What book is on your nightstand? Readers!

[JohnSand]

Maybe you guys should lay off the political banter outside the debate thread.

Agreed. While you certainly can post what book on politics you are reading, please refrain from straying into political opinion or debate in this thread. We have other sections for that.

 

[JimRausch]

Just finished rereading Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes".
Boy, he could write!

 

[lump42]

Parallel Worlds: The Heroes Within - anthology of short stories by Urban Fantasy writers

 

[dwhite60]

"Re-thinking the American Union for the Twenty-first Century".

All the Best,
D. White

 

[topazann]

Currently reading Circe by Madeline Miller. It’s pretty good so far, intriguing story!

 

[Kharnynb]

I started audible last year, as I tend to have more time to listen than I have to read.
Nice thing about audible is that you can quite easily befriend authors and narrators on reddit and they love getting proper reviews for their work.
Half of my audible library I got just in exchange for reviews, it's fun and means I get books I would never have found myself to boot.

one of my favourites so far has been the "limitless lands" series by Dean Henegar, which is a fantasy litrpg, set in a vr style recovery scenario.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Totally lost at this point. I'm completely out of things on the Kindle, and have no clue what to order next...

BTW thanks to everyone who recommended Watership Down. I may be a 41 yo man, but I really enjoyed that.

 

[passedpawn]

I built a nice patio on the west side of my house, pavers and brick and such. Have some sweet chairs out there, it's a cozy place to watch the sunset and read in the evening (like, now). Just downloaded this, not sure how I missed it in the past. Heading out there in a minute to turn the first page.

 

[riceral]

Just starting Delayed Rays of a Star

 

[corkybstewart]

Mineral Deposits of Western Grant County, a New Mexico Bureau of Mining and Technology book from 1964. Always looking for rockhounding opportunities close to home.

 

[Imhoppy]

History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra, by C.F. McGlashan. There were 87 emigrants in the Donner Party, plus two California Indians who joined them in Nevada, for a total of 89 people.

A daunting overland journey. Desolate and rugged terrain. Delayed by a series of mishaps. Stranded in the mountains. Bit by bit, the Murphy children picked apart the oxhide rug that lay in front of their fireplace, roasted it in the fire, and ate it. 41 died and 48 survived; of the original 87 emigrants, 39 died and 48 survived; of the 81 people trapped in the mountains, 36 died and 45 survived.

 

[passedpawn]

Read the prologue, intriguing. Starting tonight. Up to 100 Million dead, most in a few month span. Pretty crazy. Although I thought of this as the Spanish flu, it seems to have originated in the US.

 

[riceral]

Read the prologue, intriguing. Starting tonight. Up to 100 Million dead, most in a few month span. Pretty crazy. Although I thought of this as the Spanish flu, it seems to have originated in the US.

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Read that a couple of years ago. Good book.

 

[cubalz]

Typically I have Agatha Christie murder mysteries. She was a great dame.

 

[Steveruch]

Interesting read from a former republican strategiest.

 

[prog99]

A comprehensive read if your interested in alcohol production history.

 

[Franktalk]

The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel. I'm about halfway through it, and Cromwell is still alive.

 

[estricklin]

Read the prologue, intriguing. Starting tonight. Up to 100 Million dead, most in a few month span. Pretty crazy. Although I thought of this as the Spanish flu, it seems to have originated in the US.

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This has been on my list for a while, my great great uncle died of the flu, on a military base in Kansas in (I believe) 1918. When I was a kid I, and seen his grave, I assumed he died in WWI, but my grandpa told me he died of the flu, and I found it odd that a healthy solider could die from the simple flu. I really didn't know much about the Spanish Flu (or so called as you pointed out), until I read this book:

 

[govner1]

The White Company- Arthur Conan Doyle

 

[passedpawn]

Read the prologue, intriguing. Starting tonight. Up to 100 Million dead, most in a few month span. Pretty crazy. Although I thought of this as the Spanish flu, it seems to have originated in the US.

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Just an update for anyone who was looking for an apropos book to read during their panicdemic lock-in... this book is really good. The first part thoroughly examined the state of the medical institutions and researchers in the late 1800's, early 1900's, especially at the university level. Johns Hopkins is especially noted as the leader in the field. Part 2 goes right to Kansas, the heart of the "Spanish" flu, and quickly gets into the technical specifics of virii and host defenses against. I have a boy in medical school and we talked a lot about this.

Anyway, I'm loving it and would be finished with it already if it wasn't for the home theater I just put together in the last couple of weeks - watching a lot of movies I will jump back into it with vigor this week I hope.

 

[Immocles]

Wife suggested it after it was highly recommended to her. It's not what I would usually read, but it is just a flat out good story. Hard to put down at times

 

[bleme]

It really bugs me that in order for my kids to get school credit, the book has to be on www.ARBookFind.com , which doesn't have ANY of the great books I remember from my school days!
Adventures of Flinx and Pip - NOPE
Bazil Broketail - NOPE
Willard Price's Adventure series - NOPE
The only book they have by Feist is Magician: Master, which is pretty pointless without reading Magician: Apprentice first! ARGH!!!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Just finished Vernor Vinge's Hugo Award winner, "A Fire Upon The Deep" and started the second book in the series.

Recommended for SF fans...

 

[Dgallo]

It really bugs me that in order for my kids to get school credit, the book has to be on www.ARBookFind.com , which doesn't have ANY of the great books I remember from my school days!
Adventures of Flinx and Pip - NOPE
Bazil Broketail - NOPE
Willard Price's Adventure series - NOPE
The only book they have by Feist is Magician: Master, which is pretty pointless without reading Magician: Apprentice first! ARGH!!!

What grade are your kids in and what gender? I can get you a list of good AR books for you

 

[Dgallo]

If you’re in to Westerns, History Native American, Military, and Biographies this is a really good book. Full disclosure, this book is informative and geared more to the historian than leisure reader

 

[jswillbrewforbeer]

I built a nice patio on the west side of my house, pavers and brick and such. Have some sweet chairs out there, it's a cozy place to watch the sunset and read in the evening (like, now). Just downloaded this, not sure how I missed it in the past. Heading out there in a minute to turn the first page.

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I started reading this last year and was considering incorporating some of the insights on marriage into my wedding vows. Until I actually read it and realized that they weren't the most conducive. Good read, though.

 

[jswillbrewforbeer]

Walden and Civil Disobedience - Thoreau. There are some parallels to the current situation.

 

[passedpawn]

I started reading this last year and was considering incorporating some of the insights on marriage into my wedding vows. Until I actually read it and realized that they weren't the most conducive. Good read, though.

haha, yes.

 

[Enkidu25]

Mineral Deposits of Western Grant County, a New Mexico Bureau of Mining and Technology book from 1964. Always looking for rockhounding opportunities close to home.

I had some really good books on rock hounding around Silver and Lordsburg. I got rid of them though when I moved to Alamogordo. More unexploded bombs and rockets around here than rocks.

 

[corkybstewart]

I had some really good books on rock hounding around Silver and Lordsburg. I got rid of them though when I moved to Alamogordo. More unexploded bombs and rockets around here than rocks.

Orogrande is one of the finest rockhounding areas in New Mexico.