What are you reading now?

[bachophile]

@George-K oh come now. U don’t read Le Carre for action. You read him just to enjoy the writing. and the far east buts are kinda interesting. The whole jungle opium Laos scenes.

[George K]

@bachophile oh, I get it. The writing is glorious. So many "train-of-thought" detours in one paragraph.

[Renauda]

Hang in there George, it is very much worth every page and to the very end.

[kluurs]

I'm surprised at how much I'm liking this book - particularly the audio version as there are live recordings. He does a real number on corruption in Miami. It's definitely worth a read.

[George K]

I read this years ago. Now that the 2nd season of the show has begun, I thought I'd revisit it.

I love the way MacIntyre writes.

[George K]

By the way, I just discovered that Amazon Prime has a documentary (3 parts) called "SAS Rogue Warriors." MacIntyre narrates and there are interviews with the actual members of the original SAS team.

[kluurs]

@kluurs said in What are you reading now?:

I'm surprised at how much I'm liking this book - particularly the audio version as there are live recordings. He does a real number on corruption in Miami. It's definitely worth a read.

Finished the book. He does segments on the Covid and opioid crisis along with some discussion of education, college admissions and diversity. It was a bit like his podcast. Overall, a decent and worthwhile book though I thought there would be more there.

[kluurs]

Started reading William Shirer's Ghandi, A Memoir. Shirer was in India back in 1931 - aged around 27. Ghandi was 61. Shirer was the only American journalist there at the time covering Ghandi. So far, a good read. He got to spend some personal time with Ghandi. He said that Ghandi walked about 4 miles a day - at a pace that was challenging to Shirer.

[bachophile]

[Mik]

A lifetime friend of mine who was a flight attendant wrote this. Reading it now.

[Mik]

Just finished this yesterday. I highly recommend if you are interested in the city of New Orleans. Wonderful book.

[jon-nyc]

@Mik how was the airline book?

[jon-nyc]

I just started Nexus, the latest from Yuval Noah Harari.

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

@Mik how was the airline book?

It's good so far. I'm only a few pages in. What is really great is I recognize his voice in it.

[Tom-K]

I belong to a University Club and we have monthly books we read and then discuss--this book is in the "classic" area. We also have reading groups for modern fiction, historical fiction and non-fiction and maybe other things too. It introduces me to books I normally would not think of reading for myself.

Following the dialogue in this book is more difficult than reading Chaucer.