I have another category which I call "trashy but fun", and I generally reserve these paperbacks for lounging in a bubble bath. This week's selection is:
A third category is "stuff I read because other people hate it". I have such a book on my end table, and I'll start it when I finish The Accidental Tourist. Shhh...don't tell anyone!
I also have a "historical" category, and it's one of my favorites. This is my latest order from the bookstore:
Since I've been in school, I've had to come up with a new category, and I've named it "books I must read to counterbalance the liberal textbook". This book came highly recommended, though very slanted to the right. Good. Between it and my history textbook, I might actually cobble together what actually happened.
What are you all reading?
Question of the day: "a" or "an" before the word "historical"? This should be good for a heated discussion between Yanks and Brits!
I had originally written "an historical category" and went back to edit it before I posted.
ReplyDeleteGrowing up, I had an English teacher that taught us many Britishisms. I still catch myself using "theatre" or "colour", as well as using "an" before pronounced H words. Spell-check nags until I get it right. :)
Reading a book that KC gave me called "How to be a Canadian". TOTAL farce but a hell of a good read by Ferguson and Ferguson.
ReplyDeleteI think Fay gave me "How to be a Canadian" before I moved up here. At least I know who the Canaidan head of state is.
ReplyDeleteI vote for "an historical," myself.
Actually darling it was your son that gave you the book for your first Christmas in Canada.
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ReplyDeleteI use 'an' with historical, but 'a' with history, just to be more confusing, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI've read 2 of the books you've listed, lady red. I LOVED Accidental Tourist but I found that John Adams book for be dry as dust and didn't even finish it (yes, I know it's a popular book, oh well...).
ReplyDeleteI just finished The Owl Masters last night, it was good and I'd recommend it. I have just started Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher; A Political Marriage; The Nat'l Review or Weekly Standard (can't remember which) had a list of best Thatcher books so I picked two - this one and one by her daughter. I'll let you know if this is a good read.
for be dry?
ReplyDeleteHoly merde.
I am re-reading 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' by Susanna Clarke, which I cannot recommend highly enough.
ReplyDeleteImmediately before that I read the first four volumes (about 1000 pages each) of the 'Song Of Fire & Ice' series by George RR Martin.
Immediately before that I read all of the series by Bernard Cornwell, dealing with the viking invasions of England during the reign of Alfred, the only English king to have 'The Great' added as part of his title.
I read a considerable amount, of many types of books.
Florrie, I think John Adams himself was dry as dust! McCullough had quite a challenge. :)
ReplyDeleteDances, I haven't gotten to Jonathon Strange yet, but I will. The Cornwell books sound great!
Dances recommended 'At the Gates of the Alamo'; at first, I thought it might be a guy's type of book but it turned out to be one of the best books I read that year ('08). Get it lady red, you won't be sorry.
ReplyDeleteWow, you're a prolific reader, DWT. The Owl Masters was 500 pages and it took me all month.
(of course, I only read after I retire for the night, sometimes I only read 10 pages before I fall asleep...) ((that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it :-))
I am trying, actually, to slow my reading speed.
ReplyDeleteI tend to dash through books that I enjoy, which causes me to both miss things, and to be done too quickly and wish for more.
I have spent all this week with the Susanna Clarke book, simply by reading only on the throne or in my bed. I've stopped taking it to work to read on breaks and at lunch.
I am finding small things I glossed over before, and am happy for it. But those are some of the joys of a truly great book. First, that it makes you want to read it again and again, and second that it gives you something a little different each time, even if it is only a tiny something.