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What Are You Reading?
Vanity | June 27, 2014 | Tax-chick

Posted on 06/27/2014 8:33:15 AM PDT by Tax-chick

What are you reading? There used to be a quarterly "What are you reading?" thread, but I haven't seen it for a long time. I got a lot of good book suggestions that way, and I miss it.

So here's a thread! If you're reading something interesting you think others would like, or something boring you'd recommend we all avoid, jump in! If you have a ping list of FReepers who might be interested, ping them!


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Poetry
KEYWORDS: bookclub; books; literature; reading
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To: Tax-chick

They are both available at my library which one would you recommend?


181 posted on 06/27/2014 12:17:19 PM PDT by airedale
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To: Tax-chick

I was impressed with both series. Children can relate but as the problems become more complex to solve, the child is a year older and able to understand more. Like, growing with the story.


182 posted on 06/27/2014 12:18:51 PM PDT by Monkey Face (The biggest lie I tell myself is, "I don't need to write that down. I'll remember it."- Aunty Acid)
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To: airedale

I can’t remember which one I read! I *think* it was “Commodore,” because that title would have caught my eye on the “new nonfiction” shelf more than the other.


183 posted on 06/27/2014 12:20:47 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Tax-chick

Just read the book on Babi Yar. The others are strong recommendations that I read some time back.

The Riddle of Babi Yar

http://www.amazon.com/Riddle-Babi-Yar-Ziama-Trubakov-ebook/dp/B00DC71HQY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403896979&sr=1-1&keywords=babi+yar

Excellent, moving, frightening true story of the massacre of over 100,000 at Babi Yar written by a survivor.

Ghost Soldiers

http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Soldiers-Account-Greatest-Mission-ebook/dp/B000FBJCJ4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403897080&sr=1-1&keywords=ghost+soldiers

Non-fiction about the rescue of about 300 survivors of the Bataan Death March prior to McArthur’s return to the Phillipines

Killer Angels by Shaara,

http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Angels-Michael-Shaara-ebook/dp/B003O86Q8U/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403897225&sr=1-1&keywords=michael+shaara+the+killer+angels

novel, but fact-based, on Battle of Gettysburg

Second Opinion by Theodore Dalrymple

http://www.amazon.com/SECOND-OPINION-Doctors-Dispatches-Inner-ebook/dp/B0045U9UR0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403897443&sr=1-1&keywords=second+opinion+dalrymple

Non fiction commentary by doctor who worked in East End London - very germane and painfully close to America now and where we are heading.


184 posted on 06/27/2014 12:33:27 PM PDT by Wicket (1 Peter 3:15 , Romans 5:5-8)
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To: Monkey Face

I think one reason for the outstanding success of both series is the recognition that teenagers (or younger) can face complex and demanding challenges and rise to the occasion. Pioneer generations knew this, but it’s been lost in the larger culture, I think. Their choices are, “Do good in school,” “Do good in sports,” or “Failure,” with only a few exceptions.

I think it’s a great loss to humanity. What could (or couldn’t!) Tom do, with his brain and his strength and his practically mythical power over small children, if he were thrown into one of these fantasy milieux?


185 posted on 06/27/2014 12:34:08 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Wicket

I’ve read “Killer Angels” several times, listened to “Ghost Soldiers.” Unfortunately, the other two aren’t in my library. Unnngh!

I have “Life at the Bottom” by Theodore Dalrymple, and I reread it often.


186 posted on 06/27/2014 12:36:49 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Tax-chick

Haha-isn’t that the truth-Roman history alone provides enough real stuff-like the “Masters of Rome” books-another favorite...


187 posted on 06/27/2014 12:38:46 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

Tacitus, Livy, Suetonius, Horace, Juvenal. The original sources.


188 posted on 06/27/2014 12:39:43 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Tax-chick

Finishing the Myth Adventures series, which I grew up on but lost touch with. As I get closer to the day Bob died the books get kind of depressing, not in content, just in knowledge.


189 posted on 06/27/2014 12:42:26 PM PDT by discostu (Ladies and gentlemen watch Ruth!)
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To: Tax-chick

Tacitus in particular was interesting when I was young-and Caesar’s military strategies-says a lot about the person as well as the general.


190 posted on 06/27/2014 12:42:53 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: discostu

I started reading those when they were new. That was a long time ago!


191 posted on 06/27/2014 12:43:40 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Texan5

Yes, we have Caesar’s “Gallic War” on the shelf, too. Our local used book outlet, “The Book Lady,” gets in a good selection of Greek and Roman authors in inexpensive (even when new) paperbacks.


192 posted on 06/27/2014 12:45:19 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: what's up

Thank you. I’ll bet there’s a lot of information, aside from Murrow, that would shed light on events of his time. It’s always like that, one reason reading is so fun.


193 posted on 06/27/2014 1:05:07 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: aquila48

I just added “Signature in the Cell,” being the earlier publication, to my library list. I’m not a Darwinist, myself.


194 posted on 06/27/2014 1:08:33 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Tax-chick

Tom would rule for sure! Clever and mesmerizing and a champion for the underdogs.


195 posted on 06/27/2014 1:09:32 PM PDT by Monkey Face (The biggest lie I tell myself is, "I don't need to write that down. I'll remember it."- Aunty Acid)
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To: Monkey Face

And really big.

If Tom is a demigod, I wonder who his divine parent would be ... knowing I’m his real mother and all ... somebody snarky, like Hades in the “Hercules” series, probably!


196 posted on 06/27/2014 1:13:06 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Bon of Babble
Glad to see people still read Westerns, I love them because they’re great stories of the American West. War Party by Louis L’Amour is THE favorite books in my entire collection.

we introduced our sons to Louis L'Amour while they were very young... 4 and 7 years old... and they continue to read him... this book, Education of a Wandering Man, is actually a type of memoir about his education--unconventional education... he dropped out of school at 15 and traveled extensively--while working on ships and such... he talks of his avid reading, and pretty much how he educated himself... as a homeschooler, i find it both fascinating and inviting... :)

197 posted on 06/27/2014 1:18:20 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: Tax-chick
Thanks for the thread. I just retired yesterday after 32 years of teaching.

I have lots of time on my hands now.

198 posted on 06/27/2014 1:18:32 PM PDT by mware
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To: mware

You’re welcome. Congratulations on your retirement as well as your many years of hard work. I hope you find some useful reading suggestions here.

As I said in the original post, there used to be a quarterly thread on this topic. I don’t remember who originated it, but it hasn’t been done in a quite a while, and I just decided it was time.

I got four library requests out of it, and there would have been more if the library had them.


199 posted on 06/27/2014 1:20:29 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: jonno
Louis L'Amour - what a treasure!

he certainly is! i am captivated by his story in Education of a Wandering Man... honestly, i would not mind it at all if my sons led the kind of life LL did... he considered himself an autodidact... as a homeschooler, i am all for alternative education... :)

200 posted on 06/27/2014 1:22:29 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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