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    Last book I read was "The Enemy" by Lee Child. Read is used loosely as I let others read to me via Audible. I am hooked on the Jack Reacher series.

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    E.H.Gombrich: A Little History of the World. Actually a book for kids, but nevertheless a nice and informative book - reminded me how little I picked up during history lessons in school, as it was so boring (Gombrich is anything but boring).

    Just started on "guns germs and steel" (Jared Diamond) to get a completely different perspective...

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    Stephen King's Doctor Sleep. After again sustaining my membership in the eating your words institute by using an e-reader to read this, I am hooked (I often replied to polls stating hell would freeze over before I chose an e-reader over a paperback). I was gifted a Kindle 2 International (with free internet!) with many books on it, including DS in archive, which I quickly downloaded in a few seconds. Many will underestimate the search this book feature of an e-reader. Very powerful. e.g. I came upon Part Two. If I was reading a paperback, or hardcover, I would immediately flip to see what Part One was. With the Kindle, it took seconds: menu | search this book | type part one | first hit nailed it. I even searched / refreshed my mind concerning plot points with equal success.

    DS was a joy to read and SK is back with his A game. I started with SK's powerhouses: The Shining (TSh) and The Stand (TSt), many years ago (TSt was a hard cover and thick!, TSh, a paperback). DS reminds me of TSt, and TSh, and Carrie - vintage SK, which is a good thing, imho. 4.8 out of 5 stars.
    New member of the eating your words institute here. An avid reader and book sniffer who recently got a kobo glo. Love it. Very convenient, light and easy to hold. I still prefer paper books but for convenience this little gadget can't be beat.

    Still reading the paper version of Van Gogh: The Life.
    Reading the electronic version of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tracy Lee View Post
    Just finished Doctor Sleep by Stephen King...
    I recently read Doctor Sleep, thought it was pretty good. I'll never look at a 'grey nomad' the same way again!

    Just started a Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout, from 1935, 'The League of Frightened Men"

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    Finished On Beauty by Zadie Smith today.

    Prior to that (over the past couple of weeks),I read Dan Fante 86'd and Lynn Breedlove's Godspeed.

    Might re-read a Martin Amis next.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ethernautrix View Post
    Finished On Beauty by Zadie Smith today.

    Prior to that (over the past couple of weeks),I read Dan Fante 86'd and Lynn Breedlove's Godspeed.

    Might re-read a Martin Amis next.
    Have you read Zadie Smith's NW? I thought that was excellent.

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    Last book finished, Sea Changes, by Derek Turner.

    Just started The Natural, by Bernard Malamud. Clearly going to be much different from the movie version, which I saw years ago.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ethernautrix View Post
    Finished On Beauty by Zadie Smith today.

    Prior to that (over the past couple of weeks),I read Dan Fante 86'd and Lynn Breedlove's Godspeed.

    Might re-read a Martin Amis next.
    I have Zadie Smith's NW to read.

    I've also got The Rachel Papers. I can't believe I haven't read it yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laura N View Post
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    Finished On Beauty by Zadie Smith today.

    Prior to that (over the past couple of weeks),I read Dan Fante 86'd and Lynn Breedlove's Godspeed.

    Might re-read a Martin Amis next.
    Have you read Zadie Smith's NW? I thought that was excellent.
    I read White Teeth at the end of 2000 (it was given to me) and was impressed, and I very much enjoyed Autograph Man. I only liked On Beauty. As soon as I read the last paragraph, I saw the book as a film, complete, and was weirdly disappointed.

    I had not heard of NW until your question, Laura N, and I look forward to reading it. Thanks.

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    I have been on a post-apocalypse bender lately.

    I have very much enjoyed Ben Winters' The Last Policeman and Countdown City, the second in the trilogy. Very good stuff, and a different take on the sub-genre. Can't wait for the third installment coming in July.

    Combining vampires and the end of the world is a trilogy from Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan is The Strain trilogy: The Strain, The Fall, and The Night Eternal. These are NOT your sparkly, broody, angsty, teenage fiction vampires. Apparently a TV series has been ordered from the books.

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    +1 on The Last Policeman, very good. I didn't know the second book was out. Thanks for sharing that.

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    This thread has been inactive for a while, hasn't it?

    Books I've read recently.

    The Faith Instinct, How Religion Evolved, and Why It Endures, by Nicholas Wade.
    A Troublesome Inheritance, Genes Race and Human History, by the same author.
    Special Tasks, The Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness - A Soviet Spymaster by Pavel Sudoplatov et al.

    And right now I'm reading The Good Soldier Švejk, by Jaroslav Hašek, with illustrations by Josef Lada.
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    I wasn't even aware that this thread existed. The last book I read was a crime novel with a spoonful of magic realism stirred in, by a Finnish author with a surfeit of vowels and diacritics in his name. Unfortunately my wife seems to have hidden it. Anyway, it gets a lukewarm recommendation ... I'll let you know if I find out what it was.

    Prior to that was Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon. If you're in the market for that, you'll know what to expect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaputnik View Post
    And right now I'm reading The Good Soldier Švejk, by Jaroslav Hašek, with illustrations by Josef Lada.
    How are you liking it? I've tried it a few times but it seems the humour is lost on me.

    Last book I read, which took me a long time, was Citizens by Simon Schama.

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    Currently reading Cairngorm John: A Life in Mountain Rescue.

    Really enjoying reading it and makes me appreciate even more the work the volunteers of Mountain Rescue teams do.

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    The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
    The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaputnik View Post
    Last book finished, Sea Changes, by Derek Turner.

    Just started The Natural, by Bernard Malamud. Clearly going to be much different from the movie version, which I saw years ago.
    Oh, yes, The Natural is much different than the movie. Malamud's characters are not Robert Redford's (a good thing, to my mind). Malamud is not sentimental at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaputnik View Post
    This thread has been inactive for a while, hasn't it?

    Books I've read recently.

    The Faith Instinct, How Religion Evolved, and Why It Endures, by Nicholas Wade.
    A Troublesome Inheritance, Genes Race and Human History, by the same author.
    Special Tasks, The Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness - A Soviet Spymaster by Pavel Sudoplatov et al.

    And right now I'm reading The Good Soldier Švejk, by Jaroslav Hašek, with illustrations by Josef Lada.
    You read some really interesting stuff, Kaputnik. I haven't met anyone else (besides my husband) who has read The Good Soldier Svejk.
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    I just finished Mitch Cullin's A Slight Trick of the Mind. I understand it is to be made into a film with Ian McKellan as Sherlock Holmes. I believe he is working with the same director he worked with on Gods and Monsters (a film I liked very much).

    It's really a very good book on memory, mortality, loss, loneliness, etc. Not everyone will like it in these days of SHERLOCK, but I found it quite moving.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Onogaro View Post
    I just finished Mitch Cullin's A Slight Trick of the Mind. I understand it is to be made into a film with Ian McKellan as Sherlock Holmes. I believe he is working with the same director he worked with on Gods and Monsters (a film I liked very much).

    It's really a very good book on memory, mortality, loss, loneliness, etc. Not everyone will like it in these days of SHERLOCK, but I found it quite moving.
    I just this hour read about this upcoming film. Very much looking forward to it.
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