Beach Bum Vending Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'm currently reading Dave Ramsey's " The Total Money Makeover" Just curious what books you all have read and enjoyed? I have also read all of the rich dad poor dad serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dperry Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 My favorite author is Peter F. Hamilton. I haven't found any works by him that weren't great. It's SciFi, and I read for fun. I'm currently re-reading Niven's Ringworld series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dperry Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Currently reading some older SF titles. Endymion by Dan Simmons. Its a sequel to Hyperion, and Fall of Hyperion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlock Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I don't read much non-fiction. And I read very little of anything written after 1920. But, I expanded my horizon recently and started reading the 3-book collection of Louis L'Amour's frontier stories. For not being my usual thing -- I'm really enjoying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mage Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I only read the first Ringworld. I used to be seriously into Sci-fi/Fantasy, yet that evolved, and I almost never read fiction any more. The notable exception is Terry Brooks. I have read everything associated with the Shanara series, including a series that originally was separate, but he decided to become the back story of Shanara. (Over 21 books so far.) I never read the Total Money Makeover, but I gave away 3 copies to people. I spent a lot of time in my car for my last job, and ended up listening to his show for hours each week, and as a result I know practically everything in his book, and understand all the concepts. I have mentioned here before that I believe it should be at least a starting point for most people. I also like Kiyosaki, and some of his Rich Dad, Poor Dad series. And his philosophy has seriously influenced me. I dislike his "Prophecy" book, and while I understand his basis, and believe others need to understand this is going on, I really disagree with his ideas about what is going to happen to the market. What he sees as a potential disaster, I see as simply money moving around, and changing hands. I believe Ramsey seems to be a little credit phobic, but while I disagree with him somewhat, I don't think he is wrong. (The more then one path theory.) And for Kiyosaki, I think he has written everything he knows, but is still writing to more to keep the series alive then anything. (Am I complicating this discussion?) I just finished The Millionaire Fastlane. Kind of follows a Rich Dad philosophy, although he had (if I remember) a negative indirect comment, but didn't name Kiyosaki specifically. Like Kiyosaki believes that people are either in the rat race, (person who works for their income,) and those that are out, (enough passive income that you only work because you want to, not because you need to,) he divides people into 3 categories. The sidewalk, (people without any sort of plan whatsoever,) the slow lane, (the person with the normal plan of work, save, invest, and possibly become wealthy after 40 years,) and the fast lane, (create something, become wealthy in 5 to 10 years.) My favorite part of this book was a story about a party where some guy was "working" the room, finally got to him and asked if he wanted to make $10,000 a month. He let the guy go on for a short time, but then told him he made $10,000 ever 2 days, so why would he be interested in that every month? He admits hyping his book, by putting the Lamborghini on the front, and looking like the average get rich quickly and easily book, (which initially turned me off to the book before looking deeper,) but this was just to get people's attention before telling them the "truth". Nitpicking, I was annoyed by him calling an LLC a Limited Liability "Corporation" but it is not a corporation, it is a company. One of the many books I am currently reading is the 4 day work week. (I usually have about 7 going at once.) This book was actually mentioned in the above book, again indirectly, but mostly due to a person’s foolish way of following the book. This is about "outsourcing" your life. Including your job duties at work. He actually suggests hiring people in other countries to do some of your work for you. (Obviously doesn't work for people on a production line.) Earlier this year, I purchased a nutrition course called Precision Nutrition, by John Berardi. I have read plenty of articles by this Author, and one mentioned a few books that influenced his career, and his success in his business. So I picked up a copy of one of those books, called Switch. This is about motivation, and divides how people work into their logical and emotional sides. Defining the emotional side as being like an elephant, and rational side as being a rider attempting to control the elephant. I am only starting to read this book. I re-perused a book I read previously called Database Design for Mere Mortals. (Kind of a textbook.) Just started EntreLeadership by Dave Ramsey, and The 10 day MBA, (3rd edition) which I think I am going to postpone reading until I have more time to focus directly on this book. Should I mention I have a mild OCD when it comes to reading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauna Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I read smutty romance novels for fun, but right now I'm immersed in the book Search Engine Optimization for Dummys. Not really sure if it is a good use of my time, but I really want my website to rank on the first page when a search for vending companies in the Knoxville area is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberframe50 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Just finished the girl with the dragon tattoo. I loved it so much I just ordered the girl that played with fire, second in a series of 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dperry Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I only read the first Ringworld. I used to be seriously into Sci-fi/Fantasy, yet that evolved, and I almost never read fiction any more. Niven came out with a few more books that predate the Ringworld. They were good reading too. Gives you some prehistory of it all. I sometimes read more than one book at a time. I'm now also reading "A Princess of Mars", by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the book that the movie "John Carter" was adapted from. I did not know anything about it until this movie came out. I haven't seen the movie though. Interesting enough, this book came out almost 100 years ago. It appears to be in the public domain. I downloaded it for my kindle app on my phone for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogcow Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Not