thedig13 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I know this thread topic has been done before, but it hasn't been posted-in for a while, and I assume that, since then, we've all finished and/or given up on whatever we were reading at the time. So I'll assume that there's room for us to discuss here. Thus, I am rehashing this old topic. Let's go with title, author, and personal reason for reading, with an optional brief description. For my Honors Thesis, I am reading: - "Survival Pending Revolution: The History of the Black Panther Party" by Paul Alkebulan - "Want to Start a Revolution?: Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle" by various authors - "A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story" by Elaine Brown For my non-thesis-related research I'm doing for a professor, I'm reading: - "They Closed Their Schools" by Bob Smith - "Brown's Battleground: Students, Segregationists, and the Battle for Justice in Prince Edward County, Virginia" by Jill Ogline Titus For leisure reading, I'm reading "The Fault in Our Stars," by John Green I should mention that I'm not actually plowing through all six of these texts simultaneously with ease, since I'm not an insanely talented reader or anything. I'm taking a manageable, bite-sized chunk out of one, then another, then another, which means that (in terms of duration between front cover and end cover) I'm taking 6 times longer for each book than I would if it had my exclusive attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageFree Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) Reading right now (curiosity/research/comps): Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number - Jacobo Timerman State Terrorism in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, and Human Rights - Thomas Wright The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History - Samuel Moyn I'm working on several papers right now... two lit reviews (one on human rights, one on youth movements), plus two other papers. I have about 30 library books at home right now :/ Leisure reading? Surely, you jest. Edited November 21, 2012 by CageFree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedig13 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Reading right now (curiosity/research/comps): Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number - Jacobo Timerman State Terrorism in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, and Human Rights - Thomas Wright The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History - Samuel Moyn I'm working on several papers right now... two lit reviews (one on human rights, one on youth movements), plus two other papers. I have about 30 library books at home right now :/ Leisure reading? Surely, you jest. Well, I'm minoring in Creative Writing. As much as I love academic texts, creative literature is also a huge deal for me, so I dabble in it for fear that my love for and/or my ability to write good non-academic literature will atrophy and wither away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageFree Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) It makes sense and I wish I had the time myself. It's just this particular quarter, with the number of books I have to read (I didn't include the 2 books a week I'm reading for one class, and the book I'm reading for another)... I think the term "leisure reading" officially disappeared from my vocabulary. I suppose the Timerman book is sort of for leisure because it's not in any of my book lists. Scary, huh? Edited November 21, 2012 by CageFree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riotbeard Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Jim Downs, Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction Susan Reverby, Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphillis Study and its Legacy I also have to teach William Barney's The Making of a Confederate:Walter Lenoir's Civil War soon, so I will be reading that too. Gene Parmesan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarSlayer Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Bumping, since we're hitting the deadzone between apps and new semester! Inventing Wyatt Earp by Allen Barra. My guilty pleasure as a medievalist is Doc Holliday XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 My guilty pleasure as a medievalist is Doc Holliday XD My guilty pleasure as a medievalist is to read about the Reformation. pudewen, seaofghosts, dr. t and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benedicite Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I love being able to pick and choose what stands out to me as interesting reading. Right now: The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics, by Christopher Lasch Growing Up Absurd, by Paul Goodman Roll, Jordan, Roll, by Eugene Genovese The Spirit of Early Christian Thought, by Robert Louis Wilken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageFree Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I'm reading Lord of the Rings. I just read The Hobbit (just in time for the movie) and figured, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New England Nat Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Monk in the Garden, and Pasteurization of France. My mother tried to pick up the latter when I put it down at her house on the holiday. That didn't go so well for her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safferz Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I've blasphemed... reading a lot of stuff from anthropologists over the holidays: Peter Just & John Monaghan, Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction Jean & John Comaroff, Ethnography and the Historical Imagination Jean Comaroff, Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance: The Culture and History of a South African People Saba Mahmood, The Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishsauce Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 William T. Rowe, China's Last Empire: The Great Qing Rene Goussert, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia Roger Collins, Early Medieval Europe 300-1000 I believe in reading wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishsauce Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I've blasphemed... reading a lot of stuff from anthropologists over the holidays: Have you read James C. Scott's The Art of Not Being Governed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safferz Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Have you read James C. Scott's The Art of Not Being Governed? I haven't, but I'll check it out. Looks fascinating and I work on a traditionally non-hierarchical society, so I'm sure I'd benefit from reading his book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarSlayer Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) Guess that makes me Queen Blasphemer with my minor in anthro XD Edited December 23, 2012 by GuitarSlayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedig13 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 I'm reading Lord of the Rings. I just read The Hobbit (just in time for the movie) and figured, why not? What happened to "the term 'leisure reading' officially disappeared from my vocabulary," CageFree? By the way, massive Lord of the Rings nerd here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageFree Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 What happened to "the term 'leisure reading' officially disappeared from my vocabulary," CageFree? By the way, massive Lord of the Rings nerd here. What happened is Winter Break If there's something I love about the quarter system is that I don't have to study over Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyRara Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 For this break: terribly cliched and cheap science fiction paperbacks that the used bookstore sells for 50 cents a pop. Nothing mind-altering there. It's my 'Jersey Shore.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedig13 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 For this break: terribly cliched and cheap science fiction paperbacks that the used bookstore sells for 50 cents a pop. Nothing mind-altering there. It's my 'Jersey Shore.' Which science fiction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annieca Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) I just finished one book Dynamics of Contention. Loved it! I am such a historiography nerd.For my plane trip back to the UK I'm going to be reading Hunchback of Notre Dame or something along those lines. When I get back on campus I will be reading The Slovak Dilemma by Eugene Steiner. Edited January 8, 2013 by annieca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New England Nat Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) I've been reading fictional "non-fiction" cold war conspiracy stuff. It's kind of like reading novels except their authors don't know it. Currently by my bedside is Kenneth Sewell's Red Star Rogue which claims that the soviets tried to frame the Chinese for the nuking of Pearl Harber in 1968. Edited January 8, 2013 by New England Nat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riotbeard Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 i am in the middle of Charles Burns' graphic novel Black Hole (about high school kids with a weird venerial disease), which I am teaching this semester. I have also been watching movies to decide which to assign (I am teaching cultural history of American Medicine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttgrad Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I'm almost through with E.H. Carr's What is History. I'm finding it to be a very interesting read. annieca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedig13 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 I've been reading fictional "non-fiction" cold war conspiracy stuff. It's kind of like reading novels except their authors don't know it. Currently by my bedside is Kenneth Sewell's Red Star Rogue which claims that the soviets tried to frame the Chinese for the nuking of Pearl Harber in 1968. I giggled repeatedly. Have you checked with a doctor to make sure your brain-cells aren't deteriorating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New England Nat Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I giggled repeatedly. Have you checked with a doctor to make sure your brain-cells aren't deteriorating?Oh, I highly recommend it for serious giggles. Cold war submarine "nonfiction" books are so full of weird unbelievable ... stuff.If i'm loosing brain cells i have some to spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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