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Summer Reading -- Lesley Paterson, others?

M_WareM_Ware Member, Rooster Endurance Member, Level 2 Supporter
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I just saw this on Amazon, release date June 8th: http://amzn.to/2p7bW59


It reminded me of this: http://trstriathlon.com/lesley-paterson-interview/ I'm looking forward to reading the book!

What's everyone else reading right now? Know of anything else interesting on the horizon?
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    MartinMartin Member, Rooster Endurance Member
    edited April 2017
    For some reason, I decided that I needed to read Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle before I died, so I'm finishing off Quicksilver right now. For a similarly challenging summer, read his book SevenEves, or grab 1Q84 (Murakami). Also reading the new Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project; Nudge (Thaler and that other guy). If you are at all into comic books, invest in the MindMgmt complilations by Matt Kindt. They are something else.

    ETA: Looking at that list, I appear to be a giant nerd...
    M_Waresimonsen77MattkjrunninAaron WebsteyGranpa Chook
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    simonsen77simonsen77 Member, Rooster Endurance Member
    Heh, I've been on a Stephenson binge lately. Plowed through Diamon age a couple weeks ago, now on Snow Crash. Really enjoyed Seveneves last year - it plus Aurora (Kim Stanley Robinson) launched me on a sci fi kick.

    M_WareGranpa Chook
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    MattMatt Member, Administrator, Rooster Endurance Member
    I'm on a David Eddings kick (Malloreon saga), then I've got a few Tom Clancy novels (before he died and the ghost-writers completely took over) to catch up on.
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    mbrekk44mbrekk44 Member, POTM
    I've been reading lots of slowtwitch
    M_Waresimonsen77kjrunninmaggieruMartinAaron WebsteyMattNotSoFatLewIanL
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    Tad_MTad_M Member, Rooster Endurance Member, Level 2 Supporter, POTM
    A summer should not pass without reading The Old Man and the Sea
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    M_WareM_Ware Member, Rooster Endurance Member, Level 2 Supporter
    @Matt one of the Tom Clancy ghost writers, Mark Greaney, has a great series, check out The Gray Man. (No relation to Christian Grey :p )
    Matt
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    kjrunninkjrunnin Member, Rooster Endurance Member, Level 2 Supporter
    Fantastic read and a true story: Rowboat in a Hurricane (Julie Angus) about a BC woman's trek across the Atlantic in a rowboat, in a year that turned out to have record breaking hurricane activity.

    Best recent fiction read: A Man Called Ove (Fredrick Backman).
    M_WareAaron Webstey

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    wchevronwchevron Member, POTM
    Penthouse Forum. Although all the stories start the same way.... I know this story is going to sound crazy but it's 100% true..
    MattkjrunninAaron WebsteyM_WareTad_MGrantInSLCMartin
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    MartinMartin Member, Rooster Endurance Member
    wchevron said:

    Penthouse Forum. Although all the stories start the same way.... I know this story is going to sound crazy but it's 100% true..

    Can you make it to the end of the story in one, er, sitting?
    Aaron WebsteyKenElPescadoPeladoMamaCheetahTad_M
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    MamaCheetahMamaCheetah Member, POTM
    I started reading "The Haywire Heart" .... but then stopped because if I get a heart attack, I want to know it's from exercising, not from reading a book that scared the shit out of me.....
    M_WareTad_M
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    MamaCheetahMamaCheetah Member, POTM
    I recently finished "Fast after 50"... no I'm not 50+, I'm just reading ahead on my syllabus. (joking aside, it had some informative parts)
    M_Waresimonsen77
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    Tad_MTad_M Member, Rooster Endurance Member, Level 2 Supporter, POTM
    wchevron said:

    Penthouse Forum. Although all the stories start the same way.... I know this story is going to sound crazy but it's 100% true..

    "My manager, Mr. Webstey, slowly closed the office door. In the excitement, I hardly had time to realize I was locked outside his office........."
    Aaron WebsteyMattwchevronCraig_DMamaCheetahKenElPescadoPelado
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    Aaron WebsteyAaron Webstey Administrator, Rooster Endurance Member, Rooster Endurance Officers
    Thank god I am not responsible for managing any other human adults. Shudder.
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    Granpa ChookGranpa Chook Member
    @Matt and @Martin Thanks for the recommendations, especially that comic, I always like adding to my book list. I never tried Stephenson but have always seen his fucking books incessantly in the sci-fi section. Is Quicksilver the starting point? I admit that has the coolest cover...

    I've been reading the Culture series by Iain M Banks, which have been pretty fucking great science fiction. My nonfiction alter-ego just finished How to Live by Bakewell, which is a great book about Montaigne, his life and essays.
    M_WareMartinAaron Webstey
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    SdogSdog Member, Rooster Endurance Member
    Boys in the boat
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    simonsen77simonsen77 Member, Rooster Endurance Member
    Sdog said:

    Boys in the boat

    +1
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    balsdorfbalsdorf Member
    I have Kindle Unlimited which means I pretty much read nothing but shitty science fiction. Going to have to check out some of the titles on this list.
    M_WareMamaCheetah
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    M_WareM_Ware Member, Rooster Endurance Member, Level 2 Supporter
    @Sdog @simonsen77 do you remember who was reading Boys in the Boat in August 2015? http://triroost.com/discussion/comment/18932/
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    SdogSdog Member, Rooster Endurance Member
    It is a great read that touches on so many more topics than just rowing. The building of the American West, the Great Depresdion, Olympic Trials, the German Olympics, Pre WW2
    M_WareAaron Webstey
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    M_WareM_Ware Member, Rooster Endurance Member, Level 2 Supporter
    edited April 2017
    I've already started Antifragile, thanks @TheActualPaulo!

    Can honestly say these books have changed the way I think #lightreading #alittlelatetotheparty pic.twitter.com/jYhZMIOEhL

    — Paulo Sousa (@pstriathlon) April 30, 2017
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    TheActualPauloTheActualPaulo Member
    M Ware said:

    I've already started Antifragile, thanks @TheActualPaulo!


    Can honestly say these books have changed the way I think #lightreading #alittlelatetotheparty pic.twitter.com/jYhZMIOEhL

    — Paulo Sousa (@pstriathlon) April 30, 2017


    You clearly misinterpreted my intentions. I meant that post as a look at me/I'm smarter than you personality projection. I wasn't really interested in having you or anyone else reading it.
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    PevashishDaulPevashishDaul Member, POTM
    I wasn't going to buy the book but once i saw the F word censored i said to myself, "Self, when a short, blonde athlete curses it has to be good!".

    I since have read the book and I'm now a sub 4 minute miler, Canadian miles.
    MamaCheetahAaron Webstey
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    M_WareM_Ware Member, Rooster Endurance Member, Level 2 Supporter


    You clearly misinterpreted my intentions. I meant that post as a look at me/I'm smarter than you personality projection. I wasn't really interested in having you or anyone else reading it.
    @TheRealPaulo thank you for enlightening me. Bless your heart.
    MamaCheetahsimonsen77Craig_DKenElPescadoPeladoTad_MAaron Webstey
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    MattMatt Member, Administrator, Rooster Endurance Member
    I recently started taking the subway to work.


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    EvanEvan Member
    i'm currently reading Marukami - what i talk about when i talk about running. love it
    M_WareGranpa ChookMartin


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