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What Are You Reading
| August 11th, 2021 at 11:53:03 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4967 |
I am pretty sure that I have read some of his. Is there a particular series he is famous for, I would probably remember the detective name if I have read it. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| August 11th, 2021 at 11:54:03 AM permalink | |
| kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4515 | I like all the Baldacci books. He has several different series. The 'detectives' in some of the series are government agency employees. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
| August 11th, 2021 at 1:07:57 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | The Robert B. Parker, John Sandford and Tony Hillerman series are captivating. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| October 17th, 2021 at 10:19:54 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11792 | Ready Player One Its a lot different then the movie Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| October 17th, 2021 at 11:39:36 AM permalink | |
| missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 96 Posts: 3100 | Albert Camus' "The Stranger." |
| October 17th, 2021 at 1:05:40 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Jack Reacher is not a detective, I don't know what I'd call him. I read all the Reacher books last year and it's well worth it. I ordered all 23 books used from eBay. I think I would call Jack Reacher a problem solver because he's certainly not a detective. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| October 17th, 2021 at 1:39:34 PM permalink | |
| missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 96 Posts: 3100 | Reacher is an existential warrior who sublimates his death wish by taking on seemingly stronger adversaries. |
| November 2nd, 2021 at 9:48:31 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11792 | The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. By Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland Really good. Enjoying it I now borrow a lot of audio books for my long drives Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| November 20th, 2021 at 12:52:08 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11792 | I've read 7 of the 10 Did not read Animal Farm, Scarlet and Mockingbird  Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| November 20th, 2021 at 1:15:20 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I've read all of these, years and years ago. To Kill a Mockingbird and The Scarlet Letter and Animal Farm are probably the best ones. Why would they ban One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Notice what's not on the list and has never been banned is the incredibly communist/socialist book The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. The book made me sick when I read it. Huckleberry Finn was written 150 years ago, of course it's going to be a offensive. Everybody used the n-word in those days. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |