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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 17:43:52 GMT -5
What's everyone reading, if you are reading something? At the moment, I'm very much enjoying Michener's Poland. His writing style is awesome and a lot of fun, and the way he develops these characters in a historical environment and blends them so seamlessly is great. I'm up to the Polish repulsion of the attack on Vienna, and being able to read an interesting story while also learning historical facts is a double whammy for me. I also have Alaska which I'm certainly reading after finishing this.
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Post by Henry Spearman on May 31, 2016 18:10:31 GMT -5
Right now I've got Bret Hart's autobiography "hitman". Good read so far. Alot of things I didn't know about Bret and wouldn't have expected (womanizing, steroids). I recommend it.
Before that was the pillars of the earth and world without end. Pillars was the best work if fiction I have ever read. I truly cherished that book. World without end was the spiritual successor and was good but I didn't like the conclusion. It felt dull. It wrapped up the story but just felt boring at the end. Pillars was a sprint to the finish. World without end felt like a limp
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Post by Seth on May 31, 2016 20:14:08 GMT -5
I was surprised when I found out about Bret's womanizing back in the day too, and the steroids.
I recently finished Bloodline, the newest Star Wars book, and as mentioned elsewhere, Women by Bukowski. Really torn on what to read next. I have some Kerouac waiting for me, some other actual novels, a bunch of Star Wars books, don't know what to do.
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Post by Severan King on May 31, 2016 20:37:43 GMT -5
I've got a couple I'm currently reading. Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolf as well as Unsuspecting Mage by Brian S. Pratt. Covering both my Sci-Fantasy as well as my Fantasy.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 22:49:42 GMT -5
I've been reading Barron's Foreign Language Guides to keep fresh on my languages. Was reading my Spanish one, but after the recent addition, I may have to break out my French one. Though truth be told, of the Western European languages, that one is easily my weakest language...
Maybe I join the FFL so I can master the language... Hmm...
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Post by Jeff Purse on Jun 1, 2016 6:16:14 GMT -5
The entire Scott Pilgrim saga
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Post by Thomas Uriel Bates on Jun 1, 2016 7:43:22 GMT -5
I love this thread.
I am currently reading three books right now. Giving myself a break from one or the other from time to time.
Les Misérables
Sherlock Holmes (entire collection)
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
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Post by Seth on Jun 1, 2016 9:28:05 GMT -5
lol, damn. That isn't ambitious at all or anything, haha.
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Post by Thomas Uriel Bates on Jun 1, 2016 9:38:27 GMT -5
A lot of what I'm reading is actually re-reading things I've read a long time ago. I'm also trying to encourage my Cadets to read in camp rather than play on their cell phones in their tent. I've already got them writing 19th Century cursive script, so that's a start, but now it's time for the reading.
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Post by Seth on Jun 1, 2016 20:58:33 GMT -5
I settled on Big Sur by Kerouac to read next. Only read a few pages but its going to take some getting used to to get back into his writing style.
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Post by Jeff Purse on Jun 2, 2016 11:28:07 GMT -5
Complete Works of William Shakespeare Original text or updated? Doing plays and stuff I have been in multiple Shakespeare shows, both original and updated text, it is extremely hard to know how to talk with the original. Its where most people fail with Shakespeare, you have to know not only what the word means but the gravity of it behind it. Is it the same when just reading? |
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Post by Thomas Uriel Bates on Jun 2, 2016 11:42:06 GMT -5
Complete Works of William Shakespeare Original text or updated? Doing plays and stuff I have been in multiple Shakespeare shows, both original and updated text, it is extremely hard to know how to talk with the original. Its where most people fail with Shakespeare, you have to know not only what the word means but the gravity of it behind it. Is it the same when just reading? I know only the original text, and am not familiar with any updates. That being said, I am simply a casual reader, and not a student of Theatre or Literature, that will change in August, but until then I know little difference. I picked up the book at a bookstore, and it seems to be written in the old language rather than new, if that tells you anything. The book is in the car and I am too lazy to get up and get it right now to find out. |
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Post by Dean Wolf on Jun 2, 2016 16:59:56 GMT -5
A Short History of Reconstruction
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Post by Thomas Uriel Bates on Jun 2, 2016 17:09:50 GMT -5
A Short History of Reconstruction Very interesting. Who's the writer? |
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Post by Dean Wolf on Jun 2, 2016 18:08:52 GMT -5
A Short History of Reconstruction Very interesting. Who's the writer? Eric Foner |
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Post by Thomas Uriel Bates on Jun 2, 2016 18:26:19 GMT -5
Very interesting. Who's the writer? Eric Foner I have not read that one yet. Let me know how it goes. Also, a test to the author's knowledge on the subject of Reconstruction; who does he say started the Ku Klux Klan? |
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Post by Dean Wolf on Jun 2, 2016 18:27:25 GMT -5
I have not read that one yet. Let me know how it goes. Also, a test to the author's knowledge on the subject of Reconstruction; who does he say started the Ku Klux Klan? Didn't get that far. |
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Post by Thomas Uriel Bates on Jun 3, 2016 0:04:28 GMT -5
Update on my reading. Thanks to the very friendly and civil discussion on this board, I have found an online version of Cesare Beccaria's essay on Crimes and Punishments. Translated from the original Italian of course.
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Post by Mikey eXtreme on Jun 3, 2016 6:00:38 GMT -5
Who reads? What are you a bunch of nerds?
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