Recently - If Democrats Had Any Brains... by Ann Coulter. Pretty good. Term Limits By Vince Flynn. Raw but good. Reminded me of 24.
Planned - The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz, Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies by M. Stanton Evans, Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell, and Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell.
BOOK CLUB PING
“Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw”, by Mark Bowden. The book is about the Colombian cocaine kingpin, Pablo Escobar, and the joint U.S.-Colombian effort to eventually hunt him down. The author jumps around a bit - I would have preferred that he kept everything more linear in terms of when things happened, since it is sometimes confusing when he jumps back and forth in time. Still, it’s an interesting read. The level of corruption and violence in Colombia at the time (mid-70’s to early 1990’s) was astounding, as was Pablo’s utter ruthlessness.
“Into The Wild” by John Krakauer. A true story about a kid fresh out of Emory University that decides to hit the road of adventure in 1990. He leaves Atlanta, travels the West and SW and eventually is found dead in the wild country of Alaska not far from Denali. I highly recommend this book to those drawn to the Call of The Wild, if you know what I mean. This kid was a very interesting character of unusual constitution, determination, and a true believer in the austere lifestyle. This book was just recently made into a movie directed by the disgusting dirtbag, Sean Penn, who I am sure will take license with distorting the truth of the book. Best book I have read in the last 3 years. I usually read US history.
Covers not only Stalin's (and Lenin's and Trotsky's) crimes, but pays close attention to the men who implemented the commie plans to silence all dissent.
DK Eyewitness Travel: Italy
http://www.amazon.com/Italy-Eyewitness-Travel-Guides-Publishing/dp/0756615453
Before that I was reading a Buffy the Vampire Slayer book (okay, don't laugh) that I picked up from a library sale solely because it was co-written by Josepha Sherman, whom I've met at science-fiction conventions and who is a heck of a (verbal as well as written) storyteller.
Before that was "The Feckin' Book of All Things Irish", which was strictly for the laughs!
Currently, FR.
It's part of her series of historical novels about the fall of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC.
I am rereading: In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd and The Godfather Returns (I can’t remember the Author’s name, I’m at work), I just finished reading Minor Wife by Christopher G. Moore. I have a stack of books in the living room I received as gifts for Christmas, I just haven’t dove in yet. Semper Fidelis.
Just finished the Book of Galations in the New Testament. Very inspiring.
Galations 5:1 (NIV) “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened by a yoke of slavery.”
IMHO, it is very important in these trying times.
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
EVERY SINGLE ISSUE of Mad Magazine between 1952-2005 is on DVD right now. I barely even have time to FReep. :)
Hi Steve—
I am reading Mark Levin’s “Rescuing Sprite”. It’s a very short book that I would probably read in an afternoon, but I am savoring it one chapter at a time before bed.
Happy New Year! GG
In the car: “Mother- Sir!” by Tats Blain. Fun book about a Navy wife in occupation Japan. True story.
On my Sony Reader: a whole slew of cheezy hot romance novels I’m too embarrassed to name.
Next up: Liza Picard’s newest book, “Victoria’s London”. Should be arriving in the mail today, and can’t wait to devour it. She’s written a number of popular histories: “Johnson’s London”, “Elizabeth’s London”. They’re entertaining, and don’t look down at the culture of the time. I highly reccomend reading “Johnson’s London” concurrently with Bruce Alexander’s excellent Sir John Fielding mysteries.
I am reading “Zodiac,” by Robert Graysmith since I recently saw the movie based on this book.
Nazi Germany by Klaus Fischer -- also a reread.
Atlas Shrugged
The Reagan Diaries
The Bible (not often enough though...as evidenced by the fact that it is third on the list! yikes)
Laura Ingraham’s latest book (Power to the People); rereading Dennis Prager’s Happiness is a Choice; Leanne Payne’s Crisis in Masculinity; and Hugh Hewitt’s A Mormon in the WhiteHouse. I majored in English, we always read many books simultaneously/ starting with the ending. hahah.