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re: What are you reading?
Posted on 10/23/24 at 6:12 pm to biglego
Posted on 10/23/24 at 6:12 pm to biglego
I've been slowly reading biographies of each U.S. President. I'm up to #16, the big kahuna, the man about whom volumes of pages have been written. It was kind of hard to pick just one so I'm reading A. Lincoln:A Biography by Ronald C. White, Jr for an account of his early years and then when it gets to his presidential years, in tandem with this biography, I'm going to also read A Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. This may take longer than War and Peace.
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Posted on 10/24/24 at 7:24 pm to DustinBray
This was such a fun read. I bought the Sand Chronicles and look forward to that.
Posted on 10/25/24 at 9:25 am to LewDawg
Posted on 10/26/24 at 12:06 pm to BondJamesBond
Hellhound on His Trail - Hampton Sides
LOOT - Aaron Elkins
LOOT - Aaron Elkins
Posted on 10/26/24 at 1:53 pm to SW2SCLA
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Hellhound on His Trail - Hampton Sides
Pop in and let me know what you think of it.
Posted on 10/26/24 at 7:49 pm to Dubosed
Conclave by Robert Harris. Want to read it before I go see the movie.
Posted on 10/28/24 at 6:25 pm to Lawyered
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Pop in and let me know what you think of it.
Halfway through it. I already know more about the assassin than I previously did. I also wasn't surprised to find out Jesse Jackson is a bigger piece of shite than I thought he was already. The narrative is just as good as his Cooke book. It did take a little longer to get me hooked, but I'm in now and looking forward to the manhunt, which I have no previous knowledge about.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 8:58 am to SW2SCLA
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Halfway through it. I already know more about the assassin than I previously did. I also wasn't surprised to find out Jesse Jackson is a bigger piece of shite than I thought he was already. The narrative is just as good as his Cooke book. It did take a little longer to get me hooked, but I'm in now and looking forward to the manhunt, which I have no previous knowledge about.
Yeah this is exactly how I felt. I had no idea there was a manhunt. I thought they got him from his sniper nest in Memphis. I am glad you're enjoying it. I will keep it on my rec list for others.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 8:50 pm to Dubosed
The Emerald Mile, great book on The Grand Canyon and the rafting community. Kevin Fedarko
The Way of Perfection, a spiritual book by Teresa of Avila
The Way of Perfection, a spiritual book by Teresa of Avila
Posted on 10/30/24 at 11:44 am to ecb
Posted on 10/30/24 at 12:45 pm to LordSnow
The Trouble With Peace is pretty awesome imo.
Posted on 10/30/24 at 1:16 pm to iwyLSUiwy
That’s my favorite Stormlight. Some truly badass moments.
Posted on 10/31/24 at 1:53 pm to Esquire
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A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.
Posted on 11/5/24 at 6:38 am to Mikes My Tiger
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
Posted on 11/5/24 at 8:04 am to SW2SCLA
Demon of unrest- Larson
On deck is Hitlers people- Richard j evans new book.. I didn’t even know he had one out.. it was in the new section at the library.
( his third reich trilogy is my favorite on the subject and I could not recommend more for anyone interested in that as Nazi germany is my favorite period of history and I’ve read and listened to more books on it than any other timeframe )
On deck is Hitlers people- Richard j evans new book.. I didn’t even know he had one out.. it was in the new section at the library.
( his third reich trilogy is my favorite on the subject and I could not recommend more for anyone interested in that as Nazi germany is my favorite period of history and I’ve read and listened to more books on it than any other timeframe )
Posted on 11/5/24 at 10:44 am to Lawyered
Current: The Bear and the Dragon - Clancy
Up next: Red Sky Mourning - Carr
Can't finish the Le Carre Smiley/Karla trilogy for another 6 weeks until someone returns the other copy to the LibbyApp so I can check it out
Up next: Red Sky Mourning - Carr
Can't finish the Le Carre Smiley/Karla trilogy for another 6 weeks until someone returns the other copy to the LibbyApp so I can check it out
Posted on 11/5/24 at 4:32 pm to PikesPeak
Posted on 11/6/24 at 11:27 am to LordSnow
My wife found this on Kindle Unlimited and she liked it so I'm giving it a shot too. So far I like it.
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Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and August Poe run the most in-demand private investigation firm in New York City.
The three detectives make a formidable team, solving a series of seemingly impossible crimes which expose the dark underbelly of the city; from priceless art theft, a high-stakes kidnapping, and a decades-old unsolved murder, to a gruesome subterranean prison, and corruption and bribery at the highest levels of power.
But it's not long before their headline-grabbing breakthroughs, unconventional methods - and untraceable pasts - attract the attention of the NYPD and the FBI.
After all, it's no surprise that there's a mystery or two to unravel in the city that never sleeps . . . not least, who really are Holmes, Marple and Poe?
Posted on 11/6/24 at 12:52 pm to Dubosed
I’m reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig right now. It’s been really interesting so far—kind of a mix of fantasy and introspection. The whole idea of exploring alternate versions of your life is a cool concept, and it’s got me thinking about the choices I’ve made. If you like stories that make you reflect on life and your own path, it’s a pretty solid read.
Posted on 11/8/24 at 4:32 pm to tsmit44
The Spy and the Traitor - Ben MacIntyre, thanks to the folks in the cold war spy novel thread
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