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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: dead

I did start Winter’s Tale once, I confess. It was different from the other two novels, so I didn’t stay at it. I will, however, and I appreciate the reminder.

Memoirs from the Antproof Case is magnificent...though perhaps in the end one of the saddest things I have ever read.


61 posted on 07/29/2009 8:04:52 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: MplsSteve
Three right now:

Modernism: The Lure of Heresy by Peter Gay

Cambridge Ancient History volume 7 part 1 (Hellenstic Kingdoms)

Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton

62 posted on 07/29/2009 8:05:01 AM PDT by fatez ("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
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To: MplsSteve

I’m in the middle of reading (in order — if I can get them) everything by W.E.B. Griffin, David Baldacci, and Patricia Cornwell...


63 posted on 07/29/2009 8:06:28 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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To: MplsSteve

Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift by Paul Anthony Rahe.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal by Robert P. Murphy.


64 posted on 07/29/2009 8:08:41 AM PDT by Cooter
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To: stayathomemom

Thanks! I’ll check the library catalog immediately.

Done, #55 on the waitlist. Oh, well ;-).


65 posted on 07/29/2009 8:09:34 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("If the worst that Barack Obama does is ruin the economy, I will breathe a sigh of relief." Sowell)
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To: MNlurker

I check that out for my daughter, and she didn’t care for it. That doesn’t mean it’s bad, of course ... maybe it just didn’t take off right away.


66 posted on 07/29/2009 8:10:57 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("If the worst that Barack Obama does is ruin the economy, I will breathe a sigh of relief." Sowell)
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To: MplsSteve

I’m just finishing Angels of Destruction by Keith Donohue.

I really like it. It even briefly mentions the weather underground!

Well written and engaging. i’ll read more of his books.


67 posted on 07/29/2009 8:14:55 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: tuffydoodle

I had read about the story but had not seen that. thanks.


68 posted on 07/29/2009 8:19:07 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: woodbutcher1963
New Vince Flynn/Mitch Rapp coming out October 13th. Pursuit of Honor
69 posted on 07/29/2009 8:21:32 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: MplsSteve

Just finished a re-read of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”


70 posted on 07/29/2009 8:24:11 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: MplsSteve

The Discovery Of Freedom

Man’s Struggle Against Authority

by Rose Wilder Lane
daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder


71 posted on 07/29/2009 8:24:55 AM PDT by katykelly
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To: MplsSteve
Currently reading:

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - Very good so far, Swedish political thriller

Recently read good ones this summer:

Rain Gods - James Lee Burke - Character driven modern West mystery, moves slow, great book

Beat the Reaper - Josh Bazell - Hitman becomes a doctor, one of the better written flashback books I've read, moves fast

Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child - Typical Reacher, good story, moves fast

The Cold Dish - Craig Johnson - Sheriff story set in modern west, well-plotted, character-driven, medium read.

Bloodthirsty - Marshall Karp - I'm a sucker for smart-aleck detective books, this is better than the Elvis Cole books of Robert Crais, good plot, good characters, fast-moving

Ah, the sweet life of owning a bookstore ! ...magritte
72 posted on 07/29/2009 8:25:08 AM PDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: MplsSteve

“The Brass Verdict” by Michael Connelly.


73 posted on 07/29/2009 8:26:21 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: Tax-chick

We’ll see. I’ve slogged through a helluva lot worse ;)


74 posted on 07/29/2009 8:30:08 AM PDT by MNlurker
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To: ConservativeDude

I’ll pick up “Memoirs from the Antproof Case” next. Thanks for the tip!


75 posted on 07/29/2009 8:30:43 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: GOPJ

Re Gladwell’s Outliers, I really liked the first part of the book. In fact it was so good I gave it to four graduates this June. He writes very well. No surprise, he works for the New Yorker. And I had found his earlier book, The Tipping Point, to be a good read.

I learned my lesson. I had only read the first half of Outliers. He must have run out of good examples because he talks about the family rivalries among white settlers in Appalachia. From that and one small study he concludes that southern men are aggressive and rude. He writes well and his notions about the 10,000 hour rule and timing are worthwhile but he’s clearly a flaming liberal.

Highly recommend reading the first half of his book but get it from the library.


76 posted on 07/29/2009 8:31:19 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: MplsSteve

Just recently finished reading Sonny Barger’s “Hell’s Angel” and his most recent” Riding High,Living Free”.


77 posted on 07/29/2009 8:31:24 AM PDT by kickonly88 (I love fossil fuel!)
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To: MplsSteve

“Foreign Enemies and Traitors” - Matthew Bracken
“Indide Europe: 1940 War Edition” - John Gunther
“Tragedy and Hope” - Carroll Quigley


78 posted on 07/29/2009 8:32:03 AM PDT by Noumenon (Work that AQT - turn ammunition into skill. No tyrant can maintain a 300 yard perimeter forever.)
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To: MplsSteve

Senatorial Privilege by Leo Damore

A Deadly Game by Catherine Crier

Jewish Antiquities by Flavius Josephus


79 posted on 07/29/2009 8:33:46 AM PDT by mom4melody
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To: MplsSteve

“The New World Order” by Pat Robertson.


80 posted on 07/29/2009 8:36:08 AM PDT by RoadTest (I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - John 14:6)
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