Posted on 03/28/2008 6:52:40 AM PDT by MplsSteve
OK everyone, it's time for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now" post.
I like to get a feel for what Freepers are reading these days. It can be anything...a best seller, a literary classic, a trashy pulp novel, a scientific journal, etc.
Do not demean this thread with posts like "I'm reading this Thread right now". It became un-funny a long time ago.
I'll start. I've just started "One Square Mile Of Hell: The Battle For Tarawa" by John Wukovitz.
Rather than a minute by minute account of the battle, it takes a more personalized view of the battle by interviewing a few combatants and the families of those who died in the battle. I wasn't sure I'd like this format at first - but am really starting to get into this book.
Well...what are YOU reading right now?
ping for later
Here's what happened. The publicist told the artist:
"I need a cover picture of with Adams as he will look in the mini-series. So use the actor who will portray him as the model. You know - what's his name - the guy from Cinderella Man."
Massie is an excellent author. Never read “Nicholas & Alexandra” but did read “Dreadnought” and “Castles of Steel.”
Now:
“Xenocide” - Orson Scott Card - third novel in the Ender sci-fi series (”Ender’s Game” is a classic, which is surprising since it was written as the lead-in to a much larger story).
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair” - C.S.Lewis - latter book in the series (which I re-read periodically).
On deck:
“Thirteen Moons” - this month’s book club choice
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle” - wrap up the 7-part series.
A Time To Kill was his best story but his worst written. I could see him brushing up his writing skills in his next works but he lost something in it. I haven’t read anything since Rainmaker by him, at that point his “twists and turns” were far too predictible and, yes, a little bleeding heart for me.
2. Commentary on the Book of Romans - John Stott
I enjoy his style. I’ll have to check out the others.
I’m reading a thread titled “What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Inquiry”.
Why not?
Read post # 182.
I asked ‘why’ also. I read #182. I’ll have to read Song of Soloman again. I don’t recall Song making that kind of reference...
YES! I enjoyed the shows as well- wanted to just move in to that village and life..
Reading Bozell's "Whitewash"
On deck:
- Sally Bedell Smith's "For Love Of Politics"
- Podhoretz' "World War IV"
- M. Stanton Evans' "Blacklisted by History"
- Timmerman's "Shadow Warriors"
- Mercado's "The Shadow Warriors Of Nakano"
- Andrew and Metrokhin's "The World Was Going Our Way"
Highly recommend folks check out www.alibris.com - it is an online bookstore that includes the catalogs of new- and used-book stores all around the world
Asaro, Cathrine - Skolia 10 - The Ruby Dice - so so to Ok.
Foster, Alan Dean - Flinx 13 - Patrimony - Ok, but frustratingly strung out...
Green, Simon R. - Secret History 01 - The Man With the Golden Torc - Quite Good!
Ringo, John - The Last Centurion - Outstanding!
Ringo, John & Taylor, Travis - Into the Looking Glass, Vorpal Blade and Manxome Foe - Really, Really Good!
Taylor, Travis - One Day on Mars - Good start, needs punching up but Science is great!
Scalzi, John - Old Man's War 03 - The Last Colony - Good!
Moon, Elizabeth - Vatta's War 05 - Victory Conditions - End of Series? Excellent!
Kratman, Tom - Terra Nova 1 & 2 - A Desert Called Peace & Carnifex - Both Excellent!
Flint, Eric (FanFic) - Grantville Gazettes vols 15 & 16 - Ok, I admit it, I'm hooked on 1632 books!
Other Stuff much more boring or badly written just deleted...
I’m reading the Melitta 6-cup Coffee Maker Manual...
My favorite section (so far) ...
“The Melitta system is highly recommended for everyone who is interested in coffee quality and doesn’t mind a few extra minutes to get it. If you’re the type who likes to throw in a pod and hit a button, it isn’t for you.”
If you like Weis and Hickman, may I recommend “The Death Gate Cycle” (7 books) if you haven’t read them.
I got this for my highschooler as part of his economics reading. I love it. I never knew Adam Smith was such a spiritual thinker. PJ O'Rourke has such an easy reading style, but pulls history and economics together so wonderfully.
I've enjoyed his other books of the series immensely, but this one I'm finding a little tedious. It's thicker than the others ( true confession: I'm lazy), and seems disjointed. I have enjoyed the section on Elanor Of Aquitaine.
He is also a little more self-indulgent than in his other books, including a few liberal rants and insults against George Bush, a trait I find common in modern authors, but still annoying.
I'm also re-reading, "The Way of the Russian Pilgrim", one of my all time favorites.
I’m reading “Tomorrow,” by Phillip Wylie. It was used as the basis for a radio drama in the mid-fifties. I found the book online, and got a first edition. Reading it gives me a hunch that there was only one printing. It’s an apocalyptic novel set in a fictitious city in the midwest in the early fifties.
I’m also reading “Crusade in Europe” by Dwight David Eisenhower.
Thanks for asking.
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