Sign in with Facebook
Richard’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Richard’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Richard Carl Subber’s Followers (54)
3,492 books
|
877 friends
454 books
|
974 friends
1,717 books
|
2,458 friends
2,978 books
|
3,503 friends
5,721 books
|
1,806 friends
5,019 books
|
1,090 friends
3,009 books
|
4,992 friends
3,460 books
|
439 friends
More friends…
Richard Carl Subber
Goodreads Author
Website
Genre
Member Since
March 2007
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/richardsubber
More books by Richard Carl Subber…
Richard’s Recent Updates
|
Richard Subber
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
Gary Paulsen writes for young people, but any adult reader can readily see that the stories are realistic, and fully readable. It’s good storytelling. Brian’s Hunt is about a teenage boy who is at home in the woods, can survive on his own, and ultimat ...more |
|
|
Richard Subber
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
Doyle revived the 19th century Sherlock Holmes stories at the turn of the 20th century. The 13 stories in this collection are notably like the rest of the notable series—can you doubt that Holmes is a masterful detective?! In the first story, “The Adve ...more |
|
|
Richard Subber
rated a book liked it
|
|
|
Reading anything by Virginia Woolf for the first time is a brand new experience. I guess that it’s doggone near impossible to pigeonhole her writing style. The critical literary world has determined that Woolf was a “modernist” who characteristically ...more |
|
|
Richard Subber
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
This is a great book of great poems that will make little kids laugh, and make big kids laugh, and make parents laugh. Such as: The Seventh Swimming Lesson Stop the presses. Call a reporter. Sally just put her face in the water. How do I know it’s a great ...more |
|
|
Richard Subber
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
The Mother Tongue is a fascinating collection of details you haven’t dreamed of about the English language. It’s easy enough to skim the parts that you don’t need to read in detail. If you think that English stands alone as our primary means of commun ...more |
|
|
Richard Subber
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
First, let’s get this straight: it’s worth your time to read this little book. Maybe you think you know all you want to know about the Declaration of Independence, but I think you’ll learn at least a couple things of interest as you read The Greatest ...more |
|
|
Richard Subber
rated a book did not like it
|
|
|
It is possible that a talented cast could breathe some life into Pinter’s words on stage. It is possible that stage design could invest some reality into Pinter’s words. Maybe you have to be in a narrow frame of mind to experience some drama and some h ...more |
|
|
Richard Subber
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
Haidt’s book is subtitled How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. If you think he’s talking about the internet, and cell phones, and computers, and television, and social media, you’re right on the money. “Screen ...more |
|
|
Richard Subber
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
This America is a well-documented account of the many nationalist, nativist, racist, and bigoted actions—by governments and individuals—in the history of the United States, to the detriment of immigrants, Indians, blacks, and others. Lepore offers a s ...more |
|
|
Richard Subber
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
Tim O’Brien is a Vietnam war veteran. If you served in the Vietnam war, you have a perspective for reading The Things They Carried. If you didn’t go to Vietnam, you have a different perspective. If you weren’t born until after the war ended, you have a ...more |
|
“And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.”
― The Canterbury Tales
― The Canterbury Tales
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
―
―
“In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
¡ POETRY !
— 22510 members
— last activity Jul 17, 2026 05:50PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read ...more
The History Book Club
— 26325 members
— last activity 4 hours, 22 min ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more
Catching up on Classics (and lots more!)
— 16464 members
— last activity 7 minutes ago
The world is made up of two kinds of people: first, those who love classics, and second, those who have not yet read a classic. Be bold and join us as ...more
Goodreads Authors/Readers
— 57202 members
— last activity 5 hours, 22 min ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more
Comments (showing 1-3)
post a comment »
date
newest »
newest »
Majenta wrote: "Hello, Richard! Thanks for contacting me! I hope you're well and that 2018 is going well so far. Congratulations on your book, and I hope you're enjoying working on the next one! Have a great new w..."thanks, Majenta, always interesting to talk about books with a fellow librophile
Rick
Hello, Richard! Thanks for contacting me! I hope you're well and that 2018 is going well so far. Congratulations on your book, and I hope you're enjoying working on the next one! Have a great new week ahead. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
Thanks for getting in touch Richard. You write well-articulated reviews. Looking forward to reading more of them(books included).