What Are You Reading Now? - My (Belated) Quarterly Survey

7/29/09

[MplsSteve]

Well, it's time again for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now?" thread.

I do this thread to gauge what other Freepers are reading. As all of you know, Freepers are probably some of the more well-read individuals on the Internet and I'm always curious as to what we're reading.

It can be anything, a classic work of fiction, a NY Times bestseller, a technical journal, a trashy pulp novel...in short anything.

Please do not ruin this thread by replying "I'm reading this thread". It become un-funny a long time ago.

I'll start. I'm about halfway thru "The Horrid Pit: The Battle Of The Crater" by Alan Axelrod. It's a great book that concentrates on one of the more controversial and bloody battles of the Civil War.

Well, what are YOU reading now?

[William Tell]

ConservativeDude said: "Fiction is vitally important and is perhaps the ultimate vehicle to seek truth ..."

Fiction allows the author to tell a story to entertain while making a point. In works of fiction, we often find outselves rooting for the good guys. In fiction, too often the good guys lose.

Historical fiction is appealing to me because the author can have his cake and eat it too. He can accurately describe an historical event or time, while spinning an entertaining yarn which makes you feel good.

[ConservativeDude]

well put

[Ramius]

Ah! That’s good to hear.

I couldn’t find that review. I guess I can’t remember where I wrote it. BTW... I’ve got a sword ping list if you’d like to be on it. It’s a very low volume list, but every now and then something sword-related pops up.

[SuziQ]

I just hope they don’t stray too far from the subjects of the books for some politically correct reason. I’ve enjoyed each one of them very much, and would had to see the stories get gomered. ;o)

[SuziQ]

You’re welcome! Didn’t know if you’d seen it, or not.

[ConservativeDude]

sword list? ABSOLUTELY!

[khnyny]

Just read “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell

“Primal Leadership - Learning to Lead With Emotional Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee

“Common Sense” by Glenn Beck

“Christopher Plummer In Spite of Myself - A Memoir” by Christopher Plummer

“The Millionaire Next Door - The Surprising Secret’s of America’s Wealthy” by Thomas Stanley, Ph.D and William Danko, Ph.D.

The best part of this thread, to me, is to get tips on future reading! :)

[agrace]

I just started 5000 Year Leap last week and in the first hour found myself calling my husband’s cell just to read him quotes from Madison and Jefferson.

[agrace]

Thank you, I just put that in my Amazon cart.

My grandfather is nearing end stage and our hearts are broken.

[agrace]

Safely Home is wonderful.

[CottonBall]

Can you please add me to your list for the next thread?

[Perdogg]

add

By Ian Fleming

Goldfinger
Live and Let Die
From Russia with Love
Thunderball

TV DVD Box sets

Wild, wild west Season I
UFO megaset

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks Perdogg. I just finished a book on the Roman Empire, actually its frontiers, relationships with non-Roman groups, etc. Beats me what I did with the darned thing, otherwise I'd A) post the title and B) post the title of the other one I've since picked up. I've also been working on "After the Ice" (thanks Blam for sending that, and yes, I will send that DVD), as well as "Bones" and (although it's not here, I left it at the old homestead) a book about dinosaur soft tissues and the like. Also out there is my copy of "Cycles of Cosmic Catastrophes", there's a Zangger book "The Future of the Past" (read both of those some time ago), maybe "Centuries of Darkness" (not sure I've finished that one), as well as a ratty old book on pre-Islamic antiquities and inscriptions in Arabia, bought it used at the library (and haven't started that one, it's your basic coffee table book). In my never ending quest to buy too many books to read in my lifetime, I've got a couple more in the past month or so, including a small square format book on the pharaohs from the bargain section at the enormous chain bookstore. I guess my biggest success of late was in finding a couple of books on Knoppix hacking and booting the CD in one of them on a Wintel box with absolutely no hard drive installed. :') To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[La Lydia]

“The Torment of Others,” by Val McDermid (no, it’s not about Obamacare), an excellent police procedural; “K Blows Top: a Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, American’s Most Unlikely Tourist,” by Peter Carlson.

[SunkenCiv]

Oops, and — The only DVD sets I’ve picked up are... oh wait, yeah, I’d had the four disk version of “Engineering an Empire”, and Costco had the slightly later six disk edition for about $22 I think, so I got that. I got season 5 of “Two and Half Men” and have disk one on deck from the past week or so’s chronological viewing of the entire five seasons currently on disk. In the spring I guess I got “The Big Red One” restored version, probably got that one at one of the warehouse clubs, but it may also have been from B Buy (on a coupon) — like that movie a ton. May have become my favorite martial movie. Got season one of “Head Case” which stars Alexandra Wentworth, and after watching and laughing my way through that, made a possible tactical error by loaning it to some friends. :’)

[spyone]

To Rule the Waves....Arthur Hermann
Excellent overview of the British Navy from Drake onwards.

[rdl6989]

Bluegrass Confederate, edited by William C. Davis and Meredith L. Swentor

[Fiddlstix]

Thanks for the ping, Civ....

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[Yardstick]

Yeah, Liberal Fascism is great. It’s one of those books that comes along at just the right time to explain everything. The fainting over Obama at his campaign rallies reminded me of what Goldberg relates about the early Progressives and how they sung Christian hymns with Roosevelt’s name in place of Jesus. After reading the book you are loaded for bear. I’ve had a great time tormenting internet liberals with the similarities between Mussolini’s fascism and the New Deal.

[ChocChipCookie]

I’ve just finished three James Rollins books: The Doomsday Key, The Judas Strain, and The Last Oracle. Of the three, The Doomsday Key was the least compelling. I have a Daniel Silva book, The Kill Artist, lined up next.