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Never ventured over to the CE board so I would never have seen the previous thread.There is a pinned thread on the CE Board that does this but I can understand if someone does not want to venture over there. LOL
That being said this is usually what I throw out there for a quick, easy and interesting beach read:
David Brinkley shares his recollections of how Washington DC transformed from a sleepy little southern town at the beginning of WWII to what we know it as today.
Good grief, you never read these two? You have no culture!I've been trying to read books I didn't read when I was supposed to. Mostly I'm remembering why I didn't read them in the first place. But here's the recent list:
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald First three or four pages (until he gets into the story) are just awful. After that, it's not a bad story, but not great and the ending is as contrived as anything I've ever read. Fun Fact: Fitzgerald's full name was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (guy who wrote the words for the national anthem).
A Farewell to Arms Hemingway Just about 2/3 of the way through this and I'm enjoying it.
Good Point! People should definitely buy both of the books below, and also give away many as gifts!
Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees was interesting but sad. Like many in the Seattle music scene, Lanegan was a heroin addict. The band dynamics and stories about other bands and musicians made it a good read.Heading down the shore for a much needed family vacation. Looking for a few good books to read on the beach. I am open to anything. I just finished David Wrights Autobiography and now am reading Elton Johns. Thanks
“All the Light we cannot see” by Anthony Doerr. WW2 historical fiction. Very well done.
A book that came out in the 1990s that I read a long time ago, “The Fifties” by David Halberstam. Its a sweeping and very readable history of the 1950s. It focuses on the decade from a cultural, social and political basis and debunks many of the myths of that decade. It points out how many of the issues and trends that started during the 1950s were very connected to the upheaval of the 1960s. Also , more recently two very interesting and entertaining music memoirs , “My Cross To Bear” about the life of Gregg Allman and “Born To Run” by Bruce Springsteen. Two very illiminating portraits of very different but talented musicians. Both books are a lot of fun to read.
I will second Skillet's book - tremendously good read if you are even mildly interested in art history.
I finished "Killing the Mob" earlier this summer and found it just ok. Part of the problem for me was the book focused more on providing trivial details about a wide range of historical figures without much continuity in story line.I just finished "Killing the Rising Sun" by Bill O'Reilly. I learned more about WW2 in that book than any history class. I have enjoyed his other "Killing" books too.
I will have to ad this to my listJust finished "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir. If you liked "The Martian", you'll love this.
Did he push fake meat and preach about not eating real meat?Just finished “Spearhead” by Adam Makos. Follows the tankers of the 3rd Armored Division as they chased the Nazis from France to Germany. Excellent research and writing.
Also recently completed “How To Avoid a Climate Disaster” by Bill Gates. He does a good job of laying out what’s at stake and what is needed to get our Carbon emissions down to where we can limit further impacts. He stays away from politics. He points out a wide variety of innovations and development needed to get us there in a timeframe of a few decades. I came away from this book with a better understanding of the issue but with less optimism that it can be adequately addressed.
With this esteemed group, is the question, "Wrote any good books lately?". Been reading the "Comoran Strike" series by J.K. Rowling under a pseudonym. Good detective stories