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Summer Reading Thread

Creator: Ninja Trigger June 28, 2015 7:04am
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Lol reading is for nerds.

Just kidding, I used to read a lot in my spare time, both novels and manga, but I'm finding it hard to find time to do it nowadays. I really can't recommend anything recent, so sorry. From when I was reading though, The Book Thief was my favourite novel.

I can also tell you about the novels I'm studying for school if you want I guess.
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Maximum Ride by James Patterson is also good. I don't remember much but I think that it is an amazing book to read. :D

EDIT: IT WAS ALSO MADE INTO A MANGA SERIES. HYPE.
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The Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey

totally worth the read
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Also the kingslayer chronicles and the his dark materials books.
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so can I xD

Fahrenheit 451 is great, I really liked that book
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as far as I am aware there is no english translation of this one, but "die elfen" by bernhard hennen is really great.
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I DON'T GET STUCK AND I NEVER GET ONLY 2LP FOR A WIN.

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I don't really read novels/literature at all. I personally prefer to read scientific/informational books on all kinds of actual topics. If you're just like me, here you have a few recommendations (although they're still worth reading if you like novels more!):
  • Freakonomics (Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner); a book explaining all kinds of weird correlations and phenomenons in a very enjoyable matter. One of the topics is how the legalization of abortion solved the major criminality issues in the US during the 80's/90's. Even if the topics perhaps do not seem as interesting to you, this book became a best-seller because of the enjoyable way of presenting information.
  • Boomerang (Michael Lewis); in light of the recent events in Greece this is a very good read. The book takes you on a journey through all kinds of absolutely absurd events that led to the financial crisis in different countries like Iceland, Greece and Ireland and also kinda explaining the imminent default of the Greek government in the upcoming days.
  • Thinking, Fast And Slow (Daniel Kahneman); this book delves deeper into how our mind works, and how fallible our brain really is (even though most people don't think it is). Overall a really interesting read and definitely mind-blowing for most non-psychology experts out there. Just like Freakonomics, this book became a best-seller.

With that being said, what am I taking along with me on my trip this summer?
  • China's Coming War With Asia (Jonathan Holslag); a book about geopolitical issues concerning China and the rest of the Asian countries (especially the ASEAN countries). It's a really recent book and looks really interesting for those interested in the rise of China (like me, obviously).
  • A couple of editions of The Economist; my girlfriend gifted me a subscription and I'm definitely planning to bring some along. Not really books, but all kinds of intellectual topics and very interesting opinions on them regardless.
  • One of either: Think Like A Freak or How To Rob A Bank; the lastest books by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (authors of Freakonomics, as per above)
  • In Europe (Geert Mak, Dutch literature); since I'm interrailing this book tells the history of countries I'm visiting in a novel-way of writing, which is nice ;)

Sadly I cannot really bring more than 3 books as I have to limit the luggage I bring on my trip to just one backpack for 3 months.
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The Oz series by L. Frank Baum is pretty worth the read. Honestly, the Wizard of Oz is probably one of the ones I like the least. I think the Patchwork Girl of Oz is my favorite, mostly because Scraps is hilarious.
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The demon cycle by peter v. brett is really good.
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When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom; great book and one of the only books I actually read that stuck with me xD

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