What Are You Reading?

Vanity | June 27, 2014 | Tax-chick

[Tax-chick]

What are you reading? There used to be a quarterly "What are you reading?" thread, but I haven't seen it for a long time. I got a lot of good book suggestions that way, and I miss it.

So here's a thread! If you're reading something interesting you think others would like, or something boring you'd recommend we all avoid, jump in! If you have a ping list of FReepers who might be interested, ping them!

[Psalm 73]

"The Rise and fall of the Great Powers, 1500 - 2000" by P. Kennedy
"Collected works of William Shakespeare" started January 1 - two-year effort.
New Testament (last year was Old Testament)

[Tax-chick]

Do you remember Uncle, who was observing, and making unhelpful suggestions the whole time?

Yes, I have relatives like that!

[headstamp 2]

Just finished “The Art of Racing in the Rain”.

And it is NOT what you think it is about.

[latina4dubya]

When I typed “Carey Cash” into the library catalog (open in the next window ;-), I felt bad for him that his parents stuck him with that name! (Book isn’t there. Is it new?)

ha! i had not noticed the name... Lt. Carey H. Cash... the book is not new... 2005... it is really good... makes me love and respect the USMC even more...

[Tax-chick]

I guess running. Wrong?

[Leaning Right]

Those are lovely books - I have them all and reread them constantly.

I so agree. However, I could not sit through a single episode of the BBC series based on the books. Herriot, Siegfried, and Tristan just didn't look like I imagined them to be. It was like watching impostors!

[knittnmom]

You’re right! All of the James Herriot books are enjoyable reading. The BBC series was fairly well done, too.

[Tax-chick]

What’s your favorite Shakespeare so far?

[aquila48]

“Signature in the Cell “ and “Darwin’s Doubt” by Stephen Meyer.

Truly an impressive tour de force rational attack of evolutionary theory.
I was a believer in Darwin with some nagging doubts. These two books turned me into a total skeptic.

These are must reads for anyone with any interest in the origin of life and it’s “evolution “ or “design”.

[grobdriver]

The Seventh Scroll, Wilbur Smith.
(Umpteenth re-read).

[gorush]

I recently finished a series of WWII books written from the German perspective:
“Soldat” by Siegfried Knappe and Ted Brusaw.
“A Higher Call” by Adam Makos.
“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak.

[Tax-chick]

Isn’t Walt Whitman, Bill Clinton’s favorite author.

I have no idea. Anyway, if Bill Clinton said he was, it's surely a lie, just like if Bill Clinton said Tuesday came after Monday.

[headstamp 2]

Not even close.

Excellent story especially for someone who loves dogs. You’ll love it, kid.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Racing-Rain-Novel/dp/0061537969

[Tax-chick]

Very interesting. My father had a book, which I read, about the Battle of Midway written by Japanese Navy officers. Fascinating.

[Smokin' Joe]

The Guns of August

[CatherineofAragon]

This will be a thread to bookmark! I'm reading The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. It's an account of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

Also 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz. I'm just beginning to get into his novels. I recently finished The Taking, which convinced me Koontz is a conservative Christian (Catholic, as I found out).

[Mamzelle]

I've read some duds lately…so, here DON'T READ…

The Goldfinch

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Transatlantic

[Psalm 73]

"What’s your favorite Shakespeare so far?"

I've read a lot of them eons ago, and frankly I'd forgotten how bawdy his comedies were.
Have been a King Lear fan forever, though holding off on the re-read because I want to read it again so badly....(the reward at the end of the effort)

[Tax-chick]

Ah, auto racing and dogs. Sounds like something my daughter Anoreth would like.

[JoeDetweiler]

“Kafka on the Shore” by Haruki Murakami. A difficult book to describe. It’s got everything from an old man who talks to cats...to discussions of Hegelian philosophy...to Col. Harland Sanders pimping girls in a back alley.

I’m not sure the author is going to be able to tie this bundle up in the end, but it’s got plenty of bizarre twists and that’s keeping it pretty entertaining.