So... what are you reading?

**JonathanB** · 31st July 13, 02:19 PM

I'm really chuffed at having brought this thread back to life. I'm half way through The Bride of Lammermoor. Shall I read Quinten Durward next or get into Dickens with Little Dorrit? (One of the good things about reading dear Sir Walter, is that it make me realise how wonderful Dickens is.)

**Hopper250** · 31st July 13, 02:34 PM

As perviously noted I'm working through Burns. I just finished The Mirror Cracked From Side to Side, Cristie is a favorite author, and I have started a very short booklet Zen Buddhism and its relation to Art by Arthur Waley. I am also reading through World War Z (1st time) and The Last of the Mohicans (for the 3rd or 4th time).

**Silk** · 31st July 13, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by Hopper250

As perviously noted I'm working through Burns. I just finished The Mirror Cracked From Side to Side, Cristie is a favorite author, and I have started a very short booklet Zen Buddhism and its relation to Art by Arthur Waley. I am also reading through World War Z (1st time) and The Last of the Mohicans (for the 3rd or 4th time).

I like James Fenimore Cooper too! I haven't read any of his stuff since I attempted it in grade 7? though and I had looked up like 100 new words in the first chapter or two so my English teacher (who was Scottish by the way) told me to try a different book. lol But I could probably do well to try it again. He was quite the writer and it's my understanding that he started his writing career after telling someone that he could do a better job writing a book than an author he had just read and the rest is history...

Silk

**SorenMacTavish** · 31st July 13, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by Hopper250

... and The Last of the Mohicans (for the 3rd or 4th time).

Love James Fenimore Cooper...and in particular, I LOVED "The Deerslayer"

**Downunder Kilt** · 1st August 13, 01:29 AM

Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes - Christopher Hibbert

**Slider** · 1st August 13, 07:17 AM

Well after typing my introductory post yesterday, I felt like re-reading the book mentioned in it:

Scots' Corner, A Local History, B.L. Cameron & J.L. McLennan

**Silk** · 1st August 13, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by Downunder Kilt

Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes - Christopher Hibbert

What do you think of it? It sounds like an interesting read. I tend to look for stuff like that too. I have actually spent some time on Google Books looking at old books from New York that were written during or just following the American Revolution, discussing what went on. It's really something when you see a book from the 1700s talking about your ancestors and the kind of conditions of that time. It gives a whole different perspective to the popular view of events I find. It's sort of like you have to read both Loyalist accounts and Rebel accounts to piece together what was actually going on from both perspectives! Luckily we live in a day and age where we can do this more and more thanks to the ability to view sources right from that time!

Silk