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Posted on 5/28/17 at 7:12 pm to REG861
Valachi Papers.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 9:13 pm to Dubosed
Chuck Klosterman-X
Greg Iles-Mississippi Blood
Greg Iles-Mississippi Blood
Posted on 5/28/17 at 9:28 pm to Dubosed
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
Posted on 5/29/17 at 6:32 pm to JazzyJeff
For any fans of French history (with an emphasis of course on Paris), I just finished Alistair Horne's Seven Ages of Paris and it was fantastic. He gets very much into the guts of French culture and history, so maybe not the best introductory book on the topic, but an incredibly rewarding read for students of or travelers to France that dissects the entirety of its history into seven neat divisions. I'd also add that the Englishman's perspective treats the topic with less wonder than that of an American but without taking as much for granted as a French historian would. It's an outsider's perspective, but not a tourist's perspective, which makes for quite the engaging discourse.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 6:32 pm to Dubosed
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:20 pm to mikrit54
Just finished A Man Called Ove, currently listening to The Underground Railroad. Just borrowed A Confederacy of Dunces to replace Ove as the book I'm actively reading. I hope I like it better now than I did in college.
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:22 pm to mikrit54
About 1/3 through The Shining. Love the movie so figured I'd read the book.
Just dredged through a really boring chapter about the previous hotel owners
Just dredged through a really boring chapter about the previous hotel owners
Posted on 5/31/17 at 8:29 am to Dubosed
1/2 way through The Shadow Rising (book 4 of Wheel of Time). Taking a break from the series after I finish this one. Will probably read Ready Player One, and then jump back in with book 5.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 8:34 am to Dubosed
Happy Birthday Wanda June
Posted on 5/31/17 at 1:09 pm to Dubosed
Rereading The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 7:26 pm to Dubosed
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
Posted on 5/31/17 at 8:50 pm to John Gotti
Illusion of Justice by Jerome Buting.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 8:18 am to TinyTigerPaws
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Just finished A Man Called Ove, currently listening to The Underground Railroad. Just borrowed A Confederacy of Dunces to replace Ove as the book I'm actively reading. I hope I like it better now than I did in college.
I finished A Man Called Ove last week, what did you think? I read Confederacy of Dunces about a year ago. It just didn't do it for me.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 2:59 pm to Dubosed
I finished Driftglass by Samuel R Delany, which was a very good book of short stories. Yesterday I started reading Hard boiled Wonderland and the end of the world by Haruki Murakami.
This will be my 3rd novel by Murakami after starting off witg his short story collections. I love it so far
This will be my 3rd novel by Murakami after starting off witg his short story collections. I love it so far
Posted on 6/2/17 at 4:43 pm to alphamicro
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Rereading The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes.
How's that going? I know I read that book as a kid, but can't remember a bit of it. I think I'm finally getting old enough to start re-reading all the books I loved in high school and college.
Posted on 6/2/17 at 5:20 pm to dcw7g
Just finished Gail Carriger's Finishing School series. Its an odd mix of Victorian comedy, the supernatural, and steam punk. All of her stuff is mostly comedic so they tend to be easy and enjoyable reads.
Plus you have to admire someone who not only writes under a nume de plume but shows up to interviews and book signings in period Victorian costuming and in character.
About to start a re-read of Jim Butcher's always entertaining and pulpish Dresden Files.
Plus you have to admire someone who not only writes under a nume de plume but shows up to interviews and book signings in period Victorian costuming and in character.
About to start a re-read of Jim Butcher's always entertaining and pulpish Dresden Files.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 2:21 am to Dubosed
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 6:26 am to Dubosed
'Ladies of Liberty' by Cokie Roberts. Dealing with notable women beginning with Martha Washington.
What I especially like about it is that it focuses not just on the 'famous' women we've all heard and read plenty about, but also on some who worked more behind the scenes and were, thus, not as well known.
I also love to see that political scandals and insanity are not new. The scandals described in this book, and the quotes from some of these women about politicians of the day, opponents of their husbands', etc. are priceless. Apparently, many thought Jefferson was ugly, disheveled and a poor representative of his country. Thus, while we may sometimes think we live in 'the worst of times,' it is not the case. But history does repeat itself!
I do not love that Roberts is becoming more political in her writing and this book has a more feminist flavor than it should, although still subtle enough to make the book palatable.
What I especially like about it is that it focuses not just on the 'famous' women we've all heard and read plenty about, but also on some who worked more behind the scenes and were, thus, not as well known.
I also love to see that political scandals and insanity are not new. The scandals described in this book, and the quotes from some of these women about politicians of the day, opponents of their husbands', etc. are priceless. Apparently, many thought Jefferson was ugly, disheveled and a poor representative of his country. Thus, while we may sometimes think we live in 'the worst of times,' it is not the case. But history does repeat itself!
I do not love that Roberts is becoming more political in her writing and this book has a more feminist flavor than it should, although still subtle enough to make the book palatable.
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