> This type of topic may have been done before, but the timing seems right...
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> So, what books have you been reading or have read recently that are worthy of mention? any great old classics that have proved their reputations? any new/obscure and excellent books to recommend? any popular books that didn't satisfy you like they seem to satisfy others?
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> As for me, I'm plowing through Paul Johnson's ginormous Modern Times, which is fun, as he's always sassy and fun to read. My problem with his history books (I've also read his american history) is that his prose is so fun to read and goes down so easy that none of the information he gives "sticks" to my brain. but oh is he fun to read.


Hmmmmm. "Modern Times." Didn't Charlie Chaplin make that into a movie?

I'm currently reading"The Way It Was in the U.S.A.," subtitle, "The South." Apparently it was one of a series. My wife picked it up in a thrift store. It lists Clarencece P. Hornung on the dust jacket, but in the back there is a list of authors including Jessie Stuart and Mark Twain. It has drawings of many southern cities as they looked at the beginning of the 20th century, give or take a few decades. I spend more time on the pics than the text, so I've only read about 50 pages.
Howard