What Are You Reading

[Irish4]

Good read

Empire Rising by Thomas Kelly.It's about the early political machine in New York City and the Irish imigrants that built the Empire State Building.

 

[AlanC]

Recently finished:

Seabiscuit, by Laura Hildenbrand
Sharpe's Trafalgar, by Bernard Cornwell

Just started:

Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, by Ross King

 

[Idledame]

"The Semi-attached Couple and the Semi-detached House" by Emily Eden, for anyone who is longing for more Jane-Austen type stories. They are witty and wonderful and it's such a shame she didn't write more.

 

[Feraud]

Seabiscuit, by Laura Hildenbrand

This is a great read. I enjoyed the book much better than the film.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Feraud, on your recommendation from somewhere, I read "Kitchen Confidential" while traveling in Italy. I thoroughly enjoyed it. That man has point-of-view.

 

[Feraud]

Did I recommend that? I do not remember but if you enjoyed it I will take the credit! Bourdain really is a character.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Did I recommend that? I do not remember but if you enjoyed it I will take the credit! Bourdain really is a character.

You mentioned it somewhere, or at least that's how I remember it. I am getting old, you know!

 

[Mr. Lucky]

Just finished "The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and Man's Search for Meaning" again. Just started "The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway" again!

 

[DeaconKC]

Just finished Original Meanings by Jack Rakove. A very in depth study of the Founding Fathers and the backgrounds of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

 

[Sjoconn]

Just arrived from Amazon

I just recieved "The Ugly American" by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick in my most recent order from Amazon. I will probably begin this weekend. It should be a very interesting read.

Sean

 

[MissS]

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.

I'm close to the end and trying to slow down, because I don't want it to end. *Sigh*

 

[carebear]

Read "Bangkok 8" today.

Nice mystery, makes me want to go back to Thailand.

 

[hepkitten]

The Gentle Infantryman, by Bill Boyd. A novel, but written by a WWII combat veteran. For the first time, I have an inkling of what it might have been like on the front lines. An amazing and heartbreaking book.

 

[John Boyer]

"The Shack" by William P. Young.

I am about 1/3 through it and am enjoying it greatly. to date, I would highly recommended this book.

 

[Antje]

I recently finished still takin' care of busines by sonny west and I can recomend it to everyone
and now I started War and peace by leo tolsoj

 

[Cascadian]

My mother gave me and my wife a copy each of The Shack. It's on my pile of books to get to.

I just knocked off Newt Gingrich's new alternative-history World War II book Days of Infamy. Decent read for a weekend if you like popular war fiction. I have a few things I pre-ordered from Amazon scheduled to arrive in the next week or so, so I'm hoping to finish Vincent Cronin's Paris: City of Light 1919-1939 before then.

Sort of on-topic for the larger forum, I also read Steinberg's Hatless Jack a week or two ago. Interesting history, though I don't quite buy the idea that increasing informality in dress necessarily equates to greater individuality and "creative expression."

 

[Two Gun Bob]

I currently have two books on the go...

1. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. Folio Society deluxe hardback edition with slipcase.

2. The Complete Chronicles of Conan - Centenary Edition by Robert E. Howard (Hardback).

 

[Helen Troy]

2. The Complete Chronicles of Conan - Centenary Edition by Robert E. Howard (Hardback).

Crom! Are you also gong to play the game?

 

[Charlie Noodles]

I just finished reading "The Line" by Arch and Martin Flanagan. A book about the Burma Railway and Arch's time there.

 

[KY Gentleman]

I've been going back to the new Chris Farley bio at my local B&N.
Its an interesting read and can be both funny and tragic considering the subject matter. He was a very insecure fellow with a great comedic talent.