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Haven't read many books over the last several years but here's some recs. I read and liked all of these but I'd suggest reading the synopsis on wikipedia or wherever to see if they might interest you.

Fiction classics

The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck

The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald

The Stranger - Albert Camus

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Gambler - Dostoevsky (this is actually probably one of his weakest works, but it's about gambling and very short so not a bad selection. He actually churned this novel out in a very short period of time 'cause he'd gotten himself in a financial hole by degening at roulette parlors and desperately needed $)

The Sound and The Fury - William Faulkner

Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler

Modern Fiction:

And Then We Came to the End - Joshua Ferris

Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer

The History of Love - Nicole Krauss

The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen

Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth

The Ice Harvest - Scott Phillips

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney

Straight Man - Richard Russo

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, I read all of his novels when I was in high school, iirc Cat's Cradle, Sirens of Titan, Hocus Pocus and Breakfast of Champions were my favorites

Read Catch 22.
Read Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold.
Read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by MIchael Chabon.
Read The Great Gatsby.
Read Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky.
Read Life on the Line by Grant Achatz (story of building Alinea in Chicago)

If you need more recs, I'm happy to give some.

We can also conclude that Crashwhips suffers from depression, most likely after reading older existentialist French literature for too long...

I recently read "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell, loved it. scifi/dystopia/postmodern mix

That's not even a book. That's a movie with Tom Hanks.

Nice try, GGARJ!

@MFN just bought first book of the Bruce trilogy on kindle and am actually pretty excited about reading it. Massive fan of longer series since i love world building. Also bought the quad Jacks novel to indirectly support poker haha.

@Crash I've actually read the first 5 books on there and weirdly enough I despised Gatsby but Of Mice and Men and Old Man and the Sea were my two favorite books I read in school. Crime and Punishment looks awesome so bought that and decided on Catch 22 since it was recommended by Heh as well

I've been on a reading binge recently, just went through The last Lion trilogy about Churchill, reread a feast for Crows, a book about the Miracle on ice, and a bobby Orr biography so a decent variety and also finished the Kingkiller chronicles books that are out

Nice! I am excited to. I thought the Bruce book was a complicated read, the trilogy all in one is so fat and the text is small. The Quads book, I had to read twice, the narrative is somewhat fragmented between different perspectives and time. Maybe 10 years ago I read them though. I would say Shogun > Bruce trilogy, unless you are of half Scottish heritage and then it is alot more interesting. Edward Longshanks/ The Plantaganets was a ****ing ****.

Willing to bet that despite your hatred for Gatsby, you will like all the other books I listed.

Also, if you never have, you should really read Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo as well as The Three Musketeers.

c00n,
based on your posts it seems to me that your experience with women females is limited. this life lesson is on the house!

I've read Count of Monte Cristo and it was incredible, only seen 3 musketeers movie so should def read the book as well

i think shes been posted here before but i just came across her instagram account the other day. jesus! i gotta make a trip to norway.


http://instagram.com/emiliemnereng

18?

Please put spoilers around such pictures. My work does not respond kindly to me viewing pictures of blonde women from Norway.
Thankfully, they're OK with me spending countless hours on a gambling forum while I should be working or at least pretending to work.

haha, is he for real?! conny needs to learn a lesson from patrick stewart.

On the book topic - my recommendations are : (hard to pick just a few)

Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts

The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick deWitt

Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen

I don't read books, but Commando(c) comics are great!

I spent a few weeks in Finland and I only learned 1 word - kippis

i don't know, but ziigmund taught me rasva (fat).

also, finland isn't part of scandinavia. it is however a nordic country.

Read American Gods by Neil Gaiman, too.

Been speaking with a few affiliates about getting an iPoker account set up. Each one i've mentioned that the country I'm from is limited as some skins do not accept deposits, some don't accept visa etc.

It's been the ultimate run around, I'm on epic tilt. None of these guys have appeared to know what they're even selling. 3 different guys have registered me for skins, where i've made an account and then gone to deposit and get a "we do not accept...xxxxxxxxxx". FUUUUUUU.

It has literally taken me 4 days, and I still do not have a functioning account. How rididculous is that? The latest guy I'm talking to hasn't replied in 2-3 days, so I mean, do I even want to sign up with a guy who is that unreliable?

I messaged Doorbread a few weeks ago, might msg him again to see if he can still help. Asides from that, anybody have any recommendations? I'm Australian, for the record.