Civil War Poetry and Prose by Walt Whitman. I keep this little paperback in my purse for brief reading, such as on the treadmill, during a Cub Scouts hike, or at a stoplight.
The Gates of November: Chronicles of the Slepak Family by Chaim Potok. Chaim Potok is a new author for me, recent FR recommendation. I read My Name Is Asher Lev last week, and The Chosen is waiting at the library.
To the Other Towns: A Life of Blessed Peter Favre by William V. Bangert, S.J. This is a re-read of a biography of one of the founders of the Jesuits.
And on the CD player, One Nation by Dr. Ben Carson. This audiobook is being passed around my prayer group.
Ping to the Morning Kitteh list and few others.
What are you reading?
Barnaby Rudge. an old’un..
for great summer reading, for the gals here, I suggest the book “Jane: The woman who loved Tarzan” by Robin Maxwell. It’s told by Tarzan’s mate, from her perspective.. a quick fun—summer read..
the wife and I both read it last summer... had fun.
Of late, I’ve been re-enjoying scifi/fantasy books from:
Jack Vance - The Demon Princes
(Space mystery/thriller/etc type series)
Sharon Lee/Steve Miller - the Liaden series
(Agent of Change, Conflict of Honors, etc. Very space opera-ish)
James Schmitz - Telzey Amberdon, etc.
(Series of sci-fi or maybe sci-psi stories)
Yes, it’s a bit frivolous, but given how serious life can be, I need a little escapism sometimes.
I am just finishing a re-read of “Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea” by Robert K. Massie.
I read this about 7 years ago. It is just as interesting and seems more absorbing than ever! It’s one of those great reads you almost hate to see end.
I have to search carefully for a new book soon, or I’ll go through a kind of ‘withdrawal’. I don’t know how people get by, who don’t read.
It's nonfiction, about the life of an English country vet in the 1930’s. Funny, warm, and uplifting. I recommend it to animal lovers, and anyone else.
Blood Feud by Edward Klein
A Table in the Presence by Lt. Carey H. Cash... Lt. Carey H. Cash is a battalion chaplain to infantry Marines in the United States Navy. In Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was the first ground combat element to cross the border into Iraq.
The Aeneid with my sons
The Republic and the Laws--Cicero... with my son
I seem to be on an Australian history kick at the moment...all books by Peter FitzSimons.
“Batavia”, the story of a shipwreck/mutiny in 1629 of the Dutch East Indies Co. flagship en-route from The Netherlands to the spice islands near Java.
“Eureka” the story of the Australian gold rush (which dwarfed our own) and the revolution it caused.
“Tobruk” The story of Australia’s struggle in WWII and Victoria’s Cross recipient, John Edmondson.
Not anything at the minute.
Isn’t Walt Whitman, Bill Clinton’s favorite author.
Everyone should read Thucydides’ “The Peloponnesian War”.
Everyone probably has read Dickens’ “Great Expectations” and rightly so.
Also Churchill’s six volume “History of World War II”.
Hour of Peril-Stashower
Events from Lincoln’s election to his train trip to DC for the first inauguration. How Pinkerton helped him through baltimore where there was a plot to assassinate him when he switched trains.
Good background on Pinkerton’s life and how he built his agency.
Lot’s of stories of Lincoln’s inner circle.
Lots of info on the politics taking place during a time when 7 states succeeded.
Good read.
[enters the confessional]
I do most of my reading in FanFiction. I know, there's more than a little bit of dross out there, but much of it is written in earnest, and I find quite a few diamonds in the rough.
Oh, and I [ahem] write some myself.
Just finished “The Art of Racing in the Rain”.
And it is NOT what you think it is about.
“Signature in the Cell “ and “Darwin’s Doubt” by Stephen Meyer.
Truly an impressive tour de force rational attack of evolutionary theory.
I was a believer in Darwin with some nagging doubts. These two books turned me into a total skeptic.
These are must reads for anyone with any interest in the origin of life and it’s “evolution “ or “design”.