Which book are you currently reading?
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Excellent book 👍 It gets mixed reviews but I found it pretty gripping and didn't think it veered off track too much. It certainly paints a very vivid picture of Manila and the characters.
You should also try Coma by Garland, it's a bit weird but definitely worth reading.
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(* audiobook version )
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We just started Night by Elie Weisel in English class. A lot of the people who read it said it was boring.
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Reading Karl Marx: His Life and Thought for a history/biography assignment. Teacher said I probably have the hardest book out of the whole class, and the fact it's 500 pages and his assignment had a minimum of 100 pages is making this difficult to get through 150 pages. My brain is polarized 
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Yet to read that but love the film! Apparently its way better than the book-typical Bradbury!
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Is it the page count or content that is making you struggle? By the time I was your age I had read unabridged versions of Stephen King's 'It' and 'The Stand,' both of which break 1,000 pages.Reading Karl Marx: His Life and Thought for a history/biography assignment. Teacher said I probably have the hardest book out of the whole class, and the fact it's 500 pages and his assignment had a minimum of 100 pages is making this difficult to get through 150 pages. My brain is polarized
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^... I can hold my breath for 6 mins, can you? I'm a swimmer by the way. Not everyone comes with the same level of talents.
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When you hold your breath do you focus on the time while you are doing it and stop one second after you break your old record or do it as long as you can and hope you set a whole new awesome record? When you swim do you constantly stop to check the other swimmers' positions or do you just swim your heart out and see who won when you finish?
Much like other swimmers in the pool have little effect on how well you swim, page count means very little in how easy or hard it is to read a book. Page counts are affected by font size, page size, margin size, etc. How quickly you read a page in any given book is more often determined by how it is written, your comprehension levels, and if you enjoy it. I think 500 pages of Karl Marx will make me want to kill myself, but I can read 500 pages by Ron Paul or 1,000+ pages of Ayn Rand with glee. The Stand and It come in at over 1,000 pages but they were both easier to read than the ~775 page Dreamcatcher. And I read Dreamcatcher in college.
In short: The number of dead trees in that book means a lot less than the words in that book. Just start reading it and see if you enjoy it. The rest will take care of itself.
Side note: If you get a choice, never read The Scarlett Letter by choice. I would have rather been hit by a bus.
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Yes, I'll read just about anything Bryson writes. I did find *At Home* to be a bit limited in scope, but at that page count I suppose it would need to be. Much of the trivia and social evolution was very interesting, but I thought it needed a little more investigation into the why's behind some of the moral and social conventions that drove the rules of the day.
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Page & font reference I understood from the post I responded to. What threw me was your reference afterwards to age. Age & abillity aren't mutually exclusive.
I generally don't read for pleasure, but for reference. Which really has no bearing on knowledge limitation. For which I have adopted watching documentaries of any subject matter of interest, and should expansion be necessary, then there is really nothing out there that can substitute for a good book/novel.
Regards.
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Currently I am reading Tom Clancy's the Hunt for Red October. I chose it for my grade 10 english isp, and it is a great read. I have some trouble comprehending what I read, so I have to read a book that is very descriptive, one that as I read, I can see the events in my mind, and this book is a better fit for me, just like chocolate chip cookies and milk 
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Just finished reading Edwin Abbott's Flatland, and am currently reading the following;
Hans Rudel's Stuka Pilot
Chris Gainor's Who Killed the Avro Arrow?
David Dowsey's Aston Martin: Power, Beauty & Soul
George W. Bush's Decision Points
J. L. Granatstein and Dean F. Oliver's Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History
I've got more books than I have space - reading has been a life long passion of mine! I love it! Mostly non-fiction, but I like some fiction.
Hans Rudel's Stuka Pilot
Chris Gainor's Who Killed the Avro Arrow?
David Dowsey's Aston Martin: Power, Beauty & Soul
George W. Bush's Decision Points
J. L. Granatstein and Dean F. Oliver's Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History
I've got more books than I have space - reading has been a life long passion of mine! I love it! Mostly non-fiction, but I like some fiction.
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I am reading The Testament by John Grisham. I love his books. I read two of them already.
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Currently I am reading Tom Clancy's the Hunt for Red October. I chose it for my grade 10 english isp, and it is a great read. I have some trouble comprehending what I read, so I have to read a book that is very descriptive, one that as I read, I can see the events in my mind, and this book is a better fit for me, just like chocolate chip cookies and milk
I remember reading that when I was about your age... amazing read. You'll be surprised how much random military lingo and knowledge you will acquire from that book.
Myself currently reading "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" for the 2nd time. Gotta admit I am surprised at how much I forgot on this one.
It was also recently made into a feature length movie... had it moments but is still kinda meh, especially in comparison to the quality of the book.
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Not sure if anyone of you are into military history. If so this book is a great read. I was sad when I finished it last week (read it too fast). His style of leadership was/is inspiring.
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Love military history... I unfortunately have more books than shelf space at the moment so it's rather messy, but at least it's organized! Your pick looks like a good read though so I'll have to look for it in the store at some point. Thanks for the tip-off!
One of the books I finished recently was Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany 1942--1945 by Randall Hansen. It was a GREAT read - beautifully written and endlessly captivating... you should give it a shot!
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Certainly interested in books about pilots during the wars, any recommendations?
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I'm in the middle of Stuka Pilot by Hans Rudel... it's turning out to be a good read, and an interesting perspective from the 'other side'!👍
Also, these are good ones that I've already read:
The Cactus Air Force - Thomas G. Miller
Baa Baa Black Sheep - Greg 'Pappy' Boyington
I Flew for the Fuhrer - Heinz Knoke
They're all from a REALLY good collection known as the Bantam War Series... they're starting to get tough to find original publishings but if you cruise yard-sales or secondhand book stores you can still find them. But if you get the chance I recommend those three heavily - I very much enjoyed them!
Hope this helps!
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Thanks! Might look on bookmooch.comI'm in the middle of Stuka Pilot by Hans Rudel... it's turning out to be a good read, and an interesting perspective from the 'other side'!👍
Also, these are good ones that I've already read:
The Cactus Air Force - Thomas G. Miller
Baa Baa Black Sheep - Greg 'Pappy' Boyington
I Flew for the Fuhrer - Heinz Knoke
They're all from a REALLY good collection known as the Bantam War Series... they're starting to get tough to find original publishings but if you cruise yard-sales or secondhand book stores you can still find them. But if you get the chance I recommend those three heavily - I very much enjoyed them!
Hope this helps!
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For a Vietnam vintage read this one is a highly recommended page turner:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671709607/?tag=gtplanet-20
Also if you don't mind paying a little extra this Navel Institute Press hardback version is a very high quality binding.
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For a Vietnam vintage read this one is a highly recommended page turner:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671709607/?tag=gtplanet-20
Also if you don't mind paying a little extra this Navel Institute Press hardback version is a very high quality binding.
Sounds appealing - I'll have to check the public library next time I'm there! I'm more into non-fiction myself but your post reminded me of a couple of good works of fiction: Charles D. Taylor's Show of Force & Sunset Patriots Also, Barracuda by Irving A. Greenfield is really good!
I know those aren't really about pilots but I would recommended them to anyone interesting in military fiction.
