Darrel Morris Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I just finished On Stranger Tides and now I'm re-reading Tolkien's works. Starting with The Hobbit and going all the way through them all, including the recently published ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipwreck John Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Flint and Silver Shipwreck Adventurer of Independent Means TALL SAILS AND MERMAIDS TAILS, THIS BE THE LIFE FOR ME "THEM THAT DIE WILL BE THE LUCKY ONES" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunpowder Gertie Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) I'm reading "The Way of a Ship" by Derek Lundy. ( A squarerigger voyage in the last days of sail) It's a really good read- full of documentary style descriptions of life aboard ship, of storms and the dangers of the sea, and a character based on his own grandfather, who helps to illustrate (in addition to other things) abilities and contributions of his Irish/Canadian ancestors. Ripping tale! Edited March 15, 2011 by Gunpowder Gertie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grymm Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Jahannes Cabal the Necromancer, got it from thr library yesterday on a whim, I liked the cover, and I've not been able to put it down =o) Lambourne! Lambourne! Stop that man pissin' on the hedge, it's imported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Just today finished Dante's The Divine Comedy. I now understand how people can devote a lifetime to studying it. I've been reading Idle thoughts of an Idle Fellow throught the time I was reading Dante as something light to read before bed etc. and I've started the Librivox dramatic reading of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Since I replaced my Black Berry with this Android phone I've been knocking out books fairly rapidly. THIS BE THE HITMAN WE GOIN QUIET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas. Hook Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Just started 1700: Scenes from London Life by Maureen Waller Jas. Hook "Born on an island, live on an island... the sea has always been in my blood." Jas. Hook "You can't direct the wind . . . but . . . you can adjust the sails." "Don't eat the chickens with writing on their beaks." Governor Sawney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I wound up ditching the dramatic reading and just read The Picture of Dorian Gray. I usually like Librivox recordings but that one was bad. I'm still reading Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow or at least I still intend to. Right now I'm just over half way through Mark Twain's Roughing It. THIS BE THE HITMAN WE GOIN QUIET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn Bob Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 I really should start reading "White cargo : the forgotten history of Britain's White slaves in America", by Michael Walsh, since I got the library's copy... But instead, I've been reading the Newgate Calendar, a collection of the crimes and punishments from the 18th century, compiled by the various Ordinaries (Prison Chaplains) of Newgate Prison. I got a copy of it downloaded onto my Coby Kyros... Damn, thats sharp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Just finished Twain's Roughing It. I've decided to read through the Twain material I've never got around to and so I've started Life on the Mississippi. Rouging It was hillarious Twain at his best. THIS BE THE HITMAN WE GOIN QUIET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas. Hook Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I manged to obtain a paperback copy of John Drake's Long John Silver series book number two Pieces of Eight. I started it last night, and put Maureen Waller's 1700 on the side for now. In between I finished Linda Greenlaw's Fisherman's Bend on Kindle and ordered her All Fisherman Are Liars. Jas. Hook "Born on an island, live on an island... the sea has always been in my blood." Jas. Hook "You can't direct the wind . . . but . . . you can adjust the sails." "Don't eat the chickens with writing on their beaks." Governor Sawney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Maria Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 The Pirates' Pact: The Secret Alliances Between History's Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America by Douglas Burgess The Buccaneer King: The Biography of Sir Henry Morgan, 1635-1688 by Dudley Pope Shakspeare's Wife by Germaine Greer And lots of articles Red Maria The Soul of Indecency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jendobyns Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Infamous Commerce: Prostitution in Eighteenth Century British Literature and Culture, by Laura Rosenthal. After this I"m going to pull out any Restoration Drama lurking on the book shelves. So far it's been entertaining and educational. I should have a whole new vocabulary of period slang when I'm done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn Bob Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Speaking of period slang, I found an online edition of the "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue", 1811 edition. 1811 the edition might be, but it covers the words and phrases used by gentlemen of fortune, cheats, rouges, and other assorted ne'er-do-wells from back in the good old days, the glorious 18th century. And its downloaded onto my Coby, so I can take it anywhere without printing a big think paper copy. Infamous Commerce: Prostitution in Eighteenth Century British Literature and Culture, by Laura Rosenthal. After this I"m going to pull out any Restoration Drama lurking on the book shelves. So far it's been entertaining and educational. I should have a whole new vocabulary of period slang when I'm done Damn, thats sharp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jib Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Re-reading "A feast for crows". A Song of Fire and Ice, book four. Awaiting book five! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 (edited) Just finished "Life On the Mississippi" and also read "The War Prayer" by Twain. I intend to read "Following the Equator" next but as a quick aside does any one else think he borrowed from old Ben Franklin's stories. a good little bit for War Prayer? Edited April 15, 2011 by hitman THIS BE THE HITMAN WE GOIN QUIET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lazarus Gage Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 "The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos" by Brian Greene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 All of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels. And I'm still on Chirurgia Curiousa by Matthias Gottfriend Purmann. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainB Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I've just started re-reading The Hobbit. Gotta love some classic fantasy! "If I believed in fate, I wouldn't be playing with loaded dice..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn Bob Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) Since I've re-loaded HPSSIMS game "Punic Wars" onto my computer, I picked up yesterday Juvenal's Satires, "Rise of the Roman Empire" by Polybius, Barry Strauss's "The Spartacus War" (my birthday present to meself), and I'm re-reading, yet again, the SPQR series of books. Oh yes, and since I'm planning my second cruise for October, I've been reading the Cruise Critic site, but that doesn't really count. Edited April 20, 2011 by Capn Bob Damn, thats sharp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas. Hook Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) Just found a copy of Captain Cook's Voyages of Discovery, Edited by Ernest Rhys, Dent/Dutton 1906 edition, 1915 reprint. Jas. Hook Edited April 28, 2011 by Jas. Hook "Born on an island, live on an island... the sea has always been in my blood." Jas. Hook "You can't direct the wind . . . but . . . you can adjust the sails." "Don't eat the chickens with writing on their beaks." Governor Sawney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I've started on Dampier's A New Voyage Around the World. Meantime trying to keep my Spanish sharp by reading Don Quixote. That should keep me busy this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lazarus Gage Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Just started the new Mark Twain Autobiography. This book is massive, and it's only part I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I just got done with Mark Twain's A Double Barrel Detective Story. I listened to it as a Librivox audio book. Decent reader and a fun little novel. THIS BE THE HITMAN WE GOIN QUIET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Ok I've read three Mark Twain joints since my last post. How to Tell a Story and Other Essays, 1601, and Following the Equator. Following the Equator was fun but its a travel book so be advised the Twain style comes and goes as dictated by the form. 1601 is a very funny litle romp, and How to Tell a Story was well not really anything new as he covered the same ground in Life on the Mississippi. THIS BE THE HITMAN WE GOIN QUIET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Bo of the WTF co. Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I've been reading Exquemelling's Buccaneers of America on my Kindle! Just turning it off for the night and get some sleep; gonna work the forge tomorrow while the weather is cool. Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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