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frtimmyd on "What are you reading?"

frtimmyd — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:43:12 +0000

Currently have three books going. "History of the English-Speaking People: The Birth of Britian" Winston Churchill, "The Complete Father Brown Mysteries" G.K. Chesterton, and "Surprised by Hope" N.T. Wright. Guess I'm just in a British mood right now.

seakayak on "What are you reading?"

seakayak — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:42:16 +0000

My son got me started on Louis Lamore novels over the summer (the Sackett family series). These cowboys have become my guilty pleasure. Great stuff.

dervis on "What are you reading?"

dervis — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:48 +0000

R.A. Salvatore's Transition - Book 1 - The Orc King I've read the first 25 books. If you're a fan of Fantasy style writing these books are the shit. flyfishn[/quote] I agree love all of his books, I alternate between those and Stephen R Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series. That and all my fishing 2012 catalogs that just came in.

cajunguy on "What are you reading?"

cajunguy — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:20:10 +0000

I got the new Stephen King novel "11/22/63" for Christmas, which was a very enjoyable read. I also re-read "The Hobbit" recently (started reading it as soon as the movie trailer was released, lol). I might tackle the other Tolkien books if I can find the time. It's been ages since I've read them.

ejames on "What are you reading?"

ejames — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:45:52 +0000

Just finished "Acts of Vengeance" by Ronnie Speer. It's a book about how POW's were treated during the Civil War and how they were often victims of retaliatory acts conducted by the two sides. They were often shot or hung because the other side shot or hung some men. The first chapter is about a Union Major and 5 of his men who were murdered shortly after being captured in southeast Missouri. When Union officials learned of this they took 6 POWS from the Jefferson Barracks POW prison in St. Louis and shot them. As I read the list of the confederate soldiers names one sounded very familiar-Asa V. Ladd. of Dexter,Mo. age 34. I called my sis who know more of the family genealogy and she said yes Grandma James was a Ladd. After some digging we found that Asa V. was our grandmothers-grandfather. We knew that he had been killed during the civil war,now we know how and why.

clanobucklin on "What are you reading?"

clanobucklin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:25:52 +0000

Boris Akunin's The Winter Queen - introducing the character Erast Fandorin.

Jud on "What are you reading?"

Jud — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:50:52 +0000

Time for some light reading - Corsair, by Clive Cussler.

fredvegas on "What are you reading?"

fredvegas — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:44:25 +0000

Just finished "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris, and I'm on to "The Case for God" by Karen Armstrong.

morlader on "What are you reading?"

morlader — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:31:07 +0000

Just started Gettysburg by Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen

bbauer on "What are you reading?"

bbauer — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:41:00 +0000

Just started reading Resident Aliens today. I have to have it done by tomorrow night for a paper i need to write so that i dont get too behind.....but its so hard! So much good stuff in that book. I wish i would have started earlier so that i would have more time to digest everything, but so is the life of a college student.

simnettpratt on "What are you reading?"

simnettpratt — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:36:04 +0000

Just munched down "On Killing" By Col Rex Grossmann. Examines the psychology of training soldiers to kill another human being, and what happens to you when you do. It's grim but a must read for any student of military history. It explains why up to WWII, only 15-20 percent of soldiers fired their weapons at the enemy, and why that percent increased to 90-95 in the Vietnam war. Unfortunately, he almost ruins the book on his last page. He says perhaps it's time for the government to start controlling 'assault rifles' or pistols, movies, tv, the internet and video games, with which I do NOT agree. YMMV Also reading several non-fiction accounts of WWII experiences and fishing books (ok, the fishing books are probably half fiction)

spartan on "What are you reading?"

