What Are You Reading ?

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Gwenda Blair - The Trumps - 2000




dated at this point but still very interesting
the story of Donald's grandfather, father and himself
mostly Donald of course
grandfather made his mark in the restaurant business
never became wealthy but very well off
father built homes in NYC
Donald took over and expanded the empire
egos should be restricted
the man is a nutcase

Grade - A

next up - The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson

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Margaret Wilson - The Able McLaughlins - 1923



Setting is the Iowa prairie shortly after the Civil War. Young man is home from the war determined to marry his grade school sweetheart. Mission accomplished but only after she is raped and impregnated by a cousin. Hell, I didn't even know they had rape back then. The kid is secretly raised as his own after the cousin is run out of prairie. He returns later with the husband determined to kill him. He doesn't have to. The culprit contracts malaria and dies on his own. Everybody else lives happily ever after. The End

Grade - C

next - Radicals for Capitalism by Brian Doherty

[trickster92]

latest thing i read

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Brian Doherty - Radicals For Capitalism - 2008



damn
haven't been in that deep since Hayek's The Road To Serfdom or Buckley's Up From Liberalism
a very good history of the Libertarian party
I learned a lot
retention is the problem

Grade - B

next up - So Big by Edna Ferber

[Oceansoul]

I just bought a book duo today, the Six of Crows series by Leigh Bardugo.

Now I have something new to read and I've been looking for this one. It's an adventure/heist story. Not exactly educational like some here are reading, haha.

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Edna Ferber - So Big - 1924



Pulitzer Prize winner
Set in the outskirts of Chicago in the late 1800's
Title refers to the nickname used for this normal size kid
because his momma always said she loved him "so big" using her arms to show him
now ain't that cute?
about half of the book is about his mom and half about him
a life book
momma tills the land and sells the crops in the big city
wants the boy to do the same
he rebels and goes off to school
ends up selling bonds and becoming well off
momma is sad
but she'll be ok

Grade - B

next up - George and Laura by Christopher Andersen

[MFS]

Mythology is an interesting subject in general and Greece/Roman mythology is something I very much appreciate...
But, I'm lazy - or efficient, depending on perspective - not reading it, listening to it..:

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Christopher Andersen - George And Laura - 2002

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A mini bio of them both. George was a hell raiser back in his college days. Surprised he didn't get in more trouble with the law than he did. One drunk driving arrest on his record. Laura's is squeaky clean. But she did kill someone in a traffic accident. No drinking was involved. No policy stuff in the book. Just about their marriage. George turned his life around when he gave up the liquor. Laura put the hammer down. The birth of the twins woke him up also. Only covers through 9/11 and so far they have lived happily ever after.

Grade - C

next - The Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge

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Oliver Lafarge - Laughing Boy - 1929


Pulitzer Prize winner
Appears this guy took an interest in native American culture as most of his writings are in that area.
Not a very good book for me.
Made into a movie in 1934.
A lot of Indian tradition stuff going on.
Basically a love story with a tragic ending.

Grade - D

next up - Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama