I know it's Michael Crichton, but I wish he would have left out the chapter about the kraken. Other than that, it was a really great read.
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I know it's Michael Crichton, but I wish he would have left out the chapter about the kraken. Other than that, it was a really great read.
The Rise of a D-list Supervillain. It's pretty good if you like scifi pop-culture, sarcasm and dark humour.
Kilroy6644
Smoking a corn dog in aviators and a top hat
I wasn't too keen on that part either.
I have restarted reading Peter Benchley's The Island.
shavefan
I’m not a fan
Just starting Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning
Victor Hugo - Les Misérables
Robert Jordan
The Wheel Of Time
Book 1. Eye of the World
2nd time through this series
The Wheel Of Time
Book 1. Eye of the World
2nd time through this series
Almost a Miracle. About the American Revolution. A good read.
Interesting read so far.
This book, first published in 1926, concerns a group of disillusioned American expatriates living in Paris in the 1920s and living a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle. The American journalist Jake and his friends spend the time at cafes. He has a special interest in his ex-fiance Lady Ashley and they take a vacation in Pamplona to watch the bull-fights.
Even though this book was written in the 'first-person' and prose of the times and no doubt there are passages in a negative bigoted and prejudicial (besides many cigar [and cigarette] references...sweet), 'theme', but in maintaining a nuanced understanding...it was and still is a great book to read.
The Two Towers
Although there are many great books, I'm re-reading "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway.
This book, first published in 1926, concerns a group of disillusioned American expatriates living in Paris in the 1920s and living a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle. The American journalist Jake and his friends spend the time at cafes. He has a special interest in his ex-fiance Lady Ashley and they take a vacation in Pamplona to watch the bull-fights.
Even though this book was written in the 'first-person' and prose of the times and no doubt there are passages in a negative bigoted and prejudicial (besides many cigar [and cigarette] references...sweet), 'theme', but in maintaining a nuanced understanding...it was and still is a great book to read.
"Some books leave us free and some makes us free". Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of my all time favorites and the one that ignited my Hemingway passion as a young man.
I recently finished 12 Years A Slave, about to start Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. I was going to start on Guns, Germs & Steel but I appear to have lost the book.
I really enjoyed Meditations...it's one I'll go back to from time to time.
Coach:
Thanx for the
Keeping it 'interesante', I find that each time you re-reading books...it puts you deeper in a frame of mind in understanding that 'you were there'....and a part of the drama / fiction that the story presets.
Also, I too have read all his books, but for reasons in my previous post.. l always find myself 'drawn' towards this
particular novel.
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About to start Louis Theroux’s “The Call Of The Weird”. I like Louis as a documentary maker and interviewer so I am looking forward to reading this book.
On my library list for this weekend:
Handwriting; everyman's craft, by Graily Hewitt.
Senso: Japanese memoirs of the Pacific War
Recipes and reminiscences of New Orleans / [by] The Ursuline Academy Cooperative Club.
Roadside food : good home-style cooking across America
The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South / Michael W. Twitty
Appalachian home cooking : history, culture, and recipes / Mark F. Sohn.
Handwriting; everyman's craft, by Graily Hewitt.
Senso: Japanese memoirs of the Pacific War
Recipes and reminiscences of New Orleans / [by] The Ursuline Academy Cooperative Club.
Roadside food : good home-style cooking across America
The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South / Michael W. Twitty
Appalachian home cooking : history, culture, and recipes / Mark F. Sohn.
Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi. A captivating portrait of his time living with the peasants of Southern Italy as a political prisoner of the Fascisti.
I received in the mail and started reading The Coin Box - Legacy of a Circuit Rider by Doug Radke.
I actually served as a historical/technical advisor to the author. It's pretty cool to be mentioned right out of the gate in the acknowledgments.
I actually served as a historical/technical advisor to the author. It's pretty cool to be mentioned right out of the gate in the acknowledgments.
Currently reading Ian Rankin's Exit Music.
Just finished David Baldacci's Memory Man.
Just finished David Baldacci's Memory Man.
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