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Moving to "Excavation," by James Rollins on the Kindle. Still listening to "Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald," by Therese Anne Fowler, read by Jenna Lamia.
Just finished One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson, am reading The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Strauss, have Trojan Horse by Mark Russinovich waiting on my desk and I'll bring the new Brad Thor Act of War on vacation with me. Maybe I'll bring the new Richard Kadrey book, The Getaway God with me too. But Sandman Slim on the beaches of Cape Cod doesn't seem a good mix.
The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth
It's sufficiently entertaining to keep me reading. However, though the writing is not technically bad by any means, it is rather lifeless. There is no prose. And the main antagonist is shaping up to be a uninterestingly one-dimensional. I'll finish it without regret but I probably won't ever read another of his works.
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Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics - Jim al-Khalili
A very entertaining and interesting read, and despite the title it is not particularly heavy on the science. This was an impulse buy from a very impressive bookstore I ran across on State Street in Madison, where I also discovered several other titles that I did not buy but plan to look into.
I finished I Am Spartacus by Kirk Douglas. I downloaded the book a couple of years ago but never got around to reading it. Kirk Douglas has written a lot of books. The title is actually from a major scene in the movie when the Romans told the slaves that whoever pointed out Spartacus would be set free. Well, they all stood up yelling "I am Spartacus." Very moving.
Only about half the book is about the filming of "Spartacus" and it's interesting. Imagine dealing with Lawrence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, and Charles Laughton in filming a movie. Let's talk egos. Olivier was always a gentleman but the other two were real characters and often not in a good way. They were jealous of each other. I still have great respect and regard for both of them as actors and directors.
The thread throughout the book is really about "The Black List." HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee). So many in Hollywood were banned and could not find work in their fields for decades. I've read about this subject for years and I've been around long enough to remember when it was all going down. Tail Gunner Joe (Senator Joseph McCarthy) turned it into a witch hunt.
The book is a fast read. It's interesting in all sorts of ways and the editing is perfecto.
Just finished third book of Fifty Shades of Grey
and I know idea what to start next out of my pile lol
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Just wanted to update that I finished The Good Luck of Right Now (Matthew Quick).
