I liked that one better. I’ll give the latest one a shot and hopefully I’ll like it better than Ink Black Heart!
My buddy’s wife just published her first novel, a thriller entitled Nightwatching, so that’s next on the list.
I like thrillers. Please let us know how it is.
Will do. It appears to be getting pretty good reviews thus far.
Rereading a book by my friend Vince Wheeler. The Stravos Manuscript.
Excellent read, would highly recommend it to anyone.
Reading Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. Never Let me Go was one of my favorites. Not sure Klara is going to reach that level of fandom but we’ll see.
Listening to podcast American Skyjacker. It’s the true story of Martin “Mac” McNally, a small time crook who aspires to be the next DB Cooper. So far, it’s pretty entertaining.
Re-reading London Fields by Martin Amis.
Absolutely loved it when it came out in 1990, 30 years on I’m trying to see why I raved about it so much. Still a good read though
Just finished “Exhalation” by Ted Chiang - kinda like a Black Mirroresque collection of sci-fi short stories which offer hope for humanity.
Now reading “Yellowface” by Rebecca F Kuang.
I am into astronomy these days. Finished reading “The realm of the nebulae”, just picked up “The structure and evolution of the galaxies”.
A friend suggested Sally Fields book In Pieces and I really enjoyed reading it. The audio book was read by her so it seemed more real hearing it from her. I was surprised in a lot of ways with starting with her life from an early age, telling of her abuse and sharing how it affected her and her relationships.
Starting on John Lescroart’s The Missing Piece. I enjoyed going through his legal thriller books in order and once I caught up I moved on to others. Nice to see it is typically good like his others so far.
Always love listening to Sandford’s books and was sorry to see that when Richard Farone passed away.
My buddy’s wife just published her first novel, a thriller entitled Nightwatching, so that’s next on the list.
I like thrillers. Please let us know how it is.
Just to follow-up, the book was excellent. In fact it was the winner of Jimmy Fallon’s March Madness book club so my buddy’s wife will be a guest on the show next month.
Masters of the Air.
I started slowly reading after the AppleTV+ series came out. Mostly reading it while on flights to NY and FL. Maybe not the best book to read while airborne ;-).
One doesn’t have to be an aviation or WWII enthusiast to appreciate what those airmen went through but it helps. I had family that fought WWII in Navy (subs, Pacific theater), US Army (Clark Field, and Bataan Philippines), and the US Army Air Corps (European theater). Hearing their stories first hand, then reading a book like this one and really makes me appreciate what hell WWII was.
A crazy Dystopian adventure , to me part Heart of Darkness & Apocalypse Now where the 7 member crew have their memories erased have to work togehter on a mission using previous expertise.
Red River Seven - A.J. Ryan
Chip wars - amazing history of the microchip business
Prisoners of geography - super interesting non fiction about how countries’ geography drives cultural, economic and political behaviors.
Next on the list: life after power. Stories about how US Presidents lived and handled post presidential life
I 2nd Prisoners of Geography,
Very eye opening and has me researching more.
Just finished another book for work - “Master of change: how to change when everything is changing, including youâ€, by Brad Stulberg.
I was aware of him and his books by some of the endurance sporting people that I follow on Twitter, but come to find out he’s married to one of our attorneys. When we have the discussion of the book in May, he’s actually going to call in to our meeting, which should be interesting.
Get married. By Brad Wilcox. How married people are as a group happier and doing better than non married. He isn’t dogmatic about it marriage isn’t for everyone. But overall having a co pilot is great
I’m not reading it NOW, but I have read Moby Dick in its entirety three times, as well as numerous abridged versions - from the very abridged children’s book edition I brought home from Mystic Seaport when I was 6 or 7 which introduced me to the story, to Classics Illustrated one which I bought (maybe I stole it?) from the comic book rack at our local drug store in CT, the paperback we read in high school, a fully annotated edition ( which adds nearly 30% to the unabridged page-count), and graphic novelizations
https://semi-rad.com/2024/04/moby-dick-is-my-literary-ultramarathon/
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That’s a long book. The description of flenching a whale is almost a book in itself
A lot of people go right to that, for some reason? LOL
reading a reread - The Double Bind (Chris Bohjalian)
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