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What are you currently reading? [View all] IrishEyes May 2019 OP
Sophie Tucker--boy. My parents had a thing for her... I guess she was on Ed Sullivan Show in her hlthe2b May 2019 #1
Sophie Tucker had a pretty interesting life. IrishEyes May 2019 #5
Currently? I'm reading True Dough May 2019 #2
I knew someone was going to say that. IrishEyes May 2019 #6
Leave it to me! True Dough May 2019 #8
Lies! OriginalGeek May 2019 #79
You're a rare breed, OriginalGeek True Dough May 2019 #80
Jonathan M. Metzl's "Dying of Whiteness." raging moderate May 2019 #3
I prefer non fiction, just finished Midnight in Chernobyl which was excellent. Right dewsgirl May 2019 #4
Vampires in Their Own Words: An Anthology of Vampire Voices by Michelle Belanger Lady Freedom Returns May 2019 #7
Facing Toward the Dawn: The Italian Anarchists of New London femmedem May 2019 #9
I'm definitely reading that book! Thanks for the post! nt zanana1 May 2019 #68
You're welcome. It's expensive, but I hope you'll be able to get it at a library. femmedem May 2019 #76
Uh oh. I'll have to save up for it. nt zanana1 May 2019 #94
Good lord, even the Kindle edition is $75. Codeine May 2019 #105
The KINDLE edition is $75???? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #131
It just went up actually; $77.92. Codeine May 2019 #132
Crap. Sorry to be responsible for a price increase. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #134
I'm currently reading posts on DU calguy May 2019 #10
Technically not a book. IrishEyes May 2019 #49
"currently" as in two weeks ago and stuck 1/3? "Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Je UTUSN May 2019 #11
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books csziggy May 2019 #12
I'm reading Alison Weir's *The Wars of the Roses*... First Speaker May 2019 #13
Recommendation Desert_Leslie May 2019 #74
That's an old favorite of mine, too... First Speaker May 2019 #82
"Uniformly" ? eppur_se_muova May 2019 #89
Keegan is great, as long as you ignore his Codeine May 2019 #104
Alison Weir is wonderfully readable. Codeine May 2019 #103
Something catty and frivolous, but such fun... Totally Tunsie May 2019 #14
Brave New World ProudLib72 May 2019 #15
Years ago when everyone else was re-reading, "1984" I read "Brave New World" Laffy Kat May 2019 #16
That is a difficult question to answer ProudLib72 May 2019 #17
I still think Fahrenheit 451 ranks with the other two rwsanders May 2019 #21
I want to take a job as a fireman when it comes to RW authors ProudLib72 May 2019 #24
Sorry to take so long to respond to your insightful comments. Laffy Kat May 2019 #58
Terry Gilliam's movie Brazil is closer to our current reality than either book. hunter May 2019 #99
It's an interesting book to Harker May 2019 #37
It's interesting that both are "dystopian" ProudLib72 May 2019 #39
As a numismatist... Harker May 2019 #42
1984 is the obverse of BNW ProudLib72 May 2019 #44
Brave New World seems to have been inspired... reACTIONary May 2019 #54
Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 kairos12 May 2019 #18
I'm reading area51 May 2019 #19
I read a book about Nellie Bly and murielm99 May 2019 #20
The Gray Whale: Eschrichtius robustus rwsanders May 2019 #22
A.I.S.C. Steel Construction Manual, 14th edition. nt Hotler May 2019 #23
Lake Success, The Apology, The Tender Bar nt Chalco May 2019 #25
The Papers of John Marshall redstatebluegirl May 2019 #26
Sapiens, by Yuval Harari cilla4progress May 2019 #27
Pressure Cooker - Why Home Cooking Won't Solve Backseat Driver May 2019 #28
Philip Roth's "The Human Stain." trev May 2019 #29
Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling BarbaRosa May 2019 #30
'Presidents of War' - Michael Beschloss JimGinPA May 2019 #31
"Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World," by Anand Giridharadas PETRUS May 2019 #32
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper chowder66 May 2019 #33
That sounds interesting. IrishEyes May 2019 #41
I'm only a chapter + in and it is interesting. I'll probably devour it over the weekend. nt chowder66 May 2019 #45
Sounds great. May I ask where you bought it? sinkingfeeling May 2019 #137
Amazon. nt chowder66 May 2019 #138
A Lie Too Big To Fail by Lisa Pease JonLP24 May 2019 #34
I am reading this, too. A couple of years ago I read The Probe magazine series by her. Midnight Writer May 2019 #52
New York Bradshaw3 May 2019 #35
I'm reading Sarum radical noodle May 2019 #110
I'm currently reading 5 books but intent on this one: "The Last Camel Charge: The Untold Story of in2herbs May 2019 #36
