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Mickey Richaud

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Just finished one: A Thousand Splendid Suns , by Khaled Hosseini. The guy's an incredible story teller! His first book was The Kite Runner , and I was blown away by that one. This book is even better! Like his first, this one's set in Afghanistan (his birthplace - he moved here in 1980), and tells the story of the last three decades from an unlikely point of view.

WOW!

No matter what your take is on what's going on over there (and let's not get into that, please), you need to read these two books.
 
"How to Power Tune MGB 4-Cylinder Engines" Peter Burgess. Really keeps you on the edge of your seat.
 
How about <u>“Strength of Materials”</u> by Bassin /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

OK, I’m guessing you mean “fun reading”.

I read <u>“Kite Runner”</u> after hearing Hosseini speak about it on Public Radio. A great book!
I will look for his next one.

You’ll laugh when I tell you what I’m reading right now:
<u>“A Generous Orthodoxy”</u> by Brian McLaren. Interesting, so far.

I read the <u>Truman</u> book (by David McCullough ) a while ago. Boy, like him or not, old Harry was “the real deal”. I was always a Truman fan….more so, after reading this book.
 
How about God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens.

Ouch, Fr. Mickey.
 
I am just finishing up In the Shadow of my Father: Echoes from the Standard Motor Company by John Macartney. Not a literary classic, but an interesting read. I am probably moving then to a book I picked up at Mystic Seaport last week, Shackleton's Stowaway by Victoria McKernan, a novel based on the true story.
 
aeronca65t said:
How about <u>“Strength of Materials”</u> by Bassin /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

You’ll laugh when I tell you what I’m reading right now:
<u>“A Generous Orthodoxy”</u> by Brian McLaren. Interesting, so far.
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You're RIGHT!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif
 
Currently into "No Ordinary Time", Doris Kearns Goodwin.... and from this post it appears I need to pick up the pace a bit. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
 
I do allot of professional reading but I will have to say my all time favorite books were the Harry Potter series. From the ages of 5 and 6 to the ages of 14 and 15 my son and daughter sat with me while I read the entire series to them. I will never forget each of them sitting on each arm of my chair as I read the first few books to them, them begging me to read just one more chapter as I was so hoarse I could not talk the next day. I think no book has brought me the joy as watching my kids hang on my words for hours and hours as I read them the adventures of Harry.

I am currently reading three books but I am most looking forward to the new Rick Atkison book coming out in October called "The day of Battle". His last book, an Army at Dawn was a Pulitizer winner and a very easy read for those who like military history.

My current books include "the great war for civilisation" by Robert Fisk which had lots of promise but ended up being a political attack book and I can not recommend. "From Beirut to Jerusalem" by Thomas Freidman is slow read but a good insite into the middle east mind set. The Last is "the Bear went over the mountian" about the soviet attack of Afghanistan which is a must read for any military officer.
 
Just finished Deepak Chopra's "Buddah, A story of enlightenment" which reads nicely! Next I was going to pick up Hitchen's book and check it out!!
 
As a librarian I get to read the unedited versions of books. The last three were my favorite authors- Dick France's new book, Stephen Hunter's-<u>47th Sameri</u>, and Wilber Smith's continuation of the River God Series, <u>The </u><u>Quest.</u>

My favorite so far this year is the S. M. Sterling series set in the Corvallis area. Starts with <u>Dies the Fire</u>. Now that Harry Potter is out the other authors are releasing again.
 
Just finished The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy.
Just started The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz.

Recent reads have been
Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath
Hurricane Punch by Tim Dorsey
The Secret Hangman by Peter Lovesey
Burlington's Zephyrs by Karl Zimmermann

On tap:

The Wheel Of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
all three Dexter... novels by Jeff Lindsay (which I still need to purchase, two of which are on hold at work. I decided to splurge on hardcovers since the new one just came out)

-William
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Just finished The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy.[/QUOTE]
Just watched the movie that was based on his book - strange to say the least!
 
Greg - I stumbled on it when I walked into the hotel room & started channel searching...interestng to say the least - dark - troublesome - but a good movie...rent it! I've one thing to say about one of the actresses' performance - but that'd give away the plot...suffice it to say, her performance wasn't believeable
 
I'm reading an older book a friend recommended:

The Chancellor Manuscript
by Robert Ludlum
 
tony barnhill said:
..interestng to say the least - dark - troublesome - but a good movie...rent it!
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The book is very dark and troublesome. I've not yet seen the movie. I got it because I liked L.A. Confidential (the film) and was going to read the book. But it's part of a four book set that Ellroy calls The Los Angeles Quartet and I figured I'd start at the beginning.

Very, very dark book.

-Wm.
 
I have been reading "The End Of America" by Naomi Wolf. It is an interesting read from the viewpoint of a crazy person. ")
 
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