what are you reading?

[queenlillian1962]

John Steinbeck - The Pearl

1-5

1/2

[Arkady]

Faith by Lesley Pearson

[Plastik]

Currently reading Weaveworld by Clive Barker. Love that man.

Last completed: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin.

[KillZone]

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway-it is called a "classic" for good reasons.

Hopes and Prospects by Noam Chomsky.

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.

[queenlillian1962]

The Cat Who Blew The Whistle by Lillian Jackson Braun

1-5

[Ross22]

Crash Proof by Peter Schiff!

[IFF]

John Steinbeck - The Pearl

1-5

1/2

it was ok, though not a patch on his other books i felt

last monday, i finished "singing from the well" by reinaldo arenas. it was good

[Daisy]

Nothing at the moment, though I am an avid reader.
Just finished Atlas Shrugged not long ago.

[Dreamy]

Nothing at the moment, though I am an avid reader.
Just finished Atlas Shrugged not long ago.

Did you like it Loralei? I was wondering whether I should read it.

[Daisy]

Did you like it Loralei? I was wondering whether I should read it.

I think it should be required reading for everyone, Dreamy

[Dreamy]

I think it should be required reading for everyone, Dreamy

Thanks. I may give it a read.

[Farnsworth,Luther P.]

Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change, not bad but like most political books about that era it's like Lyndon Johnson has been subjected to a Soviet style purge from American political history or something.

Also reading Archeaology and Language, People and Landlords in Later Medieval England, both very good, the latter in fact is excellent, if somewhat focused on the wool trade in the Cotswolds and surrounding areas.

[Old World Order]

Of Paradise and Power by Robert Kagan. I expected it to be ridiculously neocon-ish, but it's actually pretty interesting.

[Arkady]

Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohaia

It's about a 12 year old Japanese girl living in the US when the Japs bomb Hawaii. The Americans assume that every Japanese is bad and round them up and send them to camps until the war is over.

[Slinky_Bass]

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.

Chapters one to four were interesting enough. I thought the MC's voice was nice and different and the idea of a childish, prankster supercomputer was amusing. The rest of the book devolves into Heinlein telling us (through the MC) how a revolution is engineered and put into effect. Towards the end of the book he's forgotten the voice and he's just telling. Yawn.

I give it 4/10

[Farnsworth,Luther P.]

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway-it is called a "classic" for good reasons.

Hopes and Prospects by Noam Chomsky.

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.

For Whom The Bell Tolls is one I need to re-read; it's been many years since I read that. The Spanish Civil War was an interesting time, given the number of intellectuals who participated in it. The Sun Also Rises is another of my favorite Hemingway novels. I didn't particularly like his Cuba/Florida phase books, for some reason I can't put my finger on; as stories they're not bad, but didn't ring my bell. I liked the movie adaptations pretty well, though, mainly because of Bogart, I think.

Never liked Chomsky; he's certainly an intelligent man but dishonest and venal, unnecessarily so imho.

Haven't read a single Toni Morrison book yet. What's your take on her?

[Farnsworth,Luther P.]

Of Paradise and Power by Robert Kagan. I expected it to be ridiculously neocon-ish, but it's actually pretty interesting.

Most 'neo-cons' were far from 'ridiculous', and Kagan is one of the better political wonks alive today. I don't agree with his ideology, either, but his writings and observations are on a par with Safire's and better than Kissinger's.

[Old World Order]

Most of them are very idealistic. Hence, ridiculous.

[Farnsworth,Luther P.]

Yes, I'm sure sociopaths think that of anything that doesn't include making human sacrifices of Israelis, as if that would appease their heroic Islamic warriors, but unfortunately that's how it is, whether you approve or not.

[Arkady]

False Advertising by Dianne Blacklock