What have you read lately?

[Mister D]

Nothing, actually. I need to get back in gear.

[montana]

BROTHERS IN ARMS. Written by Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Anthony Walton.Its a true story about an all black tank division in WW2.The 761st tank division was highly praised by Gen.Patton for their ability and heroism. Its sad to me to see how they were not accepted by other white troops and citizens they encountered.

[stephenpe]

A River Runs Through It isa true storytaken from the book written by Norman MacLean about his youth in a small town in Montana in the 1920's where he lived with his father, mother and extraverted younger brother.

'"Great stories about Montana but he only wrote a few shorts. Reread them recently.........

[Manny Decker]

Clapham tales: A boyhood account of life in Clapham, Gloucester, during the 1930's and 1940's

by Harold Eley


I have just started to read this book, although my father was 5 years older he would of known Harold Eley as my father was born and raised in Clapham.

[Chris]

Glendon Swarthout's 1975 The Shootist.It's the end of an era, 1901. The shootist, John Bernard "J.B." Books, rides into El Paso on a pillow. The doctor, who'd patched him up years before, tells him he has prostrate cancer, and has weeks to live. As he deteriorates, he plans one last shootout. But enough of the plot. It's a well-written fast read. My only complaint is Swarthout doesn't seem to have mastered point of view. Most of the story is told from Book's view, though suddenly it changes to an all-knowing narrator or another character, and even those points of view sometimes lapse into technical jargon. It's a bit disconcerting. But otherwise a good read.

John Wayne played Books in the movie by the same name. I'd seen it before and the movie, what I remember of it, sticks close to the book.

[Standing Wolf]

Glendon Swarthout's 1975 The Shootist.It's the end of an era, 1901. The shootist, John Bernard "J.B." Books, rides into El Paso on a pillow. The doctor, who'd patched him up years before, tells him he has prostrate cancer, and has weeks to live. As he deteriorates, he plans one last shootout. But enough of the plot. It's a well-written fast read. My only complaint is Swarthout doesn't seem to have mastered point of view. Most of the story is told from Book's view, though suddenly it changes to an all-knowing narrator or another character, and even those points of view sometimes lapse into technical jargon. It's a bit disconcerting. But otherwise a good read.

John Wayne played Books in the movie by the same name. I'd seen it before and the movie, what I remember of it, sticks close to the book.

I really like both the book and the film. The film's screenplay, btw, was written by Glendon Swarthout's son Miles, who was also a talented writer and published a sequel to his father's book, 'The Last Shootist' in 2014. I bought a copy several years ago and haven't gotten around to reading it, but it won some awards and is supposed to be good.

[Chris]

I really like both the book and the film. The film's screenplay, btw, was written by Glendon Swarthout's son Miles, who was also a talented writer and published a sequel to his father's book, 'The Last Shootist' in 2014. I bought a copy several years ago and haven't gotten around to reading it, but it won some awards and is supposed to be good.

Swarthout's son Miles did the introduction to the father's book, the version I have, and it was good reading--I usually skip those.

[Whale Song]

Finally got around to reading 'A Desolation Called Peace' by Arkady Martine. It's the sequel to 'A Memory Called Empire.' Both books were superb.

[stephenpe]

Finally got around to reading 'A Desolation Called Peace' by Arkady Martine. It's the sequel to 'A Memory Called Empire.' Both books were superb.

My first love was SciFi. I just reserved Memory Called Empire from my library. Will post what I think.........I usually read nonfiction and history now.........

[Collateral Damage]

Rereading Robert The Bruce by Ronald McNair Scott.

Just finished Lee Child (with Andrew Child) Jack Reacher: Better Off Dead.

I've got the Jack Reacher: No Plan B on request at the local e-library. At the rate I consume books, paying for each one would empty my piggy bank.