Posted on 01/11/2006 12:04:15 PM PST by MplsSteve
I'm gonna start doing this thread on a quarterly basis.
The last time I did it, I got some very interesting answers from Freepers.
What are you reading? It can be anything. A classic. A technical journal. A trashy pulp novel. Soldier of Fortune magazine. Anything.
I'll start. I'm reading: "The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's race for Governor of California and the birth of media politics".
So far, it's not a bad read. But what did you expect? I'm a Pol Sci major.
Well, what are you reading?
You're going to love "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton. It's a great read!
"Things Worth Fighting for: Collected Writings" -- by Michael Kelly.
"One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer" - Nathaniel Fick
Re-reading "1776"
"Who Moved My Cheese"
(actually I'm finished. it takes about 45 minutes to read)
I'd recommend it.
Change is good, change is inevitable, change is coming soon.
My copy of Hewitt's book had some kind of publishing error, one of the parts was reprinted twice, so I'm not sure what I missed.
Amazing story with some obvious similarities to the situation we're in now.
Traditional Bowyers Bible Vol. 1
A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin
A Bird Without Wings - Louis De Bernieres
Killer Clown, The John Wayne Gacy Murders - Terry Sullivan
"How to talk to a Liberal, if you must" by Ann Coulter
Re-reading "The Narnia Chronicles" (which I haven't read since I was a kid), after we saw the movie.
And just recently finished:
"A Breath of Snow and Ashes" by Diana Gabaldon, which is the satisfying conclusion of her "Outlander" series. They must be read in order, and this one ends just after the start of the Revolutionary War.
"The Rule of Four" which is like a cross between "The Name of the Rose" and "The Da Vinci Code"
Emily Giffin's marvelous books "Something Borrowed" and "Something Blue" (again, read in order)
Have you read Anthony Beevor's "Stalingrad"?
It's on my list - but haven't gotten to it. I hear it's quite good.
Steinbeck's East of Eden. Again.
"Common Sense and Other Writings" by Tom Paine - received as a Christmas present. I just finished "A Mote In God's Eye" by Niven & Pournelle - outstanding!
see #31 - it was meant for you.
A Patriot's History of the United States!
No - that and he also wrote a book on the Fall of Berlin. Wouldn't mind reading both books. Having said that, I was more drawn to this book because of the subject rather than the author - I think Beevor does a good job as he's pretty even-handed (pretty) and also it's not a purely military history, but includes political and social history as well which I think is good.
Reading "The Corner" at national review Online is a lot of fun right now during the Alito hearings. I can't watch the asses in the Senate, instead I get the condensed version from KJL and the group.
MoodyBlu
Cool. My dad really enjoyed it. My mom didn't care for the footnotes. :)
Hey!
I just finished Meriwether Lewis, by R. Dillon!
Are you sure you're not a typing dog posing as a human on the internet, too..??!!!
Before that I read "Roundup on the Double D," and the 1955 condensed versions of "The Roosevelts of Sagamore Hill," "No Time for Sergeants," "The Last Hunt," and an autobiography of socialite Elsa Maxwell.
I have now proceeded to re-read the Nosler Reloading Manual #2, from 1981. Page 75 has a lovely little mechanical drawing of the .221 Remington Fireball, which I'm sure you find very beautiful too.
Let's just say I've gotten some good night's sleep.....
I like the book, but it isn't keeping my interest.
I actually have the same problem with the historical Paine book, it's got a lot of information but I can't read it for too long at a time.
Crier's book I couldn't put down because I kept shouting at it.
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