What Are Folks Reading, Book-Wise, These Days?

A Good Life, and it was for the most part for Ben Bradlee...
 

Currently reading "Under the Knife", by (Dr.) Tess Gerritsen.
This book delivers everything the title promises: The scalpel; the wrong incision; the malpractice suit; then also the steamy romance between the Doc and the lawyer---who could ask for more?
Read for hours into the night until my eyes refused to stay open any longer!
 
ndynt said:
Denise, you sound like me, always have several books open. Read some of one, digest it...then read in another. :)
Afraid my choices would not interest anyone else. Right now reading...Excellence Without A Soul (Does Liberal Education Have a Future?) The Second Bill of Rights (FDR'S Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need it More Than Ever) and Look Me In The Eye (My Life with Asperger's). Did I put you all to sleep, reading the titles.:(
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I often have 2 or 3 unrelated books open at one time. I'd never try to read two fiction books at one time, but I will have one fiction and one on history or Buddhism, etc.
 

Finally got my new Kobo e-reader and just starting the latest Donna Leon mystery 'By It's Cover' - set in current day Venice. Have read all previous works by this author and really like the writing style. One thing I find interesting in this series is the food aspect - there is always a description of the most delicious meals prepared for Inspector Brunetti by his wife when he arrives home for either lunch or dinner.
 
I just finished reading the historical fiction book "New York". I use amazon kindle to get my books on my I-phone. I am reading Anne Tyler's, "Blue Spool of Thread". Both of these books are about families' lives. I love mysteries as well. I enjoy knowing what your read and take note of them for future reads.
 
Ameriscot said:
Those are okay ND. My DH would read some of those. I read a lot of books about Eleanor Roosevelt a couple of years ago. Fascinating.

An audio book I highly recommend is An Uncommon Reader read by the author, Alan Bennett. It's hilarious. The queen discovers the pleasure of reading through a library van employee she stumbles upon outside the palace kitchens.
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yes, it's great isn't it? Try and get the audio of Alan Bennet's 'The Clothes They Stood Up In' this one had me almost in hysterics.
I have read all the autobiographical books by him too, he is a very good writer, who's writing just flows.
 
Glinda said:
I read The Queen and I years ago and loved it. I always wondered if any members of the royal family actually read the book. I did not know about Queen Camilla. Thanks for letting us know - I'm going to get it on kindle or order a hard copy today.
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Hope that you laugh as much as I did Glinda!;)
 
oakapple said:
yes, it's great isn't it? Try and get the audio of Alan Bennet's 'The Clothes They Stood Up In' this one had me almost in hysterics.
I have read all the autobiographical books by him too, he is a very good writer, who's writing just flows.
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I might have that one. I downloaded one of his books that has 3 stories in it. I'll check as I have a huge backlog of audiobooks.

I saw him in a play in London once - the one about the woman and van. Enjoyed it.
 
Misty said:
I've been interested in reading "Killing Lincoln". Was it interesting, Phil?
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Very interesting, and I'm not even a fan of the Civil War. They start about 6 weeks away from his assassination and work their way up, contrasting and comparing the progress of the war with Lincoln's state of mind. They give detailed descriptions and motivations of all of the main characters and go into some detail (beware) of the forensic results of Booth's actions.

All in all, for a book of 62 chapters it seemed a quick read, which is often how I judge the quality of a book.
 
I'm in the middle of Gone Girl. Finding it a good read, but I won't give it 5 stars. Next I'll read The Bookseller.
 
oakapple said:
I hear that the play Our American Cousins is being shown again just now.If only Lincoln had stayed in that night and read a good book.
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He actually would have preferred that, but his wife was the social butterfly who yanked him around town. :(
 
oakapple said:
Wives, eh?
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Mrs. Lincoln had a tough life, having lost some of her children at early ages, but she was also evidently suffering from some severe mental conditions. Mr. Lincoln was constantly having to try to appease her in whatever he did, so it drew away some of his energy from the job of running the country.
 
oakapple said:
A difficult life for both of them then. how did she cope after his death?
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Not well. She wore only black clothing for the rest of her life, lost another son (18 years old) to a mysterious heart ailment, was committed to a mental institution for a year by yet another son, tried living in France for 4 years then finally moved back to Springfield, IL (her and Abe's hometown) where she died in 1882, aged 63.
 
SifuPhil said:
Very interesting, and I'm not even a fan of the Civil War. They start about 6 weeks away from his assassination and work their way up, contrasting and comparing the progress of the war with Lincoln's state of mind. They give detailed descriptions and motivations of all of the main characters and go into some detail (beware) of the forensic results of Booth's actions.

All in all, for a book of 62 chapters it seemed a quick read, which is often how I judge the quality of a book.
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Thanks for your review, Phil....Really appreciate it and it does look very interesting. :) Definitely going to add it to my book collection.
 
A couple of you mentioned not being able to finish Gone Girl. I didn't think it was that great while reading the first 2 or 3 chapters, but then it got to where it was the page-turner I'd heard it was. Not quite finished and I recommend you all give it another chance.
 
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