What are you reading?

Medusa · 12-16-2012, 03:40 PM

I just finished all 3 of the books I had going and am going to start on the first Game of Thrones book.

Will probably start on a biography of Albert Einstein as well.

Talon · 12-17-2012, 09:48 AM

Vlad The Impaler: The Man Who Was Dracula
By Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

12-17-2012, 10:06 AM

Still reading Kurt Vonnegut
Still dipping in and out of a whole slew of books.
Just started reading the new fellowship book 'Living Clean'.
Just started reading Recovery is a Bitch...not as relevant to my own situation as I hoped but interesting and hilarious.

Kätzchen · 12-20-2012, 09:15 AM

I read a voluminous amount of materials each day... but when I read a book, I try to pick something that is new to me, most every time I go to the library or have money on hand to buy a book.

The latest books I have on hand now are authored by Chaim Potok (The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev), two of which I have read before. But I happened to come across a book while browsing in the non-fiction section, authored by Caroline Moorehead: A Train In Winter (2011). I have yet break into the larger part of the story, except I have read the introduction and other snippets on the book's cover. But what I have learned so far is that Moorehead authored Russell Bertrand's biography (who I believe to be a very smart man, I have enjoyed all works written by Bertrand) and that the contents of the book is "drawn upon interviews of women and their families; from German, French and Polish archives; and documents held by WW2 resistance organizations" so that the voice of the women, who were sent off to Auschwitz in 1943 (some were rescued, most of them didn't make it out alive), could have a place, a voice, among many who share memories of that era in time (pp. iiii - 11).

I'm really looking forward to reading A Train in Winter because it seems to naturally follow the story of Erik Larson's non-fiction account, during the same time period, within his book called In The Garden of the Beasts.

easygoingfemme · 12-20-2012, 09:27 AM

Always a few things going.

The Awakening, for book club.
Stone Butch Blues, which I have read several times in the past but now am reading alongside with my main squeeze.
A textbook on the history and development of the Constitution, for a mini-course I'm doing with my daughter.
A biography on Mary Todd Lincoln.

Talon · 12-20-2012, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I read a voluminous amount of materials each day... but when I read a book, I try to pick something that is new to me, most every time I go to the library or have money on hand to buy a book.

The latest books I have on hand now are authored by Chaim Potok (The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev), two of which I have read before. But I happened to come across a book while browsing in the non-fiction section, authored by Caroline Moorehead: A Train In Winter (2011). I have yet break into the larger part of the story, except I have read the introduction and other snippets on the book's cover. But what I have learned so far is that Moorehead authored Russell Bertrand's biography (who I believe to be a very smart man, I have enjoyed all works written by Bertrand) and that the contents of the book is "drawn upon interviews of women and their families; from German, French and Polish archives; and documents held by WW2 resistance organizations" so that the voice of the women, who were sent off to Auschwitz in 1943 (some were rescued, most of them didn't make it out alive), could have a place, a voice, among many who share memories of that era in time (pp. iiii - 11).

I'm really looking forward to reading A Train in Winter because it seems to naturally follow the story of Erik Larson's non-fiction account, during the same time period, within his book called In The Garden of the Beasts.

I love Russell Bertrand..thank you, Katzchen, for posting this.

12-20-2012, 10:37 AM

Is Russell Bertrand the same dude as the Brit, Bertrand Russell. The philosopher and Nobel lit. winner?

Semantics · 12-20-2012, 11:58 AM

I just finished Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters by Matt Kaplan. I listened to an interview with this author on NPR in October and ordered the book. I finally got to it in the pile last weekend and I loved it. Kaplan takes a look at the history of monsters and what social or scientific themes may have led to their creation. It's interesting, well researched, and wittily written.

Talon · 12-20-2012, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Daktari

Is Russell Bertrand the same dude as the Brit, Bertrand Russell. The philosopher and Nobel lit. winner?

Yes. That's pretty much the basics of what I know of him. That's why I'd like to read his biography. I believe that he was also a mathematician.

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12-17-2012, 09:48 AM	#2
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Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	Still reading Kurt Vonnegut Still dipping in and out of a whole slew of books. Just started reading the new fellowship book 'Living Clean'. Just started reading Recovery is a Bitch...not as relevant to my own situation as I hoped but interesting and hilarious.

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Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	Is Russell Bertrand the same dude as the Brit, Bertrand Russell. The philosopher and Nobel lit. winner?

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Semantics Senior Member How Do You Identify?: malapropist Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New England Posts: 2,169 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,367 Thanked 3,961 Times in 1,201 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I just finished Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters by Matt Kaplan. I listened to an interview with this author on NPR in October and ordered the book. I finally got to it in the pile last weekend and I loved it. Kaplan takes a look at the history of monsters and what social or scientific themes may have led to their creation. It's interesting, well researched, and wittily written.