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Originally Posted by GailC

I have 1776 but haven't read the entire thing yet. I have so many started plus I have been going to the library and getting lots of books.
I've just finished Passages by Connie Willis which was really pretty good!! She has another book I want to read called the Doomsday Book.
1776 is a good book and it is even better when read in conjunction with his book on Adams. I like Connie Willis pretty well. To Say Nothing of the Dog won the Hugo, I think.
Right now I am reading Life at Blandings a collection of three books by Wodehouse. He is one of the few authors (another being Pratchett) who can actually make me laugh out loud!
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Originally Posted by Essayons89

I've read another two books over the past few weeks. The first one of these is the second part of a trilogy and is called The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 by Rick Atkinson.
lol i almost brought that book today
 

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I read Bill Bryson's The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid today, which one of my classes gave me for Christmas. It was great! He's a little bit older than me (born in 1951, while I'm of 1957 vintage) and grew up in another part of the U.S. (Des Moines vs. Philadelphia, PA), but I can definitely recommend the book to any Baby Boomers, or children thereof. It's a very witty review of the changes (not only) Americans have experienced in the past five or six decades.
 

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Well, I set aside Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity by J.E. Lendon in favor of reading 1776. I loved it but was sad when I finished it because it left me wishing he would have wrote a year by year account of the war.

Right now I'm reading Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre In The Teutoburg Forest by Adrian Murdoch. The book is about the four day battle that began in 9AD which resulted in the total annihilation of three Roman legions (25,000 men), including their commander, Publius Quinctilius Varus. After this book I'll get back to Soldiers and Ghosts.


http://www.amazon.com/Romes-Greatest.../dp/0750940158
 

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Originally Posted by jcat

I read Bill Bryson's The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid today, which one of my classes gave me for Christmas. It was great! He's a little bit older than me (born in 1951, while I'm of 1957 vintage) and grew up in another part of the U.S. (Des Moines vs. Philadelphia, PA), but I can definitely recommend the book to any Baby Boomers, or children thereof. It's a very witty review of the changes (not only) Americans have experienced in the past five or six decades.
I read a book of his a while back, Walk in the Woods about his journey along the Appalachian Trail. I thought it was witty and well-written.


http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Woods-Red...9663108&sr=1-9
 

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I'm finally back to reading books I've wanted to read!


Last weekend I read: There's a [Slight] Chance You're Going to Hell by Laurie Notaro. Finished that book in one day


Now I'm reading Suze Orman's Young, Fabulous, and Broke. An old friend from MI got me iinto watching her show before I left and now I'm interested in finding out what she suggests as "tricks"
 

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I am reading "I Like You - Hospitality Under the Influence" by Amy Sedaris (sister of David Sedaris). It is hysterical!
 

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I'm reading Haunted by Heather Graham and Cat Women by Megan McMorris.
 

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Can anyone suggest a good history book (that isn't too boring) about the founding of the US and one around the civil war? Since watching both national treasure movies I have more of an interest in history. I know the basics, but just want to add on to what I already know.
 

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Originally Posted by Duchess15

Can anyone suggest a good history book (that isn't too boring) about the founding of the US and one around the civil war? Since watching both national treasure movies I have more of an interest in history. I know the basics, but just want to add on to what I already know.
1776 by David McCullough is a good book if you are interested in the first year of the Revolution. The book flows along very well. Finishing it left me wanting more, I wish the author would have written a year-by-year account of the war.

I just started reading my first civil war book, I'm only a few pages into it. It's called Men of Fire: Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign That Decided the Civil War.
http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/bas...sbn=0465031846
 

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Originally Posted by Essayons89

1776 by David McCullough is a good book if you are interested in the first year of the Revolution. The book flows along very well. Finishing it left me wanting more, I wish the author would have written a year-by-year account of the war.

I just started reading my first civil war book, I'm only a few pages into it. It's called Men of Fire: Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign That Decided the Civil War.
http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/bas...sbn=0465031846
Thanks! I've been looking at 1776 and it looks pretty good.
 

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There's no such thing as having too many books so I ordered a couple off of Barnes and Noble that I've been wanting to read for a while.

The first book is part one of The Liberation Trilogy. It's called An Army At Dawn: The War in North Africa 1942-1943. I already read the second book in the series, there are three total, the third has yet to be published.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...05087249&itm=9

The other book is one that I've been wanting to get my hands on ever since I saw it at the book store. It's called Caesar: Life of a Colossus. It's a biography of Julius Caesar.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...00120486&itm=2
 

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i just picked up, the chronicles of narnia, all in one book for 9 dollars been reading that.

unless you count computer stuff which i dont.
 

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Originally Posted by theimp98

i just picked up, the chronicles of narnia, all in one book for 9 dollars been reading that.

unless you count computer stuff which i dont.
Only $9? That's a pretty sweet deal.
 

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Originally Posted by theimp98

i just picked up, the chronicles of narnia, all in one book for 9 dollars been reading that.

unless you count computer stuff which i dont.
That is really good! However, I tried to read it and just couldn't get into it. The writing style is just...well, old fashioned.
 
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