I finished up Adam Smith last week and am now reading Dante's Inferno. I'm basically trying to slowly work my way through Encyclopedia Britannica's Great Books of the Western World series. Right now I'm finding Dante to be much less entertaining than Smith which is kind of ironic as Smith is a very dry and "just the facts, ma'am" type of writer. So what books are people on Wordforge reading these days?
Currently reading Six Frigates by Ian Toll. http://www.amazon.com/Six-Frigates-Epic-History-Founding/dp/039333032X
An excellent book. I give it my highest recommendation. I'm currently reading The Power of the Call by Henry Blackaby. http://www.amazon.com/dp/080546297X
I'm thinking about tackling War and Peace. Just finished Replay, by Ken Grimwood, which was comparatively light.
I recently finished a biography of La Fayette. Haven't started the next book yet . . . probably going to read the bio of John Marshall.
I read that one when I was in Kosovo in 2000. The whole mother fucking thing start to finish. It's worth it and the Tolstoy is so detailed in his writing style that it really gives you a vivid picture of what life was like in 19th century Tsarist Russia from the upper classes down to the lower classes.
I'm finding Dante rather boring and am considering putting the book down for now so I can use the time to read another classic I might enjoy more. Then again, I kind of want to power through it just so I can say I have read it.
I'm currently reading Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. He's an Australian author who is a former heroin addict and bank robber. He wrote Shantaram as a loose account of some of his experiences while on the run. It starts out with the main character/narrator arriving in India after breaking out of prison in Australia. It's really interesting and came highly recommended. I started reading it about a year ago, but got distracted when I bought the 5th Game of Thrones book. So I'm finally picking it up again, but I had to start over because I lost my place.
Nothing at the moment, but I've got Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces preordered on Amazon for delivery when it's released in a few weeks. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610392116/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Rise Above It All by Dick Faulkenbury. First hand account of the Seattle Monorail Project by the cab driver that thought it up, wrote the citizen's initiative, ran the signature drive himself and eventually won the ballot measure. Eight years and a $127million later it collapsed and sold off all assets having never even started construction. Interesting read, but considering one of the main themes seems to be that first he and then the SMP as a whole shouldn't have tried to do it all on their own (they never had the support of political or business leaders, only one city councilman supported them) it's very ironic that this was self published and apparently not ever edited/fact checked. Nothing major just little things one would expect, but still. Could have been much better with a proper editor. Wizards First Rule by Terry Goodkind. I reread this every couple of years. Bit preachy but good story.
Nothing but I want to get back into reading, it's always been a summer habit for me. My new Kindle Fire HD gets here tomorrow.
I can't read off regular tablet screens, at least not for long periods of time. Bought a 4th Gen Kindle 3G a few months back.
