Summer is about the only time I read for enjoyment. I'm sure a lot of us are lining up our vacation/summer reads. I believe I've seen these threads in the past, but not in awhile.

To help our fellow b/sotl out, how about we list the book we're reading right now, fiction/nonfiction, general subject matter, and whether we'd recommend it?

For me, I usually like nonfiction about the period from Washington to Lincoln. This time, I went a little further back because someone gave us the book. I'm reading The Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. Nonfiction. Half-way through and WOULD recommend it. Easy read, insightful.

Reading four or five right now...........Kindle rocks.

Diving deeper into a book I read years ago. A book that described a lot of what I was already doing and knew. A book so chock full of wisdom that even going through the toughest time in my life I end up rereading it. The book? The Road Less Traveled.

Couple that with reading the Bible and there ya go.

summer only? i read for enjoyment year round!! Right now i've started on LOTR triology for the 1000000th time. I've had to replace them 3 times in the last 5 yrs. They never get old.

But I had just finished the Twilight saga. I lost a bet with a friend...I had in interest whatsoever to read them. But a bets a bet. And I was VERY suprised. I don't like vampire books at all...but these are very well written, and was actually enjoyable to read. What a suprise.

I read non-stop, fiction and historical stuff mostly. The book I just started is by Phil Condon and called Clay Center. It's kind of the other side of the story to The Thirteenth Valley by John Del Vecchio, if you know that one, which was a soldier's view of a few days - his last - in the jungles of Vietnam at the hight of the conflict. This book is the story of the ones who stayed home. Very intense stuff, not black and white like some would like to think.

The Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo...very good read. Starting the next in the series, The Girl playing w/ Fire.

Outdoor Life

"Hot, Flat And Crowded".....the sequel to "The World is Flat"....

highly recommended...... enlightening.... scary.... prophetic....

CA

I just finished Plague Ship by Clive Cussler a couple nights ago.

I'm going to start Atlas Shrugged tonight.

wheel,

"The Angels"

A History of the 11th Airborne Division

by Lt. Gen E.M. Flanagan, Jr. USA (Ret.)

A reread good way to kick off the Summer

Hey Wheel..........you ever read "Tucker Max"?

Hilarious stuff that you might find as appealing as I did.

Im reading "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell

its an amazing story of the loss of Navy SEAL team 10, its a must read if you like military type books

TNA

Andy I've never read it.

I'll google it and check it out..

wheel,

Andy,

I just read a snippet of the Miss Vermont Story.

Great..

http://www.tuckermax.com/ 

wheel

Not long ago, I finished rereading the book Bitter Harvest by Corcoran (I think). It is about how the government assassinated a North Dakota farmer because he did not believe in paying his federal taxes and dared to announce that fact to the public. The feds attempted to ambush him by Medina ND (which is pretty far from where I live, but I drive past it on the interstate from time to time), but it did not go well for them.

If you like true crime, I recommend it. If you like US history, I recommend it. If you hate the feds and don't believe in paying federal income taxes, then you have probably already read it, but should read it again.

J

Throwing the Elephant.

#4 - if you like lotr, try reading Terry Goodkind's sword of truth series.

^I agree with MACS.........Goodkind is good stuff.

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