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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat are you reading next? I am just about to start "The Story of England" by Michael Wood.
'A new perspective on the history of our nation'.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)I just started "The Hunger Games"
WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)I'm on the last one right now.
av8rdave
(10,573 posts)It's really, really interesting, and I'm not even a whiskey drinker!
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I bought a big stack of books when our local Borders closed. Not sure what to read next. What I really want to read is "The Girl who Played with Fire", though, and I don't have that one.
avebury
(10,952 posts)Kicked the Hornet's Nest.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I never expected to like this series as much as I do.
RFKHumphreyObama
(15,164 posts)They will probably be on my immediate reading list:
"My Sweet Audrina" by VC Andrews
"Learning to Govern: An Institutional View of the 104th Congress
Richard F. Jr. Fenno, Michael H. Armacos"
A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother
Janny Scott
And I'm waiting for
At Your Own Risk: An American Chronicle of Crisis and Capitivity in the Middle East
Tom Sutherland, Jean Sutherland
Man Without a Gun : One Diplomat's Secret Struggle to Free the Hostages, Fight Terrorism, and End a War
Giandomenico Picco
So those will probably also be on my reading list
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)The Burning Edge by Rick Mofina. Crime-Fiction.
siligut
(12,272 posts)A lounge thread spurred my interest.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)book about the border wars between Scotland and England, and the reivers who fought them.
"It is an odd border that divides England and Scotland, set in stone (Hadrian's Wall) in Roman times and enduring to this day. There has always been enmity across the two sides of the border, but, as Fraser points out, the whole region is also one that kept its distance from the rest of both Scotland and England, the reivers often closer to each other (certainly in spirit) than to distant Edinburgh or London. The reivers were a different breed, regardless of their nominal nationality."
"Fraser also presents the reivers well as separate from the governments that supposedly had authority over them, and the trouble London and Edinburgh had in exerting much influence in this strategically important frontier area. From hapless Wardens installed to set things right (an idea doomed to failure) to various laws that were largely unenforceable, the governments had a tough time of it."
From: http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/frasergm/sbonnets.htm
I know, but I love reading about small, obscure sections of our almost-forgotten human histories that survive mostly as folklore nowadays, although they were lived out by real people suffering real loss at the time.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Sounds extremely interesting!
shcrane71
(1,721 posts)It reads like a E! exclusive, at times. It was free. I have to agree more or less with this Amazon review of the book:
http://www.amazon.com/review/RI194YHQL2P8I/ref=ep_wk_cr_helpful#RI194YHQL2P8I
Old Troop
(1,991 posts)since I read it last, I'd forgotten what a superb wordsmith Steven Crane was.
denbot
(9,901 posts)I like the other books so far. I'm alternating between her series, and Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking series.
MiddleFingerMom
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... which is a children's AND adult book -- but there are several holds on it at the library.
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JitterbugPerfume
(18,183 posts)mackattack
(344 posts)Just finished, "Empire to Welfare State: English History: 19061976" by lloyd
JitterbugPerfume
(18,183 posts)by Sarah Vowell, and tomorrow I will start the second Hunger Games book. I just bought the box set and when I am finished with all three books I am sending them to my grand daughter , but don't tell her, it is a surprise .
Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)saw her on cspan about a month ago, picked up her book today.
jobycom
(49,038 posts)Suzanne Collins, and Stephen King, respectively. I'm also reading "Christianity: The First 3000 Years," but I've been reading it so long now that maybe I'm not really reading it anymore.
auburngrad82
(5,029 posts)edited by John Brockman. From the cover:
What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world's most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and more. Surprising and enlightening, these insights will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the world.
Looks interesting to me.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)Chan790
(20,176 posts)Last edited Sat Mar 17, 2012, 12:24 AM - Edit history (1)
It's a copywriting book about how to write copy for an interactive digital age of media, PR and marketing. It's part of my quest to find a career that doesn't feel like work where I can work at my own schedule.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)It's making me cry my eyes out!
JitterbugPerfume
(18,183 posts)and I have been aiming to read more Octavia Butler . Thanks for reminding me!