What books are you reading right now?

Might try to finish the first Game of Thrones book again. It is seriously failing to hold my interest but it has to get good at some point. Still haven't read about Borimor's beheading for that matter as well. I suspect it has something to do with the King's bastard kid working for the blacksmith.

 

I had some trouble getting into that first book myself. Dunno why. I've read worse.
After I got into it I really enjoyed the series, the rest of the books were easy to consume.

 

The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
Interesting to read something wrote in the eighteen-hundreds.
Didn't think I would enjoy , but . . .
Unique look into the literary past.

 

My apologies for the late reply ,but in my defence im new to all this , if you ever come across a book called one day in the life of Ivan denasavich read it its fantastic .

 

I just finished the Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle.
The basic story is man meets woman and they take on an evil secret society. It's been done a million times.
But I enjoyed it. It is filled with interesting evolutionary facts, referances to the Toba Catastrophe and the biblical Great Flood without losing it's fast paced main story. The book also has nazis in Antarctica in 1938 and a some atlantis artifacts being unearthed.
Lots of fun.
I'm about to start the Atlantis Plague , let's hope Riddle can keep up the good work.

Side note;
I checked out his website and discovered a fact/fiction list for his story

The Atlantis Gene: Fact vs Fiction

 

. . . and?? Did you like??

 

Has anyone here read Inside The Third Reich, Memoirs by Albert Speer?

I haven't started it, and plan to read it in parts once I do start because I anticipate parts of it to be very dry, and most certainly I'll need to do some research here & there in order to better understand some issues, actions, etc. I have no fascination with Nazi Germany, but I'm thinking that an insiders view might be interesting.

It set me back a whopping $1.00. If ITTR puts me to sleep, I'll toss it into a donation box.

 

I read it. It was interesting, but...a little lopsided, maybe, and there was a certain ick factor.

Instead, I would recommend reading "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich," by William L. Shirer. It's massive, but incredibly well-written, thoroughly researched by a master reporter who lived through it all, and mind-blowingly complete.

 

Thanks! I don't like to start a book, then not finish it. Unfortunately, many historical texts are so poorly written they literaturelly (pun!) put me to sleep. I have heard & read many good things about Shirer's book. I tend to prefer the writing of reporters (concise facts) over that of historians (blah, blah, blah, blah, blah).

I've misplaced an interesting but flawed (how much of the detailed information was conjecture by the author?) book that gave profiles of Hitler's top staff. Once I find it I'll post some more info.

 

I reckon you're probably asking this of Snowy,
But since the question is below my last post...

Yes! I did enjoy the Atlantis Plague. Good of you to inquire.
Riddle is a relatively new author but I like what I've read so far. I think I'll even go onto Amazon and write a review. Do my part to boost his sales. I always read a few reviews before I download a book these days. I'm sure others do the same.

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I've also just finished Doctor Sleep by Stephen King.
It's a sequel to the Shining. I was a bit nervous going into it. (It's been 36 years between books) But I shouldn't have worried. King wouldn't have published it if it didn't work.
Overall I'd say it was a good book. The characters are complex and the story is well written. The ending felt a little rushed to me, but that might have been because it was late and I wanted to finish before i went to bed.
I'll have to read it again someday. After I've found my copy of the Shining and refreshed my memory.

 

I'm almost finished with Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson.
If you liked Clan of the Cave Bear then you'll really like this one.

 

Finished Sharp Objects.

Started A Dog in a Hat last night on the plane. Think I'm going to like it.

 

Confession--I've read all six of Jean Auel's books in the Earth's Children series. That type of fiction isn't normally my taste, and Auel isn't a great writer. Somehow I got hooked on following Ayla.

 

I haven't read her last one, I believe. After Plains of Passage, I started to lose interest.
A lot has to do with the length of time between books.

 

@ Chris Noyb I also read all six and found Ayla to be a compelling heroine. In Shaman the protagonist is young man, or should I say "stud", of the tribe that goes through a rite of passage called a "wander". He has some wild experiences after ingesting magic mushrooms that include sampling his own "spurt milk". I hope there is a sequel

 

Almost finished Dorothy Parker's short stories. Time to start planning my next book

 

Judging by the books I've seen during my thrift & resale store searches, Auel's books, and the movie The Clan of the Cave Bear, inspired quite a few 'knockoffs.'

Stud, huh? I wonder if he would measure up, in more ways than one, to Jondular? That's an inside joke.

I came very close to giving up on Auel when reading Valley Of The Horses, way too much Jondular for me, maybe women feel/felt differently. And of course he became a key character is the subsequent novels. Yes, Ayla is a compelling heroine, she's the only reason I stayed with the series. Word on the net is Auel is/might be writing a seventh EC book.
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I read them fairly recently, and close together. I can see the time gap causing a loss of interest; let's be honest, Auel's writing definately doesn't fall into the Awesome, Must Keep Reading category.

 

Damn @Chris Noyb ~I haven't read the Auel books in years and now you have to go and remind me of Jondalar? He was the stud of all prehistoric time.

Temperature rising now I'm going to have to try a bath to relax myself. Uh no I better not do that; I have that new water massager in my bath.
What to do now?

 

I added a couple of John Irving novels to my collection, The Hotel New Hampshire and A Son of the Circus.

I've read & kept HB copies of the following Irving novels (listed in my subjective worth reading order): The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules, A Prayer For Owen Meaney, A Widow For One Year, and The Fourth Hand. The only one that I really didn't care for was TFH, it doesn't seem that Irving put any real effort into it, and I'm not sure if APFOM should be listed before AWFOY.

If you've seen the movie The Door in the Floor, but haven't read AWFOY, the movie only covers a small portion of the book.