What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Survey

7/12/10

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West, by Stephen Ambrose

Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain

[abb]

A History of Broadcasting in the United States: Volume 2: The Golden Web
By Erik Barnouw

http://books.google.com/books?id=UzVDHPsJ6AoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+golden+web+erik+barnouw&source=bl&ots=UD4Tk4vKXa&sig=Xyr1il3nPND8R_XnDTfo3Kg6NUw&hl=en&ei=A1c7TJGdEML38AbarMWnBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false

[Upstate NY Guy]

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

I thought it was great. Confirmed a bunch of stuff I already suspected to be true and opened my eyes to some new things as well.

[KarlInOhio]

In honor of Paul the Psychic Octopus I downloaded the Kindle version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and started reading it last week.

[meowmeow]

On my third Matthew Shardlake mystery, Sovereign, by C.J. Sansom - great summer reads about a hunchback lawyer in Tudor England who solves mysteries and struggles with the changing theologies of the time.

[Mad Dawg]

Feser: The Last Superstition
Chesterton: Thomas Aquinas the Dumb Ox
Kripke: Naming and Necessity

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Reading: Bram Stokers' Dracula

Just finished listening:

David Benioff City of Thieves
Jack Higgins East of Desolation

Next up:

David Baldacci Deliver us from evil

[nina0113]

Still fighting through Blacklisted by History, with the Sookie Stackhouse novels for relaxation.

[SE Mom]

I love this thread and look forward to it- but it always leaves me wondering...where are all the stupid, incurious, illiterate and uneducated conservatives? ;)

[zboa]

George Washington, The indispensible Man

[nina0113]

I now have 103 books on my wish list at Amazon

I use my Amazon wishlists to keep track of what I need from the library. Everything I want to read is on the Private list. If I can't find it at the library, and I think it deserves shelf space, I move it to the Public list.

[Colinsky]

CRO-MAGNON: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans, by Brian Fagan

[APatientMan]

1776 - David McCullough (very good)

[HamiltonJay]

The Soulforge - Weis

The Shadow Rising - Jordan

[ConservaTexan]

I am thoroughly enjoying it. However it is scary to think of because almost everything happening in the book up till now (about 1/2 way through) has already happened in real life.

[Lando Lincoln]

Tempest at Dawn
by James Best

[keepitreal]

I read several books at once:

Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
Vince Flynn, Memorial Day
Donald Miller, Father Fiction: Chapters for a Fatherless Generation

Waiting in the wings:

Matthew Algeo, Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip

David Cloud and Greg Jaffe, Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army

Dennis Prager, Happiness is a Serious Problem

Stieg Larrson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Several light reading novels that catch my fancy on a given day.

[coloradomomba]

I enjoyed it, but the long speech at the end was a chore for me to get through...

[NavyCanDo]

“Finished “Overton Window” by Glenn Beck”

Just finished it myself. Just a couple of flaws, but overall a great read. He is a pretty talented novelist.

[carton253]

Reading: Jesus Manifesto by Frank Viola