What are you reading?

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Currently going through some old JLAs, currently up to the beginning of Mark Waid's run as writer, and soon I'll re-read JSA.

I see your out of your Volcanic lair you move back to the States?

 

It would appear he is now in the approximate latitude of me.  Tropical southwestern Ontario.

[Easy Bakes 253]

So tropical

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Currently going through some old JLAs, currently up to the beginning of Mark Waid's run as writer, and soon I'll re-read JSA.

I see your out of your Volcanic lair you move back to the States?

 

It would appear he is now in the approximate latitude of me.  Tropical southwestern Ontario.

Yup, but unfortunately, the jobs are scarce and we'll soon be relocated back downstate near Detroit.  A lot closer to my parents and an army of babysitters, too!

[Easy Bakes 253]

Very nice

 

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Just remember that Detroit is north of Windsor, Ontario.

[MintberryCrunch 83]

I'm almost finished reading "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro. It's a pretty disturbing story about clones who are created for the sole purpose of having their organs harvested. Despite that dark premise, most of it is written like a nostalgic memoir and the narrator, who is one of these clones, doesn't find anything disturbing about her lot in life. I think that makes the story even more disturbing itself -_-

  Edited September 5, 2015 by MintberryCrunch  

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Up to the Onslaught epic in my X-Men series.  Intense, almost scary beginning to this bad boy, but I know that it kinda loses its steam and has a cheesy ending.

[Whte_rbt 1,431]

Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Finished  The Order of Power Series

and starting on my 7 month backlog of National Geographic

[MintberryCrunch 83]

I'm reading A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani. It's been very interesting (and long!) so far. 

[peperodriguez2710 138]

I surprisingly loved the book Fly West by Ivan Southall. It's a collection of aviation-related stories from the Sunderlands of RAF's Coastal Command in WWII and is very well written (even if it is a book for 14-years-old in fact) and I liked it a lot, I recommend it!

Now I'm starting Company by Max Barry, it looks good by now!

[jmsepe 2,039]

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Good for you.  Now, when you've finished that one, if you haven't already, read The Prince by Niccolo Macchiavelli.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Currently reading the  Phules Company series by Robert Asprin

 

 

[raynev1 1,887]

Simtropolis Forums , Ha Ha 

[Easy Bakes 253]

Legions Of Fire Book 1 by Peter David

 

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Still stuck in Antony and Cleopatra.  Some of this historical stuff requires thoughtful, careful reading even if it is fiction.

[MintberryCrunch 83]

Reading a book called One Islam, Many Muslim Worlds. It's a brand new book that came out last month. It basically argues that moderate Islam will prevail in the end, though sometimes that's hard to believe reading the ISIS-related headlines...

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

IMHO, I tend to agree.  While there are still some offshoots, look at what happened to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints.  A minor Christian sect who have more or less got it right.  Radical Christianity lives in the southern U.S.A. for the most part, and some quiet but firm schisms such as the Amish mix into the normal main stream.  There is a large Muslim population in the major city just south of me, and they live quiet, undemonstrative lives, going about their business mixed in with the rest of the population.

[tankmank 853]

I am currently reading 'Blood of Elves' by Andrzej Sapkowski. It is the first of the Witcher Saga books. I have been so engrossed in it, and read the prologue 'The Last Wish' in a day. 

I love fantasy and science fiction, i read a 'Song of Ice and Fire' at the beginning of the year and cannot wait for the next book. 

 

[Easy Bakes 253]

Dark Genesis - The Birth of the Psi Corps

by Gregory Keyes

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Still stuck in the highly imaginative account of Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough.  Some historical fact, but mostly imagination.

[Easy Bakes 253]

A wrinkle in  time-Madeleine L'Engle

 

[MintberryCrunch 83]

Reading "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro 

[Odainsaker 2,137]

Sunburst:  The Rise of Japanese Air Power, 1909--1941 by Mark R. Peattie

Kaigun:  Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy:  1887--1941 by David C. Evans and Mark R. Peattie

 

These will be Christmas gifts for a friend, but, of course, I have to pre-read them for--uh--quality control.

[Easy Bakes 253]

43 minutes ago, Odainsaker said:

Sunburst:  The Rise of Japanese Air Power, 1909--1941 by Mark R. Peattie

Kaigun:  Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy:  1887--1941 by David C. Evans and Mark R. Peattie

 

These will be Christmas gifts for a friend, but, of course, I have to pre-read them for--uh--quality control.

of course, just dont get peanut butter on the pages.

[zahrul3 472]

This thread

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Still slugging through Antony and Cleopatra.  Several side trips into the history of the times to verify some of the stuff, and finding that some is made up, but some of it is quite accurate.  Antony was something of a rat, and Cleo was the quintessential designing woman who would do anything to keep her throne.  Unfortunately for her, she hitched her waggon to a loser and made an asp of herself.

[MilitantRadical 2,844]

The Man Who Would Be Queen - The Science of Gender-Bending and Transexualism

http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/JMichael-Bailey/TMWWBQ.pdf

Trying to understand transgenderism a bit better. Very interesting read even though I disagree with some of the author's analysis. A lot of heart wrenching stories.

[slickbg56 778]

I just finished "The Arsenal of Democracy" by AJ Baime. I bought it in Mackinaw City back in July. I just finished it this past Monday. It reads with some real intensity, if you can find intensity out of the logistics of arming a country to fight a war. I really enjoyed it. There's quite a bit about the big auto makers, Detroit, and FDR. In fact that's what it's entirely about. So if you like that kind of stuff, I recommend it!