What Are You Reading Now?

9/13/22 | MplsSteve

[MplsSteve]

It's been a number of years since I last posted this and recently decided to start doing this again.

As you know, I regard most Freepers to be very well-read individuals. I like to know what people are currently reading. it can be anything - a NY Times bestseller, a technical journal, a magazine you picked up at the grocery store, etc.

Please do not ruin this thread by posting "I'm reading This Thread". It's not that funny. Seriously.

I'll start...

I'm reading "Gettysburg: the Second Day" by harry W Pfanz. It's a deep book covering in extensive detail - yes you guessed it, the second day of the battle of Gettysburg. I just finished "Gettysburg: The First Day". I would not recommend either book for anyone looking for a good initial read on this battle but others may like it.

Well, what are you reading now?

[decal]

Dickens' Bleak House - had this book in the house at least twenty years and thought I'd read it before, but nooo....

[Irish Eyes]

Pure escapism ! .. Stuart Woods books. They are ok but he does mention his liberal leanings once in awhile

[DC Packfan]

I’m reading Deep Nutrition by Catharine Shanahan. Second time through. I think I understand only superficially what’s being communicated; now I’m trying to learn it in a way I can communicate it to others. Got me off vegetable oil for sure, I already didn’t eat much sugar.

[desertsolitaire]

‘The Wolves of Alaska: A Fact-based Saga’ by Jim Rearden.
Alaska’s wolves are the main characters in this historically and biologically accurate recounting. Included are vivid anecdotes about wolves, with descriptions of their behavior and way of life, examples of their intelligence, expressions of appreciation for their charm and beauty, as well as an honest look at their savage efficiency as predators and relationship to urban and rural Alaskans. 2002m paperback version, used.

[Billthedrill]

A couple of books by historian Margaret McMillan:

Paris 1919 - what the post-WWI peace negotiations were and why they failed;

The War That Ended Peace - her take on why the war started. Not as detailed in events as Clark's The Sleepwalkers but better on the people involved.

[cgbg]

A new UFO book—highly recommended for veterans of the subject as well as newbies:

In Plain Sight—Ross Coulthart

[Dr. Sivana]

My wife just finished “Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors” by Tom Bower. She recounts the most interesting parts for me.

I read “Your Career in Comics” by Nordling, and “The Mandibles” by Lionel Shriver”. (Mark Steyn has a good interview with the authoress.)

[Reily]

The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest

Fascinating book! Well written! It amazing how far ‘sophisticated finance” goes back into history. The Wall Street “Masters of the Universe” wouldn’t be able to teach their Sumerian equivalents anything other than how to use a computer!

Here’s the Amazon link.

https://www.amazon.com/Price-Time-Real-Story-Interest/dp/0802160069/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2R1ZHXGV6BW3D&keywords=price+of+time+chancellor&qid=1663095460&sprefix=price+of%2Caps%2C75&sr=8-1

[bak3r]

Not really liking it but.
Love Thy Neighbor - Peter Maass

Previous which I would recommend
Out of the Mountains - David Kilcullen

[Dr. Sivana]

I’m reading Deep Nutrition by Catharine Shanahan.

My wife would LOVE that book, I am afraid. But, if she reads it she would likely try to interfere with my eating, and would be frustrated by our childrens' response.

[dfwgator]

If you are into WWI I just finished watching the Week-by-Week Episodes of “The Great War” on YouTube. Outstanding series.

[madison10]

Since May I have read over 50 Barbara Cartland books. Yes, they are romance novels, but they are a clean form of escape/relaxation. TV bores me. I can read one in under 2 hours, usually.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I usually have several going at once:

Mark Twain — “Life on the Mississippi”
George Byron Merrick — “Old Times On The Upper Mississippi”
John Steinbeck —”East of Eden”
Sigrid Undset —”Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath”

[nesnah]

This thread.

[MtnClimber]

I am reading “The Gulag Archipelago”. I can’t believe I have not read it yet. Just want to see where we are going if we are not careful.

[Billthedrill]

I’m a patron on that one. Magnificent stuff.

[Reily]

The Sleepwalkers is very good! I was shocked to read that there was a serious worry that the British military would stage a coup due passage of the Irish Home Rule Act. Some viewed that a war on the continent would give the military something to do other than seethe about that act.

[Dr. Sivana]

Dickens' Bleak House - had this book in the house at least twenty years and thought I'd read it before, but nooo....

EXCELLENT book, worth the slog. I suspect there are a number of Mrs. Jellybys residing on FR.

Finish the book before watching the BBC 1980s version with Diana Rigg. AVOID the newer version with Gillian Anderson.

[mewzilla]

Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell.

[dfwgator]

I always got excited when there was yet another “Battle of the Isonzo River”.