What are you reading?

[AndyD]

I'm a book addict.
In the last two weeks, at least 31 books cost me about £80. Mostly old poetry, humour literature; all pre-loved, also a couple of maps. I love rummaging through charity shops.

One of them 'How to be Topp (A guide to Sukcess for tiny pupils)' 1954, immediately caught my eye because of the early Ronald Searle illustrations.

caster missing and replaced by books, legs broken, chained to wall

[AndyD]

I'm actually reading this today:

[Mik]

A lifetime friend of mine who was a flight attendant wrote this. Reading it now.

[Mik]

Just finished this.. I highly recommend if you are interested in the city of New Orleans. Wonderful book.

[AdagioM]

@dolmansaxlil I loved Ministry of Time; I reread it immediately upon finishing because I wanted to see how the plot points had been set up. That was a great read.

The inspiration for the book, Graham Gore, was a real person. And his grandfather John Gore showed up in another book I read recently, The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides, which was about Captain James Cook’s final expedition (looking for the Northwest Passage from the western end).

The Wide Wide Sea
IMPERIAL AMBITION, FIRST CONTACT AND THE FATEFUL FINAL VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
By Hampton Sides

I highly recommend this book. I learned a lot about Captain Cook and that last voyage. I saw the Captain Cook monument at Kealakekua Bay in December (where he died), and this book provided a good background for me.

[kluurs]

Just finished Stoner - not what I expected - a decent read.

[AndyD]

Easby Moor has a monument to Captain Cook and can be seen (with binoculars) from where we live.
He's still a bit of a local hero, his life taught in schools; people of a certain age know DCI Morse was named after his ship.

I'll endeavour to get the book

[AdagioM]

@AndyD I hadn’t realized that Cook’s last voyage was really about the Northwest Passage; I only knew that he was killed in Hawaii (we spend time in Hawaii most Decembers).

I worked in a salmon cannery on Kodiak Island, Alaska, which paid for university. Long hours. But the descriptions of Alaska in The Wide Wide Sea brought it all back to me!

[RealPlayer]

Too much news.

[CHAS]

Cannot find much of what I like so I am reading another Daniel Silva book, The Cellist. Spies, intrigue, mysteries, and the like hold my interest. I need to broaden my selections.

[pique]

"Democracy in Chains"
Just started it but so far it's a page-turner

[pique]

@Bernard said in What are you reading?:

"The American Heritage History of The Law In America" by Bernard Schwartz (1974)

And as soon as I see my friend, which should be in the next week or so, I'll be reading her new book, "Propaganda Girls."

Please give Lisa a hug from me. She is amazing.

[Bernard]

@pique said in What are you reading?:

"Democracy in Chains"
Just started it but so far it's a page-turner

I'll have to look for it.

[Bernard]

@pique said in What are you reading?:

Please give Lisa a hug from me. She is amazing.

I will.