What is Everybody Reading?
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I'm in kind of a reading slump at the moment. Just can't seem to get motivated to sit down and just read for pleasure. I've been looking at the same books for months and just not gotten anywhere. I need to get off the stupid computer and read.
I have started two books, we'll see which one wins out and ends up being the one I read next.
Ammonite, by Nicola Griffith. And Subterranean, by James Rollins. I read Subterranean 15 to 20 years ago and really enjoyed it, so I'm hoping that one might rekindle my motivation to read. Ammonite, I just kind of stumbled into, I don't know how. But the blurb on it sounded interesting and I read the sample on Amazon and it seemed pretty good.
Ammonite:
Subterranean:
I have started two books, we'll see which one wins out and ends up being the one I read next.
Ammonite, by Nicola Griffith. And Subterranean, by James Rollins. I read Subterranean 15 to 20 years ago and really enjoyed it, so I'm hoping that one might rekindle my motivation to read. Ammonite, I just kind of stumbled into, I don't know how. But the blurb on it sounded interesting and I read the sample on Amazon and it seemed pretty good.
Ammonite:
Subterranean:
I am trying to get my library stocked while books are still available. I think resource books will be of value (might just be me.) I just received "Seed to Seed" on saving seeds and propagating.
Also should be arriving soon: "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" Hubby's never read it.
And "The Quest of the Simple Life"
I've read all of these but as library books so now will have them for reference.
I have several more on the wish list. Actually, several is an understatement
Would love the Foxfire series, but can't choke that one down yet. Also, a couple herbal med. books.
Also should be arriving soon: "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" Hubby's never read it.
And "The Quest of the Simple Life"
I've read all of these but as library books so now will have them for reference.
I have several more on the wish list. Actually, several is an understatement
Would love the Foxfire series, but can't choke that one down yet. Also, a couple herbal med. books.
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Seed to Seed is the best I've read on seed saving.I am trying to get my library stocked while books are still available. I think resource books will be of value (might just be me.) I just received "Seed to Seed" on saving seeds and propagating.
Also should be arriving soon: "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" Hubby's never read it.
And "The Quest of the Simple Life"
I've read all of these but as library books so now will have them for reference.
I have several more on the wish list. Actually, several is an understatement
Foxfire is on my wishlist as well, the whole series. I think I have one or two already.
Once summer slows down, I want to pay a visit or two to a used book store in the area. They always had good reference books, actually most anything you could think of.
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Lately: Biography about the last Comanche Nation (Quahadi Tribe) Chief. Adult reading. A good historical background, looks like the author goes back and forth between ancient history, history before the white man on this continent, then into the massacres, nation wars, back to other history, lots of stuff they didn't teach us, and a couple things I still am skeptical about, but still a really good read. Title: "Empire of the Summer Moon," subtitle: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History, written by S.C. Gwynne. 2010.
Something I got out of the juvie section about women in history who have done amazing things, women I've never heard of, I think the title is "Women Who Rocked the World."
A few gardening books and a few books on business (yawn) and entrepreneurial ventures.
Keep an eye out for your local library book sales. That's where I picked up quite a few editions of the Foxfire books for pretty cheap.
Something I got out of the juvie section about women in history who have done amazing things, women I've never heard of, I think the title is "Women Who Rocked the World."
A few gardening books and a few books on business (yawn) and entrepreneurial ventures.
Keep an eye out for your local library book sales. That's where I picked up quite a few editions of the Foxfire books for pretty cheap.
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The Princess hit the book sales on the last day when they sell books by the bag. She makes a point to snag technical/science/engineering books for me.
The two of us knew we were a good match when we realized we both owned the first Foxfire book as well as the D&D Dungeon Master's Guide.
Ben
The two of us knew we were a good match when we realized we both owned the first Foxfire book as well as the D&D Dungeon Master's Guide.
Ben
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Look out... incoming!
Delivered today.
The Princess didn't even tell me she had ordered it.
Ben
Delivered today.
The Princess didn't even tell me she had ordered it.
Ben
So in trying to get my resource books in order before they are no longer available. Not sure why, but this has been weighing on me lately. I ordered the Foxfire series but all individually. By doing so I saved about half of what the sets are selling for. Yes, it took a little more time to filter through but oh well. Received #9 & #12 today as well as Medicinal Plants of the Mountainous West & Reading Nature's Signs. The last one I am looking forward to reading for enjoyment, but I have a couple others in the works and still have to get things done around here.
