FogBat Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 I can't find the old reading thread from a few years ago,, so I thought I'd start a new one.. After all, someone started one about favorite greasy spoon joints. Plus, this gets my mind off of our boys possibly attending an Andrew Peters golf clinic. Thus, I've started reading some books simultaneously. The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport. Scimitar's Edge by Marvin Olasky. Far From Rome, Near to God, edited by Richard Bennett and Martin Buckingham. (Don't hold this one against me.) Medium is not important. It could be a newspaper or magazine article. It could even be something from BuzzFeed and other electronic media. 1 Quote
carpandean Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Crosschecking said: What are we all reading now? This thread? 1 5 2 1 Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 Steven Pinker: The Better Angels of Our Nature On how the massive decline in violence happened all through human history up until now. Great book! Also Bill Bryson The Body, a users guide About the human body, also very interesting, Did you know we have more numbers of bacteria in our body helping us than human cells! Quote
FogBat Posted June 11, 2021 Author Report Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, carpandean said: This thread? That works for me! 😁 Quote
ubkev Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 I read Mario Puzo's The Godfather not long ago. It's the only book I've read that the movie is better than. Coppola really trimmed the fat on that one. Quote
Marvin Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 18 minutes ago, ubkev said: I read Mario Puzo's The Godfather not long ago. It's the only book I've read that the movie is better than. Coppola really trimmed the fat on that one. A few of the early Bond movies improved on some of the implausibility of the books. Goldfinger, in particular, is far better than the book. Quote
Randall Flagg Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley If nature is your enemy, you are the enemy Quote
Thorner Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 I'm repeatedly reading Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. I'm also reading a book about OCD and repetition. 2 Quote
Hawerchuk Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 My two current books. Rush and Val Kilmer memoir. Both very good reads. 1 Quote
Hawerchuk Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 Yeah, I loved him in "Top Secret", "Real Genius" and "Thunderheart". Quote
Brawndo Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 7 hours ago, ubkev said: I read Mario Puzo's The Godfather not long ago. It's the only book I've read that the movie is better than. Coppola really trimmed the fat on that one. 7 hours ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said: A few of the early Bond movies improved on some of the implausibility of the books. Goldfinger, in particular, is far better than the book. I would put Peter Benchley’s Jaws into the same category. Movie Ending >>>Book Ending 1 Quote
darksabre Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 I've got a whole stack of in-progress tomes at the moment, but today I'm reading the third installation of William Manchester's biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm. I don't have anything to say except that it's excellent. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345548639/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_S9WH8KPX9XAPV1AN28P6 2 Quote
ubkev Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 When I get home I'll be digging into my latest issue of Mountain Gazette. It's the biggest friggin magazine I've ever seen. Quote
Dr. Who Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 Not really reading this, but I wrote it, does that count? It's an unconventional retelling of the Noah story. 1 Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 53 minutes ago, darksabre said: I've got a whole stack of in-progress tomes at the moment, but today I'm reading the third installation of William Manchester's biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm. I don't have anything to say except that it's excellent. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345548639/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_S9WH8KPX9XAPV1AN28P6 I liked Churchill’s history of the Second World War and his The Birth of Britain, though it comes across strange with his views on race and such. I read the first half of the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich earlier this year, that period of history is very captivating. 1 Quote
RangerDave Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 Just finished a biography on John Quincy Adams. Am currently reading "A Patriot's Handbook" by Caroline Kennedy. It is a collection of speeches, poems, songs, and stories that will stir your spirit of America. Will be starting to read "A History of the World" when I start traveling again (which will be soon!) 2 Quote
North Buffalo Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 Unfortunately reading cont ed articles on xray and CT Quote
Scottysabres Posted June 11, 2021 Report Posted June 11, 2021 I'm currently reading the conjuring. Yes I've seen a few shows on it, but, this interests me. As an individual who works in the energy sector, I am well aware energy cannot be destroyed, merely transfered to another form. The events around the human brain, when combined with actual documented unexplainable events, fascinates me. Quote
FogBat Posted June 11, 2021 Author Report Posted June 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Dr. Who said: Not really reading this, but I wrote it, does that count? It's an unconventional retelling of the Noah story. Nothing like free advertising! 1 Quote
FogBat Posted June 12, 2021 Author Report Posted June 12, 2021 13 hours ago, ubkev said: I read Mario Puzo's The Godfather not long ago. It's the only book I've read that the movie is better than. Coppola really trimmed the fat on that one. Wow! I don't hear of too many movies that are better than the original text. I certainly can't say that about Cecil B. DeMille's rendition of The Ten Commandments with its excessive embellishments and melodrama. I have to mentally block it out every time I read Exodus through Deuteronomy and let Moses be Moses (and not Charlton Heston) - and that's all I'm going to say on the matter. Having said that, has anyone read Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption and compared it to the movie? A lot of us know that The Shawshank Redemption was one of the best American movies ever made, but I have never read the book. Quote
FogBat Posted June 12, 2021 Author Report Posted June 12, 2021 3 hours ago, North Buffalo said: Unfortunately reading cont ed articles on xray and CT Well, that counts! Quote
ubkev Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Crosschecking said: Wow! I don't hear of too many movies that are better than the original text. I certainly can't say that about Cecil B. DeMille's rendition of The Ten Commandments with its excessive embellishments and melodrama. I have to mentally block it out every time I read Exodus through Deuteronomy and let Moses be Moses (and not Charlton Heston) - and that's all I'm going to say on the matter. Having said that, has anyone read Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption and compared it to the movie? A lot of us know that The Shawshank Redemption was one of the best American movies ever made, but I have never read the book. Coppola was extremely true to the book. I think he only cut out maybe 2 characters. There are a ridiculous amount of chapters divorced to Johnny Fontaine and how he's a booze bag, who drank away his voice and now he's divorced splitting his time between LA and Vegas. Then there's an entire novella devoted to Lucy Mancini and her doctor who surgically repairs her loose vag*** and makes her achieve climax again. Oh, and she had ten points(interest) in the casino in Vegas. Edited June 12, 2021 by ubkev Quote
Marvin Posted June 12, 2021 Report Posted June 12, 2021 Programming Python and Linux System Administration. In IT, I don't seem to have time to read for pleasure. Quote
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