really sure if it is a good use of my time, but I really want my website to rank on the first page when a search for vending companies in the Knoxville area is done. it may help depending on your competition but for the most part SEO books are a waste of time because google changes the ranking algorithm now and then they play whack a mole with the optimizers, its really hard to keep up with it theres better blogs and forums to read than books IMO anyway. Just finished the girl with the dragon tattoo. I loved it so much I just ordered the girl that played with fire, second in a series of 3. amazing this guy died before his books were even publishing, huge international best sellers and he had never even thought about publishing them he just wrote them for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Niven came out with a few more books that predate the Ringworld. They were good reading too. Gives you some prehistory of it all. I sometimes read more than one book at a time. I'm now also reading "A Princess of Mars", by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the book that the movie "John Carter" was adapted from. I did not know anything about it until this movie came out. I haven't seen the movie though. Interesting enough, this book came out almost 100 years ago. It appears to be in the public domain. I downloaded it for my kindle app on my phone for free. I read John Carter when I was in high school, going to see the movie sometime to how it compares. Both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have credited John Carter as a source of inspiration in interviews in the past. Just think without John Carter we might not have had ET and Darth Vader. Loved the Ringworld series, have you read the book that Niven coauthored with Jerry Pournelle called Footfall? There is another book that they coauthored called The Mote in God's Eye That was a pretty good read too. Also a big fan of Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt series, just finished Skeleton Coast over the weekend. Next up some more serious reading, gonna give Dave Ramsey's new book a read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dperry Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I read John Carter when I was in high school, going to see the movie sometime to how it compares. Both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have credited John Carter as a source of inspiration in interviews in the past. Just think without John Carter we might not have had ET and Darth Vader. some more serious reading, gonna give Dave Ramsey's new book a read It's funny how I had heard of ERB from the Tarzan stories (which I never read) and never heard of John Carter. But seeing those movie trailers makes me think of the Tarl Cabot from John Norman's Gor series. A warrior that gets mystically transported to another world to do battle in exotic settings. Loved the Ringworld series, have you read the book that Niven coauthored with Jerry Pournelle called Footfall? There is another book that they coauthored called The Mote in God's Eye That was a pretty good read too. I've read pretty much all of Niven's work. I've been reading his stuff for 30 years. Yes, I read Footfall, the Mote books, even the older books like "The Magic Goes Away". An the california voodoo game and the barsoom project. etc, etc. That was good reading when I was younger, and got me into a lifetime of reading since then. There isn't a day that I'm not reading some fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mage Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Niven came out with a few more books that predate the Ringworld. They were good reading too. Gives you some prehistory of it all. I sometimes read more than one book at a time. I'm now also reading "A Princess of Mars", by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the book that the movie "John Carter" was adapted from. I did not know anything about it until this movie came out. I haven't seen the movie though. Interesting enough, this book came out almost 100 years ago. It appears to be in the public domain. I downloaded it for my kindle app on my phone for free. I knew my brother was into Burroughs in High School, and had a few of the Mars series. After reading the Foundation trilogy, the prequels, and one of the post Foundation trilogy books, I discovered that Asimov had linked a large collection of his books, (the Robots series, and the Empire series,) resulting in a complete history starting in the near future. (Or is that the past now?) So I started picking up his books with the idea of reading all of them in the order of their history. Unfortunately that plan fell apart, but I do still intend to do this. And speaking of movies made from books, when the first Dune movie came out, I decided to read the book before it was out, but only got started on it, then I saw the movie. It was years later when I finally read the book(s). Interestingly anyone who read Dune, hated the movie, and anyone who didn't, had trouble understanding it. This left me in a strange position where I read enough to understand what was going on, but not enough to dislike the movie. It was years later that I finally read the whole book, and understood why people disliked the movie. Also I was 16. (Last I heard, the attempt at a new movie fell apart.) I do have to say we are really living in interesting times as far as movies go. With the technology available, practically anything is possible in a movie, and that opens up a whole host of books that could not, or should not be made into films due to a lack in technological ability. Although that can still be thwarted by hack writers and directors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dperry Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 And speaking of movies made from books, when the first Dune movie came out, I decided to read the book before it was out, but only got started on it, then I saw the movie. It was years later when I finally read the book(s). Interestingly anyone who read Dune, hated the movie, and anyone who didn't, had trouble understanding it. This left me in a strange position where I read enough to understand what was going on, but not enough to dislike the movie. It was years later that I finally read the whole book, and understood why people disliked the movie. Also I was 16. (Last I heard, the attempt at a new movie fell apart.) Yes, Dune was one of those books I read in college, before the 1985 movie came out. Yes, I did not like that movie either. But then the SciFi channel came out with an updated version of the movie about 10 years ago or so,and Children of Dune after that. It was pretty lacking too. They seemed to forget all about the stilsuits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpvending Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I