Topic: What is everyone reading? (Read 5654 times)

Brush Wolf · « **on:** October 02, 2011, 10:38:50 am »

I'll start it off. I just started on the reprint of the 1889 second edition of History of the Campaign of Mobile by Christopher Columbus Andrews.

Lieutenant_Q · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2011, 08:46:49 pm »

Right now, Decision Points, George W. Bush's Memoirs. Previously, Empire of Liberty, A History of the Early Republic 1789-1815, Gordon S. Wood. Next on the List is Lincoln's Darkest Year, The War in 1862, William Marvel.

Capt. Mike · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2011, 06:18:23 am »

Just finished the Autobiography of Mark Twain...reading Tony Campolo's "Is Jesus a Republican or a Democrat? and 14 other polarizing issues"

Mike

FA Frey XC · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2011, 08:59:34 am »

"Song of Susannah" Stephen King. Dark Tower series.

Regards,

NJAntman · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2011, 02:11:05 pm »

User manual for TI-34 Multiview calculator. The eldest son started seventh grade and is being mainstreamed so he is allowed to use the TI-34 to keep up in math class. I get to teach him how to use it. Thankfully I just started wearing bi-focals last year, that manual is freaking small.

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2011, 02:48:00 pm »

Quote from: NJAntman on October 03, 2011, 02:11:05 pm

User manual for TI-34 Multiview calculator. The eldest son started seventh grade and is being mainstreamed so he is allowed to use the TI-34 to keep up in math class. I get to teach him how to use it. Thankfully I just started wearing bi-focals last year, that manual is freaking small.

I remember when the only calculator a seventh grader could use was their fingers.

manitoba1073 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:37:40 pm »

generally just forums is all I read.

Havent read a book in a very very long time.

Tus-XC · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2011, 06:18:48 pm »

Dracho · « **Reply #8 on:** October 03, 2011, 09:28:21 pm »

Just finished Ranks of Bronze by David Drake and The Excalibur Alternative by David Weber. I've also been reading the Honor Harrington series.

762_XC · « **Reply #9 on:** October 03, 2011, 10:55:46 pm »

The First World War, by John Keegan.

KBF-Kurok · « **Reply #10 on:** October 03, 2011, 11:18:00 pm »

Moby Dick

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #11 on:** October 04, 2011, 02:01:01 am »

Book three of the Dresden Files

Capt. Mike · « **Reply #12 on:** October 05, 2011, 05:12:24 am »

Quote from: NJAntman on October 03, 2011, 02:11:05 pm

User manual for TI-34 Multiview calculator. The eldest son started seventh grade and is being mainstreamed so he is allowed to use the TI-34 to keep up in math class. I get to teach him how to use it. Thankfully I just started wearing bi-focals last year, that manual is freaking small.

Nick, I graduated to tri-focals five years ago...just something for you to look forward to....a hazard of our careers...

Mike

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #13 on:** October 05, 2011, 05:16:10 am »

An interesting reading list. The bi-focals/tri-focals are just a hazard of life for those of us that need glasses, bi-focals here.

marstone · « **Reply #14 on:** October 05, 2011, 06:48:03 am »

a msnual on building a longbow

Riskyllama · « **Reply #15 on:** October 05, 2011, 02:00:27 pm »

So many heavy subjects I feel out of place reading "Good Omens"

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2011, 03:16:37 pm »

Quote from: Riskyllama on October 05, 2011, 02:00:27 pm

So many heavy subjects I feel out of place reading "Good Omens"

Don't feel out of place. As long as you enjoy what you are reading is all that matters.

Bernard Guignard · « **Reply #17 on:** October 05, 2011, 05:22:32 pm »

Man Kzin Wars #12

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #18 on:** October 05, 2011, 08:56:17 pm »

Quote from: Riskyllama on October 05, 2011, 02:00:27 pm

So many heavy subjects I feel out of place reading "Good Omens"

I LOVED that book!

knightstorm · « **Reply #19 on:** October 11, 2011, 10:36:13 pm »

Battle at Sea:3000 years of Naval Warfare. Its really more of a coffee table type book that caught my eye in the bargain section at my local Barnes and Nobles. It basically summarizes the major naval engagements from ancient times, and the evolution of fighting ships. When I'm done with it, I have to find my copy of Fighting Steel and re-install it.

762_XC · « **Reply #20 on:** October 11, 2011, 11:06:07 pm »

knightstorm...if you want a detailed analysis of key naval battles and how they revolutionized warfare at sea, check out The Price of Admiralty by Keegan.

knightstorm · « **Reply #21 on:** October 11, 2011, 11:48:52 pm »

Thanks for the recommendation, although from the reviews on Amazon, I get the impression that he tends to limit his coverage of the eras I'm most interested in.

Lieutenant_Q · « **Reply #22 on:** October 11, 2011, 11:51:30 pm »

Admiral Alfred Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power on History. Is another good one. I read that one years ago, probably going to need to find it again. I had borrowed it from a Library the first time, so it's not a part of my collection yet.

Dracho · « **Reply #23 on:** October 12, 2011, 08:00:42 pm »

Just finished "The Forever War".. a SciFi classic.. apparently. It was interesting.

Capt. Mike · « **Reply #24 on:** October 15, 2011, 08:22:25 am »

Just picked up "Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave"

I'll review it when I'm done

Mike

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #25 on:** October 15, 2011, 08:58:01 am »

The one "problem" I have run into with reading these 19th century tomes is the writing style tends to make for slow reading. I am not saying they are bad books just that they take a little chewing to get through them. The two 19th century writers I have found that are exceptions to this are Theodore Roosevelt and Winston Churchill who both read more like modern writers.

Bernard Guignard · « **Reply #26 on:** October 15, 2011, 11:19:33 am »

Now on STNG Novel Star Trek: The Next Generation: Indistinguishable from Magic

Capt. Mike · « **Reply #27 on:** October 16, 2011, 03:23:13 am »

Well BW, I don't have that problem..probably the six years of Latin and year of Greek in HS and college..and Stephen will tell you, I'm probably from the 19th century

I grew up on the Oz books, Tarzan books, and Gulliver's Travels (unabridged).

Finished Frederick Douglass, now starting on a reread of Dante's Inferno as translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Mike

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #28 on:** October 16, 2011, 08:00:37 am »

It really isn't a true problem I was just remarking that many of the older titles read slower than most modern reading, they used more words.

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