What Are You Reading?

Discussion in 'Reading & Writing' started by Sheldon Scott, Aug 9, 2015.

  1. Don Alaska

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  2. Hal Pollner

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    I don't read Fiction. I read History and Documentaries on the subjects I find interesting.

    HOWEVAH...if I were to read Fiction, I would start with Zane Grey's "30,000 on the Hoof", just because of the title!

    Hal
     
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  3. Hal Pollner

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    Tolstoy's War and Peace was written to give people bragging rights about finishing a long novel.

    The same with Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment".

    Hal
     
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    But those are both fiction, Hal.
     
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  5. Hal Pollner

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    Yes, I know, Don.
    I never said I read them...I just heard that they were long novels.

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    Ruark's advice was always: "Use enough gun!"
    Hal
     
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    I see on Facebook that Pat McManus has passed away late last week. Sad news......
     
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    Stopped in at the Dollar General while running errands this morning. Browsed through their very low priced book selections while I was there. Picked up Haunted Heritage a definitive collection of North American Ghost stories by Michael Norman and Beth Scott. Should be interesting and hair raising reading. :)
     
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    I'm really enjoying the North American ghost stories. There is so much history given along with the stories that I am learning about much more that just ghosts. It's taking me arm chair traveling too. :)
     
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    I am re-reading a Brother Cadfael mystery upstairs, and Father Brown downstairs. Light reading for a busy time of year getting ready for Spring.
     
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    right now i am reading --seniors only club--lol
     
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    It doesn't get any better than that.
     
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    I thought I'd knock off "The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire" before lunch today...

    Hal
     
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    Well, it isn't a long novel....
     
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    I'm reading "The Coming Apostasy" by Mark Hitchcock and Jeff Kinley.
     
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