Still reading Pindar’s Odes, though I hope soon to read THE ROAD, by Cormac. Hope it’s not too depressing.
The Sandman, Volume I, a graphic novel compilation by Neil Gaiman
Dracula in London, an anthology edited by P. N. Elrod
A History of the Crusades: Volume 2, The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East (Cambridge University Press 1952) Steven Runciman
Currently reading G.K. Chesterson's essays on my Kindle
Recently finished:
Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn
Love's Duet by Patricia Veryan
The Queen Mother by William Shawcross
I’m listening to “Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World” by Roger Crowley.
Its amazing the West survived at all.
The Unthinkable: who survives when disaster strikes — and why, by Amanda Ripley. What a fascinating book!
I have been enjoying all of Daniel Silva’s books, but for whatever reason have hit a wall with A Death in Vienna. A good book, but I’ve had a LOT of distractions lately.
Husband and I are also reading The All New Square Food Gardening, planning on growing some vegetables this year.
I’m reading the original Marco Polo with my 10 dd. Did you know it documents Christian persecution by the Caliph of Baghdad only to have him secretly convert when a cobbler prays to God for a mountain to be removed, and it is, when an earthquake hits? I had never heard that story before.
Going Rogue
Jim Baen's Universe II
Worlds of Weber
Yeah. 4 books at once. Can't seem to settle on any one so I rotate them.
I've got about 5 more in the stack.
"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". Never got a chance to read it until now.
"Spy Handler". The story of Victor Cherkashin, the man who recruited Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen.
I am presently reading The Pirate Coast Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805 by Richard Zacks
For fun:
Odd Hours, by Dean Koontz
Tailchaser's Song, by Tad Williams (to my 8-year-old daughter)
Shalom
Eric Hoffer's "The True Believer," for the second time.
"Depression Free Naturally" by Joan Matthews Larson, for about the seventh time. This book is an AWESOME discovery. Run, don't walk, to amazon dot com or your bookstore and find a copy, especially if someone you love is depressed or struggling with mental problems. Don't write it off until you read what the author has to say. Trust me on this.
“Blood and Thunder” by Hampton Sides
I recently finished “The Book Thief” and HIGHLY recommend it. This Australian writer has verbal synesthesia: he will make you use all of your senses reading his prose. Yes, it’s about Nazi Germany, but it is more about beauty and love than cruelty and hatred. You’ve never read a novel like this, so read it. :)
I also finished Sarah Palin’s book, just last night, and enjoyed it from cover to cover. I do have the impression I know her better, and still can’t find much not to like about her. We could do MUCH, MUCH worse than electing her President. I do not see her as corruptible.
I am also reading for research several books simultaneously about black life in the South from the end of the Civil War through the early 1920s, and am learning some very sad truths and some very interesting stories.
Just finished “The Road”. Am halfway through Dinesh d’Souza’s “Life After Death”, and “Scottish Ghost Stories” for comic relief.
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