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What book do you take with you in your runner right now, that you can’t put down?

Discussion in '5th Gen 4Runners (2010-2024)' started by djwantke, Nov 20, 2024.

  1. Nov 20, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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    djwantke

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    what book do you take with you in your runner right now, that you can’t put down?!

    before you react like my wife did when she saw what book I’m reading, open your mind to the possibility that you may know next to nothing about anything.

    IMG_7677.jpg
     
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  2. Nov 20, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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    scottiezilla

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    This is a good thread
    I have some that are always in the truck but
    recents are ”something wicked this way comes” n “the sea-wolf”
     
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  3. Nov 20, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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    NeverTooLate71

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    Haven't sat down to read a book in years, something to do with late onset of ADD I think?
    Some of the book titles I'd like to reread...A Confederate General In Big Sur, Trout Fishing in America, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest....most anything by Kurt Vonnegut
    Arrested Development....as it is...so be it!
     
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  4. Nov 20, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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    djwantke

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    Nice I’ll have to look those up guys !
     
  5. Nov 20, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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    NeverTooLate71

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    Enjoy!
    Look up..."Lines and Shadows" buy Joseph Wambaugh. Kind of current topic. My older brother now deceased was a character in that book.
     
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  6. Nov 21, 2024 at 6:13 AM
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    Porn....but after a while I put it down and wash the dash.
     
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    2Turbo

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    Peter Hathaway Capstick. Death in the long grass or any of his other books
     
  8. Nov 21, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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    cuse93

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    I keep a Rand McNally US road atlas in all my vehicles
     
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    Where the dear and antelope play - Nick Offerman

    outstanding to read while out on trails and at national parks
     
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    Not in the 4R at the moment, but if you’ve been to Moab, you have to read Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. Or if you’ve been to the Grand Canyon, read The Man Who Walked Through Time by Colin Fletcher.
     
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    I haven't read that one, but I like the cover! I haven't seen one, but I know a few credible people who have stories about encountering UFO's (or UAP's as they are called now), so I have a very open mind when it comes to that topic.
     
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    I take advantage of the iPhone/iCarPlay connection to listen to audio books. Just now I am wending my way through C J Box series of Joe Pickett Wyoming Game Warden books. Light enough for easy listening, and perhaps the career option I will always wish I had pursued.
     
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    4Runners Owners Idiot Guide Series: How to Park in the Fastlane, Vol. 2
     
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    Zen n the art of motorcycle maintenance
     
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    I have this one and every one of his books, all autographed by him when I met him years ago at a signing. I took my entire collection and he signed them all.
     
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    I would be the first to admit that I probably do know next to nothing about anything. As humans we think we are so smart... Maybe about some things.

    As far as what I am reading that I can't put down: Lockheed Blackbird - Behind the Secret Missions by Paul F. Crickmore

    All of you will think I'm nuts for this one, but aviation has been in my blood forever...

    Other favorites - Older Dale Brown books (fiction) and older Tom Clancy. Some Michael Patterson thrillers, most any John Grisham and a few Michael Crichton...
     
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    That’s cool, he’s a great storyteller and a smooth read. I consider my wife a tree hugger and she enjoyed all his books as well
     
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    I don't drive and read books at the same time......when I'm camped I have a Kindle, with a choice of hundreds of books to choose from. Used to carry paperbacks but found the Kindle works much better. Reading a book at night meant having a light and that meant a million bugs trying to read the book with me. The Kindle I have set so it is white print on a dark background and that doesn't attract the bugs.
     
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    265/70/17 BFG AT KO2, chapstick in the cup holder
    Catch-22, or something by Teddy D
     
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    Mike Waltz - Hard Truths
    Henry Kissinger - Leadership
     
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    I don’t drive and read books neither, driving distracted/electronic device use is a steep fine in great white north!
    I would love a kindle actually, for those reasons.
     
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