Posted on 01/12/2010 7:17:29 PM PST by MplsSteve
OK, it's time for my quarterly What Are You Reading Now? survey.
I do this because I like to gauge what Freepers are reading. I believe that the Freeper community are one of the more well-read on the Internet.
What are you reading? It can be anything...a classic novel, a NY Times bestseller, a technical journal, a trashy pulp novel - in short, anything.
Please do not defile this thread by replying "I'm Reading This Thread". It became unfunny a long time ago.
I'll start. I'm reading "Pickett's Charge: A Microstudy" by George R Stewart. It was written in 1959 and is a classic read about the last day of the battle of Gettysburg. It was his only book about the Civil War but he wrote many others.
Well, what are you reading?
Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man.
"The matter of the gods: religion and the Roman empire" by Clifford Ando
This book chronicles the life of one of the most extraordinary figures to come out of the Civil War. Chamberlain (whom many know from the movies Gettysburg and Gods and Generals) began his career as a lieutenant colonel and the XO of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. By the time the war was over, he'd been wounded six times, had six horses shot out from under him, earned the Medal of Honor for valor at Gettysburg (they actually nominated him for a second for the Battle of Five Forks, but decided that generals could only receive one), was promoted to the rank of major general, and was personally selected by General Grant to accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. Chamberlain was also the last fatality of the Civil War, dying of an infection in a wound that had never healed on February 24, 1914, almost fifty years after receiving it at Petersburg.
His Confederate opponents admired and respected Chamberlain, with General John Gordon calling him "one of the knightliest soldiers of the Federal Army."
Oh no! I have always lived in TX, but I can put faces to them, also. I am the age of Skeeter...and remember when girls had conversations about silver/china patterns. I’m loving the book...
Defying Hitler: A Memoir by Sebastian Heffner
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Letters from the Dust Bowl by Caroline Henderson
Memorial Day by Vince Flynn
Pardonable Lies by Jaqueline Winspear
The Path of Loneliness by Elisabeth Elliot
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Obit by Jim Sheeler
The Short Stories of O. Henry
Unpacking Forgiveness by Chris Brauns
Probably more as it strikes my fancy
Just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Great read.
BTW, as lovers of US history, she and her dad have a goal of reading a biography of each of the US presidents. So far they have been very selective...
Any suggestions for them?
Sorry that was Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner (not Heffner). Almost finished with it and recommend to anyone who wants to see what average Germans thought of the rise of Hitler, and how one man reacted to the insanity.
I have just about every Dashiell Hammett story ever written. There’s some excellent collections available at a reasonable price. Hammett was an amazing writer, entirely self taught. He’d been a Pinkerton as a young man and knew the world of crime and detectives. Prior to Hammett detective fiction wasn’t very realistic. One admirer said ‘Hammett took murder out of the vicar’s garden and gave it back to the people who were really good at it”.
I never tried the backwards reading thing....yet. I remember sitting in my brothers high chair....I was about 4 or 5, and reading to my mom doing dishes. One day in particular I began reading one of her books......It was the best of times, it was the worst of times......I was not yet in first grade, but I could read just about anything.....my mom took the book away, and said THAT is too deep for you........lol. I still haven’t read the book.
Just finished Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
Now reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (I’ve never read it, and they just finally released an official version for the Kindle)
“from the legend of biel” by mary staton. (sci-fi)
Wow! Running with a bunch like that, you’re lucky to be alive!
Just finished “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson and am now about halfway through “Going Rogue.”
I’m Reading This Thread.
SRSLY tho, I’m reading Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell. Love him.
The Story of Telecommunications
By George P. Oslin
Now I'm in God's Design for the Highly Healthy Person by Walt Larimore,MD.
I love this thread!
Vince Flynn’s “Pursuit of Honor.”
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