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Demented 01-01-2010 02:21 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley.

Tombstone 01-01-2010 02:53 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
Men in Black by Mark Levin

maverickdrinker 01-01-2010 08:18 PM

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Just finished reading 'Manulife' and starting to read snowball, the autobiography of warren buffet

Tripnastic 01-01-2010 08:24 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
Havana Nocturne: How the Mob owned Cuba and then lost it to the Revolution by T.J. English

http://www.amazon.com/Havana-Nocturn.../dp/0061147710

Cigargal 01-04-2010 11:46 AM

Re: What are you reading?
 
I am reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. It is historical fiction about Thomas Cromwell, assisstant to Wolsey and Chancellor after Thomas More. The writing style is very intriguing. This book has won a lot of awards and critical praise. i am enjoying it so far. It is a period of English history I love to read about.

hotreds 01-04-2010 09:57 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
Yeager autobiography.

Fumes 01-04-2010 10:39 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome -- Anthony Everitt. (sort of rough going so far, though interesting at points)

Anna Karenina -- Leo Tolstoy. (Pevear and Volokhonsky translation -- smooth as a Davidoff.)

the Heart of Shobogenzo -- Dogen. Very challenging. I think I understand about half of this, and that half I think I need to re-read.

Holiday airplane reading: Somebody Owes Me Money -- Donald Westlake. Breezy and funny, but not the best Westlake on the shelf.

Savvy 01-04-2010 10:45 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
Reading a few autobiographies and biographies right now. Two about poker people.

Just finished up Check-raising the Devil which is Mike Matusow's autobiography. It was a quick read, but it provided a lot of insight into what he's been through, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Just started One of a Kind, which is the story of Stuey Ungar, also eye opening and a very interesting read.

And the third one that I am reading is General Jimmy Doolittle's autobiography I Could Never be so Lucky Again, which is a great read as well.

Definitely keeping myself busy reading lately.

Pilon 01-04-2010 10:47 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
Letters on Freemasonry written by John Quincy Adams

qwerty1500 01-09-2010 06:36 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
Picked up A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick. It was recommended as a Hitchcock type work. Only a few pages into it ... this guy can write some terrific prose.

Cigarbud 01-09-2010 06:43 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
Superfreakonomics

paris1129 01-09-2010 10:14 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tripnastic (Post 703190)
Havana Nocturne: How the Mob owned Cuba and then lost it to the Revolution by T.J. English

http://www.amazon.com/Havana-Nocturn.../dp/0061147710

I just ordered a copy of this. Sounds very interesting! Thanks!

Mark 01-09-2010 10:17 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
My current fun reading is Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt. Very affecting and troublesome, but a fantastic piece of journalism.

Tripp 01-09-2010 10:44 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
Just started Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever Book One. A Christmas gift from my father-in-law to be.

Steve 01-09-2010 10:59 PM

Re: What are you reading?
 
Dances with Trout by John Geirach

M1903A1 01-09-2010 11:18 PM

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Just finished "The True Believer" by Eric Hoffer. I didn't completely agree with all of his premises and conclusions (as it's over fifty years old and new information has since come to light), but it was very interesting and eye-opening nonetheless.

Also finished reading Sarah Palin's autobiography "Going Rogue". Think what you may of her politics, I found her personal story quite charming.

Rabidsquirrel 01-10-2010 08:14 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tripp (Post 714580)
Just started Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever Book One. A Christmas gift from my father-in-law to be.

Good series with an interesting twist.

Starscream 01-10-2010 08:27 AM

Re: What are you reading?
 
The Hound of the Baskervilles

dccraft 01-10-2010 10:32 AM

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Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy.

4WheelVFR 01-10-2010 10:55 AM

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Just started "Under the Dome" by Stephen King.


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