Whatcha Readin'? A Book Thread

Jackie22 said:
Nearly finished....Breakfast at Sally's....true story about a wealthy man that loses it all and becomes homeless...about the people he meets and how he survives..4 stars

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004T2LKOA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1#navbar
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Sounds good Jackie, sort of reminds me of a book I read earlier this year, "How Starbucks Saved My Life" Another true story based on someone down on their luck. I will try to see if I can get a copy of the one you posted, I'll just recently picked up the book our member, ossian, recommended, but with all this moving stuff I haven't really started reading it yet, will get to it very soon, maybe even tonight.

https://www.amazon.com/How-Starbucks-Saved-Life-Privilege/dp/1592404049
 

Well, I started reading Alan Cummings book, "Not My Father," speaking of "Not" it's not a good choice to start on just before you plan to go to sleep; I was I getting stressed and wanted to scream and cry every time he reflected on the chapters "Then".

Today, I picked up "Breakfast At Sally's, read a few pages. Jackie, that was cute what happened with the typewriter. That chapter is as far as I read, I want to finish the other book about Cummings before I continue reading this one.
 
Hi, April, I finished "Breakfast at Sally's" and started "Days Road Crossing Plains 1865" about a family on the Oregon Trail...another true story.

https://www.amazon.com/Days-Road-Cr...RY?ie=UTF8&ref_=pe_385040_202724770_TE_M1T1DP

I'm about one quarter in, so far it is just ok.

I meant to ask you before if you know about "Book Bud', this is where I get most of my books....nothing over $3..I think "Breakfast" was $1.99 and this last one was $.99...most all the books offered are usually around $10 on Kindle..check it out if you don't already know about it.....I sign up and get an email from them every day, I pick out the ones that I think I might like and order a sample, if I like it after reading the sample I'll go ahead and buy, you can't hold the sample too long though or the price will go back up. Book Bud directs you to Kindle so you are actually buying from Kindle at a cheaper price for a limited time......happy reading.
 

I am presently reading Carl Hiaasen's "Bad Monkey". A fun read. Very lighthearted, cynical look at all the crooked people in FL. Love his stuff.
 
Bobw235 said:
I am presently reading Carl Hiaasen's "Bad Monkey". A fun read. Very lighthearted, cynical look at all the crooked people in FL. Love his stuff.
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Because it was set in my lovely state, I tried reading it, I just couldn't get into it, wasn't so much the subject, I just haven't been much of a fan of mystery novels for some time. Plus, I deal with the real people of Florida everyday, that's a trip unto itself.
 
As I said on another thread, I am reading The Tailor of Panama by John LeCarre, also was a movie. Very good.
Also Getting Back by Maller (published by iUniverse) Very good
Also Venus by Ben Bova Very good science fiction
 
(^^love reading LeCarre!)

I just finished The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins), Midnight Sun (Jo Nesbo), and am tonight starting Belgravia (Julian Fellowes).
 
Just finished Nelson DeMille's "Radiant Angel" and thoroughly enjoyed it. Another of his John Corey novels, this time involving the Russians, a suitcase nuclear device and a plot to set it off in lower Manhattan. A great thriller and a fun read. I've been a fan of DeMille's work for many years and in particular his John Corey series.

One of the newfound joys of retirement, time to read.
 
Been waiting forever for the book The Fireman by Joe Hill, little did I know it was 750 pages, read about 20 pages and decided I'd never finish. Started The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena. Really good, so far.
 
AprilT said:
Because it was set in my lovely state, I tried reading it, I just couldn't get into it, wasn't so much the subject, I just haven't been much of a fan of mystery novels for some time. Plus, I deal with the real people of Florida everyday, that's a trip unto itself.
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It was okay, but I've read better books by Mr. Hiaasen. Fun to read, but ultimately forgettable.
 
