Posted on 01/23/2024 5:03:13 AM PST by Tanniker Smith
A long time ago, there was a Free Republic Book Club ... mostly because I opened my mouth and a bunch of people told me to organize one. I haven't pinged it in a long time. (Actually, another book club started, so I stopped.)
Any way, has anyone read any good books lately. Fiction, non-fiction, genre, mainstream. Anything you want to share?
Has anyone WRITTEN any good books that the rest of us should check out?
I do love these book posts; I usually read some of the recommended books here.
I am reading the Longmire series by Craig Johnson. The books are totally separate from the TV series
Walt and Vic are to Wyoming as Leaphorn and Chee are to New Mexico
I’ve temporarily sworn off non fiction
Thanks, I’ll check it out ....
after I am finished reading “Rush to Judgement” by Mark Lane (1966 edition).
“Lol! Love the title.”
...that’s why I asked for it. I saw it in the cheese shop and cracked up.
My attention span is so limited I can only read as much as a long FR title. Then I’ll comment twice as long.
Check out my book The First Book of Lazarus by Ron McWhorter. Available online as paperback and e-book. Just released. Published by TBN.
If you’re into this kind of thing: Bone Deep by Joel Schwartz.
He was the defense attorney for a guy who was convicted for killing his wife and put in prison for 4 years, despite the fact that he could not possibly have done it and the evidence clearly showed it. The combination of ignorance and corruption on the part of the prosecution is eye opening. This case is the craziest thing I have ever heard of.
Restarted an Alan Furth kick. I read all of his books years ago, starting as far back as 1988. Caught “Spies of Warsaw” a few weeks ago on Netflix and that got me thinking about how good he was. Decided to reread his first, “Night Soldiers”, and it was as good as I remembered so I started on “Dark Star”.
DOWNLOAD AUDIOBOOK LINK: "Life and Times of Joseph Warren" by Richard Frothingham
This book, written in 1868 by Richard Frothingham, is one of the definitive works on Joseph Warren, who (in my opinion) if he had survived the Battle of Bunker Hill, given his talent, drive, and patriotism, would have ranked right up there with Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, and Franklin. As it was, as one of the earliest and most important "Sons of Liberty" in the embryo of resistance that formed in Boston, he was just as influential as Samuel Adams, more important than Paul Revere, and more consequential than John Hancock. It was his work in the Committees of Correspondence that laid the groundwork for the militia in the regions around Boston to be able to be in tune and respond when the day came on April 19, 1775.
Dr. Warren was a young physician, in his early thirties, educated and cultured, and was someone who could treat with the Authorities, the Governor and British Military directly in a way that Samuel Adams, with his "rabble rousing" baggage, could not.
When the time came to respond directly the to the Crown, it was he who authored "The Suffolk Resolves" in 1774 which baldly informed the Crown that the colonies were not going to meekly submit to the "Intolerable Acts", and was the first official step at a formal break with England. In his writing to the King, Warren resolved:
An extremely bold and risky statement, guaranteed to get your neck stretched in that day.
Anyway, the book was amazingly interesting to me, since besides learning more about this man, it was so thoroughly researched by the author, written less than 100 years after the events with the fresh documentation of those days still accessible, that it must be considered to be a unique book in its nearly day-to-day coverage of events, all the interactions and entreaties with the Colonial and British governments, with the British Army in Boston, the surrounding communities, and eventually, the rest of the Colonies.
I will apologize for my shortcomings in the audiobook version, as it was my first attempt, and it involved me attempting to dictate half a page of French, a paragraph of Latin, and even sing a song the Colonials based their own version on the famous "British Grenadiers" song which every American, even today, is recognizable.
I would go back and redo much of it now with what I learned, but since it took me about a year to do, I don't think I am going to. I am working with another Freeper (ProgressingAmerica) to build up a library of conservative audiobooks, and am really enjoying it.
If Audiobooks are not your thing, you can download the eBook Version at:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK LINK: "Life and Times of Joseph Warren" by Richard Frothingham
One Second After trilogy by William R. Forstchen.
You and 98% of the Free Republic clan!
Great thread idea, thanks! I read everyday and am having trouble finding good recommendations. I read every genre and can recommend a book I thoroughly enjoyed.
Historical fiction from occupied Italy in WW2. Very moving IMHO.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky - by Mark Sullivan
Excellent series that I think back on from time to time. Matt Bracken is a gifted storyteller.
Went through many history books - How the West was Lost, Sabotai, Rubicon and some other excellent Roman histories - a lot of the books that Dan Carlin, a history podcaster, uses as his source material. Required that I pay attention.
Now that tax season is upon us, I have switched to old science fiction by LE Modesitt Jr, McDeavitt and Robert Charles Wilson. Most anything that I can find in a used book store for cheap.
Mindless reading that I can pick up and put down in five minute segments, but before the progs ruined modern sci fi.
I think I will pick up The Four Pillars of Investing. Good suggestion.
I Just finished Carnage and Culture by VDH. Outstanding review of major battles in Western history by one of todays greatest historians. Now I’m on to Indian Depredations in Texas. It was originally written in the late 1800s and contains numerous first hand accounts of Indian massacres and battles with settlers. A great reality check for revisionist woke history concerning the Indians. On deck is the Cruel Sea.
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