What are you reading?

[TATUMUS]

I'm currently reading "The Final Cut" which is the final book in the "House of Cards" trilogy. The first two were pretty good, and although the reviews of this one place it above it the others, I find it to be less entertaining. Not a terrible book...it just seems that the progress of the story is too slow and drawn out.

[pologq]

I am reading Jim Norton's 1st book. It is light reading and entertaining.

[TATUMUS]

I am reading Jim Norton's 1st book. It is light reading and entertaining.

I haven't read that one. But if you like that type of book you should definitely read "Too Fat to Fish" by Artie Lange.

[Snowball]

Almost done with Imagine Heaven by John Burke.

[beavis13]

Re-reading the Dune series. Middle of book 3 right now. Hockey season will def cut into my book reading time.

[dmm]

Reading "The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail – but Some Don't" by Nate Silver.

[Sanity Check]

There are rumors men experienced in tantric sex.

-Can prevent themselves from cumming
-Can *** more than once
-Can *** without their dicks being touched at all

Looking into it.

[TATUMUS]

There are rumors men experienced in tantric sex.

-Can prevent themselves from cumming
-Can *** more than once
-Can *** without their dicks being touched at all

Looking into it.

Best of luck with that. Please spare us the details.

[TATUMUS]

I'm currently reading "The Final Cut" which is the final book in the "House of Cards" trilogy. The first two were pretty good, and although the reviews of this one place it above it the others, I find it to be less entertaining. Not a terrible book...it just seems that the progress of the story is too slow and drawn out.

I finally dragged myself thru the end of this book. Not a terrible book, but it just seemed to develop so slowly and then drag on and on. I might have enjoyed it more had I not read the entire three book set back to back to back. Maybe I was just tired of it. But I did enjoy the first two in the series better than this one.

[Sanity Check]

Best of luck with that. Please spare us the details.

This guy very skilled at reverse psychology.

[TATUMUS]

Time to back off the fiction for a bit. On to this: George Washington Carver; A Life

[TheMetsSuck]

Dead Wake.... big fan of Erik Larson

[TATUMUS]

Dead Wake.... big fan of Erik Larson

I read "Devil in the White City" Great book. I have plans to read more of Larson's books. (So many books, so little time...)

[shooterman]

Rebels In the Making William L. Barney

Description:
Regardless of whether they owned slaves, Southern whites lived in a world defined by slavery. As shown by their blaming British and Northern slave traders for saddling them with slavery, most were uncomfortable with the institution. While many wanted it ended, most were content to leave that up to God. All that changed with the election of Abraham Lincoln. Rebels in the Making is a narrative-driven history of how and why secession occurred. In this work, senior Civil War historian William L. Barney narrates the explosion of the sectional conflict into secession and civil war. Carefully examining the events in all fifteen slave states and distinguishing the political circumstances in each, he argues that this was not a mass democratic movement but one led from above. The work begins with the deepening strains within Southern society as the slave economy matured in the mid-nineteenth century and Southern ideologues struggled to convert whites to the orthodoxy of slavery as a positive good. It then focuses on the years of 1860-1861 when the sectional conflict led to the break-up of the Union. As foreshadowed by the fracturing of the Democratic Party over the issue of federal protection for slavery in the territories, the election of 1860 set the stage for secession. Exploiting fears of slave insurrections, anxieties over crops ravaged by a long drought, and the perceived moral degradation of submitting to the rule of an antislavery Republican, secessionists launched a movement in South Carolina that spread across the South in a frenzied atmosphere described as the great excitement. After examining why Congress was unable to reach a compromise on the core issue of slavery's expansion, the study shows why secession swept over the Lower South in January of 1861 but stalled in the Upper South. The driving impetus for secession is shown to have come from the middling ranks of the slaveholders who saw their aspirations of planter status blocked and denigrated by the Republicans. A separate chapter on the formation of the Confederate government in February of 1861 reveals how moderates and former conservatives pushed aside the original secessionists to assume positions of leadership. The final chapter centers on the crisis over Fort Sumter, the resolution of which by Lincoln precipitated a second wave of secession in the Upper South. Rebels in the Making shows that secession was not a unified movement, but has its own proponents and patterns in each of the slave states. It draws together the voices of planters, non-slaveholders, women, the enslaved, journalists, and politicians. This is the definitive study of the seminal moment in Southern history that culminated in the Civil War.

