Book To Read

[Allen In Texas Hill Country]

I have 3 weeks of air and ship time starting in a few days and need a good book to read. I'm trying to think of what I'd like to read but have been unable to come up with anything specific. I'm open to most/any suggestions.

Thanks

[Perdogg]

Iam Fleming’s Dr No.

[cgchief]

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Written 52 years ago, but could have been written last week.

[Taylor42]

You didn't mention any interests?

Shattered Sword - The Japanese version of the battle of Midway.

Ender's Game - great science fiction.

[BGHater]

'read but have been unable to come up with anything specific.'

Come up with some genres or ideas.

Here is some books people have been reading. Maybe some ideas inside.

What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Survey

[ClearCase_guy]

Atlas Shrugged is a life changing book. I would also recommend “Unintended Consequences” by John Ross. It’s available as a PDF — I put it on my Kindle and couldn’t put it down. It really shows the tyranny of our government (and it was written before Obama).

[Taylor42]

Where are you in the hill country?

I went to school in San Marcos.

[Aria]

This wee I’ve been on the couch with swine flu and read The Associate by Grishom .....so if you don’t want to or can’t think too hard that one works.

O’Reilly’s Bold Fresh can be laugh out loud funny.

[JSDude1]

The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe (it is children’s book, but I highly recommend..).

[detective]

The Shadow Party by David Horowitz and Richard Poe
Facing Unpleasant Facts by George Orwell
The Judge: William P. Clark Reagan's Right Hand by Paul Kengor and Patricia Clark Doerner

[freedumb2003]

Isaac Asimov: The Foundation Trilogy
R.A. Heinlein: The Past Through Tomorrow
Frank Herbert: Dune Trilogy (but just the 1st 3)
Orson Scott Card: Ender’s Game and its sequel Speaker For The Dead
Anything by Michner

All of these are great reads and are HUGE, but never boring. In fact, you will be annoyed when the pull you away from them.

[smokingfrog]

We Were Soldiers Once, and Young.

Blackhawk Down

The Bible

[Yardstick]

political — Politics of Bad Faith by David Horowitz

far out religious — Meditations on the Tarot by an unknown Catholic mystic

[SoKatt]

Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow. A middle-aged lawyer discovers that his dad, who recently died, was court-martialed during WW2. Son begins reading dad’s diaries, and the story switches between the son’s pov and the dad’s time in Europe during the war. It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read- and it has a great surprise at the end.

[ansel12]

From your home page Love Free Republic. Adamantly pro choice. Believe God has a place in our schools and other public institutions even tho I don't believe.

Maybe try Mere Christianity or the Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis.

[PUGACHEV]

The General and the Jaguar, a book about Pancho Villa, his attack on Columbus New Mexico, General Pershing, and our ill-stared incursion into Northern Mexico on the eve of WWI: I couldn't put it down once I started. I've read many books on the Mexican Revolution, but in none has the psychopathic nature of Villa been so well described. He was a brilliant organizer, a sometimes inspired general, a gifted public speaker, and an inhuman monster -- sound familiar? It's a book you will not regret reading.

[umgud]

Isaac Asimov: The Foundation Trilogy
R.A. Heinlein: The Past Through Tomorrow
Frank Herbert: Dune Trilogy (but just the 1st 3)
Orson Scott Card: Ender’s Game and its sequel Speaker For The Dead
Anything by Michner

You’ve been in my book stash!

[Rembrandt]

“South of Broad” by Pat Conroy.

[RandallFlagg]

Unintended Consequences.

[texas booster]

Just one good book?

On my last cruise I knocked off 6 decent sized tomes.

Please let us know of your interests.