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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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! 


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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?

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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. 

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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.

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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

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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! 🤣

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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

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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.

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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 

 

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