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#33594 - 07/10/09 10:50 AM Good Authors (non-golf related)?
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I have been reading an author by the name of Harlan Coben. Any fans out there of his books? He is considered to be mystery/fiction.

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#33597 - 07/10/09 11:51 AM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: hobert]
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I've read one or two of his books, good light reading.
If you like mystery, Sue Grafton is also good. Her series of books have titles based off the alphabet (ex: "A is for Alibi").
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#33599 - 07/10/09 12:42 PM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: Aimee]
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I've been working my way through Dan Brown's lineup. Obviously started with The DaVinci Code, and just finished Digital Fortress. Thinking of Angels & Demons next since I'd like to give that a spin before the movie comes out. Any fans of this guy?

I would probably enjoy Tom Clancy, but have yet to pick one up. Definitely do not make enough time to read.

Guilty pleasures..
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#33601 - 07/10/09 01:24 PM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: ChrisB]
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Chris,
The movie IS out - I saw it several weeks ago.. fantastic, moves a lot faster than the DaVinci Code with a thinner plot. I guarantee you will not guess the ending.. I am a fan of Brown and somewhat a sucker for that sort of stuff. Somewhat in the same area, check out the Oak Island Treasure website and its history as the "traps" were supposed to have been designed by DaVinci himself.

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#33606 - 07/10/09 02:10 PM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: fjjra]
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Reading? You need to realize 2 important facts about reading: 1) if it's that good, they'll make a movie out of it and for the cost of a book you get a ticket...2) In the time it takes to read a novel, you could have played at least 54 holes of golf or done maybe 400 equipment/course reviews almost assuring yourself of a prize from the GGR contests. Do you guys just want to throw that money away??? smile smile

Seriously, if you like adventure/fiction, all the Clive Cussler novels are great. I'm behind by 1.5 but have read almost all of them.
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#33608 - 07/10/09 04:01 PM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: srushing]
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Originally Posted By: srushing
Reading? You need to realize 2 important facts about reading: 1) if it's that good, they'll make a movie out of it and for the cost of a book you get a ticket...2) In the time it takes to read a novel, you could have played at least 54 holes of golf or done maybe 400 equipment/course reviews almost assuring yourself of a prize from the GGR contests. Do you guys just want to throw that money away??? smile smile

Seriously, if you like adventure/fiction, all the Clive Cussler novels are great. I'm behind by 1.5 but have read almost all of them.

Excellent points there. But I have to say that I feel much less stress turning a page than standing over a golf ball before I start my swing.

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#33617 - 07/10/09 07:05 PM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: Tigerwannabe]
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"Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

"Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond

"A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle

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#33618 - 07/10/09 07:11 PM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: srushing]
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Originally Posted By: srushing
Reading? In the time it takes to read a novel, you could have played at least 54 holes of golf


Quite honestly, I'm a little shocked to learn you don't read between shots while you're playing. There's a least a couple of hours reading time.

BUT, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.........It's quite obvious you, and a few others (no names mentioned), don't read your rule book....... and I guess most of that would be read on the course. laugh
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#33622 - 07/11/09 03:06 AM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: Bill H.]
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Originally Posted By: Bill H.
Originally Posted By: srushing
Reading? In the time it takes to read a novel, you could have played at least 54 holes of golf


Quite honestly, I'm a little shocked to learn you don't read between shots while you're playing. There's a least a couple of hours reading time.

BUT, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.........It's quite obvious you, and a few others (no names mentioned), don't read your rule book....... and I guess most of that would be read on the course. laugh



laugh

Since I got the IGolf Rule book with pictures for my Itouch, who needs to read the rules...just bounce around till you find a picture that says you can move the ball and you're golden...right???
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#33850 - 07/15/09 10:11 AM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: srushing]
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I am in the process of reading "Battle Cry of Freedom" by James McPherson, it's a history on the Civil War, fantastic book.

Others that I have read:
D-Day; Citizen Soldier; Band of Brothers; Pegasus Bridge; and Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals by Stephen Ambrose

Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides

The Long Gray Line and have An Army At Dawn by Rick Atkinson

I have read all of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan books.

The original three Bourne Books by Robert Ludlum - the Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy & Bourne Ultimatum as well as The Bourne Legacy by Eric Van Lustbader.

The Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien

American Soldier: the Autobiograhy of Gen Tommy Franks
Waylon: the Autobiography of Waylon Jennings
Private Parts by Howard Stern


These are probably the most recent books I've read (except for the Tom Clancy's as I've been reading them since the early 90's)



Edited by Klun (07/15/09 10:11 AM)
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#33877 - 07/15/09 04:25 PM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: Klun]
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Klun, no wonder you don't have time to play more golf. You're reading to much. You know, you could get audio books and put them on your IPod and listen to them WHILE you play...
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#33912 - 07/16/09 06:06 PM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: srushing]
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Audio books are cheating plus I don't have an Ipod.

Oh, plus I forgot to add a few Edgar Allan Poe short stories, as well as a few Sherlock Holmes short stories. And The Catcher Was a Spy (biography of Moe Berg) and a biography of Honus Wagner, Eight Men Out, The Natural, the Book of Job as well as Genesis/Exodus and the 4 Gospels of the Bible
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#34030 - 07/20/09 10:13 AM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: Klun]
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Oh, I like the idea of listening to an audio book while playing golf! Unfortunately I don't walk and chew gum at the same time because I get distracted. So trying to pay attention to a book is probably out of the question...

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#34071 - 07/21/09 11:58 AM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: thepinkball]
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Just started reading "E=mc2, What Does It Mean and Why Should You Care?" OK, a little heavy but I'm learning a few things I didn't know and I can actually follow it and not choke on the math.

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#34335 - 08/05/09 08:47 AM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: hobert]
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I like the Patricia Cornwell books I think I have read all of them the last one was The Front.
Some of my other favorites are
The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle
Culture of Coruption Michelle Malkin
Face of Betrayal Bill O' Reilly
A bold Fresh Piece of Humanity Bill O'Reilly
It's not about the bike Lance Armstrong
And just reread Catcher in the Rye and The Silmarillion by j r Tolken
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#34370 - 08/10/09 10:45 AM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: prov1tony]
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I used to be a big fan of Michelle Malkin.. one of us sort of lost it during the Bush years.

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#34372 - 08/10/09 03:07 PM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: fjjra]
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She has really taken a different road. I liked the fact finding she did even though it was one sided I think the book has its purpose.
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#34683 - 09/04/09 08:59 AM Re: Good Authors (non-golf related)? [Re: Klun]
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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen...great book.

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