What are you reading right now (II)?

[Padreruf]

The Boar and the Eagle: War and Betrayal in the Roman Republic. A.D. Hamilton.

 

[Bodhisattva]

Cold Zero by Brad Thor

 

[dayhiker]

From Private to Field Marshall by Field Marshall Sir William Robertson

 

[Its On A Slab]

Defiance: A Memoir Of Awakening, Rebellion & Survival In Syria....by Loubna Mrie

Review: The scars of displacement: A photojournalist's raw account of surviving Syria's civil war

Loubna Mrie's candid and absorbing memoir, 'Defiance,' is a stark reminder of the corruptions of power, the uncertainties of revolution and the frequent viciousness of human nature.

www.latimes.com

 

[Bodhisattva]

Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist

Book 3 of 4 of the Riftwar Saga

 

[Bodhisattva]

The Medici Return by Steve Berry

 

[Bodhisattva]

A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E. Feist

Book 4 of 4 of the Riftwar Saga

 

[Bodhisattva]

The Devil's Bible by Steve Berry

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I go back and forth reading old classics and newer nonfiction.

I've recently completed The Old Man and the Sea, The Wild Blue by Ambrose, and Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard on the Garfield assassination.

 

[Bodhisattva]

The Hadacol Boogie by James Lee Burke

 

[It Takes Eleven]

The Wager, A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann.

 

[Bodhisattva]

The List by Steve Berry

 

[Bill from NYC]

The best book I ever read (other than the bible) in my life is "Detroit" by Charlie LeDuff, for those who prefer non-fiction.

It was great from start to finish.

 

[Bodhisattva]

Inferno's Shadow by Taylor Anderson

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I just re-read my copy of By Paddle and Pack: Headwaters of the Tallapoosa to the Gulf of Mexico by my friend Harold Banks. In two parts, he started a canoe camping trip from the extreme headwaters of the Tallapoosa River (Mud Creek in Paulding County, GA) and went all the way to Wetumpka, where the Tallapoosa joins the Coosa to form the Alabama River. Then, in a second journey, he picked up from there and canoed the full length of the Alabama, along with a full navigation of Mobile Bay. All of this done well into his sixties, 658 miles in total. He's a great writer, and I had the pleasure to learn a number of things from him as a coworker. The stretch of the Tallapoosa around Horseshoe Bend was named the Harold Banks Canoe Trail in his honor.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Re-reading  The Stand by Stephen King. The extended version.

 

[catsbane]

Just finished White Nights by Dostoevsky. Only 90 pages. A slow starting but decent and sad little story.
Reading now: CS Lewis' The World's Last Night and Other Essays
In the queue:
Back to One, a love/friendship story by Gavrihel (Not my normal read but she's my tax lady who I've known for years).
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Working through The American West by Dee Brown. It's a consolidation of some his prior works, including his early stuff with Martin Schmitt, and it covers a lot of ground. A really good read.

 

[Bodhisattva]

Inferno by Conn Iggulden

Book 3 of the Nero series