Thread: What are You Reading?

I've read it and was mesmerized from start to finish. Especially was enamored of the last few chapters as the story was brought up to present time.

Harry Turtledove, "Joe Steele" - just finished, a superb alternative history of the US starting with the untimely death of Roosevelt before he was first elected President. Fun read!

Originally Posted by Phrank

Harry Turtledove, "Joe Steele" - just finished, a superb alternative history of the US starting with the untimely death of Roosevelt before he was first elected President. Fun read!

Was just wondering if you were going to like Turtledove's latest. Got another for you Phrank. Perfidia by James Elroy. I'm smack in the first third of it (900+ pages.) Its a fictionalized murder/mayhem/corruption/dirty dealing saga of Los Angeles staring a few days before Dec 7th, 1941 and going day by day of unbelievable prejudice/hate/love/intrigue/downright cold heartlessness of the human spirit. If you read it be prepared for what we now consider highly offensive language and attitudes. Can hardly put it down.

Currently have the following on the go:
"February" by Lisa Lynne Moore
"The 80/20 Principle" by Richard Koch
"Work Rules!" by Laszlo Boch
"Sapiens" by Yuval N Harari

So far "February" is on top, although I predict I will have trouble finishing it. Not because it is bad. Rather, because it may tug too hard my heart strings.
I will report back once I am done with them.

Just finished The Martian. Excellent book, I can't really say much about it without giving much of it away. Basically a guy gets left on the surface of Mars because they thought he was dead. Excellent read and I highly recommend it.

Now I'm reading Beyond the Cosmos. It explains that there are many more dimensions to our universe than just the 4 we can see and interact with and how God can use those extra dimensions to do things that we can't figure out how He does them. This one is really stressing the limits of my mind in being able to grasp the concepts being discussed but it's fun getting my mind broadened.

Originally Posted by JBPilot

Just finished The Martian. Excellent book, I can't really say much about it without giving much of it away. Basically a guy gets left on the surface of Mars because they thought he was dead. Excellent read and I highly recommend it. Now I'm reading Beyond the Cosmos. It explains that there are many more dimensions to our universe than just the 4 we can see and interact with and how God can use those extra dimensions to do things that we can't figure out how He does them. This one is really stressing the limits of my mind in being able to grasp the concepts being discussed but it's fun getting my mind broadened.

Excellent novel, the guy who wrote it started it as a blog for fun, and lots of folks from NASA and other space agencies ended up helping him with a lot of the science behind it. Last I heard, they were making a movie out of it - great read.

Yep he talks about that in the back of the book. All the details being correct added to my enjoyment of it.

Reading “Gideon’s Spies” The Secret History of the Mossad, by Gordon Thomas, it is a very interesting read, with a lot of back story on recent history, even more poignant, given the current state of world politics and rise of terror.

I was surprised of Israel’s historical role and relationship with the Vatican and in Africa.

Most interesting was background, on the battle between China and Russia, in Africa, to sponsor terror and adopt their brand of communism, the large role of Castro and Cuba in the distribution of the Russian brand and weapons.

It is interesting how quickly “we” forget and forgive Cuba’s part in the birth of modern terror, in the late 50’s early 60’s and its direct relation of the epidemic spread we face today. It is not just about cheap cigars and rum, there is a very nasty and dangerous history there and a reason for Cuba’s historic embargo.

It is in fact, a history book, an interesting, well written one. Sadly as Santayan wrote in 1905 “The Life of Reason”, and Winston Churchill made famous. “ Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Revisionist politicians and an uneducated public, will doubtlessly cause us to repeat it.

The Space Trilogy by CS Lewis. Outstanding.

Originally Posted by jgjgjg

The Space Trilogy by CS Lewis. Outstanding.

Just downloaded the Trilogy to Kobo, always loved CS. Lewis - thanks!