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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
"The Rise and fall of the Great Powers, 1500 - 2000" by P. Kennedy
"Collected works of William Shakespeare" started January 1 - two-year effort.
New Testament (last year was Old Testament)
41 posted on 06/27/2014 8:55:48 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Leaning Right
Do you remember Uncle, who was observing, and making unhelpful suggestions the whole time?

Yes, I have relatives like that!

42 posted on 06/27/2014 8:56:14 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Tax-chick

Just finished “The Art of Racing in the Rain”.

And it is NOT what you think it is about.


43 posted on 06/27/2014 8:56:37 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Tax-chick
When I typed “Carey Cash” into the library catalog (open in the next window ;-), I felt bad for him that his parents stuck him with that name! (Book isn’t there. Is it new?)

ha! i had not noticed the name... Lt. Carey H. Cash... the book is not new... 2005... it is really good... makes me love and respect the USMC even more...

44 posted on 06/27/2014 8:57:09 AM 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: headstamp 2

I guess running. Wrong?


45 posted on 06/27/2014 8:57:45 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: miss marmelstein
Those are lovely books - I have them all and reread them constantly.

I so agree. However, I could not sit through a single episode of the BBC series based on the books. Herriot, Siegfried, and Tristan just didn't look like I imagined them to be. It was like watching impostors!

46 posted on 06/27/2014 8:57:55 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

You’re right! All of the James Herriot books are enjoyable reading. The BBC series was fairly well done, too.


47 posted on 06/27/2014 8:58:07 AM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: Psalm 73

What’s your favorite Shakespeare so far?


48 posted on 06/27/2014 8:58:17 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Tax-chick

“Signature in the Cell “ and “Darwin’s Doubt” by Stephen Meyer.

Truly an impressive tour de force rational attack of evolutionary theory.
I was a believer in Darwin with some nagging doubts. These two books turned me into a total skeptic.

These are must reads for anyone with any interest in the origin of life and it’s “evolution “ or “design”.


49 posted on 06/27/2014 8:59:18 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Tax-chick
The Seventh Scroll, Wilbur Smith.
(Umpteenth re-read).
50 posted on 06/27/2014 8:59:19 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Tax-chick

I recently finished a series of WWII books written from the German perspective:
“Soldat” by Siegfried Knappe and Ted Brusaw.
“A Higher Call” by Adam Makos.
“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak.


51 posted on 06/27/2014 9:00:48 AM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: yarddog
Isn’t Walt Whitman, Bill Clinton’s favorite author.

I have no idea. Anyway, if Bill Clinton said he was, it's surely a lie, just like if Bill Clinton said Tuesday came after Monday.

52 posted on 06/27/2014 9:01:50 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Tax-chick

Not even close.

Excellent story especially for someone who loves dogs. You’ll love it, kid.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Racing-Rain-Novel/dp/0061537969


53 posted on 06/27/2014 9:03:14 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: gorush

Very interesting. My father had a book, which I read, about the Battle of Midway written by Japanese Navy officers. Fascinating.


54 posted on 06/27/2014 9:03:28 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Tax-chick

The Guns of August


55 posted on 06/27/2014 9:03:39 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Tax-chick
This will be a thread to bookmark! I'm reading The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. It's an account of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

Also 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz. I'm just beginning to get into his novels. I recently finished The Taking, which convinced me Koontz is a conservative Christian (Catholic, as I found out).

56 posted on 06/27/2014 9:03:40 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: Tax-chick
I've read some duds lately…so, here DON'T READ…

The Goldfinch

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Transatlantic

57 posted on 06/27/2014 9:04:22 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Tax-chick
"What’s your favorite Shakespeare so far?"

I've read a lot of them eons ago, and frankly I'd forgotten how bawdy his comedies were.
Have been a King Lear fan forever, though holding off on the re-read because I want to read it again so badly....(the reward at the end of the effort)

58 posted on 06/27/2014 9:04:43 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: headstamp 2; Anoreth

Ah, auto racing and dogs. Sounds like something my daughter Anoreth would like.


59 posted on 06/27/2014 9:05:11 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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To: Tax-chick

“Kafka on the Shore” by Haruki Murakami. A difficult book to describe. It’s got everything from an old man who talks to cats...to discussions of Hegelian philosophy...to Col. Harland Sanders pimping girls in a back alley.

I’m not sure the author is going to be able to tie this bundle up in the end, but it’s got plenty of bizarre twists and that’s keeping it pretty entertaining.


60 posted on 06/27/2014 9:05:46 AM PDT by JoeDetweiler
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