NT Book Club Vol. WDYRTD

Started reading The Bourne Identity at work today. Pretty good so far, I'm like halfway through it. Should be able to knock out the original trilogy by Friday if I continue to have this much downtime this week. I think I'm gonna read the Maze Runner series next.
 
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illmatic kid said:
On average how man books do most of you fellas get to read in the course of a month or two?..I'm about to start doing more reading myself pretty soon...
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I can average about a book a day (300+ page). Multiple books during the weekend mornings. Audiobooks during commutes to/from work and on lunch. iPhone/iPad speech function (1 chapter at a time) if I don't have the audiobook and only the ebook. Highly recommend audiobooks (increase playback speed) for anyone that feels they don't have time to read. It almost forces you to zone everyone out and just finish. You don't have to do it everyday, but my personal To-Be-Read list is huge so I'm focused on completing them this year.

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davidme00 said:
Made me want to visit Italy. Fun read.
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I'm actually visiting Italy in September which was decided on before reading the book. Now it's made me that much more excited 
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Nice! Enjoy the trip. :smokin

Nickthestick91 said:
Started reading The Bourne Identity at work today. Pretty good so far, I'm like halfway through it. Should be able to knock out the original trilogy by Friday if I continue to have this much downtime this week. I think I'm gonna read the Maze Runner series next.
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Maze Runner series was pretty good. Didn't even know it was a trilogy until after I saw the first movie. A second prequel is going to release in 2016 called The Fever Code.
 
Finished Norwegian Wood earlier this week and enjoyed it very much. I'll definitely check for other Haruki Murakami books in the future.
 
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Has anyone read, How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie?  I know Warren Buffet was greatly influenced by this book and Carnegie's classes.  I think I am going to check it out.
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Sounds like my next book. lemme know if it was good
 
Quarter of the way through Non-obvious, and I want to stop already.
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 I'll give it a couple more chapters before I completely switch books. 
 
JohnnyRedStorm said:
reading the Pedro Martinez autobiography. Excellent read if you're a baseball fan.
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Just ordered and looking forward to reading.
para bellum said:
Finished Norwegian Wood earlier this week and enjoyed it very much. I'll definitely check for other Haruki Murakami books in the future.
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I enjoyed Norwegian Wood. Most of the female characters really annoyed me, but other than that, it was a good read. Some don't like a slow pace, but I enjoyed it with this book. I'm also wanting to dig in to some more Murakami books, but haven't looked for what's next just yet. If you finish one up and like it, be sure to post and I'll probably go that route.

I just finished 'The Signal and the Noise' by Nate Silver. Interesting read, but unless you're a real numbers guy, the book can drole on at points. 
 
PacificNorseWst said:
JohnnyRedStorm said:
reading the Pedro Martinez autobiography. Excellent read if you're a baseball fan.
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Just ordered and looking forward to reading.
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para bellum said:
Finished Norwegian Wood earlier this week and enjoyed it very much. I'll definitely check for other Haruki Murakami books in the future.
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I enjoyed Norwegian Wood. Most of the female characters really annoyed me, but other than that, it was a good read. Some don't like a slow pace, but I enjoyed it with this book. I'm also wanting to dig in to some more Murakami books, but haven't looked for what's next just yet. If you finish one up and like it, be sure to post and I'll probably go that route.



I just finished 'The Signal and the Noise' by Nate Silver. Interesting read, but unless you're a real numbers guy, the book can drole on at points. 
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I'm a big fan of Murakami's work. You guys should definitely check out Sputnik Sweetheart, South of the Border West of the Sun, and After Dark. Those were some personal favorites.

I'm going to check out his most recent work after finishing up my Ruth Ozeki book.



-Drew
 
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Just downloaded and started the novel, Everything I Never Told You. I think it's a book from 2014.

Kind of a mystery novel about an family living in Ohio. Book starts off with a death of the daughter.

Anyone else just use electronic readers now? I've always wanted a wall shelf full of books, but the Kindle is pretty convenient.  
 
PacificNorseWst said:
^ Thanks. Added those to my queue. 
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No problem, man. Let me know how you like them as you finish each one. Out of the three, After Dark is the one that's a bit different. Loved the setting, ambiance, and the message it gave at the end though.


robotea said:
Just downloaded and started the novel, Everything I Never Told You. I think it's a book from 2014.

Kind of a mystery novel about an family living in Ohio. Book starts off with a death of the daughter.

Anyone else just use electronic readers now? I've always wanted a wall shelf full of books, but the Kindle is pretty convenient.  
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I still have love for print, but I find myself reading from iBooks more than anything now. I just like the convenience of being able to pick up and read wherever I am since my phone is always on me. The fact that I can define a word pretty quickly is a plus and I like that iCloud organizes all of my highlights and annotations in the books that I read.

I find myself buying a physical copy after I buy the ebook though. :lol:



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If anyone is interested, this is what I'm working on now. It takes place in today's world (around the time the tsunami hit japan in 2011). The story shifts between two characters. This little girl that's always being bullied that lives with a depressed father in Japan and this author living in Vancouver. The two characters have never met, but the book pulls you in by revealing how the two are linked together.

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Joined the NT Goodreads group. I'm actually on that site multiple times a day. Spent this holiday weekend landscaping and watching Under The Dome and didn't read at all. Heard Stephen King's book is better. Let me know if you've read the book before.
 
