what are you reading?

Most of them have numbers like this: 0123456789

A friend of mine got these.

I swear, you'll end up with more real education after rolling through this collection than if you got a degree at Harvard.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Books_of_the_Western_World


Disclaimer: These volumes will not get you the same level of money and access as a Harvard degree.

Big Cats: Facing Britain's Wild Predators by Rick Minter
20,000 Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

The underground railroad - Colson Whitehead

it's one of those books that make you want to twist someone's neck

I've been reading David Baldacci and John Grisham lately.

They're really good authors. And you can set the book down for a few days or weeks and start back in really easily as the story lines aren't super complicated...

Been rereading his Charlotte's Web with a younger child=)... Memories...

I am reading a book about salt and how it has effected human history. It is called Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky. He has organized it by regions around the world rather than by writing a linear history. I'm not sure if it is better organized this way, or not. Salt was really important to past civilizations.

The Miracle at St. Bruno's by Phillipa Carr. It is a fluffy historical romance set during Henry VIII's reign, and is light reading.

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. A fiction story based in WWII Germany and France, told from the alternating perspectives of a blind French woman and a gifted German man

"Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes"
by Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein

Just finished reading Six Nuns and a Shotgun- a silly mystery. Started reading The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler.

I finished reading The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by Robert Payne. I learned some things I did not know. I started reading Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier. It is not as good as her other books and stories. It lacks atmosphere. The book is about her great grandmother who was a courtesan to the Duke of York during the Napoleonic wars. She got in trouble for taking money from soldiers and officers who wanted preferment. I think part of the problem with the book is du Maurier is attempting to paint her great grandmother as a victim and put her in a very sympathetic light, and it just doesn’t ring true. It seems to me the lady knew that she was doing something unethical, if not illegal, by taking bribes.

I have actually read a novel by Daphne du Maurier but it has been too many years to remember what the title was. Read some Agatha Christie too. Currently my favorite author is David Baldacci, but also have read many books by Clive Cussler and James Patterson. I have read the entire series of the Rabbi books by Harry Kemelman. Read a lot of Robert Ludlum also. My mother encouraged me to read when I was very young and that was a good thing on her part. I estimate that I have read over a 1000 books, mostly fiction but occasional non-fiction depending on the topic and author. Reading is one of life's simple pleasures and you might learn something as well. I certainly have.

just starting Malachi once again...

'just a share',

we're done with 'man's earthly 'words-entertainment', they filled our heads and emotions
to the bursting point - I never thought this would happen, since being such an
avid reader from youth - but, for us, Christ drew the line to be His choice of what He
wants inside and we happily accepted this great challenge -
and it was and is a great relief, never again having a desire to search or escape
into anyone else's head, except Jesus', where He leads us - He took that old drive away,
it was a great burden,
remember, this is about us - it has been quite the learning experience...
He's been washing and rinsing for quite a while now: the worst of the novels were the
'horror and catch the killer and cop books- fantasy' - same with movies', tv', the desire and need
are just not there...
I haven't gotten everything back from the cleaners yet', but working on it...

one of the things that I have learned from this experience was, what I really missed,
for years and years while my head and body and emotions were stuck in a worldly book...
again, just 'sharing-not judging'...

we love/play good music, especially the really beautiful songs that glorify our Saviour,
hub has written quite a few...

are there other's here who have left that part of the world behind?

Since posting, I’ve finished Mary Ann. I have read Only a Gringo Would Die for an Anteater and Blaze of Glory. Now I am reading a biography of Samuel Pepys.

I have read a number of Du Maurier’s works. Her most famous is probably Rebecca. Her short stories are better than her novels, in my opinion. Two of her short stories were made into movies “The Birds” and “Don’t Look Back”. The Birds does not resemble the story very much, but Hitchcock was not one to respect source material.

Fortunately, Selznick forced Hitchcock to adhere closely to Rebecca when making the film. Selznick was a purist, and understood that fans of a book want to see the book, without unnecessary emendations.

I have read quite a few Christie books. I think she was not great at character development, puzzling plots were her forte.

I have not read very many contemporary books. My cut off date is generally 1970, lol.

Reading has been my lifelong joy. It is the only real time machine.