What Are You Reading Now?

1/11/06 | Me

[MplsSteve]

I'm gonna start doing this thread on a quarterly basis.

The last time I did it, I got some very interesting answers from Freepers.

What are you reading? It can be anything. A classic. A technical journal. A trashy pulp novel. Soldier of Fortune magazine. Anything.

I'll start. I'm reading: "The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's race for Governor of California and the birth of media politics".

So far, it's not a bad read. But what did you expect? I'm a Pol Sci major.

Well, what are you reading?

[The_Victor]

What Are You Reading Now?

This.

[elc]

Does listening too count?

If so, 1776.

Also reading Gold Coast for the umpteenth time. But only because I was too lazy to go out and get a new book to read before I have to start reading books for school again.

[HOTTIEBOY]

Does playing count? As in a game with a long story plot?

[apackof2]

Usually my textbooks :>(

Trying to finish "Mornings On Horseback about T. Roosevlet early life by D. McCollough before the term starts
You would enjoy "1776", by David McCollugh
When Character was King by Peggy Noon about Ronald Reagan.

Oh I finished "Undaunted Courage a few months ago about the Lewis & Clark expedition which was an excellent read about the "America" of that time period

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Just started it last night so I'm only about 25-30 pages in.

[apackof2]

You too!

See post #5

[Constitution Day]

Currently reading:

It was a Christmas present from my dad. Very cool!

[b4its2late]

Unholy Alliance : Radical Islam and the American Left

[birbear]

I just finished Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons". I'm in the middle of 2nd Chronicles in the Old Testament. I've got "The Case for Christ" going, and I'll probably start Michael Chrichton's book on Global Warming in a few days.

[ut1992]

Don't have the book with me, but I think the correct title is "My Years at 10 Downing Street" by Margaret Thatcher. Just started reading it. Got it for Christmas. I already had her second book and I had put the first on my B-Day/Xmas wish list...and Santa left it under the tree.

Its a large book (ca. 500-600 pages) so it should keep me entertained for a while.

[colorcountry]

Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kinsolver.

It was required reading in my daughters high school English class. I better see what kind of anti-U.S. trash they were asking her to read.

It IS a great story, so far it DOES appear to be anti-U.S. But all in all a good read.

[CharlesWayneCT]

"If it isn't close, they can't cheat" - Hugh Hewitt

"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine

"Thomas Paine And the Promise Of America" - Harvey Kaye

"Contempt - How the Right is Wronging American Justice" - Catherine Crier (just finished)

"Pilgrims Progress" - John Bunyan (I've been at this for months)

[linda_22003]

"Far From the Madding Crowd", by Thomas Hardy. Gotta have it finished before Book Club next Thursday.

[VRWCmember]

Free Republic.

[BigTex5]

The Federalist Papers

[MplsSteve]

Hugh Hewitt's book is a good one. I read it about three months ago.

Should be required reading for all Freepers.

[colorcountry]

I also started reading "We Refused to Die My Time as a Prisoner of War in Bataan and Japan, 1942-1945. by Gene S. Jacobsen.

I haven't got to the good part yet. It is sure to be a very moving story.

[VRWCmember]

Oh, you mean like what books, magazines, etc. am I reading? Just started "Chronicles of Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" (Book 3 as originally published or Book 5 in Narnia chronology order).

[Xenophobic Alien]

Penthouse Forum, It makes for great dinner conversation.

[alwaysconservative]

You're going to love "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton. It's a great read!

[andy58-in-nh]

"Planters". "Honey Roasted Peanuts". "Net Weight 8 oz"...
Oh, you meant what book am I reading. Sorry:

"Things Worth Fighting for: Collected Writings" -- by Michael Kelly.

[ToddBush]

"One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer" - Nathaniel Fick

Re-reading "1776"

[WhiteGuy]

"Who Moved My Cheese"

(actually I'm finished. it takes about 45 minutes to read)

I'd recommend it.

Change is good, change is inevitable, change is coming soon.

[alwaysconservative]

My copy of Hewitt's book had some kind of publishing error, one of the parts was reprinted twice, so I'm not sure what I missed.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Amazing story with some obvious similarities to the situation we're in now.

[Minnesoootan]

Traditional Bowyers Bible Vol. 1

[Millee]

Great topic. If you create a ping list, please add me.

A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin

A Bird Without Wings - Louis De Bernieres



Killer Clown, The John Wayne Gacy Murders - Terry Sullivan

[alwaysconservative]

"How to talk to a Liberal, if you must" by Ann Coulter

Re-reading "The Narnia Chronicles" (which I haven't read since I was a kid), after we saw the movie.

And just recently finished:
"A Breath of Snow and Ashes" by Diana Gabaldon, which is the satisfying conclusion of her "Outlander" series. They must be read in order, and this one ends just after the start of the Revolutionary War.
"The Rule of Four" which is like a cross between "The Name of the Rose" and "The Da Vinci Code"
Emily Giffin's marvelous books "Something Borrowed" and "Something Blue" (again, read in order)

[MplsSteve]

Have you read Anthony Beevor's "Stalingrad"?

