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What are you reading Chapter 4
- Thread starter slobake
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I'm currently jumping between "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", by Jack Herrer and, "Class War in America", by Charles M. Kelly.
Presidents of War: The Epic Story from 1807 to Modern Times by Michael Beschloss (Crown, 2018).
Beschloss paints a very detailed, unvarnished picture of the men at the helms of America's armed conflicts, both declared and undeclared. Fascinating – and a little scary – to learn what U.S. presidents can do without Congressional approval.
I need recommendations for a sci fi series. I'm fine with YA novels. Short chapters would be nice. Nothing to deep but not fluff either.
The 2nd book in the Mr. Mercedes trilogy. I'm really liking this one.
You might like the "Space Drifters" trilogy by Paul Regnier. Good plot, likable characters.
Only because my Dad gave me his copy last time I visited, I just read Andrew Tobias' The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need.
Not exactly my favorite sort of reading material, but I did get some good tips from it that I'll probably take advantage of. But it also left me with a lot of unanswered questions
...mostly "Hey Dad, why didn't you give me this book ~35 years ago when it could have made a difference?"
Not exactly my favorite sort of reading material, but I did get some good tips from it that I'll probably take advantage of. But it also left me with a lot of unanswered questions
...mostly "Hey Dad, why didn't you give me this book ~35 years ago when it could have made a difference?"
A question...
Being a non-fiction kinda guy, I thought I was pretty sure about which novel was the ‘best’ novel I’ve read.
Doing some ‘deep cleaning and loading up bags to take to Goodwill’ this past week, I came across a novel I hadn’t thought of in years...maybe decades!
Now it seems I have an ‘A & 1A’
situation.
Do you have a novel that you think is the best you’ve read?
Being a non-fiction kinda guy, I thought I was pretty sure about which novel was the ‘best’ novel I’ve read.
Doing some ‘deep cleaning and loading up bags to take to Goodwill’ this past week, I came across a novel I hadn’t thought of in years...maybe decades!
Now it seems I have an ‘A & 1A’
situation.
Do you have a novel that you think is the best you’ve read?
This is one of those utterly impossible things (much like choosing a "favorite song"), but one choice that jumps immediately to mind for me is The Great Gatsby. For whatever reason, it was not part of my HS curriculum, so I read it on my own as an adult. Frankly, I think that was the better move; I might have appreciated it to a degree as a teenager, but the themes & subject matter resonate far better as an adult with some "mileage" on me.
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Re-reading one of my all time favorites: Ringworld by Larry Niven.
Definitive proof that everyone has different tastes! Can’t stand that book, and I’ve had to read it a few times for various reasons.
For me, my favorite book is hard to nail down, but my favorite author isn’t - Tolkien. I’m currently retreading Lord of the Rings as we speak. After that, perhaps Timothy Zahn with his Star Wars novels, or maybe Douglas Adams.
Been reading "Things that Make White People uncomfortable by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin. A great book. Michael Bennet is smart and funny. With the help of Dave Zirin he is helping me to understand why athletes in the NFL are speaking out. I will probably never understand what it is like to be a black man in the U.S.A. but Michael Bennet is stirring my soul with his honest passion and wisdom. Downloaded a free sample but can't wait to buy the book and read the rest.
This from the book:
"This approach allowed me in the aftermath to experience true grace -- in a lot of situations that I don't think ...... wanted to create. I felt that grace in the week after the big Sunday when I rolled put to practice in my car and saw people protesting outside our practice facility, with signs indicating they were vets and waving American flags. I pulled over outside the security gate and gout out of my car to talk to them. I'll admit it was a little scary because I didn't know if they had guns. But I saw them and I was just like "F*** it. Let's talk." At first they were shocked. I don't think they expected to be taking with players when they showed up to the facility with flags and signs, but it was cool. We just shared our experiences. We talked back and forth about where we disagree, yet how we want the same things, and what the flag means to them. They said I could never understand what they've been through military veterans. Bet they also admitted, with a great deal of humility, that they could never understand what I've been through as a black man in America. I also explained –– and it seems I can't repeat this enough -- that these protests are not about the military, and they should not believe anyone who says otherwise. The vets said they understood all that; they just wished we didn't disrespect the flag. I told them we did not disrespect the flag -- we're trying to honor what the flag is supposed to represent. And kind of like and after school special, we expressed to one another that we could all understand what it means to be human, with a need to protect our families."
This from the book:
"This approach allowed me in the aftermath to experience true grace -- in a lot of situations that I don't think ...... wanted to create. I felt that grace in the week after the big Sunday when I rolled put to practice in my car and saw people protesting outside our practice facility, with signs indicating they were vets and waving American flags. I pulled over outside the security gate and gout out of my car to talk to them. I'll admit it was a little scary because I didn't know if they had guns. But I saw them and I was just like "F*** it. Let's talk." At first they were shocked. I don't think they expected to be taking with players when they showed up to the facility with flags and signs, but it was cool. We just shared our experiences. We talked back and forth about where we disagree, yet how we want the same things, and what the flag means to them. They said I could never understand what they've been through military veterans. Bet they also admitted, with a great deal of humility, that they could never understand what I've been through as a black man in America. I also explained –– and it seems I can't repeat this enough -- that these protests are not about the military, and they should not believe anyone who says otherwise. The vets said they understood all that; they just wished we didn't disrespect the flag. I told them we did not disrespect the flag -- we're trying to honor what the flag is supposed to represent. And kind of like and after school special, we expressed to one another that we could all understand what it means to be human, with a need to protect our families."
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