What Book Are you Reading? - 2019

[ssjones]

I also enjoyed "The Goldfinch" and will have to check out The Secret History.

 

[haparnold]

Ooh, I loved The Secret History when I read it a few years back. Good choice.
Oh, I'm reading the unabridged Ivanhoe. And yes, I am a bit of a masochist.

 

[johnbarleycorn]

A Wizard A True Star - Todd Rundgren in the Studio.

 

[dino]

I just finished "Not Quite Dead Enough" by Rex Stout, for discussion in the Nero Wolfe group to which I belong. We are reading the entire Corpus in order.

I am now re-reading "The Man With The Twisted Lip" for the Sherlock Holmes group to which I belong.

And, working my way through The Pipe: A Functional Work Of Art by Justin Hummerston and Morton Ehrhorn, an incredibly beautiful book.

 

[lifesizehobbit]

Just finished "To Hell And Back" - Audie Murphy. It's an amazing story.
The Bible is still an ongoing study.

 

[upnorth1]

American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee.

 

[renfield]

The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith

 

[dare66]

The complete collection of Sherlock Holmes. I've had it for a while and finally started reading it. Next will be the 7th book in Robert Parker's western series.

 

[ashdigger]

Finished Trinity by Leon Uris and now starting Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance

 

[tnfan]

[/quote]Finished Trinity by Leon Uris

Excellent read. One of my favorites.

 

[JimInks]

This interview with Gary Giddins about his new book on Bing Crosby greatly highlights how important Bing was in his time, and there's lots of important, interesting info here overall.
https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2018/10/interview-with-bing-crosby-biographer-gary-giddins/

 

[trouttimes]

The Greatest Generation

 

[morgansteele]

Just finished: Fascism: A Warning by Madeline Albright.

Now reading: The Secret History of Marvel Comics by Blake Bell.

 

[warren]

Inside Pepy's London J. Bastable
Fractured Emerald Island E. Hahn

 

[donpumsey]

I am ten pages from being finished with Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky and I'm listening to Mere Christianity by C.S Lewis. I would highly recommend both! I've been on a C.S Lewis kick recently. Does anyone have any recommendations for other Lewis works to check out when I've finished this one?

 

[donpumsey]

I really like how Dostoevsky intertwines philosophical ideas and questions into his narrative. Brothers K is one of my favorite books.
dfo, same here. This is the first of his novels that I have attempted but it certainly will not be the last. I'll take your suggestion and The Brothers Karamazov will be next on my list.

 

[olkofri]

Does anyone have any recommendations for other Lewis works to check out when I've finished this one?

The Screwtape Letters!
When you're done with Lewis go on to Chesterton.

 

[donpumsey]

Olkofri, I finished that last week! It was excellent. That's what got me on my Lewis kick.

 

[donpumsey]

What would you suggest by Chesterton?

 

[haparnold]

Does anyone have any recommendations for other Lewis works to check out when I've finished this one?

I'm a big, big fan of Surprised by Joy.

What would you suggest by Chesterton?

Orthodoxy. Also any of the Father Brown books and stories.