Anyone reading a book because it was recommended on DU?

[alexwcovington]

I'm reading "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis because I heard about it here. I'm sure there are a number of folks doing the same thing... have at it then!

[Catch22Dem]

1. Sort of

My wife got me The DaVinci Code for xmas but I don't have it yet. Heard about it here first.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. When I first came I bought Wealth and Democracy based

on another's recommendation. Most of my reading though I haven't gotten from here. I try to read a book every week although I have gotten a bit sloppy about it lately.

[Catholic Sensation]

3. After some of the more harsh comments on Treason by Coulter

I had to buy it and see if it was as bad as it was, I wish you people were a bit more truthful though, it was worse x(

[alexwcovington]

4. WHOA WHOA WHOA

I never said "bought a book"

You guys are hardcore. I just went to the library... :P

You BOUGHT Treason. Wow!

[Catholic Sensation]

6. You should see the first like 30 pages

I made so many remarks in the margins...

[alexwcovington]

14. hehe

I never make margin notes -- even in books I own!! It's like I'm a neat freak of the printed world. But of the printed world alone... you should see my room....

[YellowRubberDuckie]

20. Probably could have spent that money on something better...

THAN GIVING IT TO ANN COULTER!!! I'm shocked! Did you not realize where that money went?
Duckie

[SmileyBoy]

5. Yes, several.

"People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn, "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser, "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William Shirer, "Lies" by Al Franken, "Stupid White Men", "Downsize This!" and "Dude, Where's my Country?" by Michael Moore, and "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" by Greg Palast.

[BrotherBuzz]

7. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

By Barbara Ehrenreich

[codebled]

8. LOL

Nickel and Dimed was required reading for my entire college. Seemed she was making it into a class warfare that Ive personally never noticed.

[BurtWorm]

9. You've never noticed warfare in your classes?

;)

[BrotherBuzz]

15. Lucky you

I can only hope it opened your eyes beyond the sheltered life you have lived, and that you now have some insight on the class struggle that is all around you, a struggle that has been going on about as long as man has been on earth. Good luck.

[HEyHEY]

13. Me too

I was walking throught the bookstore and saw the book and recognized it from DU then bought it. It was pretty good.

[Booberdawg]

10. Yes. Actually I did a poll here to get some liberal reading suggestions

I'm about half way through them - currently reading "Clinton Wars"

Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth Joe Conason

Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America Molly Ivins

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization and High-Finance Fraudsters Greg Palast

What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News Eric Alterman

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right Al Franken

Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country--And Its Time to Take It Back Jim Hightower

We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives James Carville

Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up : 12 Winning Secrets from the War Room
By: James Carville , Paul Begala

Dude, Where's My Country?
By: Michael Moore

The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics
By: Ted Halstead, Michael Lind

Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!
By: Michael Moore

The Greatest Sedition Is Silence: Four Years in America
By: William Rivers Pitt

The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception
By: David Corn

It's Still the Economy, Stupid : George W. Bush, The GOP's CEO
By: Paul Begala

The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
By: Paul Krugman

Shrub : The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush
By: Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose

The Clinton Wars
By: Sidney Blumenthal

Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative By: David Brock

The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder
By: Mark Crispin Miller

[terrya]

18. "The Bush Dyslexicon" is superb.

Mark Crispin Miller's analysis of Bush was spot-on. He made the case that Bush has some of Richard Nixon's less than admirable character traits. And that should be a BIG cause for worry.

I hope everyone reads "The Bush Dyslexicon"

[devilgrrl]

11. My parents have that book...

I should have grabbed it when I was back for Thanksgiving. :silly:

In the meantime, I'm reading Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy," a long but brilliant read.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451527704/qid=1070436190/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-7446362-7695944

[Rowdyboy]

12. Cabinet of Curiosities...Skinner had a recent thread asking for

suggestions and this was one. Excellent read!

[chefgirl]

16. Also from the Skinner thread

I just finished 'The Cobra Event' by Richard Preston. Wow!
Whoever suggested that book, GOOD call. I would recommend it highly.
Looking forward to reading the book that preceeded it, called 'Hot Zone'. Sure to be a page turner.

-chef-

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. Isn't that a great read?

I was the one who recommended it on the Skinner thread. It had been suggested to me by The Lone Liberal, another DUer.

[Rowdyboy]

21. There are several books in the Pendergrast line

and I'm very much looking forward to them.. Thanks!

[oneighty]

19. Yes. JitterbugPerfume

Suggested by DUer Ms. JitterbugPerfume. Also "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Skinny Legs and All"..All by Tom Robbins.

Very entertaining.

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