What book are you reading?

riotgrl

Pap

National Emergency Library

PJ_Soul

I am very appropriately reading The Plague by Albert Camus. This has long been a favorite of mine, and I figured this was a good time to do another reread.

And kind of as a deliberate anxiety soother, I am reading the Little House on the Prairie series, lol. It is a nice, simple, pleasant read that evokes no strong emotion other than perhaps mild nostalgia - good to pick up and read a few chapters when I want to withdraw from thinking about present times.

deadendp

PJ_Soul said:

I am very appropriately reading The Plague by Albert Camus. This has long been a favorite of mine, and I figured this was a good time to do another reread.

And kind of as a deliberate anxiety soother, I am reading the Little House on the Prairie series, lol. It is a nice, simple, pleasant read that evokes no strong emotion other than perhaps mild nostalgia - good to pick up and read a few chapters when I want to withdraw from thinking about present times.

I might just dust off my daughter's collection.  (Or have her do it because she is 16 and her room is, well, that of a typical 16 year old.)  Good idea!  

The best thing I remember about the LHOTP collection is when K was in the 1st grade, we would get her books on CD from the library to listen to before bed.  She would go to bed around 8:30, but lights had to be out at 9.  I went to give a check at 10:30 and found these eyes looking back at me.  She tried closing them real quick, but didn't work.  "K!  Why are you still awake?"  "Mom, there was a bad winter storm and they couldn't find their way back to the house and I just had to listen!"  We decided that particular book was probably not the best for her to listen to before bed.  

23scidoo

The last book of this great trilogy..

brianlux

Having watched the film version of "Master and Commander" recently, I thought I might enjoy the Patrick O'Brian book.  But sampling it by reading a few paragraphs, I wasn't thrilled with the writing.  So instead, I picked up C.S. Forester's Beat to Quarters and found the writing much more to my liking.  I just finished the book and liked it a lot- so much so that I'm thinking I'd like to read all 11 of the Hornblower series.  Good read!

erebus

That’s too bad Brian
I really enjoyed the entire O’Brian series
I will have to give the Hornblower series a go

currently working through Wilbur Smith’s novels
 

brianlux

erebus said:

That’s too bad Brian
I really enjoyed the entire O’Brian series
I will have to give the Hornblower series a go

currently working through Wilbur Smith’s novels
 

Hmm, good to know, thanks.  Maybe I was too hasty in my judgement.  The O'Brian's do seem well liked.  Might have to give him a try again after I get through the Foresters. 

Speaking of, I started with Beat to Quarters because it was the first one he wrote.  But now I will read the rest in chronological order as per Hornblower the character himself.  The series as printed by Back Bay Books has them numbered on the spine in that order, which goes like this:

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

Lieutenant Hornblower

Hornblower and the Hotspur

Hornblower During the Crisis

Hornblower and the Atropos

Beat to Quarters

Ship of the Line

Flying Colours

Commodore Hornblower

Lord Hornblower

Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

JPPJ84

Hey Brian, have you ever read Robert Merle‘s Fortune de France series? If you like history then I think you will enjoy these

Pap

The written word is all that stands between memory and oblivion. Without books as our anchors we are cast adrift; neither teaching, nor learning. They are windows on the past, mirrors on the present, and prisms reflecting all possible futures. Books are lighthouses erected in the dark sea of time. ~ Jeffrey Robbins (Gargoyles)

Pap

Deep14 & 15!

Pap

Pap said:

^ Finished that one and have already started this:

goldrush

Finally finding the time to dig into the pile of unread books on the shelf. This one is first up:

bluegrace

Kitchen confidential - Anthony Bourdain

brianlux

Because it is disjointed and rambling sometimes, I guessing that only those who love Brian Wilson will love this book.  Well, that fact of the matter is I am also prone to rambling and being disjointed at times and I love Brian Wilson so, yes, I am loving this book!

brianlux

goldrush said:

Finally finding the time to dig into the pile of unread books on the shelf. This one is first up:

If I recall correctly, that book title is a line from Lou Reed's song "Romeo Had Juliette", yes?

goldrush

brianlux said:

goldrush said:

Finally finding the time to dig into the pile of unread books on the shelf. This one is first up:

If I recall correctly, that book title is a line from Lou Reed's song "Romeo Had Juliette", yes?

I don’t know the song but I’d say you were probably right. Lou Reed is a character in the book so it makes perfect sense.

Malroth

If you like historical fiction,

read anthony marra.

He only has two books.

This one is even better.

riotgrl

ConorKavanagh