One of my books says delivered, but I've not seen it so have called PO and texted a neighbor to see if it was accidently put in there box
The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable
I guess in some respects, I would call this prepping since it's resources "just in case."
@Sourdough I'm tagging you because I know you like to have all your bases covered. Do you have all the resource material you need/want?
The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable
I guess in some respects, I would call this prepping since it's resources "just in case."
@Sourdough I'm tagging you because I know you like to have all your bases covered. Do you have all the resource material you need/want?
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I'm not much into reading, except to read technical materials or follow-up on a thread or word that caught my attention. Recently I decided to follow up on carrying capacity... and found a "Thought Piece" on Carrying Capacity from 2013 by ARG (An investment company focused on Agri-industries). What caught my attention is that without industrialization, mechanized farm implements, and nitrogen fertilizer the natural carrying capacity of the earth is about 3 billion people but with all these marvels it can be expanded 3 fold to about 9 billion people, considering we are over 7 billion now makes me think that part of the problem is that we are just over subscribed.
Being a hunter I have seen areas get over populated and then have a big die-off, the worst cases of this that I have seen resulted when people with good intentions planted crops to help the herd and the population just went nuts and then the people were no longer able to provide the extra food and the beasts just died in groves...in just 1 season falling well below the numbers that we had before they helped them out (I have seen die offs of over 80% of the population). Imagine a population die off of 5.6 billion people....
Everyone assumes that the human equivalent will be a gentile decline that will happen in 100 years or so in the future. But I am left wondering what if something disrupts the Agricultural machine like COVID, or Shipping disruptions, or Water shortages that results in the carrying capacity dropping back to 3 billion people right away?
There is a graph from the ARG paper showing a die off of 90% (dotted green line drooping after the overshoot), but that was from 2013 and I am wondering what will happen if the timeline between 2000 and 2200 changes drastically....
Well that's what I'm reading... and it makes me want to get my house in order....
Being a hunter I have seen areas get over populated and then have a big die-off, the worst cases of this that I have seen resulted when people with good intentions planted crops to help the herd and the population just went nuts and then the people were no longer able to provide the extra food and the beasts just died in groves...in just 1 season falling well below the numbers that we had before they helped them out (I have seen die offs of over 80% of the population). Imagine a population die off of 5.6 billion people....
Everyone assumes that the human equivalent will be a gentile decline that will happen in 100 years or so in the future. But I am left wondering what if something disrupts the Agricultural machine like COVID, or Shipping disruptions, or Water shortages that results in the carrying capacity dropping back to 3 billion people right away?
There is a graph from the ARG paper showing a die off of 90% (dotted green line drooping after the overshoot), but that was from 2013 and I am wondering what will happen if the timeline between 2000 and 2200 changes drastically....
Well that's what I'm reading... and it makes me want to get my house in order....
That's interesting - some countries have had greater population increases than others so the effect would vary but like you say - something to think about. And I completely agree about getting/having things in order. (go figure
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Received "Milk Cow Kitchen" today. It has all sorts of great info. about milk cows as well as how to turn the milk into yogurt, cheese, etc. There is another called the Family Cow but I think 1 is enough.
I have both Milk Cow Kitchen and Keeping a Family Cow on my wishlist (recommended from somewhere, but I can't remember where). Do you like Milk Cow Kitchen? I'm like you, I'd like to get my resource ducks in a row....
I do like MCK. When it came out, I got it from the library. I can't remember how much it cost new, but it was a lot! Price is considerably better now. I also like that she prefers organic so it's not just adding mystery chemicals to make things. I've never read FC so can't speak to that one though I've only seen good reviews. By the way, I have found the best deals on books lately on Alibris. If you just get one book or sign up for their email list (which I almost never do but did) you will get coupon codes: spend X and get $ or % off. That's when to order more books. Once I receive the rest of this order, I will feel pretty good about my library for the most part. I know there will always be more I want to read, but I will have most the basics covered. The herbal medicine books are the ones I really wanted at the ready - just in case.
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Just opened it as soon as I got home.
Not a page turner but already got to page 3 and realized I should be reading it with a highlighter handy.
