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Just finished the German version of Inseparable by Dora Heldt which was okay. The best of the book was the ending. It made me cry a little. It was about friendship between women, how you can lose contact for a few years and get back to a real friendship in no time at all, how important it is to have friends to lean on etc.
At least 15 years ago I read Salt on our Skin. I can't remember if it was any good so I got a used German issue and started it yesterday. The author is French (Benoîte Groult) and I think it's a love story. I haven't read a good love story in ages so I'm excited to get to bed tonight and go on reading.
Maybe I can squeeze in some minutes free time this afternoon and also in my lunch break to go on with Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger. I wish I had more time to read.
I am a couple of chapters into The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben. This is the book for you if you love trees (and boy, do I ever) and have a high tolerance for anthropomorphism. Though I have a firm science background and professionally read a ton of research articles (think double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized...), I am loving the author's beautifully written summaries of how trees grow, communicate and even feel. I'll never walk through a forest in the same way again.
White Trash. The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg.
I thought this was great. It kind of surprised me (naively) that the poor have always been vilified and there has never been any intent to assist or enable them to no longer be poor.
I just finished Evicted, and I highly recommend that as your next read if you like White Trash.
"Testimony" is Scott Turow's latest book. Years ago I would read everything he wrote. I don't know why I quit.
I finished "Testimony" today. IMO, it is an exceptional read. It's fiction, current day and deals with a case before The Hague dealing with a small village of Roms (gypsies) that disappeared during the Serb wars.
If it was a movie the characters would "burst from the screen." Turow is a master of intricate plots and very intense characters. I loved the book. I feel a bit like I've come home again.
Thanks for this. I used to love Turow, too. (And Crichton.) Somehow, I developed a bias against "pop fiction." I haven't read a new Turow in a long time. This sounds interesting - I'll look into it.
Chariots Of The Gods
Heaven Changes Everything: The Rest Of Our Story
Several years ago I was fascinated by the Ancient Astronaut theory. I am not as active as I used to be but I will look for new material on this topic. I read Chariots years ago!
Lone survivor / by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson, 1940-, c2007, Little Brown & Co., 958.1047 Lutt.
Subjects
• Luttrell, Marcus.
• United States. -- Navy. -- SEALs.
• Afghan War, 2001- -- Campaigns.
• Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American.
Length
• 386 pages : photos, map
The basis for the movie, same name. Luttrell’s story of growing up in Texas, joining the SEALs, & a very bad day in Afghanistan. Some more detailed maps would have been helpful. An engrossing story, the SEALs struggled mightily. An inside view of SEALs, how they train, how they deploy.
I am a couple of chapters into The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben. This is the book for you if you love trees (and boy, do I ever) and have a high tolerance for anthropomorphism. Though I have a firm science background and professionally read a ton of research articles (think double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized...), I am loving the author's beautifully written summaries of how trees grow, communicate and even feel. I'll never walk through a forest in the same way again.
I read that a few years ago for book club, and it was a good re-introduction to Austen. I remember having to read Pride and Prejudice in high school and not liking it... I enjoyed Persuasion but it did take a lot of focus for moi to get through the sentences (sure used a ton of words. Since then I have sought out a few others from that era and while they still feel a bit like work to me, I do enjoy them on a different level.
I finished The Bridge of San Luis Rey which was quite good-----but I was distracted during some of it so I might just browse it again (short book).
I just started Winnie The Pooh which I never read before.
Persuasion does require concentration to get through the sentence structure, but the story itself is easy to understand and timeless. Austen's observations of human nature are as true today as they were when she wrote it. That's what makes it a classic, I suppose.
I read TBoSLR a long time ago and loved it. Might have to look for a copy.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
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Turow is a master of intricate plots and very intense characters. I loved the book. I feel a bit like I've come home again.
Good days & bad
. Since then I have sought out a few others from that era and while they still feel a bit like work to me, I do enjoy them on a different level.