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What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Inquiry
7/03/08 | MplsSteve

Posted on 07/03/2008 8:40:03 AM PDT by MplsSteve

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

I like finding out what Freepers are reading lately. It can be anything...a technical journal, a trashy pulp novel, an old classic...in short, anything!

Please do not defile this thread by posting "I'm Reading This Thread". It became very unfunny a long time ago.

I'll start. I'm close to finishing "The Last Valley" by Martin Windrow. It's about the siege/battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954.

Well, what are you reading now?!


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: books; literature; magazines; reading
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To: schu

yes, I’ve come to the conclusion I will not fully comprehend all the detail he puts into the text. Still, I put down the book knowing more than I did when I picked it up. History is nice like that. :)


241 posted on 07/05/2008 10:44:35 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (Just say NObama!)
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To: MplsSteve
I just finished Rex Stout's Plot It Yourself this morning.
242 posted on 07/05/2008 10:59:48 AM PDT by vamoose
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To: vamoose

Pinging myself to help me update my Shelfari.

Bibliophiles may enjoy shelfari dot com - you can have a lot of fun there setting up a virtual library, reviewing books, and discussing books.


243 posted on 07/05/2008 1:23:11 PM PDT by Marie2 (It's time for a ban on handgun bans)
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To: Skooz
So it wasn't Ann Coulter's Godless. Could be Robert P. George.
244 posted on 07/05/2008 5:54:53 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: firebrand

No, it wasn’t Coulter.

It was a more scholarly sort of thing.


245 posted on 07/05/2008 7:00:42 PM PDT by Skooz (Any nation that would elect Hillary Clinton as its president has forfeited its right to exist.)
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To: mathluv

Excellent! Let me know what you think....I just ordered his new HB “the Last Patriot” as well...magritte


246 posted on 07/05/2008 7:51:32 PM PDT by magritte (If a problem comes along, you must whip it.)
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To: Marie2

Thanks for the tip of shelfari...I just signed up...it’s coooooooool......magritte


247 posted on 07/05/2008 8:00:23 PM PDT by magritte (If a problem comes along, you must whip it.)
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To: MplsSteve
I have a number of books started right now and am making my way through these slowly.

“Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War” by Gary Gallagher
“The Fall of the Roman Empire” by Peter Heather
“Defending Identity” by Natan Sharansky
“Dangerous Nation” by Robert Kagan

In addition to the books I'm reading, I'm also listening to a few books
“The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America” by Colin G. Calloway and “The Whiskey Rebellion” by William Hoegeland

248 posted on 07/05/2008 11:21:27 PM PDT by Madison Moose
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To: bert

I like “Moby Dick” but the short stories are a tougher read that I expected. The prose is pretty dense and it takes a while to get used to the style and to unload what is there. I spent most of the weekend in a hospital ICU waiting room, so I had time to do that. I like some of the stories. Others are duds.


249 posted on 07/07/2008 7:22:35 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants thereof)
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To: All
I just finished The Last Patriot by Brad Thor. I highly recommend it. Although it is fictional it has a LOT of insight into radical Islam. A must read.



The Last Patriot: A Thriller
250 posted on 07/07/2008 7:49:59 AM PDT by right.talker ( http://Iam.LeeAllen.org/blog)
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To: spacejunkie01

Yes, you will know.
Good choice.


251 posted on 07/07/2008 8:41:18 AM PDT by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: firebrand

When reading the “Left Behind” series ... I was put off by the redundancy in their message, how little the story moved forward in each book..
Originally it was intended to be six books. Then when it went #1. (my idea) It expanded to be several more volumes. I have about 3 of the later ones that are on my book shelf that I have not read. I did get a tape of the final one ... so that the ending is known, yet it was sorta too late. Just me.

I did read a new book about a month ago by either Tim or Jerry. Must not have made much of an impression on me as I have forgotten the name. I will chck it out in a bit and get back to you on it.

It was good ... not great. Joel’s books are a must.


252 posted on 07/07/2008 8:59:26 AM PDT by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: MplsSteve

Has some recommended “Lone Survivor” ... Marcus Luttrell?
It is on my list to read.


253 posted on 07/07/2008 9:05:17 AM PDT by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: MplsSteve

The main reason I enjoyed this particular piece by Faulkner is twofold:

1.) I spent a year in Mississippi in 1963. He nails life there, although he wrote of a period 30 years earlier, and,

2.) I’m a huge Elvis fan. The parallel between Jefferson/Tupelo and Memphis are uncanny. Same time frame, also.

Otherwise, I agree with your observations about Faulkner’s style.


254 posted on 07/10/2008 5:43:24 PM PDT by Former War Criminal
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To: MplsSteve
Pursuant to my ongoing study of human communications and the information sharing business (often erroneously called 'journalism').


255 posted on 07/10/2008 5:51:01 PM PDT by abb (Watergate was a Drive-By Media coup d'etat. )
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To: abb

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0684832674/wizardswebsiteA/
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet


256 posted on 07/10/2008 5:52:01 PM PDT by abb (Watergate was a Drive-By Media coup d'etat. )
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To: magritte

I am nearly through with ‘Lions of Lucerne” - and really enjoying it. This is a series I will pass on to my grandson.


257 posted on 07/11/2008 3:54:56 AM PDT by mathluv
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To: MplsSteve

Just Finished:
The Coastwatchers, Feldt, Eric (1946 (original text),
and
The Quest For The True Cross
by Matthew D’ancona & Carsten Peter Theide .
Palgrave Publishers(2002)

Now Reading:
Hunted, a CoastwatcherS Story, MURRAY M.
Rigby Limited. 1967, First Edition


258 posted on 07/29/2008 5:15:52 AM PDT by urtax$@work (we have faced tenacity before....& The Best kind of Memorial is a BURNING Memorial)
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