Just finished a couple of good ones... First was Downfall by Richard Frank. It included some great source materials on the end of WWII with Japan and all of the information leading to the US dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. Instead of just presenting one side of things, they put materials out from both points of view and really offered a broad spectrum on the decision making process, and not just the decision. Great book.

 

Also Oklahoma City by Andrew Gumbel on the bombing of the Murrah Building. It really outlines the whole plot and trials, as well as a lot of what the federal government potentially left on the table in order to bury McVeigh and Nichols.

I am really enjoying Moby Duck. The story of 28,800 bath toys that fell overboard in the Pacific and where they would up. Part adventure story, part environmental warning.

I am really enjoying Moby Duck. The story of 28,800 bath toys that fell overboard in the Pacific and where they would up. Part adventure story, part environmental warning.

George Martin released another sample chapter from Winds of Winter

 

Arianne WoW Sample Chapter

Also Oklahoma City by Andrew Gumbel on the bombing of the Murrah Building. It really outlines the whole plot and trials, as well as a lot of what the federal government potentially left on the table in order to bury McVeigh and Nichols.

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Driving cross country from AZ to Chicago last summer, we side-tracked to the OKC Memorial. I remember exactly where I was when the bombing happened, but I never really followed the story afterward. Not sure why. I wasn't expecting much, but the Memorial is very well done, and worth the trip if it's not too far out of your way. The letters that were taped up to the walls around the Memorial were heartbreaking.

 

Back to books - I'm listening to 11/22/63 now (kills time while at work), and I'm near the end. Do we count listening to books as reading? So far, it has elements of what King does best, and some of what he does worst. I find his longer books a little slow to get going (100 pages) while he introduces characters, then they hit their stride hard and are great until just before the end. For whatever reason, I'm usually not too impressed with his endings on the long stuff. Hope this is different.

 

Read "Gone, Girl" recently and liked it quite a bit. Easy read with some twists that I didn't expect.

 

 

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Driving cross country from AZ to Chicago last summer, we side-tracked to the OKC Memorial. I remember exactly where I was when the bombing happened, but I never really followed the story afterward. Not sure why. I wasn't expecting much, but the Memorial is very well done, and worth the trip if it's not too far out of your way. The letters that were taped up to the walls around the Memorial were heartbreaking.

 

Back to books - I'm listening to 11/22/63 now (kills time while at work), and I'm near the end. Do we count listening to books as reading? So far, it has elements of what King does best, and some of what he does worst. I find his longer books a little slow to get going (100 pages) while he introduces characters, then they hit their stride hard and are great until just before the end. For whatever reason, I'm usually not too impressed with his endings on the long stuff. Hope this is different.

 

Read "Gone, Girl" recently and liked it quite a bit. Easy read with some twists that I didn't expect.

Absolutely. As a matter of fact, Stephen King wrote an article in EW a while back and talked about listening to books. He agreed that it is "reading" a book. I listen to probably 2 books a month driving to and from work. As far as 11/22/63, I thought it was one of King's best. And I liked the ending.

Absolutely. As a matter of fact, Stephen King wrote an article in EW a while back and talked about listening to books. He agreed that it is "reading" a book. I listen to probably 2 books a month driving to and from work. As far as 11/22/63, I thought it was one of King's best. And I liked the ending.

 

That book was one of the best I have read in years and years.

Absolutely. As a matter of fact, Stephen King wrote an article in EW a while back and talked about listening to books. He agreed that it is "reading" a book. I listen to probably 2 books a month driving to and from work. As far as 11/22/63, I thought it was one of King's best. And I liked the ending.

 

Got it for X-mas. Didn't know it was so big. Having trouble picking it up. Will probably start it on one of my train rides after I am done with the Dream Team.

Got it for X-mas. Didn't know it was so big. Having trouble picking it up. Will probably start it on one of my train rides after I am done with the Dream Team.

 

You won't be able to put it down for the last few hundred pages.

World War Z was much better as an audiobook--it was told in an oral history style with a full cast of voice actors.

World War Z was much better as an audiobook--it was told in an oral history style with a full cast of voice actors.

Hmm. That sounds interesting. Maybe I'll give it an another try this way.

World War Z audiobook was great. Lot's of cool people on it.

 

Alan Alda

Carl Reiner

Mark Hamill

Henry Rollins

John Turturro

Rob Reiner

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Two classes this semester, Literary Theories and Topics in Lit History (Women Writers of the English Renaissance). Pretty cool starts to both classes. I may finally be understanding what Plato and Aristotle were saying about literature, art, and science. I'm presenting on Dante next week.

I'm usually not too impressed with his endings on the long stuff. Hope this is different.

 

I'm the same way. I was pretty satisfied with this one though.

Someone change the thread title.

 

Anyway, just as I turned many onto "Ready Player One", I highly recommend this.

 

Someone change the thread title.

 

Anyway, just as I turned many onto "Ready Player One", I highly recommend this.

 

Just downloaded it.

Just downloaded it.

Enjoy!

Finished up Eric Forner's The Fiery Trial last week. Excellent book that chronicles Lincoln's changing views on slavery and black rights over the course of his life. I picked it up last November after seeing Lincoln but only recently got around to reading it.

Just downloaded ready player one, was up unti 2 am reading it. Wow.

Just downloaded ready player one, was up unti 2 am reading it. Wow.

It's one of my favorite books of recent memory.

Anybody read Kelly Oxford's book?

Anyone planning to read Inferno by Dan Brown? In looking at some of the reviews, I didn't realize there was so much love/hate for him and his books. I won't buy it until it's under $10 for the Kindle, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it like I've enjoyed all of his other books.

Anyone planning to read Inferno by Dan Brown? In looking at some of the reviews, I didn't realize there was so much love/hate for him and his books. I won't buy it until it's under $10 for the Kindle, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it like I've enjoyed all of his other books.

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I just finished Killing Lincoln by Bill O-Reilly and Oliver Stone's History of the US. Killing Lincoln was decent. The Stone book was a miserable read. I have read a lot of the books that were referred to in Stone's work, and I can't tell you how many times he misrepresented or misinterpreted the original author's work to make it look like something it wasn't. It was just painful.

Listening to Jude the Obscure, a free librivox.org recording. Nice. Even though they are not professional recordings they are clean and error free. I'm getting a head start on next semester's reading list.