What are you reading now?
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@jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:
I re-read Rise and Fall about every ten years. It’s excellent.
Jon, I just started The Third Reich Trilogy
According to Ian Kershaw, it is "the most comprehensive history in any language of the disastrous epoch of the Third Reich".[5] It has been hailed as a "masterpiece of historical scholarship".[6]
There are three volumes:
The Coming of the Third Reich
The Third Reich in Power
The Third Reich at WarI just started the first volume. A bit difficult for me, not really knowing much about European history (talking about Bismarck, etc. and how that set the basis for Nazi's), but I will continue with it for the time being. Mr. Evans, in his "preface" says that he tried to write it not too academic, but not too simplistic.
wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 20:23 last edited by RenaudaThe Coming of the Third Reich
The Third Reich in Power
The Third Reich at WarEvan’s trilogy is excellent historiography although as you say heavy reading. His style though flows well and therefore readable. I read it a couple of years ago. The parts dealing with Nazi racial theories, policies and acts of genocide because of their depressing nature, took a lot of effort to get through on my part.
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The Coming of the Third Reich
The Third Reich in Power
The Third Reich at WarEvan’s trilogy is excellent historiography although as you say heavy reading. His style though flows well and therefore readable. I read it a couple of years ago. The parts dealing with Nazi racial theories, policies and acts of genocide because of their depressing nature, took a lot of effort to get through on my part.
wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 00:51 last edited by@Renauda I am about 1/2 through the first book. Tough going at first as a lot of old German history, which I know nothing about (a lot of names, territories, etc.), but does give good background on the "foundation" to the Nazis. Starting to get a bit more familiar territory so hopefully easier for me to follow.
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wrote on 1 Aug 2024, 23:32 last edited by
@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Why not?
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
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@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Why not?
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
wrote on 12 Aug 2024, 23:33 last edited by@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
Yeah, this book was twice as long as it needed to be. But, I finished it.
Next up...
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@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Why not?
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
wrote on 13 Aug 2024, 00:03 last edited by Doctor Phibes@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Why not?
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
I remember buying "Interview with the Vampire" while on holiday on a whim when it originally came out in the 70's (I must have been all of 13 or 14 so it would probably be considered totally unsuitable), and being completely blown away by it. I was massively disappointed by the sequel and I haven't read another Anne Rice novel since.
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@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Why not?
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
I remember buying "Interview with the Vampire" while on holiday on a whim when it originally came out in the 70's (I must have been all of 13 or 14 so it would probably be considered totally unsuitable), and being completely blown away by it. I was massively disappointed by the sequel and I haven't read another Anne Rice novel since.
wrote on 13 Aug 2024, 00:06 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:
I was massively disappointed by the sequel
It was remarkably weak - long, boring, and wordy.
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wrote on 13 Aug 2024, 00:48 last edited by
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@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
Yeah, this book was twice as long as it needed to be. But, I finished it.
Next up...
wrote on 13 Aug 2024, 00:50 last edited by@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
Yeah, this book was twice as long as it needed to be. But, I finished it.
Next up...
I’m through the first couple of chapters. Good to start.
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wrote on 13 Aug 2024, 14:24 last edited by
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The Coming of the Third Reich
The Third Reich in Power
The Third Reich at WarEvan’s trilogy is excellent historiography although as you say heavy reading. His style though flows well and therefore readable. I read it a couple of years ago. The parts dealing with Nazi racial theories, policies and acts of genocide because of their depressing nature, took a lot of effort to get through on my part.
wrote on 19 Aug 2024, 15:37 last edited by@Renauda said in What are you reading now?:
The Coming of the Third Reich
The Third Reich in Power
The Third Reich at WarEvan’s trilogy is excellent historiography although as you say heavy reading. His style though flows well and therefore readable. I read it a couple of years ago. The parts dealing with Nazi racial theories, policies and acts of genocide because of their depressing nature, took a lot of effort to get through on my part.
Just finished the first volume. It was quite "heavy". Very very well researched. I don't think that Adolf Hitler or the Nazis were mentioned until more than 1/3 through the book. I will take a break but will definitely want to try the #2 and #3 volumes.
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wrote on 20 Aug 2024, 19:00 last edited by
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800 pages of WWII naval history. Love it.
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wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 00:16 last edited by
Finished "Why We Sleep" as a re-read. Much better the 2nd time, and some things that were a blurry memory got firmly seated in my brain.
One of the things that Walker says in the intro is that you don't have to read in order - feel free to skip what doesn't interest you.
Highly recommended on my first read - and, on the 2nd.
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Finished "Why We Sleep" as a re-read. Much better the 2nd time, and some things that were a blurry memory got firmly seated in my brain.
One of the things that Walker says in the intro is that you don't have to read in order - feel free to skip what doesn't interest you.
Highly recommended on my first read - and, on the 2nd.
wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 14:27 last edited by@George-K Thanks George. I will have to try that one.
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wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 15:23 last edited by
I should add - when I first "read" Why We Sleep it was an audiobook. I sprung for the ebook version and found it much more satisfying. Remembered more, learned more.
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wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 23:52 last edited by
Picked it up this morning. The first book in the series was ... okay. Not gripping, and not really all that unusual other than the premise.
Halfway through.
I'll finish it, but I doubt I'll go for #3 (of 5) in the series.
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wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 00:31 last edited by
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wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 00:01 last edited by
Started this today...
If you thought Jackson Lamb was insufferable in the TV series, in the book...
I'm only a bit into it, but so far the TV series has been pretty faithful to the book. I'm enjoying it - a lot.
Supposedly, one of Herron's heroes is LeCarre. I can see a bit of LeCarre's style in this.
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wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 00:01 last edited by
@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Waste of time. Even though it's a novella, don't bother.
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Picked it up this morning. The first book in the series was ... okay. Not gripping, and not really all that unusual other than the premise.
Halfway through.
I'll finish it, but I doubt I'll go for #3 (of 5) in the series.
wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 00:03 last edited by@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Picked it up this morning. The first book in the series was ... okay. Not gripping, and not really all that unusual other than the premise.
Halfway through.
I'll finish it, but I doubt I'll go for #3 (of 5) in the series.
Finished book #4 yesterday - yawn.
This is the worst kind of book series. Each book, about 300 pages doesn't resolve anything by the end.
Rather than writing 6 mediocre 300-page books, just write one 1800 page book. Of course, no one would buy it.
I'll finish, just because I want to see how it ends.
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Started this today...
If you thought Jackson Lamb was insufferable in the TV series, in the book...
I'm only a bit into it, but so far the TV series has been pretty faithful to the book. I'm enjoying it - a lot.
Supposedly, one of Herron's heroes is LeCarre. I can see a bit of LeCarre's style in this.
wrote on 18 Sept 2024, 20:28 last edited by@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Started this today...
If you thought Jackson Lamb was insufferable in the TV series, in the book...
Finished it this morning. The TV series was remarkably close to the book. The only difference was in the last 20 pages, where the hostage goes free in a way that's not depicted in the TV series.
Nevertheless, it's a ton of fun. It's an easy read and has a lot of "inside baseball" type of stuff that was there in the TV show, but not as clearly laid out.
Gonna do the next one next.
