What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Thread

7/07/11 | MplsSteve

[MplsSteve]

Hi everyone! I hope your 4th of July was a good one.

it's time again for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now?" thread. As you know, I consider Freepers to be among the most well-read of those of us on the Internet and I like to see what other Freepers are reading these days.

It can be anything - a classic novel, a trashy pulp romance, a technical journal, etc. Please do not deile this thread by posting "I'm reading this thread". it became very unfunny a long time ago.

I'll start. I'm just finishing "Chancellorsville 1863: The Souls of the Brave" by Ernest Furgurson. It's OK. Nothing to rave about though.

Well, what are you reading now? Let's hear about it!

[Chances Are]

“Web of Debt”, by Ellen Hodgson Brown, J.D.

and

“Blacklisted By History”, by the redoubtable M. Stanton Evans.

Good summer reading, no matter how you cut it!

CA....

[TheMom]

I also have recently read all of Dennis Lehane’s detective series of books:

I recently read all of the detective series books, except "Gone Baby Gone". I also finally read "Shutter Island" and "Mystic River". I was amazed how close the movies followed the books. Lehane is a great writer.

[Atlantan]

“The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared” by Alice Ozma

A father decides to read to his daughter for 100 nights. They enjoyed it so much they decided to keep “The Streak” going. The Streak lasted for 8 years (3,218 nights) until the daughter went to college.

Wonderful book plus a list of books they read.

[TheMom]

I just finished Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin. My cousin recommended her "Chronicles of the Kings" series, I wanted to check out Mrs. Austins writing style before getting the series. The book I just finished was very 'chick flick' like, but the writing was great. So I am headed to the used book store to try and find the series.

Tonight I will read Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich ~ her books are so silly & easy on the brain.

Next on the list is "the Help" by Kathryn Stockett.

[knittnmom]

As it happens, I’m a lousy gardener, so that has not been a distraction! :0 My daughter and I also watched the first 6 movies, and will re-watch the 7th Part 1 movie this weekend.

[trimom]

The Next Wave by Catherine Herridge

[trimom]

We Band of Angels was excellent, as was Unbroken. Ghost Soldiers was very good as well if you are enjoying WWII non fiction.

[eclecticEel]

I'm finishing Rising Sun: the Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945. I'm actually getting a little bogged down and want to be done with it so I can get back to a more interesting book: the autobiography of Leon Trotsky (yes, that Trostky)

[SunkenCiv]

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[LonePalm]

Of course, I'm still working on my Science Fiction novel.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[GenXteacher]

I am currently working on GFR Henderson’s “Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War”. I just polished off “All Things Wise and Wonderful” by James Herriot, and on deck will be either “The French Revolution” by Carlyle or “1421: The Year China Discovered America”.

[this_ol_patriot]

Orthodoxy-G.K. Chesterton

[this_ol_patriot]

Oh missed my read while waiting book.

Scott Hahn
“A Father Who Keeps His Promises”
God’s Covenant Love In Scripture

[submarinerswife]

I'm into listening to audio books on my iPhone.

I just finished "Good Omens" by Nick Gaiman and Terry Pratchard. Very very funny and very British.

"Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin the second in the Fire and Ice series. 36+ hrs

"Game of Thrones" was on HBO recently and I was hooked so I had to get the audio book. 36 hrs-- This is the second book and will be the second upcoming season on HBO. It was done very well in audio book and cable series. ( I love Sean Bean)

[BIGLOOK]

Reading James Bradley's Flags of our Fathers.

Iwo Jima revisited.

[God luvs America]

Unbroken is on my list for next summer, as is the Rape of Nanking....amazing what the Japs got away with...amazing how revered dugout doug is...

[Fiji Hill]

I just finished reading a couple of good nonfiction spy stories:

• Red Conspirator: J. Peters and the American Communist Underground by Thomas Sakmyster (Urbana, Ill.: Illinois, 2011), the story of the Soviet agent who, among other things, ran the spy ring in Washington that included Alger Hiss

• The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service by Andrew Meier (New York:Norton, 2008)--the story of a naive young college student who spies for Stalin only to wind up in the Gulag

I also recently read some fiction books for younger readers:

• Big Mutt by John Henry Reese (Philadelpia: Westminster, 1952)--a dog raised as a pet in New York City must learn to survive after being abandoned in the badlands of North Dakota during the winter

• The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene (New York: Grosset, 1930), the second book in the Nancy Drew mystery series. This edition is far superior to the dumbed-down and "politically correct" version of the story that is in print today

• Guns of the Saratoga by Stephen Meader (New York: Harcourt, 1955), a tale of the war at sea during the American Revolution by a writer for young people who championed patriotism and free-market economics in his novels.

I am currently reading two newly-published nonfiction works:

• The Secret Knowledge by David Mamet (New York: Sentinel, 2011)

• Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Frederick Kempe (New York: Putnam, 2011).

[God luvs America]

read Flyboys by Bradley- much, much better.....

[Fiji Hill]

No shame in reading “Charlotte’s Web.” I was delighted to read all of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, and the Little Britches series, aloud to my kids. Along with many more. Much “children’s literature” is superior to the junk marketed to adults today.

I recently read Let the Hurricane Roar, a novel for younger readers by Rose Wilder Lane, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter. This is the story of a young family who must learn to cope with harsh conditions in order to survive on the Western Plains, circa 1874. I also read her nonfiction book The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority (New York: Day, 1943), a conservative classic that advocates political liberty and free markets.

[bruinbirdman]

Fishing With the Presidents - An Anecdotal History by Bill Mares

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