Post by basilosaurus on May 16, 2024 7:45:22 GMT -5
Brother I'm Dying.
I think I've mentioned it before. It's a fantastic memoir. And while you know from title and back cover it involves two brothers dying, so that's not a spoiler, holy hell it's the last chapter that's a killer. I very much cried in public reading it. Dining on a lobster roll which should have made anyone happy
For those who liked Into thin Air, I also enjoyed Touching the Void. It's the true story of two climbers. One breaks his leg and the other has some really hard decisions to make.
The Unlikely Desciple by Kevin Roose (pre-Trump look inside Christian university) The Oxford Project by Stephen G Bloom (photographs) Undress me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman Walkable City by Jeff Speck Educated (in audiobook format) Becoming by Michelle Obama Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallemy Know my Name by Chanel Miller
I recently finished To Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (audio) and it’s somewhat related to Trump’s trial.
Anything by Ann Rule. She was true crime before it was cool. Her books are older, but they are really well researched and she had good relationships with law enforcements.
Her most famous book is the Stranger Beside Me about Ted Bundy - who she was friends with at one time.
Anything by Ann Rule. She was true crime before it was cool. Her books are older, but they are really well researched and she had good relationships with law enforcements.
Her most famous book is the Stranger Beside Me about Ted Bundy - who she was friends with at one time.
I agree. I love Ann Rule and have read many of hers.
I actually read The Stranger Beside Me on my honeymoon sitting by the pool lol
Anything by Bill Bryson - informative and laugh out loud funny. A Walk in the Woods is my favorite.
I think the Body takes my #1 spot. But, I love all things biology. Just like my favorite Roach books are Gulp, Stiff, and Bonk. Btw, I don't recommend reading Bonk in public unless don't mind the stares as you laugh hard while dining alone. I might have firsthand experience.
I need to point out how educational this was for me about how WWII started. It was like a decade slow burn. I had no idea! Highly recommend.
I agree. The US military’s involvement was such a small amount of time compared to the entire history of WWII and we tend to think of it ending on D-Day but so much happened after that. The before time has scary similarities to the current US.
There’s a few newer, good books / mini-series that focus on lesser told stories. We Were the Lucky Ones is based on the true story of a Polish family who was separated and it shows what was happening across the globe, including Africa and South America. A Small Light is the story of the people who were helping Anne Frank’s family hide, and they were discovered during the nearly whole year between D-Day and Amsterdam being liberated. Transatlantic is a show about a U.S. statesman and the resistance trying to get people out of France. It’s a little campy but has a lot of IRL famous historical figures like artists and a Getty daughter. The Nine is a non-fiction book about 9 women who escaped a camp. It’s fiction, but All the Light We Cannot See is about an orphan forced to join the Nazi youth and a girl in France.
Post by basilosaurus on May 20, 2024 7:52:22 GMT -5
Thanks to this thread in the garden of beasts is my current book. It does not make for good reading when I'm in my normal setting for reading which is glass of wine in hand in public. I'm not sure there is a good setting for it.