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What Are You Reading Now? - My (Belated) Quarterly Survey
7/29/09

Posted on 07/29/2009 7:23:00 AM PDT by 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?


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: booklist; books; booksuggestions; godsgravesglyphs; greatreads; haveyouread; literature; pages; readers; reading; readinglist
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To: MplsSteve
Still working on: "Liberal Fascism" by Jonah Goldberg

Just started: "A History of Iran" by Michael Axworthy

161 posted on 08/06/2009 12:52:02 PM PDT by FourPeas (Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
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To: MplsSteve

The first full-length biography in English, of the Italian priest with the stigmata. After years of research, Ruffin has come up with an engrossing look at perhaps this century’s most amazing religious figure. The author, Bernard C. Ruffin, is a Lutheran minister.

162 posted on 08/06/2009 3:39:16 PM PDT by NYer ("One Who Prays Is Not Afraid; One Who Prays Is Never Alone"- Benedict XVI)
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To: NYer

Midnight Falcon by David Gemmel... very good fantasy.


163 posted on 08/06/2009 3:57:38 PM PDT by Mmogamer (<This space for lease>)
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To: MplsSteve

The Rainmaker - John Grisham
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - RObert A. Heinlein . I want to thank the Freeper who mentioned this in the last Summer Readings thread, it’s been a real good summer page turner so far.

And in the mail to me:
Heaven and Earth: Global Warming, the Missing Science by Ian Plimer


164 posted on 08/06/2009 4:43:07 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: MplsSteve
“Blacklisted by History: The untold story of Senator Joe McCarthy”

I had trouble getting started because of so many great new books out there. I'm into this one now. it actually makes me pissed off that this great American’s name has been somehow transformed into some sort of a slur.

Last week I read “Catastrophe” by Dick Morris. Actually I have mixed feelings about that book, though it should absolutely be read by FReepers all. He documents in that work what we all already know, but we did not have the details on.

165 posted on 08/06/2009 6:44:34 PM PDT by Radix (Obama represents CHAINS for posterity.)
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To: Little Ray

I have not read that, but thanks for the tip. He is in RTB and does a great job. Definitely knew his stuff!!!


166 posted on 08/07/2009 6:25:17 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: MplsSteve

The origins of totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt


167 posted on 08/07/2009 8:42:57 AM PDT by TooBusy
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To: MplsSteve; SunkenCiv
Books read since August 1st

1. Goldfinger
2. Live and Let Die - (unabridged uncensored)
3. Casino Royale
4. Moonraker
5. Diamonds are Forever
6. From Russia with love
7. Dr No
8. Thunderball
9. The Spy who loved Me - (unabridged uncensored)<
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
11. You Only Live Twice
12. The Man with Golden Gun
13. Octopussy/Living Daylights
14. For Your Eyes Only (reading right now)
15. Colonel Sun (Kingsley Amis' post Fleming James Bond novel, on deck)
15. The Ipcress File (on Deck)
16. Science Fiction Secrets (Non Fiction/speculative)

168 posted on 10/01/2009 9:43:47 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Perdogg
Books read since August 1st

Read all those Ian Flemming ones too....when they were originally released. Read most of them while in the Air Force....allot of TDY to Lybia and Turkey.

169 posted on 10/01/2009 10:03:47 AM PDT by Wilum (Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
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To: Perdogg

I’m impressed — and you even got a nonfiction title in there! I’ve been working on two books, “Did Marco Polo Go To China?” (which is pretty much a survey work) and “Bones” (which is about Precolumbian America).


170 posted on 10/01/2009 7:26:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: blam

...and I still haven’t sent that DVD... my apologies... gotta find it... there was a landslide of sorts, and I think it’s trapped under there... ;’)


171 posted on 10/01/2009 8:09:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Fiddlstix
[over one month later]
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172 posted on 10/01/2009 8:09:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv
"...and I still haven’t sent that DVD... my apologies... gotta find it... there was a landslide of sorts, and I think it’s trapped under there... ;’)"

Yeah sure. How many years has it been now? (Damn Yankees!)

173 posted on 10/01/2009 10:06:30 PM PDT by blam
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To: MplsSteve

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt, just finished AN ETHIC FOR CHRISTIAN AND OTHER ALIENS IN A STRANGE LAND by William Stringfellow


174 posted on 10/01/2009 10:10:14 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: blam

Well, less than two...


175 posted on 10/02/2009 9:09:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: MplsSteve

“Gates of Fire”. Had started to read it years ago and never finished. Wish I had. I had a $6 paperback back then. This one cost me 15!


176 posted on 10/02/2009 9:23:08 PM PDT by CaptRon
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To: hennie pennie

bookmark


177 posted on 11/23/2009 9:10:37 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Mmogamer

I read a lot of his stuff, good light reading. I have been reading Jim Butchers stuff not bad for mind fornication. I have been reading more fantasy due to the lack of Hard SF for several years.


178 posted on 11/23/2009 9:30:45 AM PST by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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