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CURRENT READS. 134 Replies
Recently read a really different book MY LOVELY WIFE. If you enjoy stories about serial murders you’ll be startled at this story. Can’t remember the author but please Goggle it. Today picked up a right off the press book THE WIVES by Tarryn…Continue
Started by rapa. Last reply by rapa Aug 9, 2022.
Can Reading Make You Happier? 1 Reply
An article from the New Yorker magazinehttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/can-reading-make-you-happierAfter WW1 traumatized soldiers were…Continue
Started by Lip Service. Last reply by rapa Jun 16, 2021.
2021 READS 6 Replies
Just finished Alice Hoffman’s THE MARRIAGE OF OPPOSITE’S!The publisher describes this as “A forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro, the Father of…Continue
Started by rapa. Last reply by rapa Mar 7, 2021.
Pandemic Books
In these trying times do you find yourself wanting to read fiction books about pandemics?I came across two such recently published books written before COVID-19:Wanderers by Chuck Wendig written before the pandemic but has eerie flashes of some…Continue
Started by Lip Service Sep 11, 2020.
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Comment by Lip Service on September 27, 2013 at 7:17am
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A little late but hearty welcome to our new members Dazzling Zoomer Diana and Wolfdancer
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Comment by Apposite on September 15, 2013 at 9:35pm
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I meant to say that in the line midway down - "... the South had little but cotton...
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As I mentioned in my initial post here, I am reading Allen Guelzo's Gettysburg: The Last Invasion. http://www.amazon.com/Gettysburg-Invasion-Allen-C-Guelzo/dp/0307594...;
I have gotten through the first nine chapters and am somewhat enlightened as to how close the South came to really reeking havoc in the North. When Robert E. Lee decided to invade the North for a second time, he had to leave his supply line. The men were faced with foraging and that meant a true drain on local resources. If he had not been stopped at Gettysburg, he would no doubt have prolonged the war even more. Perhaps we would have become two countries. The one and biggest issue though was resources and the had little except cotton. Even that was in surplus in Europe where their major trade centers were. Still, reading about how Lee's generals, Longstreet, Ewell, and Hill were able to probe as far into Pennsylvania as they did is amazing. Guelzo brings all that to light as the peaceful farmsteads and towns were threatened. Harrisburg, the capital came within days of invasion.
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Thanks Diana:) Glad you came over, hope to see some book posts. Maybe we can get a book reading going again.
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Comment by Dazzling Zoomer Gal Diana on September 11, 2013 at 5:28pm
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Waving cheerfully and esp. at my friend Apposite !
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I would love to spend a month or so in Gettysburg seeing everything including the town and the college. It would be a thrill to actually sit in on of Guelzo's classes. Also, thank you for the greetings; I too look forward to more comments and participation. I have not been on TBD in a couple years.
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Comment by rapa on September 6, 2013 at 10:16pm
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Welcome aboard, Apposite! Enjoyed your post. I've been to the Gettysburg Battlefield and also to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond to pay my respects to some of those who lost their lives at Gettysburg.
Happy reading! Looking forward to your comments on books/authors.
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I am reading Allen Guelzo's "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion" - a great read on this most sad yet pivotal point in America's history. This was in fact *the* moment in both the war and I would argue our history. You really get a sense of the battle in this one.
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Comment by TeeBubbaDee on September 2, 2013 at 3:28pm
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Thanks for the welcome Lip Service!
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Welcome TeeBubbaDee to bookoholics make yourslef at home.
Ice-man does come across as one weird dude. I thought a few times to pull his chain but thought better of it because he appears quite sensitive and I didnt really want to hurt his feelings.
Fortunately in our enclave here we talk about books, reading etc.. That keeps us quite entertained
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