Seeking out the best books

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Re: Seeking out the best books

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SteelHead wrote:
Amen to that, but since relocating off of the banks of the SF of the Snake last year to central Texas, the trout streams are few and far between. Hence I am looking for a placebo for fishing in the form of books.

“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.” ― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories


For you, Great Lake Swimmers, Pulling on a Line. Great Canadian band, nice, subtle song about fishing.
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I read this book in 2009:

http://www.literature.org/authors/bront ... jane-eyre/

To date, I haven't found a higher religious experience from any other book.

I imagine my experience with Bronte is semi-unique.

I hope you find such a story that impacts you the same this did me.

Good luck, my fellow searcher.
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I'm a compulsive reader, so here're my last few:

Omnivore's Dilemma -- Michael Pollan
The Road -- Cormac McCarthy
Team of Rivals -- Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Book Thief -- Markus Zusak
The Hunger Games triology -- Suzanne Collins

I need to thank Runtu, Stak, and Blixa for the books they've recommended over the past few months. (As well as whoever suggested Your Inner Fish.) Just bought A River Runs Through It, SteelHead. Thanks.

Good stuff.
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Jane Eyre.... Might have to revisit that one. Been decades. Bout the same time I read Les Mis. Liked Les Mis better.

@morley, the book is much better than the film.

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Two books I reread every few years are Dickens' Great Expectations and Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo. They always bring back the sense of awe I felt when I read them as a child.

Jane Eyre. I hate it. Sorry.
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The book I give to someone, almost every year at Christmas, is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

I'll shut up now and stopping hogging this thread.
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Morley wrote:Jane Eyre. I hate it. Sorry.

Yeah, I get that a lot. :)

But this: "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me..."

Awww. All the conversations between Mr. R. and Jane were priceless.
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SteelHead wrote:I am going to have to start reading some true teatises one of these days and become something more than a literary light weight, but for now my two favorite books are:
A River Runs Through It & The River Why.

As both mix religion, philosophy, and fly fishing.

What is on your suggested reading list?


I'm looking at my bookshelf right now and the four books I have read, and have queued up to read again (in this order) are:

Towing Jehovah by James Morrow

Billions & Billions by Carl Sagan

Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care by Kathleen Parker

&

Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens (RIP)

- VRDRC

Post Script- I highly recommend reading the Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It's one of those books (much like Towing Jehovah) that has that uncanny effect of suddenly popping into your brain many, many times... Unexpectedly. Oh, and if you haven't read The God Delusion then I'd recommend it very strongly.
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zeezrom wrote:
Morley wrote:Jane Eyre. I hate it. Sorry.

Yeah, I get that a lot. :)

But this: "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me..."

Awww. All the conversations between Mr. R. and Jane were priceless.


Oh, it's very well written. Just personal preference.
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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care by Kathleen Parker

Can't say I'm surprised, Cam.
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