Popular Post Crimson JH Posted October 22 Popular Post Share Posted October 22 (edited) While watching Episode of Amazon’s Face Off, I noticed there’s some books on his shelves along with his BearBrick figurines. Quinn reads about 20-25 books a year… I thought why not make a list on here to share if anyone interested reading some of these books. if there’s anything I am missing out on, feel free to comment on here for me to add to the list! The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups, by Daniel Coyle Eye of the Needle: A Novel, by Ken Follett A Dangerous Fortune, by Ken Follett A Place Called Freedom, by Ken Follett Dune, by Frank Herbert The Judge’s List, by John Grisham The Exchange, by John Grisham The Pelican Brief, by John Grisham The Lion’s Game, by Nelson DeMille The Panther, by Nelson DeMille Next in Line, by Jeffrey Archer Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain The Great Halifax Explosion, by John U. Bacon 1st to Die (Women's Murder Club), by James Patterson Investing For Canadians For Dummies by Martin - Tyson? (this one was a bit difficult to identify) Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, by Jon Krakauer Cinema Speculation, by Quentin Tarantino The Best American Poetry 2022, by David Lehman Behind Closed Doors, by B.A. Paris The Cloudbuster Nine, by Anne Keene Murdle volumes, by G.T. Karber Update: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike - Phil Knight The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company - Robert (Bob) Iger How to Win the World Cup: Secrets and Insights from International Football’s Top Managers, by Chris Evans Edited October 23 by Crimson JH 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 I got halfway through Dune, and I stopped reading. I never got into the characters. (Except Paul's Father). I honestly didn't like the characters. The setting was interesting but that's it. Ken Follett is a great writer, I understand that. Interesting he seems to like legal based fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 He sure likes his thrillers. Those Grisham books are like crack cocaine. Also interesting to see he's kind of old school and prefers actual books to e-books. When he's older he'll appreciate the ability to increase the font on an e-book. If Quinn see's this I recommend Grisham's 'The Partner'. He'd probably like a lot of Stephen King stuff as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Ken Follett, dude is going old school, I like it. Krakauer is interesting...he wrote Into the Wild and then Into Thin Air, the story of the 1990s Mt. Everest disaster that he was a part of. As for Grisham, a little surprised he appeals to such young readers nowadays since the height of the legal thriller came and went in the 1990s but nice that Quinn is going through some old stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzukes Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 1 hour ago, Crimson JH said: While watching Episode of Amazon’s Face Off, I noticed there’s some books on his shelves along with his BearBrick figurines. Quinn reads about 20-25 books a year… I thought why not make a list on here to share if anyone interested reading some of these books. if there’s anything I am missing out on, feel free to comment on here for me to add to the list! The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups, by Daniel Coyle Eye of the Needle: A Novel, by Ken Follett A Dangerous Fortune, by Ken Follett A Place Called Freedom, by Ken Follett Dune, by Frank Herbert The Judge’s List, by John Grisham The Exchange, by John Grisham The Pelican Brief, by John Grisham The Lion’s Game, by Nelson DeMille The Panther, by Nelson DeMille Next in Line, by Jeffrey Archer Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain The Great Halifax Explosion, by John U. Bacon 1st to Die (Women's Murder Club), by James Patterson Investing For Canadians For Dummies by Martin - Tyson? (this one was a bit difficult to identify) Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, by Jon Krakauer Cinema Speculation, by Quentin Tarantino The Best American Poetry 2022, by David Lehman Behind Closed Doors, by B.A. Paris The Cloudbuster Nine, by Anne Keene Murdle volumes, by G.T. Karber Love Ken Follet. I've read all of his older books but still have the 2nd and 3rd of his Fall of Giants trilogy. I believe I've read all the Grisham ones and Patterson. Anybody have any must reads from the rest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson JH Posted October 22 Author Share Posted October 22 59 minutes ago, nuckin_futz said: He sure likes his thrillers. Those Grisham books are like crack cocaine. Also interesting to see he's kind of old school and prefers actual books to e-books. When he's older he'll appreciate the ability to increase the font on an e-book. If Quinn see's this I recommend Grisham's 'The Partner'. He'd probably like a lot of Stephen King stuff as well. since he read such amount of books. I am pretty sure he has read The Partner too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson JH Posted October 22 Author Share Posted October 22 1 hour ago, Ghostsof1915 said: I got halfway through Dune, and I stopped reading. I never got into the characters. (Except Paul's Father). I honestly didn't like the characters. The setting was interesting but that's it. Ken Follett is a great writer, I understand that. Interesting he seems to like legal based fiction. I couldn’t get into the movie at all. It’s so slow at the beginning. I might give the book a chance, and we know books are usually better than the films. