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What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Thread
7/07/11 | MplsSteve

Posted on 07/07/2011 12:57:12 PM PDT by MplsSteve

Hi everyone! I hope your 4th of July was a good one.

it's time again for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now?" thread. As you know, I consider Freepers to be among the most well-read of those of us on the Internet and I like to see what other Freepers are reading these days.

It can be anything - a classic novel, a trashy pulp romance, a technical journal, etc. Please do not deile this thread by posting "I'm reading this thread". it became very unfunny a long time ago.

I'll start. I'm just finishing "Chancellorsville 1863: The Souls of the Brave" by Ernest Furgurson. It's OK. Nothing to rave about though.

Well, what are you reading now? Let's hear about it!


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: booklist; books; godsgravesglyphs; literature; magazines; pages; reading; readinglist
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To: MplsSteve
“Web of Debt”, by Ellen Hodgson Brown, J.D.

and

“Blacklisted By History”, by the redoubtable M. Stanton Evans.

Good summer reading, no matter how you cut it!

CA....

121 posted on 07/07/2011 4:51:07 PM PDT by Chances Are (Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
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To: woodbutcher1963
I also have recently read all of Dennis Lehane’s detective series of books:

I recently read all of the detective series books, except "Gone Baby Gone". I also finally read "Shutter Island" and "Mystic River". I was amazed how close the movies followed the books. Lehane is a great writer.

122 posted on 07/07/2011 5:09:35 PM PDT by TheMom (I wish mosquitoes sucked fat instead of blood.)
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To: Persevero

“The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared” by Alice Ozma

A father decides to read to his daughter for 100 nights. They enjoyed it so much they decided to keep “The Streak” going. The Streak lasted for 8 years (3,218 nights) until the daughter went to college.

Wonderful book plus a list of books they read.


123 posted on 07/07/2011 5:15:46 PM PDT by Atlantan
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To: MplsSteve
I just finished Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin. My cousin recommended her "Chronicles of the Kings" series, I wanted to check out Mrs. Austins writing style before getting the series. The book I just finished was very 'chick flick' like, but the writing was great. So I am headed to the used book store to try and find the series.

Tonight I will read Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich ~ her books are so silly & easy on the brain.

Next on the list is "the Help" by Kathryn Stockett.

124 posted on 07/07/2011 5:18:23 PM PDT by TheMom (I wish mosquitoes sucked fat instead of blood.)
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To: madamemayhem

As it happens, I’m a lousy gardener, so that has not been a distraction! :0 My daughter and I also watched the first 6 movies, and will re-watch the 7th Part 1 movie this weekend.


125 posted on 07/07/2011 7:15:00 PM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: MplsSteve

The Next Wave by Catherine Herridge


126 posted on 07/07/2011 7:50:02 PM PDT by trimom
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To: God luvs America

We Band of Angels was excellent, as was Unbroken. Ghost Soldiers was very good as well if you are enjoying WWII non fiction.


127 posted on 07/07/2011 7:57:29 PM PDT by trimom
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To: MplsSteve
I'm finishing Rising Sun: the Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945. I'm actually getting a little bogged down and want to be done with it so I can get back to a more interesting book: the autobiography of Leon Trotsky (yes, that Trostky)
128 posted on 07/07/2011 8:05:18 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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Thanks MplsSteve.

I've managed to start about five more books (all history, at least one about WWII), and I don't know where a blamed one of 'em is right now.

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129 posted on 07/07/2011 8:17:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: MplsSteve

Of course, I'm still working on my Science Fiction novel.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

130 posted on 07/07/2011 8:22:16 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: MplsSteve

I am currently working on GFR Henderson’s “Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War”. I just polished off “All Things Wise and Wonderful” by James Herriot, and on deck will be either “The French Revolution” by Carlyle or “1421: The Year China Discovered America”.


131 posted on 07/07/2011 8:24:29 PM PDT by GenXteacher (He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
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To: MplsSteve

Orthodoxy-G.K. Chesterton


132 posted on 07/07/2011 8:26:19 PM PDT by this_ol_patriot (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner)
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To: MplsSteve

Oh missed my read while waiting book.

Scott Hahn
“A Father Who Keeps His Promises”
God’s Covenant Love In Scripture


133 posted on 07/07/2011 8:32:01 PM PDT by this_ol_patriot (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner)
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To: MplsSteve
I'm into listening to audio books on my iPhone.

I just finished "Good Omens" by Nick Gaiman and Terry Pratchard. Very very funny and very British.

"Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin the second in the Fire and Ice series. 36+ hrs

"Game of Thrones" was on HBO recently and I was hooked so I had to get the audio book. 36 hrs-- This is the second book and will be the second upcoming season on HBO. It was done very well in audio book and cable series. ( I love Sean Bean)

134 posted on 07/07/2011 8:33:17 PM PDT by submarinerswife (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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To: LonePalm; SunkenCiv
Reading James Bradley's Flags of our Fathers.

Iwo Jima revisited.
135 posted on 07/07/2011 8:37:22 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress!)
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To: trimom

Unbroken is on my list for next summer, as is the Rape of Nanking....amazing what the Japs got away with...amazing how revered dugout doug is...


136 posted on 07/07/2011 8:37:37 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: MplsSteve
I just finished reading a couple of good nonfiction spy stories:

I also recently read some fiction books for younger readers:

I am currently reading two newly-published nonfiction works:


137 posted on 07/07/2011 8:38:08 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: BIGLOOK

read Flyboys by Bradley- much, much better.....


138 posted on 07/07/2011 8:38:29 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: Persevero
No shame in reading “Charlotte’s Web.” I was delighted to read all of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, and the Little Britches series, aloud to my kids. Along with many more. Much “children’s literature” is superior to the junk marketed to adults today.

I recently read Let the Hurricane Roar, a novel for younger readers by Rose Wilder Lane, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter. This is the story of a young family who must learn to cope with harsh conditions in order to survive on the Western Plains, circa 1874. I also read her nonfiction book The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority (New York: Day, 1943), a conservative classic that advocates political liberty and free markets.

139 posted on 07/07/2011 8:53:30 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: SunkenCiv
Fishing With the Presidents - An Anecdotal History by Bill Mares

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140 posted on 07/07/2011 8:56:40 PM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
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