What books are you reading right now?

Once I wrapped my mind around the idea that Can't Wait To Get To Heaven was supposed to be funny, whimsical, and 'light,' I very much enjoyed it.

I've just started Run, Brother, Run by David Berg. This has special interest to me because it's set in & around Houston, Berg still has a law practice in Houston, and I remember Charles Harrelson, the hit man father of Woody Harrelson. Many of the names & places will probably be familiar to me. Apparantly the Berg family was dysfuntional, the father had issues, Alan Berg (David's brother) had more than his share of issues and was killed by Charles Harrelson, and the trial was a farce.

 

The Book of Negros....

 

Be Expert With Map & Compass by Bjorn Hjellstrom

Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows, From Shock Theatre to Svengoolie by Ted Okuda and Mark Yurkiw

 

Darwin's Radio, a novel by Greg Bear. Twice before I've attempted to read this book, but just couldn't get into it, the scientific jargon played a part. I don't feel too stupid, since the author and/or publisher felt compelled to include a Short Biological Primer and a Short Glossary Of Scientific Terms at the end of the book.

 

Has anyone read some of Louise Penny's inspector Armand Gamache mysteries?
I have read all 8 or 9 already published, and the style and the art of narration gets better from book to book.
If you are not familiar with Canada and Quebec in particular, the setting of the novels should appeal to you.
If you want to have a peak in epub, send me a pm.

 

nice suggestion @fjmollot I'll take a look at this. I think they may have some available on Tuebl.ca
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I've moved on to the last (or most current ) Jack Reacher book: "Never Go Back" (by Lee Child):


Never Go Back: A Jack Reacher Novel Book by Lee Child | Hardcover | chapters.indigo.ca

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS

Never go back-but Jack Reacher does, and the past finally catches up with him. . . . Never Go Back is Lee Child's new novel of action-charged suspense starring "one of the best thriller characters at work today" (Newsweek).

Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in northeastern Virginia, near Washington, D.C.: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. The old stone building is the closest thing to a home he ever had.

Reacher is there to meet-in person-the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner, so far just a warm, intriguing voice on the phone.

But it isn't Turner behind the CO's desk. And Reacher is hit with two pieces of shocking news, one with serious criminal consequences, and one too personal to even think about.

When threatened, you can run or fight.

Reacher fights, aiming to find Turner and clear his name, barely a step ahead of the army, and the FBI, and the D.C. Metro police, and four unidentified thugs.

Combining an intricate puzzle of a plot and an exciting chase for truth and justice, Lee Child puts Reacher through his paces-and makes him question who he is, what he's done, and the very future of his un-tethered life on the open road


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Side Note: I was reading this as I was having my coffee yesterday morning. I ended up calling in for a half day using one of my vacation days because I got so wrapped up in it.

 

I nabbed a couple of interesting books at a resale shop yesterday.

The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison. I've heard & read many good things about this book. Unfortunately it's a paperback, not a 1952 First Edition hardback with dust jacket (dream on, Chris, maybe you'd like it autographed as well). I've pretty much given up on PBs unless the print is large enough for my diminishing eyesight, the paper & binding are decent (we've all see the cheap PBs with yellow/orange pages), & the price is right (I broke my $.50 rule, I paid $1.00).

Dear G Spot, by Zane. I'll probably learn something, but my main interest is prurient .

A book I passed on, but will keep in mind is a college literature anthology last revised in 1952.

 

I reread Horns (Joe Hill) the last couple days. Next in line was the Name of the Wind, but then I remembered I borrowed a book from a friend, like, a month ago, and I should probably read that first. The title escapes me at the moment.

 

The Name Of The Wind is awesome. I've been waiting for him to produce the third book in the series for years now.

 

One of the greatest books i have ever read was the Diaries of Samuel Pepys it gives a total insight into the lives of the rich and poor of England Pepys himself was a logistical genius ,very manipulative and a great womanizer. Yet the same man would go into a rage if he thought his wife so much as looked at another man.

 

Yes, I'll have to read Our Lady of Darkness again (tried it back in the '70's but was pretty young at the time)

 

More on Louise Penny here:

Code:

http://www.louisepenny.com/

 

Doc

"...Doc Holliday is the tragic hero in this terrific bio-epic set in a revisionist version of the Old West"

 

I love Pepys' diaries! Fascinating details, and he was a real character! Great reading.