Posted on 03/06/2024 7:09:18 AM PST by Tanniker Smith
Back in January, I posted a thread about Reading Any Good Books and it got over 200 responses.
It's been two months. What have you been reading?
Three books by Peter Kemp, a Cambridge educationed OSS type agent who fought for the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, operated in Albania during WWII, and just after VE day operated in Thailand, Burma, and finally Bali.
What is most fascinating is how the six days of creation are really six days - when you consider the expansion of the universe after the Big Bang and dilation of time.
“The Great Depression..A Diary” by Benjamin Roth....eerie in similarities to now
The bible- great book- lots of really interesting historical accounts written down in it.
Other than that, nope. Although years ago I did enjoy Michael Crichton Sci fi books. If you haven’t read any of his, check them out- they were very Prescient actually- kinda like Orwell’s book animal farm was.
Until recently, I didn’t read a lot of fiction, but last year, I discovered C. J. Box and have devoured several of his books, in the form of audiobooks that I listen to while driving. Box writes mystery thrillers set in the intermountain West, specifically Wyoming and Montana. His villains include corrupt politicians and bureaucrats and environmentalist wackos but also greedy ranchers and businessmen. Although his stories include a lot of violence, there are no sex scenes or nude scenes, and profanity is at a minimum. His series books do not have “cliffhanger” endings, and each can stand on its own without requiring the reader to read all the others in the series.
Box made an appearance in Laguna Hills, Calif. last week. The auditorium was filled to capacity, and I obtained a free copy of his latest book (New York: Putnam, 2024).
Box is an author who likely appeals to Red voters.
The last exceptionally good book I read was “Sufferings in Africa,” the memoir by James Riley.
“Revival and Revivalism” by I. Murray.
How the American church went quietly in the night (as did Europe) by allowing the exchange of the definition on ONE theological term.
I’ve been escaping into Westerns myself. I just finished a series by Will Astrike about a US Marshal named Frank Bass.
“Men at Work”, by George Will, since the baseball season is getting close to opening day.
I’ve been on a tear with every Dean Koontz book ever written. His newer ones are really good...non-woke and he KNOWS the score in the world.
My nephew wrote a book that comes out this month “Killing Shore” about the Uboat war off the Atlantic coast. Painstakingly researched excellent piece by a
Oh, also just finished “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I”
Good read and an easy way to learn history of pre ww1...
I’ve read all of his books…big fan.
Only person to have the number one book, tv show, and movie at the same time.
(As of my learning of that fact)
Next up is "Coolidge" by Amity Shlaes, (been on my "to read" list for a couple of years - just read the darned book already!)
The Little Liar this year.
Child 44 a year or two ago.
Also reading “Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967” by Doyle Glass
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