Ben
Not a page turner but already got to page 3 and realized I should be reading it with a highlighter handy.
Ben
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Started Sheep no More, the art of awareness and attack survival
Will be starting a new book this evening or tomorrow morning and thought y'all could use a laugh. I will be reading the Little House series. I've never read it (gasp!) It's doesn't appear to be a tough read so should go pretty quickly. Might sound kooky, but I like to read something "nice" before I go to bed to get all the yuk out of there before I shut my eyes.
I also ordered "Cottesbrooke" which I've read before but contains some great info about eating seasonally and storing foods to eat year 'round. Thought it would be a good one to have on the shelf after rereading it.
I also ordered "Cottesbrooke" which I've read before but contains some great info about eating seasonally and storing foods to eat year 'round. Thought it would be a good one to have on the shelf after rereading it.
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Kind of like putting a goldfish into a great big tank and watching it grow larger than you ever thought a goldfish would get. It will grow until it can't grow anymore and that's what we've been doing. My opinion only but it seems like we've already reached a tipping point. When we look at everything going on around us it looks like we're getting set up for a big die off due to natural and manmade circumstances. I can't give you scientific explanations for my reasoning. I did run across this article from last year that reinforces my observations but I think it will happen faster than they're predicting. The lab engineered diseases will contribute to this decline in a couple of ways. Because of things I'm reading about the effects of the vaccines on women's cycles, I'll be interested to see how they effect reproduction particularly if they succeed in the push to vaccinate children. We should start seeing reports on this in 3 or 4 years.
Overpopulation Myth: New Study Predicts Population Decline This Century | American Council on Science and Health (acsh.org)
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Not silly, Lady L. I've read that series many times. Even aloud to our kids and grandkids. Was just thinking about it because yesterday I was watching Little House on the tv. Laura was a grown woman, married Almonso, and had baby Rose. She wrote the story, "Little House in the Big Woods" and went to the big city to a publishers to work on it. The trip didn't go exactly as she planned. Good episode.
I think you would like Della Lutes "Country Kitchen". It's stories of her childhood in the 1870's (If I'm remembering correctly.) Her dad was a bit of a rascal, but it spoke of what they ate and how it was fixed etc.
The life expectancy of my children is shorter than my own. That info came out when they were young children. I see it coming to fruition. The general health of our population is atrocious. It doesn't take much under that circumstance to become a causality.
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I've been reading technical papers... lots n lots of them.... I have also been reading a number for the "For Dummies" books, mostly on things for stand-by power. I've been reading tech sheets on components and wiring diagrams.
I found the link in @CalicoKatie 's post interesting, everything that I have read in the past indicates that we could run into an abrupt decline in Global Agriculture, mostly due to loss of chemical fertilizers and petroleum for mechanization. This would result in a 66% reduction in food out put, add in the droughts and negative impacts from global warming and this could arrive much sooner than the 2100 that I was expecting (Not that I planned on seeing it).
I found the link in @CalicoKatie 's post interesting, everything that I have read in the past indicates that we could run into an abrupt decline in Global Agriculture, mostly due to loss of chemical fertilizers and petroleum for mechanization. This would result in a 66% reduction in food out put, add in the droughts and negative impacts from global warming and this could arrive much sooner than the 2100 that I was expecting (Not that I planned on seeing it).
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Me either. It might be good to help put one to sleep at night.Must admit, I don't have that one
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The Little House series is something that most South Dakota girls read. I've read it a few times and remember how worn the pages were in the books from our local library when I was growing up.
I owned the collection and when I was teaching in the inner city, was always looking for read alouds for after lunch. One day I was reading one of the books and Laura referred to Native Americans as savages. As a child, that went over the top for me. As an inner city teacher, it was a different story. I had Native American students. I never finished reading the book or the series to my students. We moved on from there.
My sister was a little girl when Little house was on. Mother made her a dress and bonnet to play it in. She has had the whole series since then. I think she bought a hardback set after she got married
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The Princess often mentions that she read the whole series when ever the opportunity presents itself.
Ben
An author I would recommend is David Rosenfelt. He writes murder mysteries with a recurring cast of characters, The main character is a defense attorney. He is a dog lover with a great sense of humor, and a very large body of work. My wife found these quite by accident, and now we can't get enough. Great mysteries that always have a twist in the last 10 pages or so. Very enjoyable reading.
