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

StarSong said:
Thanks for the recommendations. After reading the group I referred to in post #549 (some of which I mistakenly said were written by John Matherson. The author is William R. Forstchen and the protagonist is John Matherson), I read one more book by Forstchen, 48 hours. It's about a gigantic solar flare that would cause massive extinctions across the globe.

I read these over the course of 4-6 weeks, resting my psyche with lighter fare in between.

Seemingly unrelated, last week I was looking at my back-up pantry and realized it's recently become excessive. Took a full inventory. Eek! The stress of early pandemic shortages and these apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic books is showing up as food anxiety. My stash has grown well beyond a reasonable level (for a non-survivalist). DH & I could literally live for months from the pantry alone. I haven't yet had the courage to inventory the freezers, but it's on my list of things to do.

Anyone else having this issue from this type of reading material?
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Yeah, pretty much. In fact, I've discovered that any book whose cover picture has a gun or any other kind of weapon on it is not my cuppa tea at all.
 

The book I started yesterday is'A Single Thread' by Tracy Chevalier
The story is set in 1930's in England, Violet Speedwell has lost her father, adored older brother,fiance to WWI.She lives for awhile with her widowed mother ,her younger brother,Tom until he gets married. Violet finds a job in Winchester near the famed cathedral.One day during lunch break,she notices the group of women who embroider the kneelers at the church for the congregation,goes to her 1st meeting. This begins a new chapter in her life
I can not put this book down Sue
 
currently reading Reign of Terror by Spencer Ackerman


https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622555/reign-of-terror-by-spencer-ackerman/


An incredible book with much important truths about Bush's warmongering. Recently, Colin Powell died and many (including people in SF) gave him a free pass as if he was completely innocent with regard to those imperialist wars. Sorry folks, he wasn't.
 

Last night I finished'A Single Thread' by Tracy Chevalier ,a terrific book,I recommend it. Its as good as another book I've read of hers' The Girl with a Pearl Earring" Sue
 
Usually love a good mystery..with that said, just ordered "Fresh Water for Flowers
by Valerie Perrin. When someone tells me its one of their top 5 favorite novels of all time, it peeks my interest!
 
oldiebutgoody said:
currently reading Reign of Terror by Spencer Ackerman


https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622555/reign-of-terror-by-spencer-ackerman/


An incredible book with much important truths about Bush's warmongering. Recently, Colin Powell died and many (including people in SF) gave him a free pass as if he was completely innocent with regard to those imperialist wars. Sorry folks, he wasn't.
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I just finished that; you're right, it's an incredible book, I'm going to look for more by this writer.
 
I've started reading today 'The Woman Who Stole Vermeer" by Anthony Amore
This is true story of about a British heiress, Rose Dugdale who gave up her wealthy lifestyle,became the mastermind behind a major art theft at the Russborough House in Ireland in 1974 She&her gang of theives stole prized paintings one by Johannes Vermeer"Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid'
I always like to read about art thefts,history behind who was involved,why they did it
 
WheatenLover said:
I just read E.R. Nurses, by James Patterson. It is a nonfiction book which contains the experiences of about 60 E.R. nurses. Only a few of the stories had anything to do with Covid. Very interesting. I could not be an E.R. nurse.
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I can sympathize with you! As an EKG tech in my younger years, I had to do ER shift, and I was only 19 years old. I had nightmares after seeing car accident victims, mothers and children, in the ER, etc. So I changed my dream of becoming a nurse/doctor to something less violent.
 
Just got a book called The Final Flight. Its about two women who meet and want to disappear, so they change identities. They both are taking different flights and one of the flights crashes. Now what. Seems like a good read.
 
moviequeen1 said:
The book I started yesterday is'A Single Thread' by Tracy Chevalier
The story is set in 1930's in England, Violet Speedwell has lost her father, adored older brother,fiance to WWI.She lives for awhile with her widowed mother ,her younger brother,Tom until he gets married. Violet finds a job in Winchester near the famed cathedral.One day during lunch break,she notices the group of women who embroider the kneelers at the church for the congregation,goes to her 1st meeting. This begins a new chapter in her life
I can not put this book down Sue
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Just downloaded the ebook from my library. Thanks for the recommendation!
 
I'm dyslexic. Reading a chore for me. Some light 180 page book, most could read in a night, takes me about a week to read. But my last book, "Be My Baby", by Ronnie Spector, was of course about Phil Spector, the 1960s music producer, and murderer. Most people have moral lapses, but they are essential normal. Phil was a slime bag, a total rip off artist, but he could come up with #1 hit songs. He used/abused the talent, who sang his songs, They could have had spectacular careers, like Cher and Sonny Bono, a Spector protégée, who broke free of Phil.. A good book about the business of 60s music.
 
This afternoon I finished'The Women who Stole Vermeer' by Anthony M. Amore
He is the director of security&chief investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Mass
I enjoyed the book, but how Rose Dugdale transformed into a radical for the Irish cause was too detailed,I skimmed over some of those pages Sue
 
The book I'm about to read is'Becoming Mrs. Lewis" by Patti Callahan,a historic novel. Its the true story of the friendship between poet/writer Joy Davidman and writer CS Lewis who fell in love& married. I know some facts about the couple,saw the movie' Shadowlands' '93 starring Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger. I like reading historical books Sue
 
moviequeen1 said:
The book I'm about to read is'Becoming Mrs. Lewis" by Patti Callahan,a historic novel. Its the true story of the friendship between poet/writer Joy Davidman and writer CS Lewis who fell in love& married. I know some facts about the couple,saw the movie' Shadowlands' '93 starring Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger. I like reading historical books Sue
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That was a 'peculiar' marriage, relationship...I've not read the novel, only articles of a few pages. I hope the author offers a more
complete explanation.
 
Detective mysteries .. specifically Nordic and British. I've been told about an Italian series recently. Nearing the end of the Peter James novels, but think I will read his books unrelated to detective Roy Grace since I enjoy his writing so much.
 
I just finished reading"Becoming Mrs Lewis" by Patti Callahan,historic fiction based on the true story of poet/writer Joy Davidman and CS Lewis
This was a terrific book gives the reader a better insight of this unique love story between this couple. I couldn't put it down,I recommend it Sue
 
Took me a week to read THE MISSING SISTER by Lucinda Riley

The remaining sisters think they have found the 'missing sister'.
Only to learn that the mother & daughter share the same name.

The mother returns to Ireland to see her estranged family.
While there she learns she was adopted.

Very good novel that touches on Ireland's Irish war of Independence.
 
The Warmth of Other Suns--Isabel Wilkerson The story of the Great Migration in the US from1915 until approx. 1970 Follows Southern blacks as they make their new lives in Northern cities and California
 

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