I read his Exodus when I was 13. I learned so much from it.Now reading Battle Cry by Leon Uris
What are you reading?
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Read that one too but don't remember much. I went through a Uris/Roth phase in my early 20s where I kinda overdid the American Jewish Experience (not, as far as I know, Jewish myself, just rabbit-holed the topic) and then burned out on it. There are scenes and lines that stuck with me, but a lot of the overall stories are absent from my head.
I was the same in high school. Only in America and Joys of Yiddish behind my Chem book, liberal sprinklings of Lower East Side slang in my talk . . . I intended to write my final term paper for American History on "Jewish Immigrants' Influence on American Life and Culture," but there was so much material, I was snowed under and my teacher did nothing to help me narrow it down. I never wrote the paper. And being a second semester senior and already accepted into college, I got away with it.
Unlike now, the large Jewish contingent in my high school saw my obsession not as cultural appropriation, but as solidarity.
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As for what I'm reading, it's India Hayford's The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree. You know the author as our own @CatrionaGrace.
Uris is so hit or miss. Maybe the most hit or miss ever. There's a few that are great and a few that are unreadable.
I read it at the same age. Its revelations were nothing short of life-changing. I had nightmares for weeks and food for thought for a lifetime.
Thank you for reading my book, Catrin.
PS is it kosher for me to mention BookBub is running a $1.99 sale for a limited time? BookBub link If not, please just remove this line quietly and I'll slink away.
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I finally tracked down a copy of the Baen collection Solomon Kane, which includes fragments left behind by Robert E. Howard and finished by Ramsey Campbell, and it arrived last Friday.
“The Castle of the Devil” interested me the most based on what was left, so I started with that story. Campbell builds a nice ominous atmosphere, but the reveal at the end was a letdown for me, and it lacked the weird elements I was hoping to find. On to “The Hawk of Basti” and “Children of Asshur”.
“The Castle of the Devil” interested me the most based on what was left, so I started with that story. Campbell builds a nice ominous atmosphere, but the reveal at the end was a letdown for me, and it lacked the weird elements I was hoping to find. On to “The Hawk of Basti” and “Children of Asshur”.
Finished The Road, and now I’m deep into my history book about whaling. I’ll likely finish it this week. I’m also reading Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess. Excellent, so far.
Besides those, my daughter (9) is reading Where the Red Fern Grows with me. She’s absolutely loving it and I’m enjoying it. That book really got into my bloodstream when I was her age. It’s been fun revisiting it.
Besides those, my daughter (9) is reading Where the Red Fern Grows with me. She’s absolutely loving it and I’m enjoying it. That book really got into my bloodstream when I was her age. It’s been fun revisiting it.
My son listened to that on audiobooks so many times that I was ready to run screaming from the house whenever he turned it on.
Currently reading The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear. An addition to the Maise Dobbs series, it has thus far failed to surpise or delight me. Maisie Dobbs, the first book, was brilliant. Having appeared in something over a dozen books, Maisie has become a tad tiresome with her deep wisdom, compassion, and endless wonderfulness. The plots are usually good, though. and the historical atmosphere is oustanding.
Re-reading Tanamera, by Noel Barber. Way upmarket Indonesian historical adventure-romance. Both the book and the author are nearly forgotten today, but he was once a best-seller to both men and women.
His best known is probably A Woman of Cairo.
His best known is probably A Woman of Cairo.
I am nearly finished reading A New History of Carthage, by Eve MacDonald.
It's incredible to see the story of Carthage (which I'm familiar with, but mainly from the Roman POV) being told from the Carthaginian POV, which had been lost to us until recent archaeological findings. This is a treat to any serious-minded student of the classics, or even anyone familiar with the basics (like Hannibal and his elephants crossing the Alps) and who wants to know more. Great read, thoroughly recommended.
It's incredible to see the story of Carthage (which I'm familiar with, but mainly from the Roman POV) being told from the Carthaginian POV, which had been lost to us until recent archaeological findings. This is a treat to any serious-minded student of the classics, or even anyone familiar with the basics (like Hannibal and his elephants crossing the Alps) and who wants to know more. Great read, thoroughly recommended.
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur. Sort of a companion book to The Good Place, and a really nice entry level primer to moral philosophy.
I have finished War and Peace. It has taken me a month and a day, which considering my normal reading rate is astonishing. I'm highly conflicted how I feel about it, too.
Conflicted in what ways? I tried reading it as a freshman in high school and decided life wasn't long enough to keep up with that many characters.
I've read two different translations of that. Very different. I actually did a read with both of them open at the same time, reading each paragraph from each translation for a couple of chapters. Very interesting experiment.
Fantastic. I now know what to get my daughter for Christmas – she loves that show.
Whether it was worth it. There were moments where I have no doubt it was, but over 1,400 pages I just... lost the will to live. It's given me reading fatigue. So am I pleased I read it or do I consider it a waste of a month, which has left me jaded? No idea. Ask me after I've taken a break!
My mother told me once she read it, but skipped the war parts and liked it very much.
I do not feel inspired to add W&P to my reading list.