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What Are You Reading? - My Quarterly Survey
3/29/11
| MplsSteve
Posted on 03/29/2011 9:52:18 AM PDT by MplsSteve
Hi everyone! It's time again for my "What Are You Reading?" thread.
As you know, I consider Freepers to be among the more well-read of those of us on the Internet. I like to find out what all of you are reading these days.
It can be anything...a technical journal, a NY Times best seller, a classic work of fiction, a trashy pulp novel. In short, it can be anything.
However, please do not defile this thread by posting "I'm reading this thread". it became really unfunny a long time ago.
I'll start. I'm about 15% of the way thru "Henry Clay: The Essential American" by David & Jeanne Heidler. Many books have been written on Henry Clay but this one seems to be the most comprehensive. At times, the authors can be a little long-winded - but all in all, it's a good book about one of the giants of the early 19th Century.
Well, what are YOU reading?
TOPICS: Books/Literature; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bestsellers; bookclub; bookreview; books; godsgravesglyphs; literature; magazines; pages; readinglist
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posted on
03/29/2011 9:52:25 AM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: MplsSteve
I’m about 3/4 through Commander In Chief (FDR)
Also over 1/2 way through Son of Hamas.
2
posted on
03/29/2011 9:53:42 AM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
("A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against thos against good government.")
To: MplsSteve
How to Live on Mars by Robert Zubrin.
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posted on
03/29/2011 9:54:08 AM PDT
by
ScreamingFist
(Quiet the Idiot)
To: MplsSteve
I’m waiting for the first liar to come on here and say, “I’m reading The Federalist Papers”. As for me I’m reading Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera series. It’s good for my inner geek.
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posted on
03/29/2011 9:54:20 AM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
(What, if not a bagel and coffee, confirms the existence of a just and loving God?)
To: MplsSteve
Rereading ‘Pillars of the Earth’ by Ken Follett and still amazed at how his characters and settings put you ‘there’.
5
posted on
03/29/2011 9:55:55 AM PDT
by
JPG
("2012 Can't Come Soon Enough" - Sarah Palin)
To: MplsSteve
Bob Taylor - “Guitar Lessons” A journey of turning passion into a business.
6
posted on
03/29/2011 9:56:01 AM PDT
by
daniel boob
(Doesn't matter what this says - you will call it racist)
To: MplsSteve
“Armageddon” by Max Hastings
“The Hinge of Fate” by Churchill
7
posted on
03/29/2011 9:56:15 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(As often as I look upon the cross, so often will I forgive with all my heart.)
To: MplsSteve
1/2 way through “Caesar’s Commentaries The Conquest of Gaul & The Civil War” on the Kindle. A time when giving and receiving hostages was a matter of diplomacy.
8
posted on
03/29/2011 9:57:03 AM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: MplsSteve
Terminal Freeze, by Lincoln Child (fiction). Sorry, but now and then I need to escape from all the heavy stuff.
9
posted on
03/29/2011 9:57:23 AM PDT
by
Mich Patriot
(Today, if you build a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. RReagan)
To: MplsSteve
“Best Little Stories from the Civil War”
on my Kindle
Just finished “The Fall of Berlin 1945” by Antony Beevor
10
posted on
03/29/2011 9:59:50 AM PDT
by
109ACS
(If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
To: MplsSteve
General Wilson's Journal - ‘Narrative of events during the invasion of Russia by Napoleon ...’
Wordy and stiff, but interesting.
11
posted on
03/29/2011 10:00:21 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
(Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
To: MplsSteve
Lee Child’s “Jack Reacher” series, since I’m up to date on Nelson DeMille’s books.
12
posted on
03/29/2011 10:00:35 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: MplsSteve
New Deal or Raw Deal by Folsom, Jr.
Topic.....FDR and his failed presidency.
13
posted on
03/29/2011 10:01:33 AM PDT
by
Carley
(WISCONSIN STREET NO DIFFERENT THAN THE ARAB STREET. UGLY AND VIOLENT)
To: MplsSteve
“Modern Times” by Paul Johnson. Excellent history of the 20th century (1920s to 1980s)
To: MplsSteve
15
posted on
03/29/2011 10:02:02 AM PDT
by
razorback-bert
(Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
To: ClearCase_guy
“Modern Times” by Paul Johnson.This is next up on my list.
16
posted on
03/29/2011 10:03:23 AM PDT
by
Hoffer Rand
(There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
To: MplsSteve
“Dead or Alive” - Tom Clancy
“Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron” - Michael Stockpole
“A Problem From Hell” - Samantha Powers
“Washington’s Crossing” - David Hackett Fischer
The Bible (daily)
(I like to have lots of books going on at once)
To: JPG
Loved that book enough to read it twice. Currently reading ‘Agincourt’by Bernard Cornwell.
18
posted on
03/29/2011 10:03:54 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
( "Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine / There's always laughter and good red wine / ...Belloc)
To: MplsSteve
“Caliphate” by Tom Kratmann
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posted on
03/29/2011 10:04:33 AM PDT
by
misharu
(I am an Independent Conservative who caucuses with the Republicans (for now).)
To: agere_contra
My wife is reading Churchill’s “History of the English Speaking Peoples”
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