What The F are you reading these days?

[saymyname]

i actually finished a couple of books recently...grave error...nothing i didnt particularly already know, but its still a nice slice of shit to read even though it was repetitive in places (they actually tell you that it will be in the intro because its a collection of essays)...and i actually FINALLY finished With The Old Breed...(apparently it fell behind my nightstand for a long assed time and i forgot about it until i cleaned back there. cough, cough). about a mortar guy in ww2 in the pacific theatre. def a lil more than heartbreaking for the average joe who fights the fight.

currently reading Marching As to War...kind of interesting to see the similarities between the old days and these days...history repeats. but it reminds me i know nothing of certain past prime ministers, so maybe i'll go look those fuckers up at some point.

no clue what i'll read next...i'm still working on Bitter Harvest, but i'm reading that online, which is fine to knit by, but i do prefer actual books because they are way less distracting than online reading and the other 30 tabs i have open to call me.

so. what are you reading? anything good or anything that is complete shit and should be skipped?

 

[Trudeaus coke dealer]

i actually finished a couple of books recently...grave error...nothing i didnt particularly already know, but its still a nice slice of shit to read even though it was repetitive in places (they actually tell you that it will be in the intro because its a collection of essays)...and i actually FINALLY finished With The Old Breed...(apparently it fell behind my nightstand for a long assed time and i forgot about it until i cleaned back there. cough, cough). about a mortar guy in ww2 in the pacific theatre. def a lil more than heartbreaking for the average joe who fights the fight.

currently reading Marching As to War...kind of interesting to see the similarities between the old days and these days...history repeats. but it reminds me i know nothing of certain past prime ministers, so maybe i'll go look those fuckers up at some point.

no clue what i'll read next...i'm still working on Bitter Harvest, but i'm reading that online, which is fine to knit by, but i do prefer actual books because they are way less distracting than online reading and the other 30 tabs i have open to call me.

so. what are you reading? anything good or anything that is complete shit and should be skipped?

saymynameWith the 3 kids running around I don't really have time to dive into the tombs I typically decide to read.

Got young kids go ahead and give them this bad boy.



Remember the song A boy named Sue? Same writer. A pro gun pro self defense pro environment book all about staying true to yourself. Throws school teachers for a loop these days.

 

[mrforeman]

Had a used copy of La Cucina di Pasquale gifted to me over the holidays.
Brings back warm memories of my childhood with analog free to air television

 

[ex_libris]

Took me awhile but Nicholas Shakespeare's biography of Ian Fleming was superb. Then I finally started the Bond novels and Casino Royale is what the Brits call "cracking".

 

[rilyn]

Mark Twain's autobiography and pottery books.

 

[RightOfSask]

Just kidding...
I'm half through "In Rupert's Land: Memoirs of Walter Traill".

 

[dagthegnome]

 

[Sgt. Goosenip]

I’ve been meaning to get to that one. Looks good!

 

[border_humper]

I’m reading Buchanan’s The Death of the West.

 

[ChevChelios]

I've been getting back into reading printed books lately now that the days have become longer and brighter and there's more sunshine in the house to help my tired eyes. Just over the past few weeks I've read Bonfire of the Vanities, by Tom Wolfe (great satire of emerging 'woke' culture in 1980s NYC); Atomised (also published as The Elementary Particles), a blackpilled and highly smutty depiction of the chaos wrought on individual lives by the Sexual Revolution of the 60s, by Michel Houellbecq; short stories by Rudyard Kipling and Henry James; and the "Inspector Rebus" series of Edinburgh-based detective fiction by Ian Rankin

 

[brutana_dilewski]

 

[CaptainTrouble]

I started reading Mein Kampf recently and I regret not having read it earlier. Without even mentioning jews, Hitler discusses his thoughts on many pertinent political issues that are still relevant today. When he talks about immigration to Austria and the government's treatment of the native pop, it sounds like he's describing modern Canada. He makes tons of great points and obviously has a solid view and understanding of politics well beyond anything anyone would think of Hitler having just heard about Hitler from Western academic institutions and Western culture. Hitler tackles some philosophical questions I have also thought myself which indicates to me that Hitler truly was pondering the right kinds of questions and attempting to solve them. I don't actually agree with Hitler's solution because Hitler had too much faith in humanity and was too nice. Yes, you read that right.

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I started reading Mark Carney's book after he got elected. I'm not too far into the book but it sounds like to me that either Mark Carney is a complete idiot or he's incredibly evil. I think it's a combination of both actually. He's competent and smart enough to be a threat and he's a terrible person. Overall, the book is basically Mark Carney explaining why humans are stupid and why humanity needs him to save everyone from themselves. It's a great argument for tyrannical liberalism.

 

[ChevChelios]

"Hitler had too much faith in humanity and was too nice"

He openly talks in the book about conquering Russia. What do you think he was planning to do with the Russians already living in it? Well, we found out the answer during WWII (1.5 million dead during the Siege of Leningrad, etc.)

 

[goytoy]

I want to read Carney's book but I don't want to give him money

 

[Hirudinea]

ZLibrary, they want you to make an account but just use a throw away e-mail, Carney's Fagnum Opus in on there.

 

[ChevChelios]

@Hirudinea libgen.is has it too, no email needed. But you didn't hear it from me [taps nose]

 

[CaptainTrouble]

The book is pretty garbage. I'd say it's 100% passable.

Carney believes we need to get carbon emissions to 0 at all costs. He thinks there's great opportunity for rich people to make money on the transition to net 0. He thinks anyone who doesn't think like this is a bad person and everyone like him needs to gang up against the bad people to save the world.

That's pretty much it. He uses a strawman argument regarding opposing points to set the foundation for justification on why his view is virtuous and the other views are wrong. Lots of gaslighting. Very little quality information. The book is low-tier propaganda.

 

[Hirudinea]

@CaptainTrouble

"He thinks there's great opportunity for rich people to make money on the transition to net 0."

Well feudalism was pretty good for the feudal lords.

 

[Sgt. Goosenip]

Currently reading, Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy. Part of my study of ‘elite theory.’

 

[ex_libris]

I would complement that with reading anything by Roger Scruton.

 

[ChevChelios]

Scruton was brilliant and his writings deserve to be far better known among conservatives on this side of the Atlantic

 

[Crossroads]

I like fantasy novels, so any recommendation from anyone here would be great.

But currently, I am reading Godsrain.

 

[TOPDAWG]

I’ve enjoyed reading some of the Legend of Drizzt books.

 

[TOPDAWG]

I listen to audiobooks myself—right now I’m working through the Sherlock Holmes series narrated by Stephen Fry.

Some of my favorites are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, both narrated by Rob Inglis—easily some of the best audiobooks you’ll ever hear. Also, the BBC’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is fantastic.