What book are you reading right now?
Posted by: Chillkram on 23 May 2010
I am currently reading Suetonius, 'The Twelve Caesars'.
How about you?
This is a terrific retelling of a familiar story. Fast paced and beautifully worded, as always with Harris's writing.
Dan.S posted:
Some more classic stuff.
An astonishing retelling of twentieth-century history from the Ottoman perspective, delivering profound new insights into World War I and the contemporary Middle East.
I went to business school with Hannah. Great to see her doing so well.
An academic tome, but very readable, and some very interesting insights into the punk era:
steve
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This just begs to become a movie someday.
We bought the 111 Places for San Francisco and decided to try this one. Worth a look. They have them for New York City and several places over your way, including London, etc. http://www.111places.com
A change of heart, I put down the unfinished William Boyd in favor of Anthony Doerr's book. I read previously his collection of short stories "Memory Wall" and liked his style of writing a lot.
CITATION
A blind French girl and an orphaned Nazi conscript anchor Anthony Doerr’s sweeping novel of German occupation. Intricately interlocking sections begin to fall, like tumblers, into place as the novel progresses, while larger themes of loss and isolation play out upon characters’ fixations with radio waves, locksmithing, gemology, and shell collecting. Part historical fiction, part fable, part cabinet of curiosities, All the Light We Cannot See builds its own rare and fabulous world.
“An illuminating, deeply reported account from one of the best journalists writing about the Middle East today. Jay Solomon’s The Iran Wars offers a front-row view of the spy games, assassinations, political intrigue and high-stakes diplomacy that have defined relations with one of America’s most cunning and dangerous foes.”—Joby Warrick, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
Bought this on a whim at a used book store for $4 hardback - now reading reviews it has been pointed out to be sloppy and somewhat inaccurate (basic factual errors often dealing with song titles and where songs appear on albums, etc - things that are easily vetted).
I'll finish it, but with a jaundiced eye the rest of the way. Not recommended.
It is truly heartening to see a quirky tome like this wonderful book become a bestseller:
"The US is one of the largest democracies in the world - or is it? America is experiencing an age of profound economic inequality. Employee protections have been decimated, and state welfare is virtually non-existent, while hedge-fund billionaires are grossly under-taxed and big businesses make astounding profits at the expense of the environment and of their workers. How did this come about, and who are the driving forces behind it? In the powerful and meticulously researched work of investigative journalism, New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer exposes the network of billionaires trying to buy the US electoral system - and succeeding."
Paper Plane posted:
steve
I really enjoyed this book when I read it many years ago. The treatment they had for an eye infection particularly sticks in the mind!
Just started to read this
Downloaded a 30 day free trial of the software, so need to get through this, because at the moment I'm pretty clueless about how to use this !
Fascinating history of the great old news agency:
Can't beat a bit of zombie apocalypse! Reading the book before watching the film and its vey good.