Page 63 of 70 FirstFirst ... 13536162636465 ... LastLast
Results 1,241 to 1,260 of 1399

Thread: What Was the Last Book You Read?

  1. #1241
    Senior Member BlkWhiteFilmPix's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2014
    Location
    Looking up at the sky
    Posts
    539
    Thanks
    1,076
    Thanked 787 Times in 335 Posts
    Rep Power
    10

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Arsène Lupin : Les Aventures du Plus Intelligent Gentleman-Cambrioleur Jamais Inspiré Par La Nouvelle Série Televisée for my Advanced Study French class.

    The English translation - Arsène Lupin: The Adventures of the Most Intelligent Gentleman Thief Ever Inspired by the New TV Series (Netflix), by Rob Barbot. The book compares Maurice Leblanc's novels and their character Arsene Lupin with the Netflix series 'Lupin.'
    Bob

    Making the world a more peaceful place, one fine art print and one handwritten letter at a time.

    Paper cuts through the noise – Richard Moross, MOO CEO

    Indiana Jones used a notebook in the map room, not an app.

    www.bobsoltys.net/fountainpens

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to BlkWhiteFilmPix For This Useful Post:

    CrayonAngelss (May 24th, 2022)

  3. #1242
    Senior Member VertOlive's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Location
    Gulf of Mexico
    Posts
    3,886
    Thanks
    4,128
    Thanked 3,788 Times in 1,642 Posts
    Rep Power
    14

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    The Latinist by Mark Prins, a new title in what I’m beginning to think of as the “Academia Genre” ( Think Donna Tartt’s The Secret History). A modern re-telling of the Apollo and Daphne myth about an Oxford prof and the brilliant female student whose career he’s determined to smother. Really satisfying ending!
    "Nolo esse salus sine vobis ...” —St. Augustine

  4. #1243
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2022
    Posts
    117
    Thanks
    137
    Thanked 100 Times in 51 Posts
    Rep Power
    2

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Quote Originally Posted by sixmr View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by caribbean_skye View Post
    I just finished Allegient by Veronica Roth, it is the third book in the Divergent Trilogy. Right now I'm slowly making my way through Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
    I am a huge fan of Bradbury. I think Fahrenheit 451 reads best over a short period of time, so pick up that pace. Treat yourself to a tea/coffee/adult beverage and a several hour reading session. I find the short rhythm of his writing in that book so engrossing.
    I recall reading that Bradbury cranked out an early version of Fahrenheit 451 quickly on a pay typewriter. He had to keep dropping coins into it or it would stop.

    Here's a reference:https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jac...nheit-451.html

  5. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Niner For This Useful Post:

    Lloyd (June 4th, 2022), VertOlive (June 12th, 2022)

  6. #1244
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2022
    Posts
    117
    Thanks
    137
    Thanked 100 Times in 51 Posts
    Rep Power
    2

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

  7. #1245
    Senior Member christof's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Confoederatio Helvetica
    Posts
    1,875
    Thanks
    1,893
    Thanked 7,814 Times in 1,426 Posts
    Rep Power
    17

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Petit Pays by Gaël Faye:


  8. The Following User Says Thank You to christof For This Useful Post:

    Chrissy (June 27th, 2022)

  9. #1246
    Senior Member Kaputnik's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    By the long tidal river.
    Posts
    1,043
    Thanks
    2,713
    Thanked 2,570 Times in 695 Posts
    Rep Power
    14

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Scrolling back, I see that I haven't posted here in some eight months. But of course, it's not that I've stopped reading. Some of the things that I recall reading in the interval, although not in that order.

    The Iliad. I can't recall the last time I read this, and now some of it came across as fresh. There was also the thought that I might be able to appreciate it more if I could read it in the original Greek, but at my age I have no intention of trying to learn.

    The Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. Interesting science fiction novel, a bit "different".

    The Compleat Angler,
    by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. I'm making some effort to catch up on the classic books that "everyone talks about and nobody reads". I have to admit that the reputed charm of this one is largely lost on me, but it's not without interest.

    Rationality, by Steven Pinker. Actually, I'm still reading this one. As with other books of his that I've read, there's a lot of food for thought here, which of course, is the point.

