Thread: What are You Reading?

Seven daughters of Eve

Only just started but looks interesting.

Originally Posted by Ulricus

Cool, we can compare notes when we're finished.

A very good read!
Yes, "Passage at Arms" is well done. The writer knows well the English language! He does not flaunt that knowledge but uses descriptive words to make the story live. Another war without really knowing why and the strain upon those who fight it while the glory hounds are in charge.
http://www.alibris.com/Passage-at-Ar...450?matches=93

I have read "Das Bööt" more than once and have seen both the English translation one and the German one with subtitles. This was close to them in reality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boo...ambiguation%29
Thank you!

I am a bit concussed..I was half way through "The Chinese Lake Murders" by Robert van Gulik. A story from the 7th century or so in old China. A bit of a stretch for my mind when"-Passage-" arrived and its far future setting was read in one 5 hour sitting.
The Chinese Lake Murders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

~Richard

Shaping the Journey of Emerging Adults: Life Giving Rhythms for Spiritual Transformation by Jana Sundene and Rick Dunn. I have to finish it today and write a book report (1250 words) by tomorrow. Should be manageable if I can stay of here

Originally Posted by Geezer

A very good read!
Yes, "Passage at Arms" is well done. The writer knows well the English language! He does not flaunt that knowledge but uses descriptive words to make the story live. Another war without really knowing why and the strain upon those who fight it while the glory hounds are in charge.
http://www.alibris.com/Passage-at-Ar...450?matches=93

I have read "Das Bööt" more than once and have seen both the English translation one and the German one with subtitles. This was close to them in reality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boo...ambiguation%29
Thank you!

I am a bit concussed..I was half way through "The Chinese Lake Murders" by Robert van Gulik. A story from the 7th century or so in old China. A bit of a stretch for my mind when"-Passage-" arrived and its far future setting was read in one 5 hour sitting.
The Chinese Lake Murders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

~Richard

I enjoyed it, but I found his overuse of metaphors and similes detracted from the story somewhat. It makes sense from the POV character, but it seemed a little overdone to me. Take it with a grain of salt though, as I'm a big fan of Patrick Rothfuss and metaphors are his stock and trade.

I am reading - again - "Through the Brazilian Wilderness" by Ted Roosevelt. Ted`s books always amaze me. African Game Trails is a superb book too.
I like travel books. There are a lot of them, mainly wrote by naturalists, in my library. I`ll soon start to read Lieut. Page book on his trip to South America.

I thought the whole idea re brazilian is that there is no wilderness...

We still have some... not a lot, unfortunately. Brazilian government goal is to turn our country the largest parking lot of the world.
Because of this these old reports amaze me.

Sorry I was referring to a different type of Brazilian... ie shaving/waxing.

He he he... sorry, English is not my mother language and sometimes is hard to detect some subtleties. Both "wildernesses" walk the same path, although. Both Jaguars, golden-faced tamarins and crab lice are endangered species nowadays.

Narrow Road To The Deep North by Richard Flanagan. WWII (1943) story of an Australian surgeon's struggle to survive in a Japanese POW camp during the building of the Burma/Thailand railroad.