That was a great read ! Thoroughly enjoyed it. eppur_se_muova May 2019 #90
Traleg Kyabgon's Harker May 2019 #38
The New Jim Crow Hangdog Slim May 2019 #40
That's an excellent book, and one I think everyone should read. PETRUS May 2019 #72
This thread in the DU Lounge Generic Brad May 2019 #43
One of the benefits in my mind. IrishEyes May 2019 #48
We Have No Idea - A Guide to the Unknown Universe Chellee May 2019 #46
I quickly read that as I have no idea. IrishEyes May 2019 #50
LOL! Chellee May 2019 #55
Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature reACTIONary May 2019 #47
The Heart of Everything That Is. rownesheck May 2019 #51
"Our Man" by Packer about Richard Holbrooke elfin May 2019 #53
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje (author of The English Patient) MLAA May 2019 #56
These Truths lordsummerisle May 2019 #57
Assemlage Theory by Manuel Delanda B Stieg May 2019 #59
Right now I'm reading this message, on DU. CaptainTruth May 2019 #60
El Norte by Carrie Gibson, sort of a Zinn treatment of Spanish history/culture in the Americas. ancianita May 2019 #61
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talot Kind of Blue May 2019 #62
Austen Henry Layard's "Nineveh and Babylon" trusty elf May 2019 #63
Barkskins: A Novel by Annie Proulx Kacy May 2019 #64
Barkskins is a great book! zanana1 May 2019 #69
Rusty Nail and also, W is for Wasted WestLosAngelesGal May 2019 #65
"Cari Mora" by Thomas Harris Glorfindel May 2019 #66
I'm reading "Mitla Pass" by Leon Uris zanana1 May 2019 #67
I was on a pirate kick for a while. iscooterliberally May 2019 #70
Alternating between a re-reading of Stalingrad Codeine May 2019 #71
I am reading "The Man Without Qualities" ("MWQ") DDySiegs May 2019 #73
The Forest Unseen Desert_Leslie May 2019 #75
Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr Auggie May 2019 #77
Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End. Serious book about a serious topic. Cousin Dupree May 2019 #78
Parliament of Whores by P. J. O'Rourke jb5150 May 2019 #81
Millennial Dreams and Apocalyptic Nightmares Adsos Letter May 2019 #83
Triton - Samuel R. Delaney TrogL May 2019 #84
A challenging read but worth it. nt Codeine May 2019 #101
I have two books going at the moment mnhtnbb May 2019 #85
Daring Democracy locks May 2019 #86
The Uninhabitable Earth. welivetotreadonkings May 2019 #87
I read that last week. PETRUS May 2019 #95
Scary stuff welivetotreadonkings May 2019 #97
Indeed. PETRUS May 2019 #98
Lol sounds similar to me and my significant other welivetotreadonkings May 2019 #118
On a more hopeful note "The World without us" alfredo May 2019 #109
Book on Qunnah Parker dem in texas May 2019 #88
An excellent read. nt eppur_se_muova May 2019 #91
Just finishing up "A Very Courageous Decision" by Graham McCann ... eppur_se_muova May 2019 #92
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar May 2019 #93
Billly Budd, Sailor locks May 2019 #96
I'm working my way backwards through Gardner Dozois "The Year's Best Science Fiction" editions. hunter May 2019 #100
Those books were a staple of mine for a long time. Codeine May 2019 #102
Started a new book last night: PETRUS May 2019 #106
White House Diary...Jimmy Carter KBlagburn May 2019 #107
Eigenvectors of Some Large Sample Covariance Ensembles Lucky Luciano May 2019 #108
Picked that up for beach reading this summer. Codeine May 2019 #133
I got lazy DFW May 2019 #111
Man And His Symbols They_Live May 2019 #112
Books Spiggitzfan May 2019 #113
Just finished Bad Blood Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup NJCher May 2019 #114
Ok, Magoo48 May 2019 #115
City of Endless Night Preston and Childs yellowdogintexas May 2019 #116
Back Issues of Environmental Science and Technology, The Chemistry of Materials, and... NNadir May 2019 #117
I am almost done with Michelle Obama's book. 3catwoman3 May 2019 #119
What my son is reading. ChazII May 2019 #120
My mom has two conservative children IrishEyes May 2019 #122
IrishEyes ChazII May 2019 #123
Sorry to have upset you so much. IrishEyes May 2019 #124
IrishEyes ChazII May 2019 #130
Hi, ChazII May 2019 #135
TrumpNation... GetRidOfThem May 2019 #121
The Library Book by Susan Orlean Brother Buzz May 2019 #125
That sounds interesting. IrishEyes May 2019 #127
Ringworld Engineers Kilgore May 2019 #126
City of Brass, by S Chakraborty guillaumeb May 2019 #128
Our Man - about Richard Holbrook elfin May 2019 #129
The Mueller Report. sinkingfeeling May 2019 #136
Rebecca RobinA May 2019 #139
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