    The Martyrdom of Man, by Winwood Reade. How many times have I gone through Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories? I still have the battered compilation of all the stories which was a Christmas or birthday present when I was 11 years old or so, back in the 1960s. I was reading some of those again, and came across this, in The Sign of The Four. Holmes is going off to investigate some things on his own, and recommends a good book to keep Watson occupied in the meantime. "Let me recommend this book,—one of the most remarkable ever penned. It is Winwood Reade’s ‘Martyrdom of Man'." How many times did I pass over that without being curious enough to find out what Holmes was talking about? In any case, this time I did look up the book, downloaded it from Project Gutenberg, and read it on my Kindle. And it is a remarkable book, both very dated (it was published in 1872) and still thought provoking. What actual thoughts it provokes may vary with the reader.

    A Philo Vance Omnibus, by S.S. van Dine. This fictional detective of the 1920s and 1930s seems to have fallen out of fashion, and after reading these rather ridiculous stories, I can see why. But I found them interesting, partly because of their absurdity.

    I started reading a collection of the tales of Jean de la Fontaine. Another classic, in the sense alluded to above. Not sure what I think, although again, if I were able to read them in the original, I might appreciate them more.

    Fantastic Fables
    , by Ambrose Bierce. Best taken in small doses.

    A number of short stories by R.A. Lafferty. Lafferty has always been one of my favorite science fiction authors, but it appears that most of his work is out of print.

    A collection of the "Mr. Mulliner" stories of P.G. Wodehouse. Sheer escapism. The utter irrelevance of his writing to almost anything in modern society, and the sheer dexterity of his prose make these irresistible to me.

    The Bible. Without wishing to disparage anyone's beliefs, my interest is literary rather than religious. I've been going through a King James version and occasionally comparing with a JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh. I can only read the English part.
    "If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly."
    G.K. Chesterton

  10. #1247
    Senior Member Kaputnik's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    By the long tidal river.
    Posts
    1,043
    Thanks
    2,713
    Thanked 2,570 Times in 695 Posts
    Rep Power
    14

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Not that anyone asked...

    But another interesting book that I read recently was After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence, by Don Glickstein. I think most of us realize that the War of Independence did not actually end with the British surrender at Yorktown, but there is a tendency to consider this as more or less a technicality. In fact, although in a general way I'd known that there was still fighting after this, I was rather surprised at how much there was. Glickstein's account covers struggles in what was not yet the United States, but also Canada, the Caribbean, and even Gibraltar. I found it quite illuminating.
    "If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly."
    G.K. Chesterton

  11. #1248
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Posts
    3,118
    Thanks
    874
    Thanked 2,528 Times in 1,299 Posts
    Rep Power
    13

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    The book I am currently reading is Engine Summer by John Crowley. I cannot begin to describe the wonder it evokes. It also is right in my blockhole genre-wise.

  12. #1249
    Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2022
    Posts
    66
    Thanks
    24
    Thanked 19 Times in 18 Posts
    Rep Power
    2

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    "Never" by Ken Follet. Fiction about world problems.

  13. The Following User Says Thank You to Motomachi10 For This Useful Post:

    Empty_of_Clouds (June 27th, 2022)

  14. #1250
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Posts
    3,118
    Thanks
    874
    Thanked 2,528 Times in 1,299 Posts
    Rep Power
    13

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Awesome! My wife is a big fan ever since I gave here a copy of Pillars of the Earth. She recently got the second book, World without End.

  15. #1251
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Posts
    3,118
    Thanks
    874
    Thanked 2,528 Times in 1,299 Posts
    Rep Power
    13

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kaputnik View Post
    Not that anyone asked...

    But another interesting book that I read recently was After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence, by Don Glickstein. I think most of us realize that the War of Independence did not actually end with the British surrender at Yorktown, but there is a tendency to consider this as more or less a technicality. In fact, although in a general way I'd known that there was still fighting after this, I was rather surprised at how much there was. Glickstein's account covers struggles in what was not yet the United States, but also Canada, the Caribbean, and even Gibraltar. I found it quite illuminating.
    I lived in Gibraltar for two years (I'm a Brit). Knew about the French/Spanish siege of course, and those two countries were long time rivals to Britain, but did not realise it was connected to the US war for independence. Colour me educated!

