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Robert Cosgrove
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I usually resist reading best sellers, so I just now got around to reading Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, even though I had earlier read, and quite enjoyed, Seabiscuit by the same author. Still, I have held off seeing the movie treatment of Unbroken because I wanted to read the book first. I've now listened to a recording of the book (Edward Hermann is a damn good reader) and found it stunning. Interesting sidelight is the plane Zamparini was on for most of his missions was named "Superman," and the one he crashed at sea in was named "Green Hornet." At any rate, the book was flat-out fascinating from beginning to end, and timely as the anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki approaches. Can't recommend it highly enough. Now, I've got to see the film . . .
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Wallace Sellars
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Stan Lee's THE ZODIAC LEGACY
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Fred J Chamberlain
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| Posted: 23 August 2015 at 10:52am | IP Logged | 3
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Ready Player One was my vacation read. Robin Williams had great
things to say about it in one of his last interviews and the book was fun!
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Robert Cosgrove
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| Posted: 23 August 2015 at 8:48pm | IP Logged | 4
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My Grandfather's Gallery: A Family Memoir of Art and War, by Anne Sinclair. A French journalist, Sinclair recalls/reconstructs her grandfather, who ran a gallery in Paris where he championed modern art, representing Picasso, Braque, Matisse and Leger. He got out of France one step ahead of the Nazis, who seized the artwork in his gallery. He opens a gallery in New York, and after the war, fights to recover his stolen paintings.
An interesting if somewhat uneven book. I had seen the film Woman in Gold (about the fight to recover a stolen Klimt), which probably made me particularly receptive to reading something on a related topic. The Daniel Silva novels dip into this theme as well . . .
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James Best
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Just finished:
BLACK OUT by John Lawton. The first novel in his Inspector Troy mystery series set in London during WWII with the follow-on books continuing up through the spy scandals of the 1960s. I enjoyed this first book enough to where I will keep my eye out for the second one if I can find it in my local bookstores.
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP by Al Michaels. I had actually read an excerpt from this book in the pages of Sports Illustrated several months ago and thought that it might make for a good read. Michaels has some interesting insights to share on O.J. Simpson, John Madden, Howard Cosell, Pete Rose, the “Miracle on Ice” hockey game, the 1989 World Series earthquake, and other sporting events and celebrated athletes. I was hoping that he would go more in depth on more controversial topics within the world of sports but I think that, ultimately, he didn’t want to rock the boat too much and potentially put his job with the TV networks in jeopardy.
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THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN by Michael Crichton. I am about halfway through the book and I can see why it was a bestseller when it was initially released, way back in 1969. I have only read four other novels by Crichton and figured I was overdue to read the book that helped to "put him on the map" as a bankable author.
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Fred J Chamberlain
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Finally getting around to reading Stephen King's
11/22/1963. Based on my love for time travel and alternate
reality stuff, this is a huge indicator that my backlog is
extensive.... some catching up to do...
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Andrew Hess
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Just finished "Up Till Now" on audiobook, an autobiography written and read by William Shatner.
Very funny and touching. Highly recommend it.
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Robert Cosgrove
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Read Up Till Now some time back, and also enjoyed it.
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Paul Kimball
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just finished "A mission of gravity", not bad.
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Doug Centers
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The Martian by WeirAbout half way thru. I'm no botanist, chemist or nutritionist but the science "seems" plausible. A few emotions have been stirred . I should be finished well before the movie comes out which will help with any unintended spoilers.
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Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle
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I am currently reading "The invisible ink" by
Brian McDonald. It's a very well written book about the
structures of a story.
Edited by Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle on 07 September 2015 at 12:22am
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Matthew Chartrand
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I am half way through Seveneves by Neal Stephenson.. Another great science fiction book by one of my favorite authors. Its a story of how humanity survives after the Earth dies.
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