Books are great.

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@manimal, dude….I loved Scar Tissue as well. I remember reading it when I was on a camping trip, and I simply could not put the book down.

Right now, I’m reading Think and Grow Rich and The Doors of Perception.

I’m currently re-reading Brad Blanton’s ‘Radical honesty’ and Rick Snoman’s legendary EDM production bible.

@theskafish Inorite, the storytelling is great, it really grabs your attention and brings you in for a ride. I found so many things that I could relate to as well, which really shows that although people live very different lives we can have so much in common. And the part about him meating the Dalai was eye-opening too.

Those two other books are great too, I love them. If you like ‘The doors of perception’ I recommend ‘Island’ by the same author.

@mskisa, no freakin way! I loved Animorphs too, they were one of my first influences to make my own story. I was so blown away by how there was so much depth to K.A. Applegate’s universe, and how every alien’s culture was more or less explained, and how the war with the Yeerks was more than good and evil, but shades of grey. I especially loved the Hork-Bajir Chronicles. Which were your favorites?

I really like how books can put you into the mind of another person. A really good book can fascinate you, and put you in awe of how that person can tell a story, or teach you something. My favorite fiction books- The gunslinger series by Stephen King, A clockwork Orange, Catch 22 and The Inheritance Series. Some great non-fiction books are from the Conversations with God series. I’m also currently reading The Sufis, which explains the Sufi practice as a religion who worships love, and is derived from human insight.

@eyesopen, I think Tesla is something that deserves its own semester in everyone’s required schooling. Tesla is the reality to ‘anything is possible’ and also the answer to ‘what does this have to do with real life? I’ll never use what I learn from my homework!’.

@alchemicmakeup, I did not like how he ended the Inheritance cycle, but not a bad series. For me my all-time favorite reads would have to be The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.

Recently, I really enjoyed Blue Like Jazz:3