Thread: What are You Reading?

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!

Originally Posted by Phrank

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!

Make no difference here. We're still in the caves, for the most part, when it comes to that sort of tech.


Mick

Originally Posted by 32t

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

You would think we wouldn't but its seldom the case, I didn't say we learned anything there's a difference.


As an aside I recently finished The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt, I recommend it, its short and sweet and beautifully written.

I am currently re-reading The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1725-1798.
It runs 6 volumes...and this is the abridged version.
Absolutely fantastic read...and not just from the sexual aspect (if half of what he writes about is true he's a real stud). It is probably the finest 'travelogue' of its kind. From Venice, to Rome, to Constantinople, to Spain and all points in between this is a guy who LIVED, and lived well. From cleric, to soldier, to spy, to gambler, to prisoner and escapee et al, this guy is amazing.
The customs and mores of the period are fascinating and the language is phenomenal. And yes, there is a reason why he enjoys the reputation today of 'ladies man' and/or seducer; he would say not a libertine, but a man with a weakness and love of the fairer sex.
Highly recommended is this FREE book(s) online from Gutenberg Project
And hey, he shaved (or was shaved) with a Straight Razor!!
Bonus!