re: What are you reading?

Halfway into Beneath a Scarlet Sky




Pretty good so far, but I'm always fascinated by any WW2 books.

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Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, USA Today bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.

Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.

In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier—a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.

Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.

Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love.

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J.Patterson '16th'seduction

As close to Bernard Cornwell as I've found.

That's my favorite of the 7

Just finished Stillhouse Lake. It's really good if you like Silence of the Lambs type stuff. Now, I'm going with a change of pace and re-reading A Wise Man's Fear.

Snows of Kilimanjaro

I love Hemingway but his style would drive modern day publishing houses crazy

Actually took me a while to find this. Had two orders cancelled on Amazon because the seller was "out of stock", but then saw them reselling it for almost 10x the price. Found it at a bookstore in New Orleans.

It has become a collector's item now that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has announced its his go-to professional development book.

Doing a re read of The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow. Been a decade since I read it and really enjoying it so far.

Bad Paper: Chasing debt from Wall Street to the underworld by Jake Halpern

The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken by Terry Teachout

very interesting and well written