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What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Survey
3/30/09 | MplsSteve

Posted on 03/30/2009 6:47:37 AM PDT by MplsSteve

OK everyone, it's time for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now" survey.

I do this to gauge what Freepers are reading these days. Amongst many Internet sites, I find Freepers to be some of the most well-read.

It can be anything...an old classic, a trashy pulp novel, a technical journal, etc. Please do not defile this thread by replying "I'm reading this post". It became extraordinarily un-funny a long time ago.

I'll start. I'm two pages into "Inside Gitmo: The True Story Behind the Myths of Guantanmo Bay" by Gordon Cucullu. It looks to be quite interesting. Barack Obama should read this book but somehow I don't think the contents of it would ever sink in.

Well, what are you reading?


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: bookreview; books; chat; greatreads; literature; magazines; readers; reading; readinglist
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1 posted on 03/30/2009 6:47:38 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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America Alone - Mark Steyn


2 posted on 03/30/2009 6:48:23 AM PDT by George Smiley (They're not drinking the Kool-Aid any more. They're eating it straight out of the packet.)
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Atlas Shrugged


3 posted on 03/30/2009 6:48:30 AM PDT by prismsinc (A.K.A. "The Terminator"!)
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Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Highly recommended considering the times in which we live.
4 posted on 03/30/2009 6:49:46 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
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Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg


5 posted on 03/30/2009 6:50:25 AM PDT by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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Playing for Pizza


6 posted on 03/30/2009 6:51:01 AM PDT by Cyclone59 (You know why thereÂ’s a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.)
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Just finished:

Vince Flynn’s SEPERATION OF POWERS
and MEMORIAL DAY

Memorial Day I read in 3 days. I would highly recommend it.


7 posted on 03/30/2009 6:51:03 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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Atlas Shrugged with Mark Lavin’s book on deck. For fun: some Ann Granger mysteries.
8 posted on 03/30/2009 6:52:04 AM PDT by stayathomemom (Cat herder and empty nester)
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“Liberal Fascism” and waiting on another copy of Levin’s new book “Tyranny and Liberty”. I had to give the others I had away ... or they were stolen ^_^


9 posted on 03/30/2009 6:52:14 AM PDT by Tarpon (It's a common fact, one can't be liberal and rational at the same time.)
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“Abraham Lincoln His Essential Wisdom”
ISNB 978-0-7607-9252-0

Got it at Barnes and Noble....from the racks of ‘bargain books’ ... I just love to go in there are look through those bargain book shelves :-)


10 posted on 03/30/2009 6:52:47 AM PDT by Bobalu (McCain has been proven to be the rino flop I always thought he was.)
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Called out of darkness : a spiritual confession / Anne Rice.

Blue Ridge roadways : a Virginia field guide to cultural sites / by M. Anna Fariello.

An official history of scouting / foreword by Lord Baden-Powell.

The radioactive boy scout : the true story of a boy and his backyard nuclear reactor / Ken Silverstein.

Victoria’s wars : the rise of empire / Saul David.

Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness / by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Edward Abbey ; photos. by Gibbs Smith.

Victoria’s Wars is VERY interesting. The Brits were busy then. Desert Solitaire is fun in a tedious way. It’s very nature oriented for campfire stories. I finished the Scouting book but am keeping it for research. I haven’t really started the other books.


11 posted on 03/30/2009 6:52:57 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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Pride and Prejudice - did not ever get to it in school, I guess....


12 posted on 03/30/2009 6:52:59 AM PDT by GnuHere
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Anthem by Ayn Rand
Why You’re Wrong About the Right by S.E. Cupp
There is only One Great Commandment by our own Alamo Girl

Waiting for Levin’s book to come in.


13 posted on 03/30/2009 6:53:25 AM PDT by mnehring
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Read Flynns “Term Limits”. What happens in the book should be happening these days.


14 posted on 03/30/2009 6:53:39 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year military veteran of Navy, Air Force, and Army.)
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End Game, 1945 - The Missing Final Chapter of WWII, by David Stafford


15 posted on 03/30/2009 6:53:42 AM PDT by gatorhead
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By the way, I love these quarterly threads. Thanks for posting them.
16 posted on 03/30/2009 6:53:48 AM PDT by stayathomemom (Cat herder and empty nester)
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Just finished The Shooters by W.E.B. Griffin


17 posted on 03/30/2009 6:53:51 AM PDT by silverkor
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The Skull Beneath the Skin, by P. D. James. [Does this make me a shallow person? ;) ]


18 posted on 03/30/2009 6:53:58 AM PDT by Fantasywriter
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Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn.


19 posted on 03/30/2009 6:54:17 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year military veteran of Navy, Air Force, and Army.)
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon. I'm on Vol 2 out of 8.

Also, Making Money by Terry Pratchett,

And a book on ADHD called Driven to Distraction. That's about it right now.

20 posted on 03/30/2009 6:54:18 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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