What are you reading?

[Naio]

Let's share book ideas!

I'm currently reading Huckleberry Finn. Haven't read it since I was a kid and, no surprise, it's a lot more complex than I remembered :). And a good traveling book!

Also highly recommended, from my just-finished pile, Motoring with Mohammed. It's nothing about war -- it's a travelogue from the 80s, about Yemen. Beautifully written.

[tomman58]

finished Lullaby by Robert Parker. Detective story not bad

[tomman58]

finished Firestorm by Nevada Barr. Not bad about firefighters in a huge forest fire and murder.

[tomman58]

finished (hopefully the series) When the light goes by larry mcmurtry. This should be the end of a Texas millionaire and has outrageous exploits.

[Ardobeltza]

Recently finished Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance, and am now reading Dream Land by Quinones(sp?) about the Opiate Epidemic in US.

[Naio]

tomman58 wrote:

Naio wrote:
Oh, Louis Penny sounds wonderful! I had not heard of her before. And of ourse, P. G. Wodehouse is amazing.

opps misspelled Louise.
Make sure you staRT FROM THE EARLIEST BOOK IF POSSIBLE i
I buy mine from Amazon used.

Hah! I did think it was an unusual spelling, but people have all sorts of differently spelled names! It takes all kinds, right? 🙂

[dakasa47]

Copilot campanion, I just wrote a response to you request to let you know about the book about life during Jane Austin's lifetime. For some reason it won't post as I keep getting a message it cant be posted due to formatting problems????? This has happen to me before when I have written reponses here. I am trying to figure out how to fix it but I wanted to let you know I did respond but it won't post. I am going to try to see if I can fix it?????I don't know what I am doing wrong.

[tomman58]

Naio wrote:
Oh, Louis Penny sounds wonderful! I had not heard of her before. And of ourse, P. G. Wodehouse is amazing.

opps misspelled Louise.
Make sure you staRT FROM THE EARLIEST BOOK IF POSSIBLE i
I buy mine from Amazon used.

[CopilotCompanio]

dakasa47 wrote:
Jane Austin's England by Ron and Leslie Adkins

Oh, dakasa, lemme know how you lke this one. It sounds like something I would enjoy?

[Naio]

Oh, Louis Penny sounds wonderful! I had not heard of her before. And of ourse, P. G. Wodehouse is amazing.

[dakasa47]

Jane Austin's England by Ron and Leslie Adkins

[CopilotCompanio]

"Dead Wake" by Erik Larson. It is about the sinking of the Lusitania.

[CopilotCompanio]

"Slow Dancing With A Stranger" by Meryl Comer. Like me, she is a caregiver for her husband who has Alzheimer's.

/CC

[dakasa47]

tomman58 wrote:
Finished "the nature of the beast" by Louis Penny. Her books are great she offers a unique look at Canada's law enforcement combined with a little village north of Quebec that has no cell service, no location on GPS, no internet. Very interesting.
Start at the beginning of the series as this is a continuing story.

Oh I LOVE her books. I have learned so much about small village life in the woods of Quebec and about the values and traditions . I started with Still Life (her first one) and also recommend if possible to read them in order. I just love all of the characters and the interactions between them.

[CopilotCompanio]

"Love Among The Chickens" by PG Wodehouse. The chicken chase in Chapter 6 is hilarious.

[tomman58]

Finished "the nature of the beast" by Louis Penny. Her books are great she offers a unique look at Canada's law enforcement combined with a little village north of Quebec that has no cell service, no location on GPS, no internet. Very interesting.
Start at the beginning of the series as this is a continuing story.