What are you currently reading?

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Christina_S

#2340
February 23, 2021, 11:04:36 AM
Punished by Rewards:  The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, As, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn.
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Elizabeth.2

#2341
February 23, 2021, 11:40:37 AM
 
Quote from: red solo cup on February 17, 2021, 05:00:37 AM
Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
:rofl:
That was so funny!  You might try Homicide by what's his name from the Baltimore Sun, by which TV shows were inspired, but the book is twisted and funny.

Francisco Suárez

#2342
February 25, 2021, 10:58:04 AM Last Edit: February 25, 2021, 11:01:51 AM by Francisco Suárez
Quote from: Kaesekopf on January 23, 2021, 12:01:14 AM
I'm really, really trying to get through Ed Feser's "Aquinas."  So far, so good.  I'm 40 pages in and it's going slow but well.  It's like drinking water from a fire hydrant, though!

It's funny you say that. I tried reading it several years ago, and despite finding it interesting, I got a bit too.... fatigued? Ended up moving on before finishing it. His other book, The Last Superstition, kept me peeled for the entire thing. Struggled to put it down!

Just commenced The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Let's hope I sail through it with the grace of Churchill...  :toth:

Jacob

#2343
February 26, 2021, 08:53:12 PM
Quote from: Jacob on February 22, 2021, 05:45:03 PM
Demonic Foes, by Richard Gallagher, MD

This book is an interesting read coming from the perspective of a medical doctor.
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Heinrich

#2344
February 27, 2021, 08:04:07 AM
Shylock's Ewes and Rams by E Michael Jones. A condensed version of his 1500 page book Barren Metal. An absolute trove of insight into the economic growth of the West and how it diverged from a usury free society into an economically Darwinian world, ie usurious Capitalism.
Schaff Recht mir Gott und führe meine Sache gegen ein unheiliges Volk . . .   .                          
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Melkor

#2345
March 02, 2021, 10:38:46 AM
Finished Saladin by Richard Man. Not too impressed, he was pretty biased towards the Sultan. Reading Richard the Lionheart by W.B. Bartlett. The Crusaders (most of them) were more brutal and barbaric than most Catholics will like to admit, but they were fighting militant Islam, which was far worse than most historians will admit.
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.

"Am I not here, I who am your mother?" Mary to Juan Diego

"Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented." G.K. Chesterton

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red solo cup

#2346
March 09, 2021, 06:22:34 AM
On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey by Paul Theroux
non impediti ratione cogitationis

Jacob

#2347
March 09, 2021, 10:53:32 AM
Fellowship of the Ring.
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
--Neal Stephenson

Philip G.

#2348
March 24, 2021, 10:45:12 PM
Who here has read the lord of the rings trilogy more times than they have read the bible?
For the stone shall cry out of the wall; and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer.  Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and prepareth a city by iniquity. - Habacuc 2,11-12

Melkor

#2349
March 25, 2021, 07:45:38 AM
Me! Though I love the Children of Hurin and the Silmarillion more than the original trilogy.
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.

"Am I not here, I who am your mother?" Mary to Juan Diego

"Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented." G.K. Chesterton

"Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill." Jesus Christ

Jacob

#2350
March 25, 2021, 05:59:04 PM
Been working through The Two Towers.  Smeagol just swore by the Precious to serve Frodo.
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
--Neal Stephenson

Melkor

#2351
March 25, 2021, 08:22:04 PM
Smeagol's character is so complex and rich. Brings the story to another level imo.
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.

"Am I not here, I who am your mother?" Mary to Juan Diego

"Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented." G.K. Chesterton

"Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill." Jesus Christ

maryslittlegarden

#2352
March 27, 2021, 12:51:16 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Forget-Alamo-Lone-Star-Reloaded-ebook/dp/B077J39F2C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=drew+mcgunn&qid=1616871007&sr=8-1

Forget the Alamo series by Drew Mcgunn.. I'm only on the first one, but it's good so far. 
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red solo cup

#2353
March 29, 2021, 03:13:43 PM
Byzantium: The Decline and Fall by John Julius Norwich
non impediti ratione cogitationis

Prayerful

#2354
March 29, 2021, 04:15:05 PM
Dan Jones, In the reign of King John. Innocent III should probably have taken a more neutral line between King John and his barons. They might have been violent, arrogant men, but their King was a tyrant. That there were no further King Johns says enough.
Padre Pio: Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.
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