Just started "Cloud of Sparrows" by Takashi Matsuoka. Historical fiction set in 1861 Japan.
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Just started "Cloud of Sparrows" by Takashi Matsuoka. Historical fiction set in 1861 Japan.
I started reading Cussler as "flight books" back in the 80's. most of them lasted as long a my flight times, there and back. in the storeroom at work we kept a bookshelf of books that workers borrowed for trips... there was a lot of Cussler and oddly Andrew Greeley. you took and added to the shelf as you wanted . back then I usually had a suitcase packed and ready to go straight from work.
re-reding Vonnegut's "Player Piano"
I enjoyed the early Cussler books also.
I am now reading :
Musashi
by Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S Terry (Translator) 984 op
Miyamoto Musashi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I read this when it came out and rereading it, I find I have changed! That is the advantage of a reread after some years' time lapse.
~Richard
That's a nice way of saying, "I've gotten so old, that I have forgotten what it said the first time." :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezer
What's that you say? Huh? Cold? No, its quite warm here today. And that's ten what? Be clear for gosh sake's, my hearing ain't what it used to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
The colony, by John Tayman.
Very sad story about the Leper Colonys on Molikai during the mid 1800s
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami.
This is the most recent of Murakami's books and he is one of my favorite authors, so always a treat when a new one is released. And how sad it is when you realize that you may have read the last book written by one of your favorite authors....not Murakami, but I am talking about another of my favorites: Cormac McCarthy......I hope he is well, and for selfish reasons, he writes another novel.
Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
"How Music Works" by David Byrne.
Life has been pretty insane for me lately so I haven't had time to really sit down and read long chunks of anything, but this is a really interesting exploration of music (both in general and specifically in Byrne's life) the lends itself well to being read in smaller chunks.
"The Complete History of the Automobile"
A decidedly British compendium of who did what with which end to whom during the years of the auto industries marques and reprisals.
It gives an even accounting as to what each country had accomplished and really badly fluffed!
It could be a bit boring but I enjoyed it. Information for its own sake, don'cha know?
~Richard