Thread: What are You Reading?

Just finished a great read,the doughboys,was estamated that in about 2003,there were approx 200 world war 1 vets still alive (U.S.Vets)
The author tracked down many of them,most were 105/109 years old.He did extensive intervues that were amazing,the storys they had to tell were amazing,Trench warfare,mustard gas,calling truces at Xmas and playing soccer with the germans.
A must read,long,500+ pages,incredible stuff from a time and a war that has been forgotten.

I finished Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly. I learned a lot from this book. It helped me to better understand the political perspective surrounding this murder. I would recommend this book without any hesitation.

Right now I'm reading Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub. This is a sequel to a favorite childhood book of mine by the same duo. The Talisman. Its a cool read. It feels good to read for pleasure for change.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

the doughboys....A must read,long,500+ pages,incredible stuff from a time and a war that has been forgotten.

Don't worry pixelfixed that war is well remembered on this side of the Atlantic. And for the next four years we will be commemorating centenary after centenary as each occurs. We have very long memories us Europeans.

Oh and I'm reading Canal Dreams by Iain Banks

Originally Posted by diesel

Don't worry pixelfixed that war is well remembered on this side of the Atlantic. And for the next four years we will be commemorating centenary after centenary as each occurs. We have very long memories us Europeans.

If we had long memories we wouldn't keep repeating ourselves.

I am finishing Eddie Rickenbacker's autobiography. What an interesting character. The war was a small part of his life and I never knew about the rest.

The Bayou Trilogy by Daniel Woodrell

Just finished The Great Gatsby and now onto a Garrison Keilor book called WLT A Radio Romance.

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. The Kindle has been growing on me for it's portability and massive storage of books.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. The Kindle has been growing on me for it's portability and massive storage of books.


Mick

Excellent book - read that awhile ago on my Kobo e-reader. Just finished Victor Hugo's, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and have moved on to Romeo Dallaire's, Shake Hands with the Devil.

I read probably 3 books a week, and the e-reader is just awesome for me...I went with the Kobo because it supports the e-pub format, which means I can browse the public and University library's and "take-out" a book on my e-reader for free, and after 3 weeks, unless I renew it, it just disappears from the reader!