[TATUMUS]

Time to back off the fiction for a bit. On to this: George Washington Carver; A Life

I finished this book today. Carver was an amazing man. However, I didn't much care for the author's style of writing in that she injected much into the book as the way she WANTED it to be instead of just writing the facts that her research revealed. There are many instances of sentences starting with "He must have..." or "Surely...." She also injected her own "advice" to how Carver might have acted. It was also obvious through the beginning of the book that she was very critical of Booker T. Washington in an effort to portray Carver as a better person. I'll have to read more about Washington to see what level of credence I give to her insight because her credibility is flawed in my opinion.

My criticism is of the author, not of the subject. Carver lived an incredible life and possessed an outstanding level of intellect in the field of botany. He seems to likely have been bi-sexual and had a pacifist/socialist (communist?) political view although he rarely spoke directly regarding politics.

The book also reveals tidbits of the general public way of living/thinking etc. during various points of his life. The parts about Henry Ford were particularly informative.

Overall, a decent book. Give it a read.

[TATUMUS]

My next read....

[Da Manster!]

Moby Dick by Herman Melville....an all-time classic...

[MinnesotaFats]

There are rumors men experienced in tantric sex.

-Can prevent themselves from cumming
-Can *** more than once
-Can *** without their dicks being touched at all

Looking into it.

A good prostate massage gal can provide #2, #3

In fact, if you insert some of that crystal hot sauce into yourself you can stay rock hard for up to 5 consecutive wads (my personal tops), it took just under 2 hours, and I slept for about 18 hours straight afterwards, but it was extremely pleasant and gave me a frame of mind that I can do ANYTHING!

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Club International

[beavis13]

Dead Wake.... big fan of Erik Larson

Yea his books are great. Need to read more from him.

[beavis13]

Club International

Plot was a little thin. Action was good though.

[TATUMUS]

Excellent book so far. Halberstam has a talent for writing in a manner that makes you feel like you are listening to a story. The only other writer of history who is better at this in my opinion is David McCullough (my personal favorite author of history. If you haven't read any of his books, read "1776". An excellent book!).

Lots of interesting trivia to be found in this book so far, especially in regards to MacArthur.

MacArthur's father fought under General Sheridan in the Civil War and was somewhat of a hero at the battle of Missionary Ridge. His father was also later a three star general (the highest possible rank at that time) and the Governor General of the Philippines during the Spanish American war but was relieved of duty similar to how MacArthur himself was later relieved during the Korean War for usurping authority.

MacArthur graduated West Point with the third highest GPA to be recorded to that point in history. One of the two higher grades was Robert E. Lee. (The book doesn't reveal who the other one was and I haven't bothered to research it yet.)

MacArthur was the youngest Division Commander during WWI and earned SEVEN Silver Stars during that war alone.

[MinnesotaFats]

Excellent book so far. Halberstam has a talent for writing in a manner that makes you feel like you are listening to a story. The only other writer of history who is better at this in my opinion is David McCullough (my personal favorite author of history. If you haven't read any of his books, read "1776". An excellent book!).

Lots of interesting trivia to be found in this book so far, especially in regards to MacArthur.

MacArthur's father fought under General Sheridan in the Civil War and was somewhat of a hero at the battle of Missionary Ridge. His father was also later a three star general (the highest possible rank at that time) and the Governor General of the Philippines during the Spanish American war but was relieved of duty similar to how MacArthur himself was later relieved during the Korean War for usurping authority.

MacArthur graduated West Point with the third highest GPA to be recorded to that point in history. One of the two higher grades was Robert E. Lee. (The book doesn't reveal who the other one was and I haven't bothered to research it yet.)

MacArthur was the youngest Division Commander during WWI and earned SEVEN Silver Stars during that war alone.

Charles Mason has the highest I believe

From southern Minny, moved to Iowa

Became President of the Burlington Northern Railroad later and I think was governor for a bit.

[Day Game 216]

Best of luck with that. Please spare us the details.

lol

nah give us the details