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What have you been reading?
April 10, 2025, 11:31 AM
TMatsWhat have you been reading?
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Originally posted by AUTiger89:
Continuing with the classics, just started The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Interesting look at the Gilded Age; the writing is slightly above my reading level, so I have to really pay attention. The author is very verbose in his descriptions. I haven't seen either of the movies based on the book, but probably will after reading it.
Me too. Almost done with
The Alchemist, Paul Coelho.
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April 14, 2025, 07:34 PM
P250UA5quote:
Originally posted by P250UA5:
Finished another couple Bosch books.
Re-Reading Leviathan Wakes while waiting on the library to get the next couple A Darkness More Than Night & City of Bones
Halfway through ADMYL, a different pace/direction with it not being Bosch-centric & flipping back/forth between Bosch & McCaleb
The Enemy's gate is down. May 03, 2025, 08:43 AM
AUTiger89Finished
The Great Gatsby. Started off slowly - I kept thinking "Why am I reading this?", but after the first of many twists, I started to get more engaged. It turned out a far different book than I thought it would be. In the end, I'm glad I read it. I watched the Redford movie, with a very young Sam Waterston as Nick, and it followed the book pretty closely. I plan on watching 2 other versions as well.
There was an interesting documentary on Amazon Prime called
Gatsby In Connecticut that discussed F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald, and where the settings in
Gatsby were based.
I'm reading a short story now by Lawrence Block, author of the Matt Scudder series, from his collection
Enough Rope. Most of the ones I've read have been very good; I read one or two when I need a palate cleanser in between books.
Next, I'm probably reading
Feasts Of The Lord about the feasts God directed to be celebrated by the Israelites. I've wanted to read it for years.
Phone's ringing, Dude. May 03, 2025, 09:36 AM
P250UA5Finished
City of BonesOn to
Lost LightHave
The Narrows [next Bosch in series] and
The Poet [parallel, related to A Darkness More then Night] on hold
The Enemy's gate is down. May 04, 2025, 04:12 AM
sgalczynAuthor William R. Forstchen's bestselling novel "One Second After" – which imagines the devastating effects of an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) strike on the United States – is being adapted into a feature film.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nuc...s-invisible-lifelineI hope they keep it true to form ala Tom Clancy. I know the book haunted my thoughts long after reading it................
"No matter where you go - there you are"
May 04, 2025, 08:41 AM
apprenticeby Ervin Laszlo.
Started watching 'Eureka' again a while ago, and this book was in the opening scene. Figured it was just as good a way as any to pick a next book to read.
May 04, 2025, 08:55 AM
AUTiger89I realized last night what my issue with the book is - the pacing in the first half is too slow, and the pacing in the last half was too fast.
quote:
Originally posted by AUTiger89:
Finished The Great Gatsby. Started off slowly - I kept thinking "Why am I reading this?", but after the first of many twists, I started to get more engaged. It turned out a far different book than I thought it would be. In the end, I'm glad I read it. I watched the Redford movie, with a very young Sam Waterston as Nick, and it followed the book pretty closely. I plan on watching 2 other versions as well.
There was an interesting documentary on Amazon Prime called Gatsby In Connecticut that discussed F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald, and where the settings in Gatsby were based.
I'm reading a short story now by Lawrence Block, author of the Matt Scudder series, from his collection Enough Rope. Most of the ones I've read have been very good; I read one or two when I need a palate cleanser in between books.
Next, I'm probably reading Feasts Of The Lord about the feasts God directed to be celebrated by the Israelites. I've wanted to read it for years.
Phone's ringing, Dude. May 04, 2025, 10:49 AM
k5blazerElon Musk by Walter Isaacson. Very complex, driven and interesting man.
May 05, 2025, 10:44 PM
sjtillI just finished reading two WW II military historical fiction novels by P.T. Deuetermann:
-Iwo, Twenty-Six Charlie: a naval officer at the Iwo Jima invasion ends up on the front line as an artillery spotter. Describes some of the horrors faced by Marines on Iwo; but E.B. Sledge’s
With the Old Breed is closer to the really horrendous grit of hand-to-hand combat with Japanese.
—The Holligans: a naval surgeon at Guadalcanal gets assigned to a PT Boat squadron; has many medical adventures and military misadventures. As a physician, pretty good description of surgeons’ work in extreme circumstances.
His novels are more realistic, less formulaic than some well-known authors such as WEB Griffin.
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May 12, 2025, 06:22 PM
V-TailAuthor Carl Hiaasen wrote a book, featuring a SIGforum member.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים May 12, 2025, 06:26 PM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by sjtill:
The Holligans
Hooligans?
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים May 15, 2025, 11:53 AM
UTsig"Dreamland" by Sam Quinones, the story of opiates and heroin. I didn't realize what a sheltered life I'd led since 2000. For years I worked in Newark, NJ and dealt with the drug problem. About then opiates were taking hold in the mid-west and black tar heroin was coming in. This book does a very good job of chronicling the issue. He's written a follow up book on Fentanyl, I have that on my library hold list.
"Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea.
May 15, 2025, 02:26 PM
P250UA5quote:
Originally posted by P250UA5:
Have The Narrows [next Bosch in series] and The Poet [parallel, related to A Darkness More then Night] on hold
Nearly done with
The Poet, and picked up
Blood Work next.
The Narrows still on the waitlist.
The Enemy's gate is down. May 15, 2025, 07:52 PM
Appliance BradMy wife gave me the next Hunger Games prequel Sunrise at the Reaping. Ms. Collins just continues to make strong arguments as to why we have the Second Amendment.
It's easy juvenile fiction but so far pretty good.
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