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

The book I'm about to read, is' Hare' by Chloe Dalton, a memoir
I've heard so much about it last yr, got good reviews was waiting for it to come out in paperback
 
Yesterday I was in our library looking for a book to read,selected' The Paris Wife' by Paula McLain.
The story is about 28yr old woman, Hadley Richardson who is visiting her college friend, Kate in Chicago and meets Ernest Hemmingway at a party.Her life is changed forever
 
moviequeen1 said:
Yesterday I was in our library looking for a book to read,selected' The Paris Wife' by Paula McLain.
The story is about 28yr old woman, Hadley Richardson who is visiting her college friend, Kate in Chicago and meets Ernest Hemmingway at a party.Her life is changed forever
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I've been debating picking that one up, @moviequeen1. Please let us know what you think, after you've finished.
 
This afternoon, I finished 'The Paris Wife' by Patricia McLain,though its fiction its based on true facts
Its set in the 20's, 28 yr old Hadley Richardson meets Ernest Hemmingway at Hadley's college friend, Kate Smith's apt in Chicago. She becomes his 1st wife after a whirlwind romance,they move to Paris
I enjoyed the book found it fascinating, not knowing anything about Hadley& her life with him
 
The book I started this afternoon"We All Live Here' by Jojo Moyes
Lila Kennedy's life is in disarray, she raising 2 teenage daughters, her ex left her for a neighbor,around the same time her mom died.Her step dad has now moved in,tries to help Lila
I'm enjoying it
 
This morning finished reading' We All Live Here' by Jo Jo Moyes,story of Lila Kennedy& her dysfunctional how they learn to all get along
I loved it laughing& wiping away tears, its the best the author has written in my opinion
The other books of hers I've read are Me Before You,After You, The Giver of Stars,The Girl You Left Behind
I highly recommend this Sue
 
History is my favorite reading subject. Fact or fiction.

As long as the fiction contains factual incidents, places or people, disguised to a degree.

Rhys Bowen writes books in that manner and I have fact checked her from time to time. She is always spot on and while her books are rather serious, she is quite witty. Enjoyable reading.
 
Lewkat said:
History is my favorite reading subject. Fact or fiction.

As long as the fiction contains factual incidents, places or people, disguised to a degree.

Rhys Bowen writes books in that manner and I have fact checked her from time to time. She is always spot on and while her books are rather serious, she is quite witty. Enjoyable reading.
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@Lewkat have you read any of Conn Iggulden's books
 
Lewkat said:
History is my favorite reading subject. Fact or fiction.

As long as the fiction contains factual incidents, places or people, disguised to a degree.

Rhys Bowen writes books in that manner and I have fact checked her from time to time. She is always spot on and while her books are rather serious, she is quite witty. Enjoyable reading.
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Are you referring to the material known as historical fiction?
 
“Mailman, My Wild Ride Delivering The Mail In Appalachia” by Stephen Starring Grant
Non-Fiction, Memoir

The author, laid off from his lucrative white collar job during the Pandemic, returns to his Virginia hometown. He takes a job with the US Postal Service to provide for his family.

The biggest part of the book deals with how the USPS operates at its basic level - mail carriers . I found it entertainingly informative. Especially how COVID affected mail service. Could have done with less use of acronyms but one always gets alphabet soup with government subjects.

There is less emphasis on the people the author meets on his Appalachian routes. The book also covers the author’s mental, emotional and spiritual growth as he faces his feelings of being a ”Loser” at his financial downturn in life. Probably not an uncommon feeling during the COVID Pandemic.

All this to say - I’m glad I read the book.
 
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1984 novel by Milan Kundera about two women, two men, a dog, and their lives in the 1968 Prague Spring period of Czechoslovak history.

A feature-length film adaptation of the same title was released in 1988.

But since it's a book whose strength is in it's psychological and philosophical insights from the author, it doesn't make a good movie.

But it's observations about people and their motivations are very good. The author's overall point is that people can't leave things light but insist on things getting heavy in relationships.
 
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"Runs in the Family " by Sarah Spain and Deland McCullough

The true story of an adopted black man on a journey to find his biological parents and discover where and to whom he truly belongs. Deland is a football coach and father of four whose life was changed forever by the unsealing of his adoption records. His hidden past harbored an astonishing secret. It offers a heartfelt testament to the profound impact of family and the kind of love and mentorship that can forge enduring bonds that transcend biology. This is a most enjoyable book, not just for sports fans!
 
I'm reading Mark Twain's Roughing It for the second time. I first read it a long time ago. It's a fun read. But, you have to remember that Twain was a story teller and humorist, not a journalist. Even when he worked for a newspaper he made stuff up. So, probably much of it isn't factual. You can kind of tell. If it's funny, it's most likely an exaggeration. Even so, it gives an idea of what the west was like during that time.

He made the trip when he was 25 and wrote the book 10 years later. It was a free download to my Kindle.
 
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