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What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Thread
7/07/11
| MplsSteve
Posted on 07/07/2011 12:57:12 PM PDT by 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!
TOPICS: Books/Literature; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: booklist; books; godsgravesglyphs; literature; magazines; pages; reading; readinglist
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To: MplsSteve
“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....
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posted on
07/07/2011 4:51:07 PM PDT
by
Chances Are
(Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
To: woodbutcher1963
I also have recently read all of Dennis Lehanes 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.
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posted on
07/07/2011 5:09:35 PM PDT
by
TheMom
(I wish mosquitoes sucked fat instead of blood.)
To: Persevero
“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.
To: MplsSteve
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.
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posted on
07/07/2011 5:18:23 PM PDT
by
TheMom
(I wish mosquitoes sucked fat instead of blood.)
To: madamemayhem
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.
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posted on
07/07/2011 7:15:00 PM PDT
by
knittnmom
(Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
To: MplsSteve
The Next Wave by Catherine Herridge
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posted on
07/07/2011 7:50:02 PM PDT
by
trimom
To: God luvs America
We Band of Angels was excellent, as was Unbroken. Ghost Soldiers was very good as well if you are enjoying WWII non fiction.
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posted on
07/07/2011 7:57:29 PM PDT
by
trimom
To: MplsSteve
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)
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:05:18 PM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
To: decimon; Renfield; NormsRevenge; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1010RD; 21twelve; ...
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:17:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: MplsSteve
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)
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:22:16 PM PDT
by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
To: MplsSteve
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”.
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:24:29 PM PDT
by
GenXteacher
(He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
To: MplsSteve
Orthodoxy-G.K. Chesterton
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:26:19 PM PDT
by
this_ol_patriot
(Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner)
To: MplsSteve
Oh missed my read while waiting book.
Scott Hahn
“A Father Who Keeps His Promises”
God’s Covenant Love In Scripture
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:32:01 PM PDT
by
this_ol_patriot
(Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner)
To: MplsSteve
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)
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:33:17 PM PDT
by
submarinerswife
(Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
To: LonePalm; SunkenCiv
Reading James Bradley's Flags of our Fathers.
Iwo Jima revisited.
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:37:22 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress!)
To: trimom
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...
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:37:37 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
To: MplsSteve
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).
To: BIGLOOK
read Flyboys by Bradley- much, much better.....
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:38:29 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
To: Persevero
No shame in reading Charlottes Web. I was delighted to read all of Laura Ingalls Wilders books, and the Little Britches series, aloud to my kids. Along with many more. Much childrens 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.
To: SunkenCiv
Fishing With the Presidents - An Anecdotal History by Bill Mares
yitbos
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posted on
07/07/2011 8:56:40 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
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