What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Survey

3/30/09 | MplsSteve

[MplsSteve]

OK everyone, it's time for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now" survey.

I do this to gauge what Freepers are reading these days. Amongst many Internet sites, I find Freepers to be some of the most well-read.

It can be anything...an old classic, a trashy pulp novel, a technical journal, etc. Please do not defile this thread by replying "I'm reading this post". It became extraordinarily un-funny a long time ago.

I'll start. I'm two pages into "Inside Gitmo: The True Story Behind the Myths of Guantanmo Bay" by Gordon Cucullu. It looks to be quite interesting. Barack Obama should read this book but somehow I don't think the contents of it would ever sink in.

Well, what are you reading?

[George Smiley]

America Alone - Mark Steyn

[prismsinc]

Atlas Shrugged

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Highly recommended considering the times in which we live.

[major_gaff]

Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg

[Cyclone59]

Playing for Pizza

[woodbutcher1963]

Just finished:

Vince Flynn’s SEPERATION OF POWERS
and MEMORIAL DAY

Memorial Day I read in 3 days. I would highly recommend it.

[stayathomemom]

Atlas Shrugged with Mark Lavin’s book on deck. For fun: some Ann Granger mysteries.

[Tarpon]

“Liberal Fascism” and waiting on another copy of Levin’s new book “Tyranny and Liberty”. I had to give the others I had away ... or they were stolen ^_^

[Bobalu]

“Abraham Lincoln His Essential Wisdom”
ISNB 978-0-7607-9252-0

Got it at Barnes and Noble....from the racks of ‘bargain books’ ... I just love to go in there are look through those bargain book shelves :-)

[AppyPappy]

Called out of darkness : a spiritual confession / Anne Rice.

Blue Ridge roadways : a Virginia field guide to cultural sites / by M. Anna Fariello.

An official history of scouting / foreword by Lord Baden-Powell.

The radioactive boy scout : the true story of a boy and his backyard nuclear reactor / Ken Silverstein.

Victoria’s wars : the rise of empire / Saul David.

Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness / by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Edward Abbey ; photos. by Gibbs Smith.

Victoria’s Wars is VERY interesting. The Brits were busy then. Desert Solitaire is fun in a tedious way. It’s very nature oriented for campfire stories. I finished the Scouting book but am keeping it for research. I haven’t really started the other books.

[GnuHere]

Pride and Prejudice - did not ever get to it in school, I guess....

[mnehring]

Anthem by Ayn Rand
Why You’re Wrong About the Right by S.E. Cupp
There is only One Great Commandment by our own Alamo Girl

Waiting for Levin’s book to come in.

[Piquaboy]

Read Flynns “Term Limits”. What happens in the book should be happening these days.

[gatorhead]

End Game, 1945 - The Missing Final Chapter of WWII, by David Stafford

[stayathomemom]

By the way, I love these quarterly threads. Thanks for posting them.

[silverkor]

Just finished The Shooters by W.E.B. Griffin

[Fantasywriter]

The Skull Beneath the Skin, by P. D. James. [Does this make me a shallow person? ;) ]

[Piquaboy]

Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn.

[WayneS]

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon. I'm on Vol 2 out of 8.

Also, Making Money by Terry Pratchett,

And a book on ADHD called Driven to Distraction. That's about it right now.

[basil]

Not long ago, I discovered a series of 7 books called "The Kent Chronicles". They're not new--I think they were printed in the 70's and 80's. They were written by John Jakes.

I am really enjoying them---because even though the books (they are historical novels) chronicle the founding of this country , they are a good reminder of what is happening now and how we must fight to keep what our forefathers fought and died for!

Sadly--I'm afraid it's too late.....

[ladyvet]

Atlas Shrugged, Tyranny and Liberty, and Square Foot Gardening.

[razorback-bert]

Fish on Friday by Charles Mackay

[Betis70]

>>Atlas Shrugged

+1, with Animal Farm and 1984 waiting in the wings.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Atlas Shrugged

[LittleMoe]

I am reading Manhunt
anyone else read this book yet?

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Atlas Shrugged, audio version. I listen while I drive.

Does that count?

[IronKros]

Walden
The Art of War

[newfreep]

At this moment I am reading FR, wearing a pirate hat and singing...

Free Republic report dot com
You should've seen it coming like an atom bomb

[cookcounty]

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris.

[madmominct]

Capitalism and Freedom - Milton Friedman and waiting for Levin’s new book - ordered it online

[montomike]

Dreamweaver CS4...The Missing Manual
Lightroom 2...Tasmania and New Zealand

[Sig Sauer P220]

Almost forgot:

Ezekiel

Daniel

Revelation

[My hearts in London - Everett]

Crisis in Christianity 21st Century ~ Hank Hanegraaff

[Jagman]

Not “Smiley’s People”?

[devane617]

Pellucidar - Edgar Rice Burroughs

I love Gutenberg.org for free books. Lately they have added lots of audio books.

[Clarence]

Island of the World, Michael O’Brien

[MrB]

Courage to Flee: Living a Moral Life in an Immoral World: Dr. Jeffrey A. Klick

[tentmaker]

Perimeter Defense-in-Depth with Cisco ASA by Michael Simone
5,000 Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen
The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet by Freeman Dyson
Nature’s Blueprint by Dan Hooper
FAB by Neil Gershenfeld

[MplsSteve]

Yep, that’s good too.

[Carley]

The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer

What happened after the Shah was deposed and the revolutionaries took over.

[Explodo]

Eon - Greg Bear

[AppyPappy]

His Roosevelt books are awesome

[ml/nj]

Levin - Liberty and Tyranny
Rothbard - History of Money and Banking in the US
Oren - Power, Faith & Fantasy (America in the Middle East)
Chess Informant 103!

ML/NJ

[alice_in_bubbaland]

I read Animal Farm in High School. I’ll have to pick up another copy to read again. It’s more appropriate today than it was in the 70’s.

[Bobalu]

Here is a quote from that little Lincoln book.

My Dear Sir:
I must in candor say I do not think myself fit for the presidency. I certainly am flattered and gratified that
some partial friends think of me in that connection; but I really think it best for our cause that no concerted effort, such as you suggest, should be made. Let this be considered confidential.

—Lincoln’s letter to editor of a Rock Island newspaper who wished to endorse Lincoln as a presidential candidate, April 16, 1859

[Fantasywriter]

I’m also reading The Business of Heaven, by C. S. Lewis.

[nuconvert]

Things I’ve Been Silent About (memories) by Azar Nafisi

On order from Amazon...> The Persian Night by Amir Taheri

[Squantos]

Reviewing a in progress book draft for a freeper friend on botany and its biblical connections and awaiting Matt Brackens last book of his EFAD trilogy ! As well the book draft drove me to Bells Theorem papers and that has sent me deeper into the subject matter with Feynman’s Lectures on Physics.....all three volumes !!

Also wondering when freeper Jeff Head’s next GREAT book will be out !

[alarm rider]

Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945 by
Carlos D’ Este.

Excellent and very in-depth look at Churchill from young man (Boer War) through the end of WWII.

If you are interested in Churchill, read this book.