What are you reading

[Scupper]

I just got finished reading The Crimson book of Pirates by Peter Newark. It was ok. Gave breif histories of pirates and piracy in general. I also read The Wake of the Predido Star by the actor Gene Hackman. it was pretty good. The way it ended, there may be more to follow. I also have the Osprey books and they'er pretty good.

Scupper

[the Royaliste]

Still stuck in O'Brian..finished off H.M.S. Suprise, now startin' Blue at the Mizzen...

[Jamaica Rose]

Capt. Flint - when you find the title let me know the book about shipwrecks and pirates around Cape May. As this is where I live, I'd be interested.

I have a book a friend of mine gave me when we stayed with her in Ocean View (near Cape May). It is: "Shipwrecks and Legends 'Round Cape May" by David J. Seibold and Charles J. Adams III, 1987. Maybe www.abe.com or www.alibris.com might have it sometime. It's just a little booklet, but has an interesting bit about Israel Hands (of Blackbeard's crew, the one he shot in the knee). Says that Hands (actually called "Hand", minus the "s") came from Cape May, and returned there after BB was killed and his crew tried at Williamsburg. And there's something about a treasure clue. And other items about other pirates that have visited the area.

My friend told me there were a lot of people named "Hand" who live there now.

Hope this helps,

Blackheartedly yrs,

--Jamaica Rose

[Cap'n Coyote]

Nothing Pirate-related, but it is a kickin fantasy series.

Storm of Swords, the third in George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire epic.

[Capt. Flint]

Thats the very book fairest Rose. It is a fine little book to read. Small and short stories. It's just fun.

[Redd Oktober]

Arr...I'm re-reading Treasure Island right now.... It cetainly has been a while.

[Paisley]

just finished one of the "under the black flag" books (very good!) and have moved on to"a general history of the pyrates" by daniel defoe. and from the introduction....i'll be readin this puppy for awhile. (not an easy read)

[the Royaliste]

...*Ahem!*...(breathes on knuckles, rubs them on weskit')...'Walked downtown, saw this one, and picked it up off the shelf.."Sausalito Walking Boat Tour",.'A Three Mile Walk With Historical Footnotes'....A virtual tour of the classic vessels in the many harbors of the marina community of Sausalito, describing in great detail facts on each example....And, *TA-DA!*..at the end of Pelican Harbour, the Herreshoff Ketch 'ORCA', and, 'o course, yours truely, the ROYALISTE.......

[Lady Seahawke]

Been reading Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series of books. Also, "Fighting Ships" By Richard Hough, "Sea Sense" By Richard Henderson, "The History of American Sailing Ships" by Howard I. Chapelle, and been browsing through "The Norton Encyclopedic Dictionary of Naviagtion" by David F. Tver.

Being a avid reader, that does not include texts that are separate from sailing and pirates. Nor does it include items found surfing the net.

[Hawkyns]

Let' see.. currently reading "The Pirate Round", James Nelson; "Face Down Before Rebel Hooves", KathyLynne Emerson (elizabethan mystery); "The Armada Campaign", Angus Konstam (Osprey Campaign 86), and "English Civil War Fortifications 1642-51", Peter Harrington (Osprey Fortress 9). Plus some magazine articles and web downloads on 16th and 17th c military history.

Hawkyns

[capnwilliam]

Re-reading Captured By Pirates, by John Richard Stephens, with an eye toward 1815 era garbing and arming ideas.

Also reading The History of Pirates, by Angus Konstam, and Great Days of Whaling, by Henry Hough.

Capt. William

[Hester]

Just finished On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers, which I really enjoyed. Poor book took a beating, though. I had been reading it on the back deck at my summer place, and accidentally left it outside in a torrential thunderstorm. Took a while to dry out. It looks properly weathered now.

And now, I've just started:

... which actually has an okay plot and writing so far (making allowances for the genre), but isn't very steamy.

[BriarRose Kildare]

At the moment I am reading: War at Sea in the Age of Sail by Andrew Lambert.

I am also still reading Culpeper's Color Herbal and another book called Viruses, Plagues & History by Michael B. A. Oldstone

[HildeKitten]

I'm currently reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows :)

It'll be put on hold though, as I'm not taking that one to London with me (too bulky).

For the long hours on the Eurostar I'll take "Agents of Light and Darkness" along from Simon R. Green (book 2 in his Nightside series, which I can recommend to everyone as it's fantastic)

And when that's finished I'm going to start on "Drinking Midnight Wine" also by Simon R. Green (albeit not of the Nightside series).

[Tudor MercWench Smith]

finished the latest Harry Potter in a record breaking 8 hours!

[Red-Handed Jill]

I just picked up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows today. I'll start it after I finish Pied Piper (by Nevil Shute - I've been re-reading a lot of his books lately. My favorite is A Town Like Alice.)

[blackbonie]

i just read a small one called 101 things to know about irish history.its pretty informed recap of all of irelands history fromthe days of prehistory to now.

im about to start "the expressions of emotions in man and animals" from darwin.

[Jack an Apes]

Harry Potter 6, The Half-Blood Prince, because I forgot it and want to be up to date before reading HP and the Deathly Hallows

['Bastian Devareaux]

Smuggler's Moon by Bruce Alexander

[BessFlint]

at the moment Empire of blue water. Its the story of Henry Morgan.

[Rogue Mermaid]

I just picked up the new Harry Potter book last night. I'm dieing to get back to it!

[William Brand]

I finished the final Harry Potter last night and I am in the midst of reading Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare. I'm a strong William Bligh advocate and it is a good read..

[HildeKitten]

I'm still reading Harry Potter 7. When I finish with that I'm going to start reading "Drinking Midnight Wine" from Simon R. Green.

After that I might pick up Gaiman's "M for Magic" somewhere.

[Ransom]

Just finished A Movable Feast by Hemingway and enjoyed it very much. Currently about done with Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett (One of my all-time favorite authors). I have a friend who is loaning me several Harry Potter books to read, as I'm only up to The Goblet of Fire - so I'll be on a HP binge for awhile. Then back to the Niccolo series.

Anyone else a complusive reader like me, who reads two or three books at the same time?

[CrazyCholeBlack]

Anyone else a complusive reader like me, who reads two or three books at the same time?

In a word, yes

Fiction wise I'm reading The Princess Bride by William Goldman & The Unicorn Secret Trilogy by Kathleen Dury, out loud to the little swab.

Non-fiction wise I'm reading The Coffeehouse, a cultural history by Markham Ellis, The Social Life of Cofee by Brian Cowan & Food of the Gods: A Cultural History of the Medicinal and Ritual Use of Chocolate from The American Society for Nutritional Sciences.

Not to mention a friend of mine at the college just got me access to the JSTOR archives. I don't even know where to begin there! I might have to stop sleeping all together if I want to even make a dent in this "to read" list. It's no wonder I have to take notes to remember anything, I'm usually reading so much at once.