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What are you reading right now (II)?

edwd58 said:
The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
Killshot by Elmore Leonard
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edwd58, how did you like Killshot? Leonard is one of my favorite writers.

I'm currently reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and The Mango Opera by Tom Corcoran. He does a pretty good job of capturing the atmosphere of Key West.
 
Right now, I am struggling through The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. I've been told to really try to relate to the characters in this book, so I am really trying...

I'm also reading a book on structural equation modeling as a professional development thing...

So, I've heard about a book called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Essentially, it is the book Pride and Prejudice, except the setting is one that has been invaded by zombies. My wife is a big Jane Austen fan, and was slightly offended by the humor I found in the idea of this book. Has anyone read any of it?
 
Just finished "The Mango Opera" by Tom Corcoran. It's kind of fun...mostly because it's set in Key West and he does a good job of describing life in the keys...which is why I read it in the first place.

Maybe I'll write a series set in Key West. That's a good excuse to spend about half the year down there. Maybe another series set in Novia Scotia. Then I could bounce back and forth between the two. Summers in Novia Scotia and winters in Key West. That might be fun.
 
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Finished book three of the Emperor series: The Field of Swords.

Part II of this book is particularly fun for the ancient history buffs out there. Caesar has joined Pompey and Crassus in the triumvirate. As part of the compromise Caesar takes his legions into Gaul. The ten-year campaign culminates with the showdown with the rebellious Vercenigetorix at the battle of Alesia. (I wish the author had provided more detail of the rebellion and the last battle, as it is fascinating and still studied in military academies to this day.)

As a victorious Caesar crosses the Alps heading back south, he learns that Crassus has been killed fighting the Parthians. The triumvirate is over, and he cannot trust Pompey. In fact, an order for Caesar to return alone to Rome means only one thing: execution. Pompey cannot tolerate a potential challenger. This book ends with Caesar taking his legions across the Rubicon. The die is cast.

The Roman civil war, the Egyptian expedition and the assassination are covered in the last book of the Emperor series: The Gods of War.
 
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Bodhisattva said:
Finished book three of the Emperor series: The Field of Swords.

Part II of this book is particularly fun for the ancient history buffs out there. Caesar has joined Pompey and Crassus in the triumvirate. As part of the compromise Caesar takes his legions into Gaul. The ten-year campaign culminates with the showdown with the rebellious Vercenigetorix at the battle of Alesia. (I wish the author had provided more detail of the rebellion and the last battle, as it is fascinating and still studied in military academies to this day.)

As a victorious Caesar crosses the Alps heading back south, he learns that Crassus has been killed fighting the Parthians. The triumvirate is over, and he cannot trust Pompey. In fact, an order for Caesar to return alone to Rome means only one thing: execution. Pompey cannot tolerate a potential challenger. This book ends with Caesar taking his legions across the Rubicon. The die is cast.

The Roman civil war, the Egyptian expedition and the assassination are covered in the last book of the Emperor series: The Gods of War.
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That sounds like a really interesting series. Is it factual history or a fictional story centered around historical fact?
 
silentsam74 said:
That sounds like a really interesting series. Is it factual history or a fictional story centered around historical fact?
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The broad storyline is accurate; there's a lot of poetic license taken in the details. At the end of each book there is a historical note that explains where the book and history diverge and why. It usually a merging of characters or a compression of events to make the story flow. The biggest fiction is the relationship between Julius Ceasar and Marcus Brutus, as the author has them about the same age and growing up the same as virtually brothers, and the whole early life of Brutus.

I'm enjoying this twist on historical events because the author does a good job of relaying the force of will of the characters involved (Caesar, Pompey, Crassus, Brutus, Mark Anthony, etc.). The author takes more license than the historical novels I usually read, but it's not an issue for me.

(After I finish the last of the four on Caesar, I'll soon start his trilogy on Genghis Kahn.)
 
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Finished book four of the Emperor series: The Gods of War. The author my do an additional book on this series. Book four ended with the assassination of Ceasar, but there is still a lot to resolve: another civil war, the fate of Cleopatra and her infant son, etc.

I'm starting Iggulden's trilogy on Genghis Kahn next.
 
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Just finished...

9 Dragons by Michael Connelly (Great author, writes crime, visit his website to find out which ones to read first if you are interested

and

The Walking Drum by Louis Lamour (Anything by Louis Lamour is good but this one is more 12th century Europe...castles, kings, queens, ships...awesome.)


I'm now reading Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwel...so far so good
 
Found a new great author. Well new to me. Mitch Albom. Just finished "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" and am now reading "For One More Day". Very good books and I recommend them to everyone.
 
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