What are you reading?

[champ0608]

I'm re-reading the Harry Potter series. Haven't read them since they first came out and I was a kid. Currently on The Goblet of Fire. Rowling not only created a fascinating world, she's also a good writer...something I didn't appreciate on the first go round.

[OldGuitarGuy]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

I finished The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy by Rick Atkinson so I needed something light on the bedside table:



Bob

Once you've rested your brain from reading about that brutal slog through Italy, you should read Guns at Last Light, assuming that you first read An Army at Dawn. The Atkinson trilogy is a must read for those interested in our nation's struggle for victory in WWII.

[barricwiley]

Big ole book "Grant"

[Bob Womack]

Originally Posted by OldGuitarGuy

Once you've rested your brain from reading about that brutal slog through Italy, you should read Guns at Last Light, assuming that you first read An Army at Dawn. The Atkinson trilogy is a must read for those interested in our nation's struggle for victory in WWII.

I finished An Army at Dawn. I'm afraid of diving into another Atkinson for a while because a) he seems to love words more than his readers, to the point where his rather large vocabulary distracts me from the narrative, and b) his was one of the most depressed accounts of WWII I've read outside of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Sledge. Ouch. That's depressed. I have to come up for air. Right now I'm re-reading



Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous WWII Submarine, by Richard O'Kane (her exec. and later captain of the Tang SS-306).

It's about my sixth re-read but I love the story.

Bob

[BrunoBlack]

Interesting non-fiction.



And fiction, #5 in this Anne Cleeves mystery series that I enjoy.

[Cabarone]

"Frankenstein"...just 'cause I never have...just finished "Facing The Music" (Steve Goodman's bio)...very highly recommended...

[fazool]

Thanks to AGF, I am currently reading The Hidden Life of Trees - fascinating perspective on the science of trees.

[Mr. Jelly]

The biography of Jelly Roll Morton biography is next.

[Nyghthawk]

Year One by Nora Roberts. An apocalyptic story that is well told.

[N+1]

I'm having a Beatle phase (I go through one every few years). Having recently read Philip Norman's biographies of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, I'm trying this more lightweight fare:



Did you know that if you wanted a copy of Sgt Pepper, signed by all four Beatles, and if you could find one, it would likely set you back about $300,000?

That's a lot of guitars.

[Mr. Paul]

Halfway through this fantastic read.

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[N+1]

Originally Posted by Mr. Paul

Halfway through this fantastic read.

Oooh! I like the look of that!

[Dirk Hofman]

Originally Posted by Haasome

Non Fiction - I’m halfway through this book and think it’s a pretty interesting take on things.

Looks depressingly accurate.

Originally Posted by Cabarone

"Frankenstein"...just 'cause I never have...just finished "Facing The Music" (Steve Goodman's bio)...very highly recommended...

Just started that myself on the recommendation from a co-worker.

[yairimann]

A couple of months ago I read Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. I was so impressed I've read about 5 or 6 more by him including one where he writes like P G Wodehouse and a James Bond novel where he of course writes like Ian Fleming.
Just wondering in the Day of the Battle does the author go into why Clark made a run for Rome instead of sealing off the German Army?

[Cabarone]

Originally Posted by Dirk Hofman

Just started that myself on the recommendation from a co-worker.

Which one?