What are you reading?

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by Jeff Scott

This thread?

https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=638113

Not any more.

[Jim Owen]

I just finished rereading Lawrence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy. It’s the book that sparked my interest in the 18th-C British novel 40 years ago. I hadn’t read it in a while—but found it delightful.

[frankmcr]

Originally Posted by Jim Owen

I just finished rereading Lawrence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy. It’s the book that sparked my interest in the 18th-C British novel 40 years ago. I hadn’t read it in a while—but found it delightful.

Amazing book, a century or so ahead of its time.

Theoretically, impossible to make a movie of, but there's a very funny (IMO) movie about trying to . . .

[David Eastwood]

Originally Posted by ghostnote

I’m currently reading Thunderstruck, by Erik Larson. It’s not a new book, but I’m finally getting around to it, and it’s excellent. It’s nonfiction, but it reads like a mystery novel. It’s actually a tale of 2 separate stories and the strange way in which they became involved with each other: one story is about a famous murder and the other is about Marconi’s development of wireless radio transmissions.

I’m a big fan of Larson’s work. If you haven’t read “Isaac’s Storm” or “In the Garden of Beasts”, just to name two, I’d highly recommend them.

[jmagill]

The Histories – Herodotus
Arguably – essays by Christopher Hitchens
Uncollected Poems, Drafts, Fragments & Translations – Gary Snyder
Alchymic Journals – Evan S. Connell
Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

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[catdaddy]

This Tender Land- William Kent Kruger
At Home- Bill Bryson
Cry Of The Kalahari- Mark & Delia Owens

[Splinters]

I’m reading one about exploration of the deep sea.
I would enjoy the one about Japanese gardening.
I had a little Japanese maple that I wanted to bonsai. My wife cut it down with the weed eater.

[Mr. Paul]

Originally Posted by KenL

I'm reading Herman Wouk's "Inside, Outside." The guy is a master of the English language.

His "Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" are masterpieces. I just reread them recently and was blown away once again. Always sad when that last page comes around.

Started Winds of War based on your hearty recommendation. 100 pages in and love it, even ordered the mini series to watch after I'm done.

Thanks for the recommendation, Ken!

[KenL]

Originally Posted by Mr. Paul

Started Winds of War based on your hearty recommendation. 100 pages in and love it, even ordered the mini series to watch after I'm done.

Thanks for the recommendation, Ken!

Hey, Paul, that's great! That will keep you out of trouble for a long while!

The mini series is quite good too, as I recall. Haven't seen it in years. The girl that plays Pamela is especially good.

[rbock]

After his passing, I've been rereading Cormac McCarthy's "The Crossing." I've read most of his novels at least once, and this is my favorite. The first section, in particular, packs the gut punch he's famous for.

[porchswingpickr]

I had started a number of Michael Connelly's mystery novels because I liked the Harry Bosch series on streaming video (Amazon?). And also Jonathan Kellerman's series of Alex Delaware mysteries.

But so many of these involve sexual atrocities and murders of women that I'm off them.

I'm still looking for some decent, intelligent and well-written mysteries that don't sensationalize this brutality.

Any suggestions?

[catdaddy]

Originally Posted by porchswingpickr

I had started a number of Michael Connelly's mystery novels because I liked the Harry Bosch series on streaming video (Amazon?). And also Jonathan Kellerman's series of Alex Delaware mysteries.

But so many of these involve sexual atrocities and murders of women that I'm off them.

I'm still looking for some decent, intelligent and well-written mysteries that don't sensationalize this brutality.

Any suggestions?

Give Donna Leon's commissario Brunetti novels a try, they embody what you're seeking.

[Jim Owen]

Originally Posted by frankmcr

Amazing book, a century or so ahead of its time.

Theoretically, impossible to make a movie of, but there's a very funny (IMO) movie about trying to . . .

I enjoyed this film. Certainly in the spirit of Sterne.

[Riverwolf]

Originally Posted by rbock

After his passing, I've been rereading Cormac McCarthy's "The Crossing." I've read most of his novels at least once, and this is my favorite. The first section, in particular, packs the gut punch he's famous for.

I loved the whole trilogy but the extensive spanish made it difficult. I found a translation version online to help.

[jpd]

Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard