What are you reading Chapter 4

[biguglyman]

Just finished the first two books in Peter F. Hamilton's latest sci-fi trilogy. I have the third book pre-ordered. It's set to land mid-November. He's by far my favorite contemporary speculative fiction author. His "Night's Dawn" trilogy is amazing stuff. In the meantime, it's James Patterson (Alex Cross).

 

[HubbardsFate]

I've been slogging my way through Hugh Howey's Wool.

Apparently Ridley Scott has picked up the film rights to this book, but so far I have no idea why. I think I'm about 50 pages in, and it's starting to get a bit more interesting, but for the most part it's been as compelling as watching paint dry.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

 

[Eli_Kyiv]

Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge

 

[bobyoung53]

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That sounds like a good book, there was a Jesuit priest in my area who had been sober in AA for over 40 years when he died, he wrote a few books in his time. I just bought A Saint and Sinner for my Kindle.

 

[the harp unstrung]

I kinda-sorta fancy myself as a student of WWII...blame that on Sgt. Saunders.

One of the first ‘grown up’ books I remember reading is Guadalcanal Diary. I remember thinking ‘I want to believe that if I was there, I could be That tough, That self-sacrificing, That heroic (as I understood ‘heroic’ as a 10 year old)...but I could never be That guy!

I picked this book up at the thrift store for a dollar...and that makes perfect sense.

I imagine that some unsuspecting dolt, like me, thought they might learn something interesting, only to open it, read the first few stanzas, and feel the NEED to get it out of their home, like a big, dead rat laying in the middle of their kitchen floor.

The pictures across the bottom of the cover should have been my first clue.

This is the deepest dive into anti-Semitism I’ve ever taken...and it shook me!

Everything, from the Boer War to the pair of European World Wars, to Every socialist uprising around the world for the last century and a half, to the creation of Israel, is the Direct Result of one Jewish family in America, and their fellow travelers!

I got about 25% of the way through it.

I have Never considered burning a book, but I’d feel guilty if any Other dolt like me picked it up, for a dollar, at the thrift store...so, I think I’ll just bury it in the back of the shed, and hope that the wildlife will tear it apart and use it to line their nests.

 

[bobyoung53]

I kinda-sorta fancy myself as a student of WWII...blame that on Sgt. Saunders.

One of the first ‘grown up’ books I remember reading is Guadalcanal Diary. I remember thinking ‘I want to believe that if I was there, I could be That tough, That self-sacrificing, That heroic (as I understood ‘heroic’ as a 10 year old)...but I could never be That guy!

I picked this book up at the thrift store for a dollar...and that makes perfect sense.

I imagine that some unsuspecting dolt, like me, thought they might learn something interesting, only to open it, read the first few stanzas, and feel the NEED to get it out of their home, like a big, dead rat laying in the middle of their kitchen floor.

The pictures across the bottom of the cover should have been my first clue.

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This is the deepest dive into anti-Semitism I’ve ever taken...and it shook me!

Everything, from the Boer War to the pair of European World Wars, to Every socialist uprising around the world for the last century and a half, to the creation of Israel, is the Direct Result of one Jewish family in America, and their fellow travelers!

I got about 25% of the way through it.

I have Never considered burning a book, but I’d feel guilty if any Other dolt like me picked it up, for a dollar, at the thrift store...so, I think I’ll just bury it in the back of the shed, and hope that the wildlife will tear it apart and use it to line their nests.

I think "The truth they never taught about WW2" May have been a giveaway too. Banned by Amazon, too. That book screams "nutcase conspiracy theory book".

 

[Oddly]

Almost finished Carl Hiassen's latest about every-day Florida life...
I'm a big fan of his books and this didn't disappoint at all...
Very topical too, with Covid references, a most unflattering portrait of the current president, and of course, Carl's pet topic, the ruination of Florida's ecosystem by development.

 

[Hot Rats]

I'm trying to read James Baldwin now... he seems to have a little more edge to his writings than Dr King. We shall see.

 

[RayWithFlats]

Just finished Artemis by Andy Weir today. Good fun if you’re fine with the science stuff (nothing too demanding but there’s quite a lot of it).

 

[slobake]

I kinda-sorta fancy myself as a student of WWII...blame that on Sgt. Saunders.

One of the first ‘grown up’ books I remember reading is Guadalcanal Diary. I remember thinking ‘I want to believe that if I was there, I could be That tough, That self-sacrificing, That heroic (as I understood ‘heroic’ as a 10 year old)...but I could never be That guy!

I picked this book up at the thrift store for a dollar...and that makes perfect sense.

I imagine that some unsuspecting dolt, like me, thought they might learn something interesting, only to open it, read the first few stanzas, and feel the NEED to get it out of their home, like a big, dead rat laying in the middle of their kitchen floor.

The pictures across the bottom of the cover should have been my first clue.

View attachment 4045498

This is the deepest dive into anti-Semitism I’ve ever taken...and it shook me!

Everything, from the Boer War to the pair of European World Wars, to Every socialist uprising around the world for the last century and a half, to the creation of Israel, is the Direct Result of one Jewish family in America, and their fellow travelers!

I got about 25% of the way through it.

I have Never considered burning a book, but I’d feel guilty if any Other dolt like me picked it up, for a dollar, at the thrift store...so, I think I’ll just bury it in the back of the shed, and hope that the wildlife will tear it apart and use it to line their nests.

Do you have a pet bird or hamster? Maybe you could use it to line the bottom of their cage.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I was just thinking, I don't recall anyone ever commenting on stuff I post in this thread, but I'll give it one last shot:

I'm still not that far into it, but it's interesting, learning how each of them got started, & how Mitzi Shore was.
A great follow up to the series of the same name that I watched on Showtime.

 

[the harp unstrung]

Do you have a pet bird or hamster? Maybe you could use it to line the bottom of their cage.

No...no hamster, no bird, no mink...

I’m thinking more of the sense of poetic justice, poetic balance, if I leave it out near the compost pile to be torn up by a mole,
or raccoon, or a RAT.

 

[Eli_Kyiv]

I have Never considered burning a book, but I’d feel guilty if any Other dolt like me picked it up, for a dollar, at the thrift store...so, I think I’ll just bury it in the back of the shed, and hope that the wildlife will tear it apart and use it to line their nests.

I spent the first half of my life in a country where toilet paper was not sold freely, so I would know what to do with such a book.

 

[the harp unstrung]

 

[bobyoung53]

Do you have a pet bird or hamster? Maybe you could use it to line the bottom of their cage.

The stench would probably kill the poor animals.

 

[DirtDog]

 

[bobyoung53]

I was just thinking, I don't recall anyone ever commenting on stuff I post in this thread, but I'll give it one last shot:

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I'm still not that far into it, but it's interesting, learning how each of them got started, & how Mitzi Shore was.
A great follow up to the series of the same name that I watched on Showtime.

I read that, great book. and another good one if you like comedians:

 

[ArtGuy9516]

Battle Ground—Jim Butcher

 

[bobyoung53]