  16. #1252
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2022
    Posts
    117
    Thanks
    137
    Thanked 100 Times in 51 Posts
    Rep Power
    2

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    The Best of R. A. Lafferty. It's not my cup of tea.

    Yorkshire Gold.jpg

  17. #1253
    Senior Member fqgouvea's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2015
    Location
    Waterville, ME
    Posts
    393
    Thanks
    114
    Thanked 254 Times in 134 Posts
    Rep Power
    9

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Quote Originally Posted by Niner View Post
    The Best of R. A. Lafferty. It's not my cup of tea.

    Yorkshire Gold.jpg
    Lafferty varies wildly, and generates wildly different reactions from people. A little bit of him is good, but I get worn out if I take large doses of him. That said, I loved “The Seven Day Terror”!

  18. #1254
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2022
    Posts
    117
    Thanks
    137
    Thanked 100 Times in 51 Posts
    Rep Power
    2

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Quote Originally Posted by fqgouvea View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Niner View Post
    The Best of R. A. Lafferty. It's not my cup of tea.

    Yorkshire Gold.jpg
    Lafferty varies wildly, and generates wildly different reactions from people. A little bit of him is good, but I get worn out if I take large doses of him. That said, I loved “The Seven Day Terror”!
    That short story was in "The Best of" and I did like it.

  19. #1255
    Senior Member BlkWhiteFilmPix's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2014
    Location
    Looking up at the sky
    Posts
    539
    Thanks
    1,076
    Thanked 787 Times in 335 Posts
    Rep Power
    10

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies, by Sara Lewis.

    Sparked by finally seeing some fireflies last night.
    Bob

    Making the world a more peaceful place, one fine art print and one handwritten letter at a time.

    Paper cuts through the noise – Richard Moross, MOO CEO

    Indiana Jones used a notebook in the map room, not an app.

    www.bobsoltys.net/fountainpens

  20. #1256
    Senior Member Chip's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2021
    Location
    Wyoming
    Posts
    2,132
    Thanks
    98
    Thanked 1,079 Times in 632 Posts
    Rep Power
    6

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson, an account of an interstellar attempt at colonising a distant planet.

    A deft blend of science-based speculation and human drama. Robinson has recently become one of my favorite writers.


  21. #1257
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2013
    Posts
    6,658
    Thanks
    2,027
    Thanked 2,189 Times in 1,419 Posts
    Rep Power
    18

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Quote Originally Posted by christof View Post
    Petit Pays by Gaël Faye:

    wow do I love that cover

  22. #1258
    Senior Member Lloyd's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Posts
    1,630
    Thanks
    3,597
    Thanked 1,043 Times in 637 Posts
    Rep Power
    14

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Rickie Lee Jones's autobiography, "Last Chance Texaco".

    Typos courtesy of Samsung Auto-Incorrect™
    M: I came here for a good argument.
    A: No you didn't; no, you came here for an argument.
    M: An argument isn't just contradiction.
    A: It can be.
    M: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
    A: No it isn't.
    M: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
    A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
    M: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
    A: Yes it is!
    M: No it isn't!

  23. The Following User Says Thank You to Lloyd For This Useful Post:

    Chip (July 5th, 2022)

  24. #1259
    Senior Member Chip's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2021
    Location
    Wyoming
    Posts
    2,132
    Thanks
    98
    Thanked 1,079 Times in 632 Posts
    Rep Power
    6

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd View Post
    Rickie Lee Jones's autobiography, "Last Chance Texaco".
    I'll look for it. She's a lifetime favorite.

  25. #1260
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2013
    Posts
    6,658
    Thanks
    2,027
    Thanked 2,189 Times in 1,419 Posts
    Rep Power
    18

    Default Re: What Was the Last Book You Read?

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Lloyd View Post
    Rickie Lee Jones's autobiography, "Last Chance Texaco".
    I'll look for it. She's a lifetime favorite.
    In 1979, I worshipped at the altar of Rickie


  26. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to TSherbs For This Useful Post:

    Lloyd (July 5th, 2022), Niner (July 9th, 2022)

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •