The one I read most recently and enjoyed greatly was “The Sun Also Rises”. Actually I like all of them. You may want to put a brown paper cover on it because Hemingway is considered too masculine and politically incorrect now. When you read it, give Jake my regards.
Old Man and the Sea is a must if you’ll be at the beach.
The one I read most recently and enjoyed greatly was “The Sun Also Rises”. Actually I like all of them. You may want to put a brown paper cover on it because Hemingway is considered too masculine and politically incorrect now. When you read it, give Jake my regards.
I recommend subscribing to Bookbub. You get periodic e-mails from them with e-book recommendations, and the books are usually a buck or two. Most of the titles are fairly current too.
A great book and if you like that and aviation you need to read I Could Never be so Lucky Again, by General James Doolittle.
I get many great digital books through my library for free. I have them sent directly to my Kindle Oasis. I also find some good ones with prime reading, and the kindle owners library as well. I rarely need to purchase books now since many libraries have really increased and expanded their digital lending library selections. Sometimes I just have to wait a little while patiently on a waiting list.
Jim - it's been a while since I got on their e-mail list, but I seem to recall picking which category of books I was interested in. A lot of the recommendations I get are crap, but a lot have been great. I've probably purchase about a dozen fantastic books for a couple of bucks each.
Thanks for the recommendation, sir ... will certainly look into Doolittle’s bio.
That's really too bad because it's a great resource. Amazon prime is good, but very limited, and I tried the unlimited service they have, but also doesn't have a lot of the more popular authors. I guess you've already checked if the library uses the Overdrive app.?, That's what I use to access the library catalog. My library has epub format also, and I also enjoy audio books, which libraries have also.
I enjoyed it a lot, but I haven't read anything else by Salman Rushdie, so I can't compare. I'm now on The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. The war parts (troop movements, artillery placements, supply lines, etc. in the Mexican-American and Civil Wars) get a little dry and hard to follow without knowing the geography, but the other parts are very interesting. A lot to say about the culture and politics of the time. I suppose I should get a map out while reading.
