The Glade 4.0

I haven't read anything in a loooong time. Not really sure why. But now that I'm holding a baby for several hours a day, books have regained their appeal.

I don't like suspense, horror, or action stuff. I also don't like overly romantic, pornographic or sappy crap. I'm not big on fantasy or science fiction either, really, with some exceptions.

I really like historical fiction and biographies....my favorite books are "The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay and "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck. Both books I've read over and over....I'm currently rereading the Little House on The Prairie series (don't judge! lol) and I'd reread the Jean M. Auel "Clan of The Cave Bear" and its subsequent titles but I just read them for the 3rd or 4th time again last year.

Any suggestions for books along those lines?

Oh, and I also read the Game of Thrones books at my husband's request and I really enjoyed them...except for the last one. I never finished it as it totally lost my interest about two-thirds of the way through. I'm not sure if I would have liked the books on their own merit though, or if I only enjoyed them because I started with book 2 after watching the first season of Game of Thrones on HBO.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Welp, any suggestions I'd make are out.

Ha ha! Sorry, FarSky! I'm afraid of the dark so while I find horror stories fascinating, they tend to scare the crap out of me and since I am up alone and sleep deprived (really, one step away from seeing **** that isn't there due to lack of sleep) at midnight, 2, and 4am every night, I'm avoiding any scary movies and books for the time being.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

That leaves me out.

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Holy shitsnacks!

A prayer for Owen meany
Call of the wild
Catch 22
Surely you're joking mr. Feynman

Hmm, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer? It is kind of a biography, and heck, as accurate as many biographies out on the shelves.

There are some excellent biographies of Theodore Roosevelt out. Figure out why I like the man so much.

Profiles in Courage is still a good read.

There is a really good biography of Mother Theresa, called "Mother Theresa."

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power.

Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother

There are probably good recommendations available from your local librarian as well.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Try some alternative history, Harry Turtledove comes to mind. He writes all kinds of stuff, but you'll find just about all of his works in the science fiction section. Sometimes he mixes genres a little, but I really enjoy his pure alternative history a lot, and a glance at his Wikipedia page tells me I have a lot of catching up to do. Stuff of his that I've read and liked include his Southern Victory series (The south wins the Civil War and this changes both WWI and WWII), the Days of Infamy duology (the Japanese invade Hawaii as part of the Pearl Harbor attack) and In the Presence of Mine Enemies (Nazis won WWII, but there are still Jews living secretly in German society by the 1980s). And it looks like there's even more I haven't even seen yet that looks interesting.

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Women are from Hoboken, men are from Trenton. ~ Jimmy Kimmel

I just finished "The Worst Hard Time," about the Dustbowl. Pretty fascinating, some stories that will break your heart as a mother. Straight non-fiction, though.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Still recommending the Johannes Cabal the XXX series (XXX = Necromancer, Detective, etc).

http://www.johannescabal.com/

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The Frontiersmen. Historical fiction.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

I always recommend this book because I enjoyed it so much:

http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nea ... 076790818X

A short history of nearly everything. It's a wide ranging history and science book in very plain language and told via interesting stories.

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“Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general”. - Mark Rippetoe

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Watership Down

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Once an Eagle, by Anton Myrer.

All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque

Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin

Three very different books, all fiction with reality based settings. The first two should be in your library, the third is rather new and might not be there.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Sweet. Thank you all.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

This.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster
Love Invents Us by Amy Bloom

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My recommendation:

Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite