I just ordered
1)Down These Mean Streets (Thirtieth-Anniversary Edition)
by PIRI THOMAS

2)Bodega Dreams : A Novel
by ERNESTO QUINONEZ

3)My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King (Illinois)
by Reymundo Sanchez

4)Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King
by Reymundo Sanchez

Am an avid reader but mostly business books like those by John Maxwell, Stephen Covey, Spencer Johnson, and Ken Blanchard..

I need to read more than I do, my wife is always yelling at me for not reading enough even though I am above average in this department...my wife says the USA Today does not count but I skewer thru it on a daily basis.

I am a Democrat and am very involved in politics so most of my reading is political in nature...I tend to read 80% right wing authors...Sean Hannity, Anne Coulter (I hate that *****), Bill O' Rielly, Rush Limabaugh etc.

As a liberal if I can't understand how the right thinks then there is no way I can have 100% validity with my own arguments...I know how my side thinks, knowing your opponent will make you much more effective in a debate atmosphere.

I love Sean Hannity...although I would like to get him in the ring and show him that liberals aren't *****'s....man I would **** him up!

I read Playboy for the articles ;)







but seriously folks, I love Mario Puzo and Sports Biographies.

I have started reading more lately. Right now I only read nonfiction.

I am currently reading Bill Clinton's "My Life".

The last book I read that was really good was "The Dirt" by the guys from Motley Crue. Man, what a great life those guys have had...that is if you forget about Vince killing that dude driving drunk and his little girl dying of cancer. :rolleyes:

books ? what is "book" ?

haaaaaaaaa i get it you mean "the RING "

ok i read "books".

Am an avid reader but mostly business books like those by John Maxwell, Stephen Covey, Spencer Johnson, and Ken Blanchard..


Big fan of Stephen Covey......life changing books!! ;)

Mostly tagalog novels with a lot of banging. In our place we call them bedtime stories... :D

a trippy ass book is blood meridian by cormac mccarthy its so confusing but its crazy good its about the wild west, i reccomend it i also read vietnam war novels

I'm reading E.A.R.L the Autobiography of DMX.

- To live is to suffer, but to survive, well, that's to find the meaning in the suffering -

-If I dont know where I'm coming from, where would I go?

- Places that I have been, things that I have seen.
What you call a nightmare, are what I have as dreams. -

Good book, shows how DMX had to "get crazy" to survive.

"What you thought, D? That I was going to drive you home?"
Oh, ****. I never felt so small in my entire life. She said it out loud, too.Than she made it worse.
"And what kind of ***** comes all the way to Connecticut with no money in his pocket?"
That hurt.That hurt bad.The other girls on the line looked at me waiting for my response, but all I could manage was a real fragile "**** you" under my breath."Come on,yo," I said to my man,slowly walking away."Lets go rob something."

I read books, but mostly for training. Agood book for boxing called "The Ultimate Boxer." Really good book. And it's written by a phd, so its not a bunch of non-sensecal jibberish.

only thing i be reading is autobiography

I like the Hardy Boys mysteries and Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective. And anything by Beverly Cleary.

The kicks kept coming, harder and harder, slaming against my spine and the back of my legs.
I didnt do it....I didnt do it......
One guy wouldnt stop kicking me in the head.Than I heard someone say they should take me into the park and three guys started dragging me up the street by my shoulders. My body was too beaten to resist and as they pulled me up the street, the mob grew. *****s who didnt even know what had happened with the chain came over to help administer the beatdown and than I realized what was going on.For all the times I had robbed someone and ran up on them with the dog,for all the times I had left someone in an alley,broke and embarrassed with their pants down and their girlfriend watching,this was their payback.

I don't read a whole lot; here's the last 4 books I read:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553803662/qid=1107610615/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/103-6915886-2975016

Fortress America : On the Frontlines of Homeland Security--An Inside Look at the Coming Surveillance State
by MATTHEW BRZEZINSKI

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400050596/qid=1107610707/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-6915886-2975016?v=glance&s=books

Whatever You Say I Am : The Life and Times of Eminem
by ANTHONY BOZZA

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1575581132/qid%3D1107610755/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-6915886-2975016

9-11 Descent into Tyranny
by Alex Jones (Author)

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1550225847/qid=1107610842/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/103-6915886-2975016

WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling
by R. D. Reynolds, Randy Baer

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I love reading.

Two great novels I've read in the last year are The Pillars of the Earth By Ken Follett - This is perhaps the greatest story I've ever read.

and Last Man Standing by David Baldacci - Very entertaining. I think Sound Traveler would like this book.

just got done reading Angels & Demons, DiVinci Code, The Hobbit, and The Black House.

Right now i'm almost done with The Fellowship of the Rings, War & Peace, and The People's History of the United States.

I love reading.

Two great novels I've read in the last year are The Pillars of the Earth By Ken Follett - This is perhaps the greatest story I've ever read.

and Last Man Standing by David Baldacci - Very entertaining. I think Sound Traveler would like this book.


I've read all of Baldacci books, he is a very good writer. I like most of the books I've read by Koontz and King too. Elmore Leonard is an excellent writer.

Man, good to see so many readers on this forum. I can't get enough of reading. I worked in a bookstore for a few years and even though the job was hell (this was a big-box place run by ignorant psychopaths) it was great seeing all the new books come in and browsing through stuff on the shelves.

I used to read a lot of fiction but got tired of it. Most of the so-called great fiction that comes out these days is nothing but cliched crap. Every young male writer has to toss in a lesbian relationship in their novels. That's supposed to be art? Nobody has a damn thing to say anymore it seems. I get more out of reading popular authors like Elmore Leonard than that garbage. The only author I'll read that's still writing and is considered "highbrow" is Don Delillo. He's pretentious as hell but he's also really quite amazing.

Classic works of fiction are great if you can get through them...they're tough but they're classics for a reason.

I like westerns a lot, at least if they're written well. Lonesome Dove is a classic. Blood Meridian I have yet to read but here it's good. Elmore Leonard's westerns are great. Valdez is Coming...damn that's a good one.

Mostly these days I read history. European history really interests me...not cause I think it's great (though there are some aspects of it that are good) but mostly because European culture and politics (and by extension American culture and politics) have taken over the world and if you want to understand what's going on in the world now you best be reading about what happened before. Medieval history is really interesting, as is the early modern period (1500-1600), when Europeans began really screwing over the rest of the world. When you read about what happened in the Americas, in Africa and in Asia you really realize that there's a lot of hell to pay yet.

Modern politics are interesting to read about too. I guess I'm a liberal but I like to read from both sides. The Econmoist is a great magazine to read to keep up with what's going on in the world, even if you don't agree with their slant on things. Getting a letter published in it attacking their stance on Wal-Mart was one of my proudest moments :) .

I have started reading more lately. Right now I only read nonfiction.

I am currently reading Bill Clinton's "My Life".




Umm, and that qualifies as non-fiction how, exactly?

john grisham books are the best

"grapes of wrath" by john steinbeck is also my fave
tom joad and his family really struck me

"hound of baskerville" by sir arthur conan doyle is my all-time favorite

Stephen Covey has got one mean new book entitled The 8th Habit. Am still on the early chapters but its been really great. It even has a DVD with some short movies that are related to the content of the book. Awesome follow-up to the bestselling 7 Habits.

Da Vinci Code is the best I've read lately. My father is an Asimov fanatic-and I dont know why....

yeah it was probably the most entertaining book i read. finished that one off in like 2 days.

I get you. You can hardly drop the book once you've started reading the first page. My GF makes me read books by mitch albom 2.--She's the boss! :)