and persona. Also, its written like a journal/diary. The sequel to this book is titled “Glass.” One of my favorite books I’ve read is “God’s in Every Man” by Jean Shinoda Bolen. The book relates different people to ancient Greek gods. Very interesting. The next book I plan on reading is “Burned” by Ellen Hopkins. ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/153 "2009-03-03T17:59:14Z")
_The Redneck Manifesto- How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash became America’s Scapegoats_ Jim Goad It’s an interesting book > **The [Redneck](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck) Manifesto** is the title of a 1997 book by author [Jim Goad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Goad), in which he delineates some of his views about what he sees to be the disenfranchisement of lower-class White people, and how certain aspects of American society, such as [racism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism) and [sexism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism), cover what he sees as a deeper concern relating to [class conflict](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_conflict). His thesis is that the rich elite blind the poor, and cause them to fight one another, instead of working together for their mutual benefit, and confronting the rich elite. > Goad, a journalist by training, claims that most U.S. American Whites descend from impoverished Europeans, who were brought to the New World in shackles, like the African slaves later. Convicts, beggars, orphans, and the kidnapped were sent to America, and the Caribbean colonies, to work the land. The writer compares their plight to slavery, and argues that the institution of indentured servitude has been falsely portrayed as an option of free choice. His strong, albeit somewhat humorous and controversial defense of the white underclass, aka “White trash”, is largely based on the assumption that its members have been wronged throughout history, while they have been denied their rights by the upper classes’ insistence on portraying the position of the poor as a result of bad choice and character, unlike the poor of other ethnic backgrounds. ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/154 "2009-03-08T08:25:18Z")
Just finished the book Glass by Ellen Hopkins, sequel to Crank. About 700 pages, but written in verse to make for a good flowing read. The next book to this story titled “Fallout” is due out at the end of the year which I’ll be looking forward to. I tried to pick up Smack (titled Junk in Europe) by Melvin Burgess, but the major stores are sold out apparantly. If I can’t find Smack tommorow, I’m going to pick up Identical by Ellen Hopkins. Identical is about two female teen twins that deal with family problems, drugs, sex, incest, etc. Also written in verse. ---
**Author:** ![ecoshardcore](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ecoshardcore/32/7591_2.png) [@ecoshardcore](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ecoshardcore)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/155 "2009-03-24T18:19:40Z")
I just finished reading “Good to be King” By Michael Badnarik. Its a extremely easy to read and extremely helpful primer on Constitutional law. Easily the most baddass book i have read in a LONG time. I would recommend it to everyone. > ---
**Author:** ![jdmEK9gsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmek9gsr/32/4995_2.png) [@jdmEK9gsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdmEK9gsr)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/156 "2009-03-25T11:03:14Z")
Check out “A Million Little Fibers” by Steven Mctowelie. It’s a great read that relates to every day life. ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/157 "2009-03-25T15:01:50Z")
Finished “Smack” last week. Good read, but written in European slang so I had to flip to the glossary every so often to understand some of these words/phrases. I’m in the middle of “Identical” by Ellen Hopkins. Next I’m going to read “Tweak” by Nic Sheff, then probably “Go Ask Alice” by Anonymous. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/158 "2009-03-25T15:44:27Z")
> [@ecoshardcore](#): > > I just finished reading “Good to be King” By Michael Badnarik. > > Its a extremely easy to read and extremely helpful primer on Constitutional law. Easily the most baddass book i have read in a LONG time. I would recommend it to everyone. > > [http://www.amazon.com/Good-Be-King-Foundation-Constitutional/dp/1594110964](http://www.amazon.com/Good-Be-King-Foundation-Constitutional/dp/1594110964) That does look interesting. Is Badnarik the guy who came to Buffalo a while ago to teach his 8 hour class? A certain distinguished gentleman invited me to it but I opted to not pony up a Saturday and a hundo for it even though I wanted to. Did you buy this? If I can’t find it at a library can I kick you 10 bones to borrow it? Like, literally 10 bones though. Probably ribs. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/159 "2009-03-25T15:52:14Z")
:tinfoilhat: Of all the libraries at UB, not a single copy of this. ---
**Author:** ![ecoshardcore](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ecoshardcore/32/7591_2.png) [@ecoshardcore](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ecoshardcore)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386/160 "2009-03-25T18:23:45Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > That does look interesting. Is Badnarik the guy who came to Buffalo a while ago to teach his 8 hour class? A certain distinguished gentleman invited me to it but I opted to not pony up a Saturday and a hundo for it even though I wanted to. > > Did you buy this? If I can’t find it at a library can I kick you 10 bones to borrow it? Like, literally 10 bones though. Probably ribs. Yeah, its the same guy. I was going to go but slept until 3pm despite 2 alarm clocks. Oh well. You can borrow it when I am done 🙂 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386.md?page=7) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-any-good-books-lately/30386.md?page=9)