It's on my list - but haven't gotten to it. I hear it's quite good.

[eleni121]

Steinbeck's East of Eden. Again.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

"Common Sense and Other Writings" by Tom Paine - received as a Christmas present. I just finished "A Mote In God's Eye" by Niven & Pournelle - outstanding!

[eleni121]

see #31 - it was meant for you.

[Little Ray]

A Patriot's History of the United States!

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

No - that and he also wrote a book on the Fall of Berlin. Wouldn't mind reading both books. Having said that, I was more drawn to this book because of the subject rather than the author - I think Beevor does a good job as he's pretty even-handed (pretty) and also it's not a purely military history, but includes political and social history as well which I think is good.

[MoodyBlu]

"Les Miserables" and I just finished "Do as I say, not as I do" by Peter Schweizer.

Reading "The Corner" at national review Online is a lot of fun right now during the Alito hearings. I can't watch the asses in the Senate, instead I get the condensed version from KJL and the group.

MoodyBlu

[birbear]

Cool. My dad really enjoyed it. My mom didn't care for the footnotes. :)

[birbear]

"Pilgrims Progress" - John Bunyan (I've been at this for months)

While I applaud your efforts at it, I have to say it's one of the most boring books I ever had to read. (I went to a Christian school and we studied that book for a whole year.)

If you make it through, let me know.

[PoorMuttly]

Hey!

I just finished Meriwether Lewis, by R. Dillon!

Are you sure you're not a typing dog posing as a human on the internet, too..??!!!

Before that I read "Roundup on the Double D," and the 1955 condensed versions of "The Roosevelts of Sagamore Hill," "No Time for Sergeants," "The Last Hunt," and an autobiography of socialite Elsa Maxwell.

I have now proceeded to re-read the Nosler Reloading Manual #2, from 1981. Page 75 has a lovely little mechanical drawing of the .221 Remington Fireball, which I'm sure you find very beautiful too.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Let's just say I've gotten some good night's sleep.....

I like the book, but it isn't keeping my interest.

I actually have the same problem with the historical Paine book, it's got a lot of information but I can't read it for too long at a time.

Crier's book I couldn't put down because I kept shouting at it.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"The Myth of You & Me" by Leah Stewart (Fiction, light read)

"Guerrilla Marketing" - Jay Conrad Levinson (Planning marketing for our business for the upcoming year)

"The Non-Designer's Design Book" - Robin Williams (Upgrading some of our business-related pamphlets and lloking for layouts for ads we'll be taking out)

"The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden" - David Hirsch (Jonesin' for Spring already and planning my upcoming garden)

[Millee]

Oh good, I just got that. It's going to be the next one I start.

[RightWhale]

Reading in several topics that are linked, but probably interdisciplinary. Lots of PoliSci: Beard seems to be important for various reasons.

[day10]

Nothing. Waiting on my preordered copy of Stephen King's new book.

Yes, I know he's a clueless lib but I love his writing and books...... :-)

[EHC Southern Pride]

Just finished "My Sister's Keeper"

Now I'm onto a book that teaches you how to tie all sorts of knots. Good knowledge to have I figure.

[Skooz]

The sixth installment of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, "The Fortune of War."

It is brilliant.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

"The Most of P.G. Wodehouse" (anthology)

"Gulliver's Travels" --Jonathan Swift

I Book of Samuel (KJV)

[squarebarb]

Campaign of the Century is interesting and well-written. I gained a lot from it.

I am on a Dickens binge. Am reading all of Dickens. Right now on Dombey and Son. Next, The Old Curiosity Shop.

Thanks for doing this thread.

[K-oneTexas]

What Are You Reading Now?

I normally read several (4-5) books at a time. I guess my mind likes the variation. Amazingly I can keep them straight too.

Recently (during the holidays) finished Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" and "The DaVinci Code", Zell Miller's "A National Party No More" and "A Deficit of Decency", Osbourne and Hutchinson's "The Price Of Government", and Phillip K. Howard's "The Death of Common Sense".

Currently reading Thomas P.M. Barnett's "The Pentagons New Map", Barry Goldwater's (with Jack Casserly) "Goldwater", on the sideboard to be started during the next week or so are Peter Schweizer's "Do As I Say ... Not as I Do", Levitt and Dunbar's "Freakonomics", Thomas P.M. Barnett's "Blueprint for Action", and Herman Cain's "They Think Your Stupid".

Some excellent books I read last year which I recommend to all: Mark Levin's "Men In Black", Ted Bell's "Hawke" and "Assassin" (sort of a new James Bond), Ian Caldwell's "Rule of Four" (see Comment #29), Boortz and Linder's "The FairTax Book".

I guess I did find Dan Brown's books good and that is why I read one immediately after the other. Luckily my daughter told me that "Angels & Demon" was the first in the series so I read it first, even though the "The Da Vinci Code" was what most were talking about. Both excellent. Maybe a third will come out.

Thanks for asking.

[squarebarb]

O'Brian is magical! I have read all of them and one of thse days will start over at the beginning.