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FR Book Club: What's on your Summer Reading List?
June 17, 2005

Posted on 06/17/2005 10:47:19 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith

The Free Republic Book Club is an informal gathering of readers and lovers of all genre of books, which meets on an irregular basis (whenever I remember to post and have a copy of the ping list available.)

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Today's topic: what's on your summer reading list? Whether you are going on vacation, sitting on the beach or just hanging out on your front porch, there's usually a good novel nearby. Any particular plans or will it be a more serendipitous approach?


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To: Tanniker Smith
And now I'm reading "What the Numbers Say"

Excellent read - I recommend it instead of "Freakenomics" which sucks.

21 posted on 06/17/2005 10:53:53 AM PDT by meowmeow (Gardeners for Global Warming)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Just read 3001: The Final Odyssey. Better than 2010, but not as ground breaking as 2001.


22 posted on 06/17/2005 10:53:58 AM PDT by razoroccam (Then in the name of Allah, they will let loose the Germs of War (http://www.booksurge.com))
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To: Tanniker Smith

Gates of Fire : An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae


Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.


23 posted on 06/17/2005 10:54:22 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! We willna be fooled again!")
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To: Tanniker Smith

Hi TS!

I'm not much of a reader (Gen-X'er, nuf said). However, I've kind of been sucked back in to reading novels the past few years.

Anyway, I'm currently reading "Washington's Crossing" by David Fischer, Oxford Press I believe. This guy wrote "The Ride of Paul Revere" about a decade ago to rave reviews.

This is a very well-written and well-researched book. I'm at the point of the chronology where the author delves into the characteristics of the Howe brothers from England.

Nice maps, and interesting reading for the history buffs out there.

I'll let y'all know how it ends! Freedom vs. Tyranny!


24 posted on 06/17/2005 10:54:45 AM PDT by WI Conservative 4 Bush (Three Cheers for Old Nassau!)
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To: shotokan; stylecouncilor

That sounds interesting.


25 posted on 06/17/2005 10:54:47 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: Tanniker Smith
Here's what's on order from Amazon:

Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything [Hardcover]
By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

The Chronicles of Narnia Box Set: Full-Color Collector's Edition [Paperback]
By: C. S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)

Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork : A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle [Hardcover]
By: Mike Huckabee Yes, that Mike Huckabee

26 posted on 06/17/2005 10:55:23 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
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To: Lemondropkid31

1984 is a weird one, but a good read to be able to talk about.


27 posted on 06/17/2005 10:56:47 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: Tanniker Smith

Dale Brown, "Act of War," where he continues his story involving the "tin men" battle suits. I also hope to read "South Park Republicans," plus, for work, John Keegan's "Mask of COmmand," and Tom Sowell's "Black Rednecks . . . ."
LS


28 posted on 06/17/2005 10:56:50 AM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news)
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To: Tanniker Smith
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis; Modern Optics; Oxford Collection of English verse; Applied Partial Differential Equations; and whatever easy-level Latin/German/Tagalog passages I can get my hands on.
29 posted on 06/17/2005 10:57:09 AM PDT by explodingspleen (http://mish-mash.info/)
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To: Tanniker Smith
I'm reading the Lucado Devotional Bible, 'Taking Heat' by Ari Fleischer and 'Play Poker Like the Pros' by Phil Hellmuth.
30 posted on 06/17/2005 10:57:15 AM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Tanniker Smith

put me on the ping list please.

Just finished Anna Karenina - the entire book! Took weeks.

"The Time Traveler's Wife" is exceptional.

If no one has read "The Red Tent," I recommend it highly.


31 posted on 06/17/2005 10:57:28 AM PDT by peacebaby (The human heart yearns for the beautiful in all ranks of life. Harriet Beecher Stowe.)
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To: babaloo

I read The Devil in the White City, too. I loved it. I thought the parts about the planning of the fair might be a little stale, but they were just facinating. The author paints such a vivid picture of what Chicago was like in those days.


32 posted on 06/17/2005 10:57:58 AM PDT by retrokitten (www.takebackthememorial.org)
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To: Siouxz

Congrats, Siouxz. Enjoy your stay in FLA.


33 posted on 06/17/2005 10:58:01 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: Tanniker Smith

Robert McCammon's Speaks the Nightbird
older book (2002) but new to me.

Good historical adventure novel set in Carolina in 1699.

http://www.robertmccammon.com/novels/speaks_the_nightbird.html


34 posted on 06/17/2005 10:58:30 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Three upcoming novels I am looking forward to are:

Until I Find You, by John Irving
The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime by Jasper Fforde
The New Harry Potter


35 posted on 06/17/2005 10:58:32 AM PDT by Portnoy (Fahrenheit 451...Today's Temperature is hotter than you think...)
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To: meowmeow

Why does "Freakonomics" suck?


36 posted on 06/17/2005 10:58:35 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: Tanniker Smith
Fresh off of the Cambridge University Press, Viking Empires.
37 posted on 06/17/2005 10:58:43 AM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: windcliff

The Crime Scene book is good so far. I just finished Practical Homicide Investigation for the third time. For a reference book it reads like a novel to me. The Interview book is a little stale for me. I've got a promotional exam coming up in November so it's study study study.


38 posted on 06/17/2005 10:59:42 AM PDT by Horatio Gates
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To: Tanniker Smith

Steve Beam's Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, volume 1-5.


39 posted on 06/17/2005 10:59:46 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: Pukin Dog
'Play Poker Like the Pros' by Phil Hellmuth

Just don't throw any tantrums like Phil does!

TS

40 posted on 06/17/2005 11:00:02 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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