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dilla

Trumpfan17 aka Coonie aka Dilla aka Tennis Dog
Joining now. Kinda tough coming up with 20 books I liked. Like I said, I haven't read much and nothing really sticks out from memory as an amazing book. I've got 10 so far.
 

dilla

Trumpfan17 aka Coonie aka Dilla aka Tennis Dog
I see. I did that and quickly got to 24.

I read one book in a world lit class in high school that I liked a lot. The Prophet, by Khalil Gibran. I listed it as a four or five start and now it keeps recommending all these books about Iran history, or something, which are all in Arabic. Might have to try and fix that.

I guess it kinda makes it tough for me to use because most of the books I have listed classics and fiction. That was interesting to me until a few years ago, where I kinda switched to liking non-fiction, like Freakonomics and the Lexus and the Olive Tree.
 

Da_Funk

Well-Known Member
I see. I did that and quickly got to 24.

I read one book in a world lit class in high school that I liked a lot. The Prophet, by Khalil Gibran. I listed it as a four or five start and now it keeps recommending all these books about Iran history, or something, which are all in Arabic. Might have to try and fix that.

I guess it kinda makes it tough for me to use because most of the books I have listed classics and fiction. That was interesting to me until a few years ago, where I kinda switched to liking non-fiction, like Freakonomics and the Lexus and the Olive Tree.
I found freakonomics to be a huge letdown.

Anyone in search of a good read should pick both Flowers for Algernon and Ordinary People. I read both in high school and both have stuck with me since.
 

Pittsey

Knock, Knock...
Staff member
I see. I did that and quickly got to 24.

I read one book in a world lit class in high school that I liked a lot. The Prophet, by Khalil Gibran. I listed it as a four or five start and now it keeps recommending all these books about Iran history, or something, which are all in Arabic. Might have to try and fix that.

I guess it kinda makes it tough for me to use because most of the books I have listed classics and fiction. That was interesting to me until a few years ago, where I kinda switched to liking non-fiction, like Freakonomics and the Lexus and the Olive Tree.
I never put you down as a Lexus and the Olive Tree, reader....
 

dilla

Trumpfan17 aka Coonie aka Dilla aka Tennis Dog
I found freakonomics to be a huge letdown.

Anyone in search of a good read should pick both Flowers for Algernon and Ordinary People. I read both in high school and both have stuck with me since.

I actually read Flowers back in middle school. Sixth grade, maybe? Good book. Interesting, and sad. It was a short story, right, not really a novel or something?
 

Pittsey

Knock, Knock...
Staff member
Sometimes I wonder how people perceive me as a person. I always get the "I never pictured you as a ....... guy." What, do I look retarded to people?
I didn't realise you'd be interested in economics and globalisation. I would have said SOFI, but not you. Not because I think you're retarded lol. But it's not the most interesting of subjects.
 

dilla

Trumpfan17 aka Coonie aka Dilla aka Tennis Dog
I didn't realise you'd be interested in economics and globalisation. I would have said SOFI, but not you. Not because I think you're retarded lol. But it's not the most interesting of subjects.
I see. I think economics has a bit of philosophy and psychology in it that makes it real interesting to me. Especially books like these that are written on economics. I find that interesting enough that I can deal with the dryness of economics and see the social aspect of thinks like globalization and whatnot.

I read it in high school and into my freshman year of college. I had taken AP microeconomics and macroecomics for two semesters my senior year of high school and that kind of got the ball rolling. I read Freakonomics then and during class we would read excerpts from The World is Flat. It was more of a phase of economics.
 

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