What Are You Reading?

Brothers of Briar

Help Support Brothers of Briar:

Simple Man

Well-known member
Joined
Oct 24, 2011
Messages
2,746
Reaction score
5
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
 

hobie1dog

Well-known member
Joined
Jun 21, 2010
Messages
1,844
Reaction score
3
Einstein- His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. Big-ass book
 

Corncobcon

Well-known member
B of B Supporter
Joined
Oct 15, 2017
Messages
2,282
Reaction score
318
Location
Missouri Ozarks
Oliver Twist- Charles Dickens This is one of the books in my Mother's huge book
collection. She was an avid reader and I'm sure she read them all. When she
moved out by us, one of her requests was to get a house with an extra bedroom. That room was turned into a library. Every wall had shelves on it and there was also two rows of shelves up the middle of the room. And yes, the shelves were all filled with books!
 

CharlG

Well-known member
Joined
Jan 26, 2012
Messages
631
Reaction score
0
Very cool! Both your mom and the book! :D
 
D

Deleted member 2386

Guest
The Girl from Rawblood by Catriona Ward—a brilliant, atmospheric modern Gothic.
 

Bemused

Well-known member
Joined
Jun 8, 2015
Messages
118
Reaction score
0
512utvvO3GL._SX322_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
 
Joined
May 4, 2011
Messages
13,861
Reaction score
433
Location
Arid-zona
51AQPJVWHBL._AC_US218_.jpg



Got this from the local library. It's not the text of the book, rather it's an analysis that goes into the conditions and events that surrounded it. As I've been in a WWII kick right now, I figured I needed to check it out.

It clearly sets out the conditions that led up to this and the rise of the Nazi party. Very sobering!

This book makes it clear that the original 2-volume set of "Mein Kampf" was a disjointed and disassociated collection of rants, yet clearly spells out the blueprint that Hitler followed on his misguided and destructive quest for world domination.


No Cheers!


RR
 
Joined
May 4, 2011
Messages
13,861
Reaction score
433
Location
Arid-zona
51FH8CFR32L._AC_US218_.jpg


Now re-reading this for the umpteenth time. Guess I reach for it at least once/year and never get tired of it. Seems like I have whole passages of this memorized! Bryson at his best, IMO.

Sadly, the movie did not live up to the expectations I had. Despite Robert Redford and Nick Nolte in the key roles of Bryson and Kath, the screenplay was lacking and didn't follow many key elements that made the book so riveting.

Thankfully the book remains worth returning to again and again!

8)


Cheers,

RR
 

DrT999

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
B of B Supporter
Council Member
Joined
Aug 31, 2011
Messages
8,776
Reaction score
1,832
Location
Piedmont of NC
Over the break, I hope to get through 2 monographs on Roman history: (Praetorian by Guy de la Bedoyere; and The Fate of Rome by Kyle Harper; a biography of Maximinus Thrax (emperor 235-38) by Paul N. Pearson; and a novel I assigned next semester, Parable of Sower by Octavia E. Butler
 

hobie1dog

Well-known member
Joined
Jun 21, 2010
Messages
1,844
Reaction score
3
Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris

One of the best books I have ever read. Being only 91 pages long, I'll likely read it multiple times.
 

Stick

Well-known member
Joined
Feb 19, 2014
Messages
3,762
Reaction score
41
Location
Blighty
Brewdude":ku09kis8 said:
51FH8CFR32L._AC_US218_.jpg


Now re-reading this for the umpteenth time. Guess I reach for it at least once/year and never get tired of it. Seems like I have whole passages of this memorized! Bryson at his best, IMO.

Sadly, the movie did not live up to the expectations I had. Despite Robert Redford and Nick Nolte in the key roles of Bryson and Kath, the screenplay was lacking and didn't follow many key elements that made the book so riveting.

Thankfully the book remains worth returning to again and again!

8)


Cheers,

RR
I love this one too Rande. A giggle per page!
 
Joined
May 4, 2011
Messages
13,861
Reaction score
433
Location
Arid-zona
51pdj2jt7xL._AC_US218_.jpg


After having seen the movie several times, I figured it was finally time to read the book that inspired it.

Many more details revealed here, and also many inconsistencies with the filmed version! Have to say that at times, the author spun out too many pages of floridly written descriptions that frankly were largely lost or bordering on boring. I kept thinking that he could have used fewer words to say more.

But wtf do I know. I'm not some accredited and recognized critic with rave and celebrated reviews under his belt.

Still, I did enjoy it. And I might get in the movie from the library again soon.



Cheers,

RR
 
Top