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[Linda]

An Act of Self-Defense by Erne Lewis. LL

[Allison]

Jesse wrote: "happy wrote: "I'll finish Covert Warriors tomorrow - I'ts been a little uneven, I think Griffin has lost something with the transition to his son.

Up next is either

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I second an opinion on Larson. Thinking of adding it.

[Dawn]

Oh, defeintiely move Larson close to the top of the TBR!! It's a great book!

[Lisa]

Just curious Marina, why does it take longer, do you think, as an e book?

[Linda]

My gorgeous great grandson, Riley, more than a year ago. He is now 2 and known as "tornado Riley".

[Simona]

you're a lucky grandma!

[Simona]

Marina wrote: "Also, because I'm insane probably, I've started reading all my favourite parts from Les Miserables (Classics) (about 300 pages) in French (a language I know about 5 words in).
..."

LOL! Then maybe Hugo isn't the best choice to start...you're brave, Marina!

[Jane]

Just started Swords of Good Men / Snorri Kristjansson. Looks to read quickly.

[Jane]

Simona wrote: "Marina wrote: "Also, because I'm insane probably, I've started reading all my favourite parts from Les Miserables (Classics) (about 300 pages) in French (a language I know about 5 words in).
..."..."

Simona, I still have as a goal to read someday #3 or 4 of Elio Spazziano in Italian...

[Simona]

Jane wrote: "Simona, I still have as a goal to read someday #3 or 4 of Elio Spazziano in Italian... ..."

Go Jane! I'll be your #1 supporter! and you also have Buzzati's short stories...

[Andy]

Asterix in Britain back to historical fiction for me after a bout of fantasy reading.... WHATTTTTT? :D

[Jane]

Just started The Curse of Chalion / Lois McMaster Bujold. I think I'm really going to like this fantasy if the rest is as good as the first three chapters. Reads like it's set in a thinly disguised medieval Spain to me.

[C.P.]

Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt.

In truth, I am giving it the grad student skin, but large parts of it are interesting enough to draw me in. It takes me to the Historian level on the History 2014 Challenge, so I am determined to finish, no matter what. But don't get me wrong: it's a good book, just a bit heavy for a Friday night.

[Darcy]

I'm reading Inés of My Soul.

[happy]

I started

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin last night - so far so good - about 50 pages in

[Jane]

Started The Dark Room / Rachel Seiffert: three short stories or novellas.

[Linda]

The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin. Very slow start about Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

[Jane]

started another Pliny the Younger mystery: The Blood of Caesar: A Second Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger / Albert A. Bell Jr.

[Jesse]

Killing RommelStarting this today after finishing The Judas Strain by James Rollins last night

[Linda]

Jesse is reading a good book. It took me several days after I finished to really appreciate the book.

[Jesse]

Uh oh, Why did it take you a few days to appreciate it? Or will that answer be a spoiler?

[Linda]

I think it would be a spoiler. The book was not easy to read because I do not understand warfare. The author showed that both sides are human. Keep reading. THE NIGHT I DANCED WITH ROMMEL (no author/book feature) I would recommend. I don't have 'thing' for Rommel, but those two books showed the measure of the man.

[Jesse]

I'll have to check it out. I believe it should run rather smooth for me as my favorite titles deal with warfare as a main theme a lot of the time. I am also partial to Pressfield regardless of the topic. Thank you for the heads up though. I'll make sure to let you know my review of it.

[happy]

Killing Rommel is a good good read.

[Bobby]

Linda wrote: "I think it would be a spoiler. The book was not easy to read because I do not understand warfare. The author showed that both sides are human. Keep reading. THE NIGHT I DANCED WITH ROMMEL (no ..."

[Jack]

Hey guys I found a book called "the last battle by Stephen Harding". It's about how Americans,Germans and French VIPS fought in a battle together in World War Two. A MUST read.

[Jane]

Just started The First of July: A Novel / Elizabeth Speller: 4 young men and Battle of the Somme

[Darcy]

Jrrocks1 wrote: "Hey guys I found a book called "the last battle by Stephen Harding". It's about how Americans,Germans and French VIPS fought in a battle together in World War Two. A MUST read."

This one The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe?

[Dawn]

In the interest of fessing up, I have finished Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella & The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn

I've also finished 1984, The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith, Cold Fire and The City.

I'm currently reading The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War 1890-1914 by Barbara W. Tuchman and Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson

And then I'm thinking of reading and a whole lot of others.... :)

[Portia]

Dawn, is the book on the Mormons the one you said gives a balanced presentation? I'd like to read a balanced book on the. Mormons.

[Dawn]

Yep, that's the one. Most of the book was very good at being impartial. The history from the 1950's forward was a bit rah rah but that was a pretty small part of the book. Very informative.

I'm very partial to this religious history stuff. I am trying to decide on another "newish" religion to read up on.

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How bout Scientology? Is that a religion?

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Derek wrote: "How bout Scientology? Is that a religion?"

Not in my world view. :p

[Dawn]

My definition of religion would include it. Though I think more on the cultish side of things.

That is a very interesting idea. Now if you just find a good book for me Derek??

[[deleted user]]

Definitely cultish. It's so bizarre, it interests me. Haven't read it yet, but there's this Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

I've seen their headquarters in Hollywood. The whole damn thing is a cult of the personality or L. Ron Hubbard.

[Portia]

I have that brick, Derek! I am expecting it to be a quick read despite its gazillions of pages

[Lisa]

You might find something in the finance section under: the greatest tax dodge ever, hehe.

[[deleted user]]

Hahaha! No doubt about that!

[Dawn]

My local library even has that book, I'm going there tomorrow. So I'll have to look and see how difficult it is!

[Betty]

Of Battles Past by Bryn Hammond, 12th Century Mongolia. I was lucky to hear about it here when she offered it for free on Amazon. It's an interesting read.

[Mark]

[Bobby]

A buddy read with my 15 year old.

[Dawn]

Aren't you a good Dad!! :)

[Jane]

Back in the 2nd Punic War: The Coin of Carthage / Bryher

[Jesse]

Bobby wrote: "


A buddy read with my 15 year old."

Can't wait to start reading books with my boys when the material is deeper than green eggs n ham!

[Jack]

That is the book yes

[C.P.]

1356 by Bernard Cornwell. Also 500 pages on The Whooper Swan (I am seriously impressed that GR has an entry for this book).

The possibility of a person who can write 500 pages on a single bird species is rather alarming—even to me, a career academic—but I certainly am glad that such a person exists.

[Dawn]

I picked up Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief from the library (thanks to Derek for the rec). I have started and finished it within 24 hours. Really good, quick read & very interesting.

[happy]

Starting C.J. Sansom's new book



It is not part of the Shardlake series - It's alt history (Hilter defeats Britian and Britian turns fascist)