The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Up next: THe Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter "A novel of the Revolutionary War" by the ex-Prez
The Jester by James Patterson
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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Up next: THe Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter "A novel of the Revolutionary War" by the ex-Prez
The Jester by James Patterson
"The Godfather" by Mario Puzo. Had never read the book (it's great--better than the movie, which is so often the case).
Up next: "Rat Pack Confidential" about Frank, Dean, Sammy, et al. Vegas like it used to be.
Moo
Just finished "The ministry of fear" by Graham Greene, now starting "Accelarando" by Charles Stross.
Check out OMerta pretty good book alsoQuote:
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1776 is a good read.Quote:
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-Mike
Just finished "A Million Little Pieces", by James Frey. Sensationalistic, contrived, stylistic to the point of gimmicky. Typical Oprah endorsement. Don't waste your money.
I'm still reading my Jaguar Service Manual....
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Whoops! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060109/...isputed_memoir
This figures. Also in the book he describes a character addicted to Quaaludes. My math puts the story at around 1992. 'ludes were taken off the market in the US in 1982.
I have had 4 books going at the same time for the last couple of months (short attention span). All of these are Biographies or Autobiography- Clint Eastwood, Merle Haggard (My House of Memories), Johnny Cash (The Man Called...) and The Ramones (Story of...)
NOTAMs
Clapton's Guitar by Allen St.John.
It's about Wayne Henderson (musician/guitar maker) making a guitar for Clapton. Interesting read for any guitar players.
Whiteout, by Ken Follett
Lies your Teacher Told You.
Great book.Quote:
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I'm reading " 'tis " by Frank McCourt, great book...not quite as depressing as "Angela's Ashes."
Also reading "The Friends of Pancho Villa" by James Carlos Blake, a fun historical fiction.
Two bathrooms in the house, two books!:smiley9:
Jarhead by Anthony Swofford. Was an impulse buy while I was at WalMart, had seen the movie so I figured I would read it. Much better than the film. Was a good movie though.
Bumpin' this one more time.
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And finally, author confesses, Oprah apologizes.Quote:
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060126/en_nm/frey_dc
How is that? I met him last year and keep meaning to order his book off amazon.Quote:
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I thought the same things after I read the book. I told my wife how so much of it was unbelievable and seemed far from the truth.Quote:
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Bumpin the dust of this thread.
Just finished Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides.
Next up is Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell.
On deck after that is Ghost Soldiers also by Hampton Sides