Books! How do you read and what do you read?

Major Labels by Kelefa Sanneh
A history of popular music in 7 genres: Rock, R&B, Country, Punk, Hip Hop, Dance and Pop.

Edited To Add: Recently finished reading:

Can We Talk About Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused and Conflicted
by Daniel Sokatch

It answers a lot of questions that people have about the perpetual conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis. Very readable and informative.
 

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If you love a good mystery - highly recommend The Last Flight, by Julie Clark...its fabulous - couldn't bear to put it down, from start to end!
 
If you like romance books. Give Nicholas Sparks of The Notebook fame another chance with this book called The Wish. It is a very good read.
 

reading Dickens' "Bleak House" by audio book


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The book I started yesterday is"The Evening and The Morning' by Ken Follett, the prequel to his terrific book'Pillars of The Earth',{read twice}which is about the construction of a Gothic English cathedral in 1200 .This book is set in England during the Middle Ages ,years 997-1007. Its long 993 pgs,so far I can't put it down. I've read his other books''World Without End','A Column of Fire' which I enjoyed Sue
 
I'm wanting to read "The Stranger in the Lifeboat" by Mitch Albom.

Their yacht explodes, and survivors are in the lifeboat, calling out to God, and this guy shows up floating in the ocean nearby responding to their cries for God. They bring him on board.........

I updated my library card yesterday so I can be put on the waiting list.
 
Yesterday afternoon,finished reading " The Evening and The Morning' by Ken Follett which is the prequel to his terrific book'Pillars of The Earth'. I started to like it but after reading 500 pgs I grew tired of it,not as good as Pillars,also too long at 931 pgs
 
TAILSPIN by Sandra Brown.
This was not an airplane war type book,, that I thought I picked up.

Its about a pilot who flies whatever freight, where ever the customer wants it.
He is flying an unknown package to a doctor.

There is a dead line for the package, both airports are grounded due to dense fog.
He still attempts to meet the dead line.

This is a good novel that keeps you guessing through the whole story.
 
Looking forward to reading two books i was gifted by my Daughter for Christmas.
One, 'Blink' by Malcolm Gladwell, had been on my list in August for potential presents. i had heard of Gladwell but this year i discovered some YouTube talks, interviews with him and i like the WAY he thinks and meta thinks not just 'what' he thinks. She got a different one then but referred to the list come December. So now i have this one of his.

The other is 'What If?" by Randall Munroe, creator of the xkcd website. On both the site and in this book he gives "Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions.'. Having studied physics and been a roboticist for NASA, i'm of the opinion that if something wasn't in his area of expertise he can be relied upon to find the info needed to formulate a sensible answer. Tho he also gives some pretty snarky, tho usually still scientifically sound, answers.

i spent about hour with this book yesterday, as you can imagine some of the questions he gets make him wonder if he should contact authorities--but they are usually submitted by 'Anonymous'. Some of these appear in a recurring feature,12 instances with sometimes 2 or 3 question/answer sets each that are quick reads cause the answers often involve his stick figure from xkcd site: "Weird (and Worrying) questions from the What If? Inbox.

Here's a link to the website so you can check it out:
https://xkcd.com/
 
VOICE OF THE EAGLE by Linda Lay Shuler.
Picked this book up a the Goodwill Store,,its number 2 of a series.


This is well written novel about an Anasazi woman , Kwani, called She Who Remembers.
That is a spiritual guide to the Anasazi ,in what is now New Mexico.
Was a slow read but enjoyable.

Hope to get the next book,, Time Circle Quartet.
Will check local library or any store selling used books.
 
Fossil men: the quest for the oldest skeleton and the origins of humankind - Kermit Pattison

Another in a long list of science books I find myself reading more and more.

This book is about the team that discovered 'Ardi', a skeleton older than the famous 'Lucy'.
Describes what things might have been like back in the period also.
Not too dry, I enjoyed the authors writing style.

Next up, Billy Summer by Stephen King. A friend recommended it since I read a lot of King's stuff.
 
This week, I read:
A Valley Secret, by Anna Jacobs,
Maeve Binchy, by Piers Dudgeon (biography)
When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi
Currently reading The Smartest Kids in the World, by Amanda Ripley and Year of Wonders: The Plague, by Geraldine Brook (fiction).
 
My close friend,Marcia gave me this book as xmas present,'State of Terror' co written by Louise Penny&Hillary Clinton
The new occupant of the White House,Pres Williams surprises everybody when he chose a political enemy as his Sec of State,Ellen Adams,they don't like/ trust each other,never a good sign.A few weeks after he's sworn in multiple terrorist bombings occur in Europe,its up to her to figure out why its happened ,who is behind it.
I started reading it yesterday afternoon,already on pg 170,so far so good. Its 486 pgs.I don't know if this is their 1st book writing together Sue
 
Keesha said:
Reading is a pleasant past time. There are so many great books to read.
What are some of your favourite books you have read and what do you use to read them?
perhaps an ireader or a kindle? Or maybe you prefer listening to them.

These are great for reading with since you can:
-load as many books as you want to
-adjust the letter size
-read at night without needing to turn on a light so you don’t disturb others.

At at the moment I am reading ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ by Sue Monk Kidd
which is extraordinarily written.

What are you reading right now and what great books can you suggest to the rest of us?
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The only book I read anymore is the bible, I recommend it highly. Otherwise, I am reading academic papers and trying to make heads or tails out of them. I am in over my head people! 😱 🤣
 
IKE said:
Are you a Mason Phil ?

I've been a Master Mason since Feb. of 1977 and a 32º Scottish Rite Mason since Nov. of 1981.
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IKE said:
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Oh what bait this is! I made a video about the Freemasons and I am not done yet. The voice is Lily AI. :)

You tube insists certain videos be labeled not suitable for children under 18. This video is very benign.
 

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