spartan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:50:24 +0000

I picked up this book called, Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe, about a few months ago and I'm just now getting around to it. I'm about 50 pages into this thing and It's very much unlike anything I've ever read. It's copyrighted in 1980 and 1981. It's 2 volumes in one, of 4 total. The other 2 volumes, 3 and 4, are in the second book I have. <img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/ProphecyKnight/P1260998.jpg"> I would like to share my favorite couple of paragraphs so far into the book. I really love how the writer makes his characters really make an impression on you so far through the book. The excerpt is from a character who is a librarian of a ridiculously old and immense library. "Yes, I recall it now-that little square of green and brown. I believe they dry rosemary there to put in pillows. I was sitter there, as I said, and had been for several watches, when it came to me that I was reading no longer. For some time I was hard put to say what I had been doing. When I tried, I could only think of certain odors and textures and colors that seemed to have no connection with anything discussed in the volume I held. At last I realized that instead of reading it, I had been observing it as a physical object. The red I recalled came from the ribbon sewn to the headband so that I might mark my place. The texture that tickled my fingers still was that of the paper on which the book was printed. The smell in my nostrils was old leather, still bearing the traces of birch oil. It was only then, when I saw the books themselves, that I began to understand their care." His grip on my shoulder tightened. "We have books here bound in the hides of echidines, krakens, and beasts so long extinct that those whose studies they are, are for the most part of the opinion that no trace of them survives unfossilized. We have books bound wholly in metals of unknown alloy, and books whose bindings are covered with thickset gems. We have books cased in perfumed woods shipped across the inconceivable gulf between creations-books doubly precious because no one on Urth can read them. "We have books whose papers are matted of plants from which spring curious alkaloids, so that the reader, in turning their pages, is taken unaware by bizarre fantasies and chimeric dreams. Books whose pages are not paper at all, but delicate wafers of white jade, ivory, and shell; books too whose leaves are the desiccated leaves of unknown plants. Books we have also that are not books at all to the eye: scrolls and tablets and recordings on a hundred different substances. There is a cube of crystal here-though I can no longer tell you where-no larger than the ball of your thumb that containsmore books than the library itself does. Though a harlot might dangle it from one ear for an ornament, there are not volumes enough in the world to counterweight the other. All these I came to know, and I made safeguardingthem my life's devotion." *************************************************************************************************************************** It's really an amazing book so far. Things can only get more interesting. P.S. The librarian is like over 100 or something and he's 7 or 8 feet tall, and blind; with a beard down to his waist. And he knows where most of the books are.

baronsamedi on "Lets talk about the Weather"

baronsamedi — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:50:27 +0000

Enjoying the beautiful summer weather here in North Texas!

flyfishn on "What are you reading?"

flyfishn — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:28:32 +0000

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Salvatore">R.A. Salvatore's Transition - Book 1 - The Orc King</a> I've read the first 25 books. If you're a fan of Fantasy style writing these books are the shit.

OTD on "What are you reading?"

OTD — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:24:06 +0000

"The Gauntlet Assassin", LJ Sellers on the Kindle.

radio807 on "What are you reading?"

radio807 — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:15:37 +0000

Just finished The Lords of Finance, just started The Seven Storey [sic] Mountain by Thomas Merton.

jchaplick on "What are you reading?"

jchaplick — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:46:37 +0000

That new stephen king about jfk, pretty good actually

Philip on "What are you reading?"

Philip — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:45:21 +0000

<a href="http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3871/the-riddle-of-the-sands">The Riddle of the Sands </a> by Erskine Childers.

jcsnaps on "What are you reading?"

jcsnaps — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:30:50 +0000

I, Sniper by Stephen Hunter.

docrx on "What are you reading?"

docrx — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:26:50 +0000

Harry Trumans Excellent Adventure The True Story of a Great American Road Trip by Mathew Algeo

lordofthepiperings on "What are you reading?"

lordofthepiperings — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:52:39 +0000

Started Game of Thrones. Really fast reading too and I have to say the book is just as good as the show.

yohanan on "Lets talk about the Weather"

yohanan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:37:50 +0000

43 degrees and cloudy with a hit and miss sprinkle here and there.

OTD on "Lets talk about the Weather"

OTD — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:26:31 +0000

50 degrees and flooding streets from a bit over 6" of rain in the last 2 days. My house is OK for the moment but I have been busy helping neighbors whose homes are flooded.

zanthal on "How I Write My Tobacco Reviews"

zanthal — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:41:55 +0000

I'm trying to educate myself before I give a review, and I'm glad someone has put something like this together. However, the above link goes to a blank pipesmagazine.com page (for me)

drsam on "Lets talk about the Weather"

drsam — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:42:11 +0000

First snow of the year! 23 degrees and abought an inch of snow on the ground in Hermann

baronsamedi on "Lets talk about the Weather"

baronsamedi — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:09:02 +0000

Rain here in Texas. Finally!

hobie1dog on "Lets talk about the Weather"

hobie1dog — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:07:15 +0000

shitty weather here in NC, reminds me of that horrid weather in Ohio

yohanan on "Lets talk about the Weather"

yohanan — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:24:25 +0000

Cloudy with drizzle and 42 degrees.

irish2fish on "Lets talk about the Weather"

irish2fish — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:22:37 +0000

0 and clear.

ace57 on "Lets talk about the Weather"

ace57 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:18:52 +0000

In NE Wi. 30 and wind wind wind and wind.

drsam on "Lets talk about the Weather"

drsam — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:15:18 +0000

23 Degrees this morning clear and dry.

papipeguy on "Lets talk about the Weather"

papipeguy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:12:51 +0000

Gentleman Caller in a Stanwell.

mattmars on "Lets talk about the Weather"

mattmars — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:12:35 +0000

I think it's in the mid 60s right now. Coulda wore shorts today. I hate it.

drsam on "Lets talk about the Weather"

drsam — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:10:38 +0000

41 and cloudy

pawpaw on "Lets talk about the Weather"

pawpaw — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:06:54 +0000

but Hobie lets be greatful it aint snow