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Specter Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Great idea to start this list @Crimson JH! I remembered that Quinn mentioned a few leadership books that resonated with him during a "Second Year Captain" promo video for the Canucks. I re-watched the clip and can add the following to the list: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike - Phil Knight The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company - Robert (Bob) Iger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzukes Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 5 minutes ago, Crimson JH said: I couldn’t get into the movie at all. It’s so slow at the beginning. I might give the book a chance, and we know books are usually better than the films. Same, I tried to watch it a couple times. So boring I could not keep going. Having said that some of the best books I've ever read were incredibly slow and mundane in the beginning but I was so glad I kept going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 11 minutes ago, Gawdzukes said: Love Ken Follet. I've read all of his older books but still have the 2nd and 3rd of his Fall of Giants trilogy. I believe I've read all the Grisham ones and Patterson. Anybody have any must reads from the rest? I guess maybe Dune is the closest thing to a must read that strikes me on the list. It's a fairly dense book though...people often get to the end of it to say they read it as opposed to their having been gripped from start to finish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 8 minutes ago, Crimson JH said: I couldn’t get into the movie at all. It’s so slow at the beginning. I might give the book a chance, and we know books are usually better than the films. The book is certainly better than the David Lynch film. As for the recent Dune movies...they finally worked on screen because the script adaptation pares things down to a more simple Star Wars-esque good vs. bad story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzukes Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 10 minutes ago, Kevin Biestra said: I guess maybe Dune is the closest thing to a must read that strikes me on the list. It's a fairly dense book though...people often get to the end of it to say they read it as opposed to their having been gripped from start to finish. Cheers Mr. Biestra! I will put it on my list. It's currently getting slotted after The Brothers Karamazov and maybe before Moby Dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 25 minutes ago, Gawdzukes said: Love Ken Follet. I've read all of his older books but still have the 2nd and 3rd of his Fall of Giants trilogy. I believe I've read all the Grisham ones and Patterson. Anybody have any must reads from the rest? Since he reads James Patterson, I would probably suggest (not on the shelf) Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. I find Patterson to be a strange case...he is a genius at coming up with plots or what his serial killers are up to, but then I'm not a huge fan of how he executes the writing itself in fleshing out the plot. Still makes for a book worth reading when it's all added up though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzukes Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Just now, Kevin Biestra said: Since he reads James Patterson, I would probably suggest (not on the shelf) Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. I find Patterson to be a strange case...he is a genius at coming up with plots or what his serial killers are up to, but then I'm not a huge fan of how he executes the writing itself in fleshing out the plot. Still makes for a book worth reading when it's all added up though. Haha, great comment. I know exactly what you mean. I've read both of those ones. Kiss the Girls was one of my all-time favorites. We were stuck in a cabin with washed out roads from rain for about 3 days. I finally stumbled on the book after the worst case of boredom ever and I couldn't put it down. I wouldn't have even if we weren't trapped in a cabin! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson JH Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 51 minutes ago, Harvey Specter said: Great idea to start this list @Crimson JH! I remembered that Quinn mentioned a few leadership books that resonated with him during a "Second Year Captain" promo video for the Canucks. I re-watched the clip and can add the following to the list: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike - Phil Knight The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company - Robert (Bob) Iger Funny, I have Shoe Dog in my drawer. It’s a gift for my friend when I was living in Portland and visited the Nike HQ. I might take a peek.. lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zduck14 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 4 hours ago, Crimson JH said: Funny, I have Shoe Dog in my drawer. It’s a gift for my friend when I was living in Portland and visited the Nike HQ. I might take a peek.. lol Shoe Dog is a great book. Highly recommend reading it. Being a hockey forum, I'd also recommend Burke's Law by Brian Burke. One of the best I've read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson JH Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 17 hours ago, zduck14 said: Shoe Dog is a great book. Highly recommend reading it. Being a hockey forum, I'd also recommend Burke's Law by Brian Burke. One of the best I've read. found it. Hardcover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson JH Posted October 24 Author Share Posted October 24 Spotted a still image of Hughes holding a book, can anyone identify this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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