I just started " At Least in the City Someone Would Hear You Scream". Basically a young man abandons Whole Foods and Sephora to live Thoreau's dream...It opens with a raccoon stuck on his head.
 
I'm about half way through "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson. As someone who has been using Apple products for many years, I find this biography a fascinating look at a very complex man and in large part, the rise of Apple as a company. For all of brilliance often attributed to Steve Jobs, he was a very flawed individual and often a miserable person to deal with. A poor manager by many standards, yet there were those who bought into his vision and passion for excellence. His idiosyncrasies cost him dearly. The author spent a lot of time gathering material for the book, which Jobs apparently sought him out to write long before he died. When Isaacson passed on the idea at first, it was Jobs's wife who also encouraged him to write the book before it was too late, knowing how dire the illness was that ultimately took Jobs from the world.
 
My wife just read "A Mother's Reckoning-Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy". She described it as eye opening and a book she'll never forget, written by the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the shooters at Columbine. She found herself really feeling for the woman, who tells the story of what happened in the wake of this terrible nightmare.
 
Because I'm a Game of Thrones fan, I've just started reading the books, A Song of Ice and Fire. I'm about halfway through the first book, and am totally enjoying it. I didn't realize the author, George R. R. Martin, was American and had assumed he was from the UK.

This week I treated myself to a new basic Kindle e-reader (not the Fire) after having my previous Kindle for 5 years, which still works fine. I may donate it to the library. I have to say the touch features on the new one make it much nicer to use.

I don't buy paper books anymore because I don't want to add to my library, and I only download e-books from my library system (which is very easy to do). Occasionally if there's an author's story or book collection that Amazon offers for a very low price, I'll buy it, especially if there's a consolidated, interactive table of contents.
 
Bobw235 said:
My wife just read "A Mother's Reckoning-Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy". She described it as eye opening and a book she'll never forget, written by the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the shooters at Columbine. She found herself really feeling for the woman, who tells the story of what happened in the wake of this terrible nightmare.
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Saw an interview last year with this mom and I felt badly for her.
 
debbie in seattle said:
Saw an interview last year with this mom and I felt badly for her.
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All the proceeds from her book have been donated to causes devoted to mental health and suicide prevention. This tragedy ended her marriage. She wrote to those victims who survived and to the families of those that didn't. What struck my wife in reading this was just how hard it was for the woman in the aftermath of the event, and also how she never saw any warning signs in her son leading up to it. In hindsight of course, she's now recognizing things that might have raised red flags about his depression, but the book makes clear that signs of the illness in teens, differ from those in adults and may not be as obvious. Not an easy book to read, but one my wife recommends.
 
My wife just read "A Mother's Reckoning-Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy". She described it as eye opening and a book she'll never forget, written by the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the shooters at Columbine. She found herself really feeling for the woman, who tells the story of what happened in the wake of this terrible nightmare.

I got this book when it first came out. I cried through quite a bit of it. I mean it's upsetting but in a positive sort of way. She managed to survive somehow. It's a comfort to those of us who had troubled kids of our own. Sometimes the parents are completely innocent of what their children become.
 
I'm in the middle or re-re-rereading "Jude The Obscure". Was in a used book store in Hilo and found the same paperback edition I had to buy for a Eng Lit class at Ohio State about a 1,000 years ago.
 
I have been reading famous speeches by different politicians and presidents and came across this one that was responsible for launching Ronald Reagans political rise. "A Time For Choosing" was a great speech whether or not you liked Reagan, and some how the speech seems appropriate in this election season.
 
I recently started "The Last Stand -Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the little Bighorn" by Nathaniel Philbrick, one of my favorite authors. Most of us are familiar with Custer's Last stand, from history classes back in high school. This book is far deeper in depth and delves into the lives of all of the leading figures surrounding this battle.

Philbrick is also the author of "In the Heart of the Sea'', the tragedy of the whaleship Essex, and "Mayflower", regarding our Pilgrim fore-fathers and their first community.
 

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