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What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Survey
12/31/10 | MplsSteve

Posted on 12/31/2010 7:25:35 AM PST by MplsSteve

Hello everyone!

it's time for my quarterly "What Are You reading Now?" survey. As you know, I consider Freepers to be among the more well-read of those of us out in cyberspace. As a result, I like to find out what you're reading.

It can be anything...a technical journal, a NY TImes bestseller, a trashy pulp novel, in short, it can be anything. Please do not defile this thread by posting "I'm reading this thread". It became very unfunny a long long time ago.

I'll start. I went to the library and picked up a copy of "Sam Walton, Made In America: My Story" by Sam Walton. I'm not the entreprenurial type myself and I'm only about 20% of the way thru the book - but I find it interesting how he built Wal-Mart to be such a powerhouse of a corporation. Some of the ideas he talks about can actually be put to use in almost any type of corporate environment.

Well, what are YOU reading now?


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: bookclub; books; catastrophism; godsgravesglyphs; literature; magazines; pages; stringtheory; xplanets
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1 posted on 12/31/2010 7:25:38 AM PST by MplsSteve
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American Assasin by Vince Flynn


2 posted on 12/31/2010 7:28:59 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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Decision Points by GW Bush on my Kindle.


3 posted on 12/31/2010 7:29:28 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science by James Watson.


4 posted on 12/31/2010 7:29:45 AM PST by freespirited (This tagline dedicated to the memory of John Armor, a/k/a Congressman Billybob.)
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I’m reading the Attila trilogy by Napier. Just started #2. I love historical novels.


5 posted on 12/31/2010 7:29:48 AM PST by DManA
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The Holy Bible & The 5000 Year Leap . VERY educational and helpful in these times in which we live.

Snoot ;o)


6 posted on 12/31/2010 7:29:51 AM PST by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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“The Wave,” by Susan Casey. Bedtime: “Scared to Live,” Stephen Booth.


7 posted on 12/31/2010 7:30:17 AM PST by La Lydia
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DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA - Alexis De Tocqueville

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

8 posted on 12/31/2010 7:30:32 AM PST by expatguy (Support "An American Expat in Southeast Asia" - DONATE)
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“Broke” by Glenn Beck . ( Infuriating )
9 posted on 12/31/2010 7:30:38 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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I’m slogging through “Rainbow Six” by Tom Clancy while I look forward to “Going Rogue”(Sarah Palin) and “Broke”(Glenn Beck)

I should be reading the Bible everyday instead of wasting time on the other stuff though. (hangs head in shame)


10 posted on 12/31/2010 7:30:43 AM PST by Califreak (November 2008 proved that Idiocracy isn't just a movie anymore)
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Usually have a “serious” book going and a “fun” book.

Broke by Glenn Beck and Last Light by Terri Blackstock.


11 posted on 12/31/2010 7:31:01 AM PST by FrogMom (No such thing as an honest democrat!)
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A senseless vanity.

HA HA Only kidding. (Someone had to do it.)


12 posted on 12/31/2010 7:32:01 AM PST by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. John Crysostom ("the Golden-Mouthed"))
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I haven’t seen you in a while. Glad to see you!


13 posted on 12/31/2010 7:32:24 AM PST by Califreak (November 2008 proved that Idiocracy isn't just a movie anymore)
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Bruce Catton’s Civil War: Mr. Lincoln’s Army, Glory Road, and A Stillness at Appomattox


14 posted on 12/31/2010 7:32:55 AM PST by flowerplough (Thomas Sowell: Those who look only at Obama's deeds tend to become Obama's critics.)
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As every day of the year, my Bible. Written by men guided by the Divine Inspiration of God.
15 posted on 12/31/2010 7:32:55 AM PST by RetiredArmy (Read, learn, know: 1 Cor 15: 1-4; THAT IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW!)
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Decision Points by GW Bush

Just finished Texas Sunrise by Elmer Kelton (Texas writer, think L'Amour, Zane Grey)

16 posted on 12/31/2010 7:33:36 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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The Autobiography of Mark Twain.
It’s a new collection of his writings, the first of three volumes that he stipulated would not be published until 100 years after his death. 730 pages.


17 posted on 12/31/2010 7:33:41 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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The Bed of Procrustes, Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

18 posted on 12/31/2010 7:33:58 AM PST by trad_anglican
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To: freespirited

Do you like that book? I found it was very elementary. He must have found working with Crick to be a pain in the neck.


19 posted on 12/31/2010 7:34:10 AM PST by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. John Crysostom ("the Golden-Mouthed"))
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FR


20 posted on 12/31/2010 7:34:23 AM PST by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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