What are you reading now?

[cumberlandreds]

I am currently reading this book. It's Cap Ansons autobiography written 1900. This was a free book on Kindle. It's really a good history on baseball before the turn of the 20th century. He tells a lot about the players of that time and you can certainly get a feel for how much the game evolved during this time. I am on the part now about a around the world trip he took with his Chicago team and a group of all stars. They literally went around the world playing exhibitions. Its a fascinating read. Also his bigotry comes out quite often when he discusses African Americans. That was certainly the bad side of him that has reflected poorly over the years on him and baseball.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[vaticanplum]

I am finally reading Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and I am really enjoying it. It's so epic and all over the place that I'm having a hard time seeing how it would translate to a movie.

[westofyou]

Originally Posted by cumberlandreds

I am currently reading this book. It's Cap Ansons autobiography written 1900. This was a free book on Kindle. It's really a good history on baseball before the turn of the 20th century. He tells a lot about the players of that time and you can certainly get a feel for how much the game evolved during this time. I am on the part now about a around the world trip he took with his Chicago team and a group of all stars. They literally went around the world playing exhibitions. Its a fascinating read. Also his bigotry comes out quite often when he discusses African Americans. That was certainly the bad side of him that has reflected poorly over the years on him and baseball.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

John Montgomery Ward, Johnny Evers and Christy Mathewson all have similar books, very awesome

[cumberlandreds]

Originally Posted by westofyou

John Montgomery Ward, Johnny Evers and Christy Mathewson all have similar books, very awesome

I just bought this one for Kindle about that same trip. After reading Ansons book I went out to see if there was another one about that trip. This is what I found. Looking forward to reading it.

http://www.amazon.com/Spaldings-Worl...ound+the+world

[_Sir_Charles_]

Originally Posted by vaticanplum

I am finally reading Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and I am really enjoying it. It's so epic and all over the place that I'm having a hard time seeing how it would translate to a movie.

Surprisingly well I thought. The fact that it's directed and acted extremely well certainly helped.

[foxfire123]

Inferno by Dan Brown. Better than Lost Code so far (I'm only about 100 pages in)

If nothing else, Brown's books make me learn something about art. I've been keeping a list of these masterpiece sculptures and paintings he mentions to look for and read up on! lol!

[bucksfan2]

Originally Posted by foxfire123

Inferno by Dan Brown. Better than Lost Code so far (I'm only about 100 pages in)

If nothing else, Brown's books make me learn something about art. I've been keeping a list of these masterpiece sculptures and paintings he mentions to look for and read up on! lol!

I am about half way though Inferno. I always look forward to reading Brown's books. They are full of historical information that make the books informative as well as interesting. Both the Lost Code and Inferno don't hold a candle to Angles and Demons and The DaVinci Code but are good reads. I wish this book would have been out a few years ago before I went to Florence.