What book are you reading right now?

And now just started the 4th in the series - very nice...

I think I'd put Baldacci alongside the likes of Jack Higgins and Clive Cussler. Reasonably well written, easy reading flummery for which a massive suspension of disbelief  is necessary!!

Timmo1341 posted:

I think I'd put Baldacci alongside the likes of Jack Higgins and Clive Cussler. Reasonably well written, easy reading flummery for which a massive suspension of disbelief  is necessary!!

There is a moment for every form of reading. There are days for literature and days for just focusing your mind on something else. 

Just beginning:

"A stunning look at World War II from the other side...

From the turret of a German tank, Colonel Hans von Luck commanded Rommel's 7th and then 21st Panzer Division. El Alamein, Kasserine Pass, Poland, Belgium, Normandy on D-Day, the disastrous Russian front--von Luck fought there with some of the best soldiers in the world. German soldiers.

Awarded the German Cross in Gold and the Knight's Cross, von Luck writes as an officer and a gentleman. Told with the vivid detail of an impassioned eyewitness, his rare and moving memoir has become a classic in the literature of World War II, a first-person chronicle of the glory--and the inevitable tragedy--of a superb soldier fighting Hitler's war."

Bert Schurink posted:

Might give this one a try Bert.

I'm currently on the fourth book in Ken Follet's Kingsbridge series - 

Ken Follet's got a very simple, clear writing style, some would call it simplistic. But he's a superb storyteller, and his books are all meticulously researched. This, like all others of his I've read, is hugely enjoyable. If you've not read "The Pillars Of The Earth" I can heartily recommend it.

tonym posted:

Bert Schurink posted:

Might give this one a try Bert.

I'm currently on the fourth book in Ken Follet's Kingsbridge series - 

Ken Follet's got a very simple, clear writing style, some would call it simplistic. But he's a superb storyteller, and his books are all meticulously researched. This, like all others of his I've read, is hugely enjoyable. If you've not read "The Pillars Of The Earth" I can heartily recommend it.

Thanks for the recommendation. I already have this one on my Kindle and it’s next up when I finish the King and Maxwell series together with Dan Browns new one. I love Ken Follet and by the way still have to kill the other series of books (3000 pages which I started but didn’t finish due to the passing of my father years ago)...

Bert Schurink posted:

Timmo1341 posted:

I think I'd put Baldacci alongside the likes of Jack Higgins and Clive Cussler. Reasonably well written, easy reading flummery for which a massive suspension of disbelief  is necessary!!

There is a moment for every form of reading. There are days for literature and days for just focusing your mind on something else. 

Don't take it the wrong way, Bert. I enjoy easy reading as much as the next person. I'm working my way through Rory Clements' 'John Shakespeare' series at the moment. Quite compulsive, page turning pap!! 

Giles French  -  "Cattle Country Of Peter French"   a book about the history of 1870's southeastern Oregon and the Steens Mountains area

A fascinating book, a 1951 edition with excellent illustrations.

Read only the first story so far, but still am wondering what brought this guy to the Nobel prize.

Just finished this. An interesting insight into Springsteen's mind and music. Very enjoyable.

     Not so much reading, more re-engaging with the visual metaphors.

Xmas gift 3 years ago and haven't read it yet, most books with pictures like my school history/science books I'd go thru  them the first night.  This one I have lots of early jazz on vinyl and CD to savor the period and music.

"Devil's Bargain:  Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and The Storming Of The Presidency"  by Joshua Green

Oops didn't include the book, lots of great pics from Ken Burns Jazz series. 

Not reading but listening to Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male on Radio 4 Extra. It's a cracking thriller, despite its age and has some fascinating philosophical asides in it.

steve

Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond - William Dalrymple and Anita Anand.

I started this book a while back but have been so busy with work that haven't had a chance to pick it up again but I did so last night and it is an excellent read.

A very impressive book

No book, actually. I was searching for a few posts of mine I penned yesterday and today, but they have suddenly disappeared from the relative thread. So I could say I'm reading nothing presently. Safe the few lines I have just written.

A re-read after about 40 years.

steve

Anna Quindlen  - "Living Out Loud"  essays written for the New York Times when the author was experiencing the decade of her thirties as wife, mother, and columnist.  Probably the tenth time I have reread this heartwarming book.

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