What Are You Reading

[Hercule]

That's a magnificent read Hercule. ...

Yes it is and I'm quite enjoying it. The author admits that the writing is a bit rough having been taken from his letters and diaries written at the time. That's what makes it so great.

 

[Hercule]

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[hatguy1]

Wrapping up reading The Union Station Massacre: The Original Sin of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, by John Unger. Based on some earlier posts by others here in The Reading Room, I just got a cheap, used hardbound copy of Four Complete Philip Marlowe Novels: The Big Sleep / Farewell, My Lovely / The High Window / The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler. Looking forward to beginning that.

 

[esteban68]

Just re-read 'First Overland' by Tim Slessor after finding it whilst recently clearing out the loft...I forgot how much I'd enjoyed it!
It's the true story of a seven month 10'000 mile overland journey started in late 1955 by Landrover from the English Channel to Singapore by a group of Cambridge students.

 

[DNO]

A Reckoning for Kings by Chris Bunch and Allan Coe. My favourite novel dealing with the Vietnam war.

 

[Talbot]

Sunderland over Far-Eastern Seas:An RAF Flying Boat Navigator's Story by Group Captain Derek K Empson MBE


Interesting procedural about flying boat operations post war to the early 50's

 

[DavidJones]

"The Gun" by C.J. Chivers. I really enjoyed this book, which tells the history of how the Ak-47 assault came about. The book then goes on to tell the history of the weapon in conflicts around the world up into modern times.

 

[Harp]

"The Gun" ... tells the history of how the Ak-47 assault came about...
...of the weapon in conflicts around the world up into modern times.

Lucifier himself carries the AK-47.
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The Country of the Pointed Firs,Sarah Orne Jewett

A lovely mosaic of nineteenth century coastal Maine, "where lives are molded by the long Maine winters,
by the surrounding rock-filled fields, and by strong, resourceful women."

 

[jamespowers]

Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque

"It is 1939, and, despite having no permission to perform surgery, Ravic, a very accomplished German surgeon and a stateless refugee living in Paris, has been ghost-operating on patients for two years on the behalf of two less skillful French physicians.

Unwilling to return to Nazi Germany, which has stripped him of his citizenship, and unable to legally exist anywhere else in pre-war western Europe, Ravic manages to hang on. He is one of many displaced persons without passports or any other documents, who live under a constant threat of being captured and deported from one country to the next, and back again.
Though Ravic has given up on the possibility of love, life has a curious way of taking a turn for the romantic, even during the worst of times, as he cautiously befriends an actress."

Dark and very Noir.

 

[Harp]

Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom

 

[babygirl...]

I haven't went back to see if anyone has brought up this book before like I probably should have but... anyway,,"The Shack" was honestly a life changing read for me..I'm am currently seeking a book of interest as we speak. Really enjoying this thread dedicated to us book worms! I will share my findings here when I have made my final reading material decision..

 

[cw3pa]

Finished "Messenger"; a Longmire short story on Kindle only. Helps flesh out the Longmire saga and explains a bit of Cheyenne lore.

 

[Nobert]

Currently plowing my way through some Coronet magazines I picked up in an antique store. So far I've learned how to avoid photography studio scams, ten ways to get a raise at the office, and the secret of Clark Gable's staying power as a Hollywood star.

 

[babygirl...]

The Golden Journey by Agnes Turnbull! Found a hardcopy at the thrift store for 2 bucks. Cool thing is the original owner signed her name and dated it 1956..!

 

[Wally_Hood]

My traditional Christmas season kick-off of Peter Spiers' Christmas!, a book without words, but not a kid's book at all.
Followed by Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter by Edward Streeter. This year I'm reading it aloud with my wife.
And here and there, as time permits, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

 

[Historyteach24]

I am reading Tried by war: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James McPherson
My Christmas book is In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd

 

[Harp]

The Art of Reading Rosemarie Waldrop, Susannah Lawrence; "The Literary Life," Poets&Writers Sept/Oct 2013 issue.

Love finding a new poet. Feels like being a freshman again.

 

[Sylvesterd]

Just finished Tarzan. Now onto The Return of Tarzan. American Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote a series of books involving the character of Tarzan. Very interesting. I remember watching the old Tarzan played by Johnny Weismuller on Saturday afternoons in the early 80s. The character of Tarzan in the series is much more than the movies where he basically grunts and says Me Tarzan You Jane.


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[Sylvesterd]

However will take time out on Christmas eve and Day to read A Christmas Carol


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[commercecomet536]

Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom

I love Milton Friedman. I picked up Free to Choose