Thread: What are You Reading?

Just finished "Blood Meridian" for the 2nd time by Cormac McCarthy ( my favorite author). Good Cowboy and Indian story with a twist, love this book.

My favorite author also. I was sort of lost when I realized I had read all his books. Recently I watched The Counselor which is a film with the screenplay written by Cormac McCarthy: recommended........a good read is Woe to Live On by Daniel Woodrell, an author worth reading if you like McCarthy.

Originally Posted by dtrain17

Just finished "Blood Meridian" for the 2nd time by Cormac McCarthy ( my favorite author). Good Cowboy and Indian story with a twist, love this book.

A few days ago, I was on Ebay looking through my daily searches on Carborundums , Nortons & lighters. I didn't see anything interesting, so I started putting names of friends in the search box, don't really know why, nothing popped up, so I put family last names in the search box & on the 1st page of returns was a book written by my great aunt, I had no idea was written. It was a children's book, "The Special Gift", written by Margarette Peebles (my great aunt), about her young sister Bobby Nell Peebles (my great aunt also).

Some details of both; Margarette always wanted a little sister to play with, as she only had my grandfather. She wished this until her 12th birthday, then her mother(my great grandmother) told her that a baby was on the way. A girl was born, Bobby Nell. Bobby Nell was born with severe Down syndrome, back then it was refered to as being mongoloid. Margarette took care of her little sister until Bobby Nell died in her mid to late 60's. The two were inseperable,,, Margarette never married,,, the book was written for parents to read to their small children , explaining how to react to children like Bobby Nell. It was a short read, mainly pictures so children could take interest.

I then scrolled down the search results & found another book that Margarette wrote called, "A History of Mississippi Libraries". Margarette was head of the University of Mississippi's library for over 40 years. The book's subject does not much interest me, but I'm sure it will give me some insight into Margarette, a woman I only knew when I was a small child.

Here are photos of the books from the Ebay ad, that arrived today.
Thanks for your time.







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Very cool, John! I have a saying... Everything winds up on ebay. A great idea you had to do that !

I am cranking through "CENTENNIAL" by James A. Michener for the second time. Last time was in the 70s. American history buffs would enjoy this one. Long read.

Part of this book was the inspiration for the 1966 movie "Nevada Smith" starring Steve McQueen and Karl Malden.

I remember watching the Centennial mini-series on TV when I was a kid. Good story telling.

Started off on Clive Cusslers' series with 'Dirk Pitt' as the main character. I read 'Pacific Vortex' quite quickly, and started on the next one, 'The Mediterranean Caper' yesterday. Thoroughly enjoying them so far. Hard to put down.


Mick

I also like Michener's books'. I read "Hawaii" and was then stationed there in the USN. His long books are great for getting an internal awareness of the subject and the social and political nuances of the time.
~Richard

I just finished a book first read, 50 some years ago, while on a Navy base, awaiting transfer to my new duties aboard ship.
Death in the South Atlantic
by Michael Powell
A fictionalized but accurate tale of the end of the German pocket battleship "Graf Spee. Well written and an easy book to keep reading till 'O' Dark Thirty!
~Richard
Further Information about the history of the ship:
German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia