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?
About 10 minutes ago I finished Dean Koontz’s latest, Breathless. It’s a beautiful, beautifully written book by a fantastic conservative author. I highly recommend it.
What did you think of The Road?
Just from the 40 or so replies, it proves the point that conservatives are ill-educated reactionaries..lol
Book Club Ping
i am reading gardening books and magazines, seed catalogs, and a few fitness mags. looking for inspiration for my garden and my weight loss goals.
You’re right!
Both books are excellent - especially “The Worst Hard Time”.
Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
Currently, I'm reading an independent little thing called "Murphy's Lore", modern-day fantasy set in bar in NYC. If you need it, you'll find it. Eh. Not terrible, has its moments, needed a better editor (and publisher).
"Going Rogue" is on the nightstand and on-deck.
reading “Liberal Fascism” by Jonah Goldberg
The Bible (KJV) - I read through it once a year, have been putting off reading the KJV but am enjoying it so far.
The last book in Kate Elliott’s Crown of Stars fantasy series. Latest Wheel of Time book is in the on-deck circle.
I've received several recently:
Under the Dome by Stephen King - unfortunately his liberal, anti-Christian attitude and bias is making it a slow go for me.
Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey - Full of true/weird/funny/disturbing stories of life in Florida.
I loved Tortilla flats. When I was younger the characters were near exact parallels with people around me post Vietnam. I was the one that would work only to have the bounty I PROVIDED used when I wasn’t there. Even had my car stripped because it was out of gas....they sold the tires and wheels. All those people are dead or old junkies now, and I haven’t seen any of them for 25 years.
Breathless...I didn’t want it to end. Sometimes a book leaves me thinking how the next chapter could be written.
This is a book like that.
A Team of Rivals - Goodwin
Dearest Friend (about Abigail Adams) - Withey
I was reading easy books on my own by age four. By seven or eight I was spending hours upon hours reading every encyclopedia volume I could find. Although I am not especially sedentary (I love vigorous exercise and the outdoors) I do spend at least 20 hours a week reading books I am interested in--and my interests are quite varied. Currently I am on a nonfiction binge.
I have developed one reading habit I am not sure many people share: I often start at the end of a book and read toward the beginning (nonfiction, anyway).
Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that’s Conspiring to Islamize America by Paul Sperry and P. David Gaubatz
I am starting it tonight - It was recommended to me by a friend. He told me to order it before Amazon pulls it.
Oooooo, Controls.
Col. Lafayette Baker’s History of the US Secret Service.
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