am mostly a mystery reader for enjoyment...I read so much that I basically frequent yard sales and thrift stores and will pick up any mystery that I can get cheap. Oftentimes I find 1/4 of the way in that I've already read it...so if I only paid .25 for it then I don't mine. I will then trade them in to a used bookstore and often get more credit than I paid for them. I also belong to a book club. Last month we read 'The Art of Fielding'. I actually really enjoyed it and read the entire book (something like 500 pages?) in two days. I do have the Total Money Makeover beside my bed and have read part of it. Ditto with a book on relationships - can't think of the title but it's about how we each show/receive love differently. So our mate may THINK they are showing us they love us because they are showing us in their way...but it's not our way so we aren't recognizing it. I am considering getting an eReader for the book club books. Personally I prefer paperbacks...but it seems the book club always chooses books I have a hard time finding and sometimes even end up having to order online. The convenience of an eReader would be nice for those. Just hate forking out the $$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedvender Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Dave Ramsey total money Makeover good points been working to get my debts paid off. I do agree a little bit of a credit phobia but hey The millionaire next door. Stop Acting Rich, The Tehran Initiative, The 12th IMAN. I also love sifi stuff Isac Asmov, Arther C Clark lot of Star Wars and Star Trek Books TOS NG and DS9 books. Looking to find some good books on sales and closing the sale to help with locating next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Recently read and really enjoyed Genghis Khan by Jack Weatherford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdendy Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 it may help depending on your competition but for the most part SEO books are a waste of time because google changes the ranking algorithm now and then they play whack a mole with the optimizers, its really hard to keep up with it theres better blogs and forums to read than books IMO anyway. Dogcow is right, but the vest advice I can give is to do everything in a logical order/pattern. Name your pictures file names to what they actually are, use alt tags that are precise, that sort of thing. Google looks for the cleanest and most definitive for content, then ranks it based on a lot of other factors like your sites authority, sites linking to you and there authority, they even look at the sites you link out to and what not. Stay consistent, and very literal and you should do fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLM Vending Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 My 2 current favorite books. Stairways in San francisco and Secret Stairs in the East Bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.caserri Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I am mostly a mystery reader for enjoyment...I read so much that I basically frequent yard sales and thrift stores and will pick up any mystery that I can get cheap. Oftentimes I find 1/4 of the way in that I've already read it...so if I only paid .25 for it then I don't mine. I will then trade them in to a used bookstore and often get more credit than I paid for them. I also belong to a book club. Last month we read 'The Art of Fielding'. I actually really enjoyed it and read the entire book (something like 500 pages?) in two days. I do have the Total Money Makeover beside my bed and have read part of it. Ditto with a book on relationships - can't think of the title but it's about how we each show/receive love differently. So our mate may THINK they are showing us they love us because they are showing us in their way...but it's not our way so we aren't recognizing it. I am considering getting an eReader for the book club books. Personally I prefer paperbacks...but it seems the book club always chooses books I have a hard time finding and sometimes even end up having to order online. The convenience of an eReader would be nice for those. Just hate forking out the $$. if you get a kindle (i think the nook does this too, but not 100% sure), you can borrow books from a library. and kindle has 1000's of books available for free! my experience with the free books is pretty good, only one or two that were badly written/edited...you can also 'borrow' books from other kindle owners. i was not very willing to get an ereader, because i read so much i was frequenting the library every week and getting 3 or 4 books at a time, and i thought oh that's going to be really expensive to buy books....well, when i found out about borrowing from libraries with a kindle, i was sold. but honestly i have found so many for free from kindle i haven't borrowed from the library yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpvending Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 if you get a kindle (i think the nook does this too, but not 100% sure), you can borrow books from a library. and kindle has 1000's of books available for free! my experience with the free books is pretty good, only one or two that were badly written/edited...you can also 'borrow' books from other kindle owners. i was not very willing to get an ereader, because i read so much i was frequenting the library every week and getting 3 or 4 books at a time, and i thought oh that's going to be really expensive to buy books....well, when i found out about borrowing from libraries with a kindle, i was sold. but honestly i have found so many for free from kindle i haven't borrowed from the library yet. I ended up buying a Nook Color yesterday. The book for bookclub was not at any of the three local used bookstores and even B&N said they'd have to special order it. It was $11 plus shipping. Decided I was sick of chasing books around! Still figuring it out. I do know you can do the lending thing and there are free books...not sure about the library yet. They offer free classes so I'll probably take one to get the most out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mage Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 My wife took the Nook class. Just make sure it is charged before you go. 2 people at ours ran out of power during the class, although they have loaners, so even people that don't have them can attend the class. I have both the Kindle and Nook app on my tablet, but I really only use the Kindle. No other reason then I keep buying the books from Amazon. I know my wife could loan me her Nook books so they are temporarily on my system, but the only thing she reads is Vampire Porn... Uh, I mean Paranormal Romance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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