R-O-N-D-A R-O-U-S-E-Y! My Fight / Your Fight

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"She just has this focus, not just in a fight or in training, but in her everyday life. This is a woman who doesn’t party. All she does is wake up every morning and say, “How can I be better than I was yesterday?” That’s literally how she lives her life."

"Achieving greatness is a long and arduous battle that I fight every day. Fighting is how I succeed. I don’t just mean inside a 750-square-foot cage or within the confines of a 64-square-meter mat. Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last. You have to fight the people who say it can never be done. You have to fight the institutions that put up the glass ceilings that must be shattered. You have to fight your body when it tells you it is tired. You have to fight your mind when doubt begins to creep in. You have to fight systems that are put in place to disrupt you and obstacles that are put in place to discourage you. You have to fight because you can’t count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can’t fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.
I learned how to fight and how to win. Whatever your obstacles, whoever or whatever your adversary, there is a way to victory.
Here is mine."

"Don’t focus on what you can’t do. Focus on what you can." "No drug or amount of money or favoritism can ever give you belief in yourself." "Athletes who dope don’t believe in themselves."

“At some point, you’ll have to move on,” my mom told me. “That’s a mistake people make. They get comfortable and stay at the same place a long time. But after a while, people run out of what they can teach you. Eventually, you’ll know ninety percent of what a coach can teach you. When that happens, you’re best served going somewhere else. The new coach might not be any better than the one you have, but will be able to teach you something you don’t already know. That’s what it takes to improve. You’ve always got to be looking ahead to that next step.”

"Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed—whether it is at a sport or at your job or in your life—you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and make the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do."

"I surpassed everyone’s expectations, but fell short of my own. People had expected me to take part, but I had expected to take over."

"If you can’t dream big, ridiculous dreams, what’s the point in dreaming at all?"

"Everything in the world is information. The information you choose to acknowledge and the information you choose to ignore is up to you. You can let outside factors beyond your control throw off your focus. You can let aching muscles hold you back. You can let silence make you feel uncomfortable. By choosing to focus only on the information that is necessary, you can tune out every distraction, and achieve far more."

"People are always looking for the secret to success. There isn’t a secret. Success is the result of hard work, busting your *** every day for years on end without cutting corners or taking shortcuts. It was Michelangelo who said, “If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.”"

Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.” Winning is a habit, and so is losing

"It is not about just winning the round. It is not just about winning the fight. It is about winning every single second of your life."

"For me, it was never about money. I knew if I followed my passion and did it better than anyone the world had ever seen, the money would come."

"I’ve grown to embrace delayed gratification so much that I even appreciate going through the most challenging parts. I collapse in bed every night, proud of the work I’ve done and savoring the hours of rest I’ve earned."
 
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davidme00 said:
R-O-N-D-A R-O-U-S-E-Y! My Fight / Your Fight


 
"She just has this focus, not just in a fight or in training, but in her everyday life. This is a woman who doesn’t party. All she does is wake up every morning and say, “How can I be better than I was yesterday?” That’s literally how she lives her life."

"Achieving greatness is a long and arduous battle that I fight every day. Fighting is how I succeed. I don’t just mean inside a 750-square-foot cage or within the confines of a 64-square-meter mat. Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last. You have to fight the people who say it can never be done. You have to fight the institutions that put up the glass ceilings that must be shattered. You have to fight your body when it tells you it is tired. You have to fight your mind when doubt begins to creep in. You have to fight systems that are put in place to disrupt you and obstacles that are put in place to discourage you. You have to fight because you can’t count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can’t fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.
I learned how to fight and how to win. Whatever your obstacles, whoever or whatever your adversary, there is a way to victory.
Here is mine."

"Don’t focus on what you can’t do. Focus on what you can." "No drug or amount of money or favoritism can ever give you belief in yourself." "Athletes who dope don’t believe in themselves."

“At some point, you’ll have to move on,” my mom told me. “That’s a mistake people make. They get comfortable and stay at the same place a long time. But after a while, people run out of what they can teach you. Eventually, you’ll know ninety percent of what a coach can teach you. When that happens, you’re best served going somewhere else. The new coach might not be any better than the one you have, but will be able to teach you something you don’t already know. That’s what it takes to improve. You’ve always got to be looking ahead to that next step.”

"Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed—whether it is at a sport or at your job or in your life—you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and make the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do."

"I surpassed everyone’s expectations, but fell short of my own. People had expected me to take part, but I had expected to take over."

"If you can’t dream big, ridiculous dreams, what’s the point in dreaming at all?"

"Everything in the world is information. The information you choose to acknowledge and the information you choose to ignore is up to you. You can let outside factors beyond your control throw off your focus. You can let aching muscles hold you back. You can let silence make you feel uncomfortable. By choosing to focus only on the information that is necessary, you can tune out every distraction, and achieve far more."

"People are always looking for the secret to success. There isn’t a secret. Success is the result of hard work, busting your *** every day for years on end without cutting corners or taking shortcuts. It was Michelangelo who said, “If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.”"

Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.” Winning is a habit, and so is losing

"It is not about just winning the round. It is not just about winning the fight. It is about winning every single second of your life."

"For me, it was never about money. I knew if I followed my passion and did it better than anyone the world had ever seen, the money would come."

"I’ve grown to embrace delayed gratification so much that I even appreciate going through the most challenging parts. I collapse in bed every night, proud of the work I’ve done and savoring the hours of rest I’ve earned."
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Most likely not going to read the novel, but thanks for putting up the excerpt. I needed to read that for personal encouragement right now. 
 
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