#1. "RE: What is everyone reading right" In response to Reply # 0
I only have one book on the go at a time and am currently reading a random selection of Lee Child Jack Reacher novels. That is I am not reading in publication order. One day I might have a go at sorting the chronological order because I read The Affair and Killing Floor in the right order and these stories are 6 months apart even though The Affair was written 14 years after Killing Floor.
Have also just binge watched all three Godfather movies and will be on the lookout for the original novel to read again.
Les Every sixty seconds you spend angry, upset or mad, is a full minute of happiness you'll never get back..
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Les The English Language is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
#4. "RE: What is everyone reading right" In response to Reply # 1
My first roommate at RAF Lakenheath in 1993 had all three of the Godfather movies on laserdisc, and we watched them all on July 4th. Celebrate American independence in the country we won our independence from by watching movies about gangsters. lol
#5. "RE: What is everyone reading right" In response to Reply # 0
I've been reading No Traveler Returns for a while, and also Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, which was originally written in 1848. Has a short biography of each of the men who signed the Declaration, along with some other stuff in the back, which I can't think of offhand.
#6. "RE: What is everyone reading right" In response to Reply # 0
Not reading much of anything, I've been in the hospital 6 days until Saturday. I'm still extremely weak. But I get a little stronger every day. I almost messed up today. I scheduled home health care to come by and work with me, but remembered corona is active. Almost made a bad mistake.
Tennessee Dave
"Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God" Author unknown
#16. "RE: What is everyone reading right" In response to Reply # 15
My mother has read the Bible through, at least twice that I know of. I myself never have. Her eyes are too bad for that much reading now although she still reads quite often. I personally am always taken with the new Testament, the book of James a favorite. Like LL wrote, wisdom comes in many forms and I find myself wishing for a modern book covering that area. ... Maybe I'LL give Confucius a try. Yeah, very modern, HEH!!LOL😁
Tennessee Dave
"Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God" Author unknown
#17. "RE: What is everyone reading right" In response to Reply # 16
s>My mother has read the Bible through, at >least twice that I know of. I myself >never have. >Her eyes are too bad for that much >reading now although she still reads >quite often. I personally am always >taken with the new Testament, the book >of James a favorite. >Like LL wrote, wisdom comes in many >forms and I find myself wishing for a >modern book covering that area. ... >Maybe I'LL give Confucius a try. Yeah, >very modern, HEH!!LOL😁
I've read it through in the KJV more than 10 times. I've read it through at least once in the NKJV, NIV and ESV. Read parts of the NASB and others
There is also an app for smart phones called Bible.IS that has audio (drama) readings of the Bible
#19. "RE: What is everyone reading right" In response to Reply # 15
Read the Bible cover to cover once. It was my parents. When it finished I zipped it shut and left it with Mom. Don’t have a clue where it is now...but I have suspicions. Taught Sunday school for a decade in my thirties at the Church I attended from grade one to five, give or take a year. Preached from the pulpit on Holidays to give the pastor and his family a break...didn’t realize what I was about that first time until I took to the podium and was looking down at the Pastor and his family. It was fortunate I didn’t have a week to worry about it. One thing was that first time I wanted to get everyone up and give a walking sermon through the neighborhood, but the Pastor nixed it from his seat in the congregation, it was great for Sunday School, the kids really enjoyed it..especially walking past the horses. Nowadays, I spend a lot of time researching what was left out of the Bible...interesting stuff and interesting history too. A decade or so ago I discovered if it wasn’t for the Irish a lot, if not all, of the Bible would have been lost. When you start digging into translations things get really nuts...especially when you find out how many words existed at certain historical times, what they meant, and what they could have meant. It’ll give your mind cobwebs.
"We don't have any law here. Just a graveyard." LL from TREASURE MOUNTAIN
#20. "RE: What is everyone reading right" In response to Reply # 0
"The Second Colorado Cavalry: A Civil War Regiment on the Great Plains" by Christopher M. Rein
The Civil War in the west is an area I haven't studied much and I'm trying to lean a little more. It seems to have often been a war of detachments and skirmishes compared to the large units and big battles fought further east. The 2nd Colorado was a crack regiment and heavily involved in that part of the war.
#21. "RE: What is everyone reading right" In response to Reply # 0
Going through my TBR shelf and found a compendium of John Le Carre that Starts with The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. I had failed to complete this story as a teenager and it had put me off Carre. Started it last night and am enjoying it so I let you know when I've finished all four stories.
Les Every sixty seconds you spend angry, upset or mad, is a full minute of happiness you'll never get back..
:7
Les The English Language is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
#24. "RE: What is everyone reading right" In response to Reply # 21
I'll bet I have 25-30 books waiting to be read. I haven't been good about reading the past couple of years, but I keep buying more books. LOL I've been buying all the Lost Treasures book even though I already had previous copies of those books. I finally finished No Traveler Returns on Saturday morning. I enjoyed it, I just haven't been good at making myself read in recent years. I don't know why. I brought my copy of Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence to work with me tonight. It's the same book I mentioned in my previous post, originally written in 1848. It includes short biographies of each signer, usually 3-4 pages long, along with the Declaration itself, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. In the back is the Stamp Act and a list of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
