What book are you reading? #2

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Imitation of Christ
Story of a Soul (for the 900th time, but I love the book)
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Haven’t decided what is next for fiction - but am leaning towards The Count of Monte Christo… …
 
I have a really bad habit of starting every book I buy, and reading them all at once. I do finish them though.

Currently I’m working on…

The Graveyard book by Neil Gaiman - sort of like The Jungle Book except about a boy who’s raised by ghosts

Longitude by Dava Sobel - how the marine chronometer was invented so ships could keep accurate time at sea

Stealing the General by Russel Bonds - about a Confederate locomotive that was stolen by Union scouts, and the ensuing train chase. The true story on which the Buster Keaton film “the General” was loosely based.

My Inventions by Nikola Tesla - great scientist’s account of his childhood and the insirations and tribulations of being an inventor

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Luis Stevenson

20000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

I have a couple books in each room, so if I get bored or have some time, I read a bit here and there.
 
I just started reading The Club of Queer Trades by the ever-awesome G.K.

Every time I read a Chesterton book I think that it could never get better… yet he continually amazes and delights me.

Claire C., you sound like me. 🙂 I generally have a book for every room, so regardless of where I happen to find myself relaxing there is always something to read right on hand.
 
I’m reading The Catholic Bible Study Handbook by Jerome Kodell.

I just got my copy of Praying the Rosary for Inner Healing in the mail the other day, so I want to get started on reading that.
 
I just read Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi for class. It was informative.
 
Claire_C said:
That book is AWESOME!!! If I had a time machine, the 1893 Worlds Fair is the first place I’d go. (After getting some period clothes of course)
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Can you expound upon the story? If it’s set in 1893 I’d probably love it. IF it’s written in the style of prose from that era, such as Jane Austen. I have a hard time reading today’s authors as the writing is so bland.
Kelly, Oregon
 
I just finished reading The Warden by Anthony Trollope. It was not easy to get through the first two chapters, but I finished the book and really liked it. That’s saying a lot, I’m very particular. Ugh.
Kelly, Oregon
 
Colmcille said:
Of the general period, I have a book somewhere titled, “The Golden Dog” or, “Le Chien d’Or”. It’s about 125 years old and is a romance of the time of Louis XIV, set in Ontario Canada. Really neat perspective of geography and society of the time. I’ll read it again if I find it. Currently am borrowing and reading John Adams by David McCullough, it is a superb historical piece of the Revolutionary War times, give or take a decade or two. Wonderful reading, Principle and Integrity abound! Colmcille:thumbsup:
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Here you have another Dickens lover! That’s not to say that I’ve read all his books, or liked them all, but I love his writing style! It’s a thing of beauty to envelope myself in his prose, just as I feel about Jane Austen. 🙂

Kelly, Oregon
 
I am reading Outlier by Malcolm Gladwell. I really enjoyed his book Blink. Didn’t enjoy Tipping Point as much, but I find his books really interesting.
 
I’ve been reading Dawkins, The God Delusion. Truth mixed with untruth, stretched truth, faith in unprovable theories, and ignorance.
 
I’m reading Chapter War (a Warhammer 40k novel) with House of Gold on deck.
 
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