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

Very much enjoyed these two books recently …

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the first a time travel book with a twist and the second a well-written story with engaging characters and a realistic medical situation (nothing gory)

this one…
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Was ok… the book equivalent of a Hallmark romance movie
 

officerripley said:
Read The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future by Stephen Marche; excellent! My favorite, among many, quote from it:

"Americans worship ancestors whose lives were spent overthrowing ancestor worship; they pointlessly adhere to a tradition whose achievement was the overthrow of pointless traditions. Jefferson himself believed it was the 'solemn opportunity' of every generation to update the constitution 'every nineteen or twenty years.' …There is no way to govern rationally when your foundational document is effectively dead and you worship it anyway. The United States, if it is to survive, requires a new Constitutional Convention."
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I don't agree that the Constitution is dead. It's just that too many people have lost all respect for our Constitution and it seems that there are no consequences for violating it. There doesn't seem to be any punishment for violating the rules laid out by our Founding Fathers. A former leader commenting after violating multiple provisions asked, "What are they gonna do?", like a Mafia Don. And that says it all right there.
 

Any readers here of the Mrs. 'harris books? They're coming out with a movie of Mrs. 'arris Goes to Paris. I've never read any of the books and our library doesn't have a copy. The Kindle version is $8+ and Amazon wants about $200 for a paperback o_O! I might be able to find it cheaper on eBay but wonder if the book is that good?
 
officerripley said:
Any readers here of the Mrs. 'harris books? They're coming out with a movie of Mrs. 'arris Goes to Paris. I've never read any of the books and our library doesn't have a copy. The Kindle version is $8+ and Amazon wants about $200 for a paperback o_O! I might be able to find it cheaper on eBay but wonder if the book is that good?
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Have never heard of this series. Looks like a book is just republished on Amazon $16.20.
Amazon.com: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York: 9781639730834: Gallico, Paul: Books

Don't get me started on the resellers. Yes, I get they have a right to buy and sell. But I'm seeing them everywhere. They also buy books to sell online. I see them checking their phones. I think they want to know if the book is out of print and something people can't get new. Last time I was at PAWS a guy had a bunch of books.

I'm wondering if all the Tony Hillerman books will come back into print with Dark Winds on AMC?
 
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officerripley said:
Any readers here of the Mrs. 'harris books? They're coming out with a movie of Mrs. 'arris Goes to Paris. I've never read any of the books and our library doesn't have a copy. The Kindle version is $8+ and Amazon wants about $200 for a paperback o_O! I might be able to find it cheaper on eBay but wonder if the book is that good?
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read the book on which the up-coming movie is based many years ago.. it was a cute story but certainly not worth the $$ they are asking for for a used book!
 
Remy said:
Have never heard of this series. Looks like a book is just republished on Amazon $16.20.
Amazon.com: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York: 9781639730834: Gallico, Paul: Books

Don't get me started on the resellers. Yes, I get they have a right to buy and sell. But I'm seeing them everywhere. They also buy books to sell online. I see them checking their phones. I think they want to know if the book is out of print and something people can't get new. Last time I was at PAWS a guy had a bunch of books.

I'm wondering if all the Tony Hillerman books will come back into print with Dark Winds on AMC?
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I am reading the Anne Hillerman books in order and about to start Stargazer. I am enjoying her books. Leaphorn and Chee are still around an Manuelito has become the prominent character. I am enjoying Dark Winds too!
 
The book I finished yesterday was "Still Waters' by Tami Hoag
Its set in Still Creek, Minnesota local businessman is murdered Sheriff Dane Jantzen tries to figure out who did it. A new resident in town, Elizabeth Stuart divorced mother with teenage son, some of the residents think she had something to do with the murder
This was good, I've read a couple of her other books,like the way she writes Sue
 
officerripley said:
Just finished The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened by Bill McKibben; very good.
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I learned a lot from this memoir so thanks for the suggestion. Finished it two days ago. A very good read.

Just started Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe about the Sackler dynasty built on Valium and OxyContin.
 
SeniorBen said:
I didn't make it to the end. Is that what he said? :ROFLMAO:
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Yes and no but after a few innuendos about AI, no jobs, automation and the a few rich will own everything and our poor government being yanked around by their … needs to step up and tax the Richie riches so all the millionaires will pay everyone a flat pay check via the government. So… yes that’s basically what he said.
I was so interested in the beginning because he was going through our generation and the changes that happened. Sad the way he ended it.
 
I am currently 2/3rds through a great book my sister recommended for us seniors: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83-1/4 Years Old. There are no chapters, it is written as a daily diary by an man living in Assisted Living in The Netherlands. It is funny, poignant, and he tells it like he sees it but is valiantly trying to stay positive! Some of his descriptions are hilarious and he tells a good story. He and 5 friends start a new club - The "Old But Not Dead Club" to get them out of the house and enjoy themselves. He is a wonderful role model! There are two more books in the series - him at 85 yrs old and again at 90 yrs, plus an outlier, short novel, Two Men and a Baby.

Has anyone else read these?
 


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