Posted on 07/12/2010 10:39:11 AM PDT by MplsSteve
Hi, everyone!
It's time again for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now?" survey.
As you know, I consider Freepers to be among the more well-read groups currently on the Internet. Each quart, I like to find out what everyone is reading.
It can be anything...a technical journal, a NY Times best-seller, a trashy pulp novel...in short, anything!
Please do not ruin this thread by posting something inane like "I'm reading this post". It became very unfunny a long time ago.
I'll start. I'm reading a historical biography called "John L Lewis: Labor Leader" by Robert Zieger. I have found it to be a real even-handed look at one of the major figures of the American labor movement during the early to mid 20th Century. The author goes as far to state that some of the problems with today's current labor unions can be traced to John L Lewis's leadership of the UMW.
Well, what are YOU reading?
Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain
A History of Broadcasting in the United States: Volume 2: The Golden Web
By Erik Barnouw
I thought it was great. Confirmed a bunch of stuff I already suspected to be true and opened my eyes to some new things as well.
Feser: The Last Superstition
Chesterton: Thomas Aquinas the Dumb Ox
Kripke: Naming and Necessity
Just finished listening:
David Benioff City of Thieves
Jack Higgins East of Desolation
Next up:
David Baldacci Deliver us from evil
I love this thread and look forward to it- but it always leaves me wondering...where are all the stupid, incurious, illiterate and uneducated conservatives? ;)
George Washington, The indispensible Man
I use my Amazon wishlists to keep track of what I need from the library. Everything I want to read is on the Private list. If I can't find it at the library, and I think it deserves shelf space, I move it to the Public list.
CRO-MAGNON: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans, by Brian Fagan
1776 - David McCullough (very good)
The Soulforge - Weis
The Shadow Rising - Jordan
I am thoroughly enjoying it. However it is scary to think of because almost everything happening in the book up till now (about 1/2 way through) has already happened in real life.
I read several books at once:
Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden
Vince Flynn, Memorial Day
Donald Miller, Father Fiction: Chapters for a Fatherless Generation
Waiting in the wings:
Matthew Algeo, Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
David Cloud and Greg Jaffe, Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army
Dennis Prager, Happiness is a Serious Problem
Stieg Larrson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Several light reading novels that catch my fancy on a given day.
I enjoyed it, but the long speech at the end was a chore for me to get through...
Just finished it myself. Just a couple of flaws, but overall a great read. He is a pretty talented novelist.
Reading: Jesus Manifesto by Frank Viola
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