Posted on 10/01/2010 8:54:31 AM PDT by MplsSteve
Hi everyone! It's time again for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now?" thread.
As you know, I consider Freepers to be among the more well-read member of the cyber world. I like to find out what you're all reading.
Essentially, it can be anything. A timeless classic, a trashy pulp novel, a technical journal, etc. In short, anything!
Please do not ruin this thread by posting something stupid like "I'm Reading Your Thread". It became really really unfunny a long time ago.
I'll start. I'm reading "Pendergast!" by Lawrence J Larsen and Nancy J Hulston. Written in 1997, it chronicles the life as well as the rise and fall of Tom Pendergast. In the 1920's and 30's, he was the undisputed boss of Kansas City. Nothing moved or happened in that city without his approval. He was responsible for the rise of Harry S Truman as well.
Pendergast was a contradiction in many terms. he was a family man but also contracted syphilis from a prostitute. He looked out for the downtrodden by getting them jobs and food and then skimmed money off the side (on public works projects) for his own use.
And last but not least, he was a life-long Democrat as well!
All in all, this is a good book and one I'd recommend strongly.
Well, what are you reading now?!
One of my favorites. I also like 'Orthodoxy' by Chesterton.
I finally read The Fountainhead.
So, how pissed are you now???
How did you like it? I HATED it, and quit 3/4 of the way through. I don't think there are any real people like the main characters, and I couldn't relate to them at all.
Love all 3! Especially "How Then Shall We Live?" by Schaeffer. It rocked my world.
The Prometheus Deception- Just started
Just finished the Overton Window by Beck
before that “Run Baby Run” - the story of Nicky Cruz and just before that
“The Cross and the Switchblade” by David Wilkerson.
How the Irish Saved Civilization
The Brotherhood of the Bomb
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
I got sucked into “a Game of Thrones” series by this Martin fellow. The books are thousand page tomes that I can’t put down.
I got sucked into “a Game of Thrones” series by this Martin fellow. The books are thousand page tomes that I can’t put down.
Churchhill - “Their Finest Hour”. This is book two of a five set on WWII which I got the whole set for only 35.00 hardback at the local used bookstore. I love Churchill.
I love the Sue Grafton novels. Waiting for V to be published.
I LOVED Koontz Frankenstein series. Actually, I love all of his books, but that series (3) was my fav.
I just finished reading The Journals of Lewis and Clark.
(Thanks to Kindle and the free book collections.)
I’m reading Twain’s Life on the Mississippi and find it one of his best.
Love Schall and the rabbit trails he takes one down.
The Queen Mother by William Shawcross. It’s very detailed about the life of the Queen Mother. Love the life they led before WWI. Very long, so it is taking me a lot longer to read than usual.
David Horowitz’s “The Shadow Party.” SCARY!
Just finished the engrossing “A Mosque in Munich” by Ian Johnson, about the Moslem Brotherhood’s first toehold in the Western World.
Currently wading through “A Nervous Splendour - Vienna 1888/9” by Frederic Morton.
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