What book are you reading atm?? CHAPTER TWO

Daughter got me The Complete works of George Orwell. I've started 'Burmese Days'. A story set in a fictional town in Burma, allegedly based on the actual place Orwell was stationed in 1927 as a policeman.

Story tells the tale of British imperialism and native cronyism, swindling etc. Plenty of use of the 'N' word and from what I've read so far it paints a fairly obnoxious view of British colonialism.

Fann Linn wrote: »

Daughter got me The Complete works of George Orwell. I've started 'Burmese Days'. A story set in a fictional town in Burma, allegedly based on the actual place Orwell was stationed in 1927 as a policeman.

Story tells the tale of British imperialism and native cronyism, swindling etc. Plenty of use of the 'N' word and from what I've read so far it paints a fairly obnoxious view of British colonialism.

If it includes Down and Out in Paris and London its well worth reading.

Foweva Awone wrote: »

This may be a stupid question... I have Kindle Unlimited, and I've downloaded a couple of books that I really enjoyed and I know my mum would love too... She doesn't have Kindle Unlimited, but I was wondering if there might be a way I can share them to her Kindle? (We don't live close by, so literally lending her my Kindle isn't an option!)

Just give her your log in details.

Foweva Awone wrote: »

But it's my Kindle that's linked to the account... Or can you link more than one device?

I have two kindles linked to my account, so you can do that at least. I'm not saying amazon wont twig and ask you to stop, but they've not for me yet and it's been a long time.

Patsy167 wrote: »

Man's Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl

An all time classic that has been on list for years.

I would love to get other peoples thoughts on this but I was incredibly underwhelmed. I appreciate it is not meant to be an entertaining book but I thought the message was very repetitive and could have been summarized in a few pages. Didn't get much from it at all, I just didn't seem to connect with it like other books of the same genre.

Maybe I was expecting too much as I had read so much about this being a "life changing" book.

I'm inclined to agree. What Frankl and others went through was unimaginable and the strength it took to survive, incredible. But as a book I thought, like you, that it had offered its message within a few pages and then the same idea, just in different scenarios, repeated itself.

If you haven't already, I'd very much recommend The Choice by Edith Eger. Unlike Frankl who was already an established physician in his late 30's when he was sent to a camp, Eger was a teenager. But she also survived, moved to the US and became a psychologist. She even met Frankl a few times later in life. Her time in the concentration camp is covered in the first third of the book and the rest is about her subsequent life. She talks about how her time in the camps influenced the rest of her life and often even in how she delivered therapy to her own patients in the US. It wasn't all perfect from arrival in the US either and liked how candid she is about her own life - for example, her marriage struggles. Overall I just felt it offered 'more' than Frankl's book.

But again take nothing away from anyone who can survive what they went through and have the courage to publish a book about it afterwards.

Patsy167 wrote: »

Man's Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl

An all time classic that has been on list for years.

I would love to get other peoples thoughts on this but I was incredibly underwhelmed. I appreciate it is not meant to be an entertaining book but I thought the message was very repetitive and could have been summarized in a few pages. Didn't get much from it at all, I just didn't seem to connect with it like other books of the same genre.

Maybe I was expecting too much as I had read so much about this being a "life changing" book.

I didn't enjoy this one at all. I've heard a lot of books by survivors of the Holocaust and this was the most disappointing.

I would recommend Night by Elie Wiesel. Simply the best book on the subject that I have read.

Fann Linn wrote: »

Daughter got me The Complete works of George Orwell. I've started 'Burmese Days'. A story set in a fictional town in Burma, allegedly based on the actual place Orwell was stationed in 1927 as a policeman.

Story tells the tale of British imperialism and native cronyism, swindling etc. Plenty of use of the 'N' word and from what I've read so far it paints a fairly obnoxious view of British colonialism.

I rate his non-fiction above the likes of 1984 or Animal Farm. Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia and (the first half of) The Road to Wigan Pier are some of his best political writing. Burmese days is so directly inspired by his personal experience that it I find it sits well with his non-fiction too.

I'm reading David B. Lyons' books at the moment. They're available for free on Kindle Unlimited. Short fast-paced twisty mystery/crime books based in and around Dublin. Not exactly the most high-brow literature, but very enjoyable.

First one I read was The Suicide Pact. Two young teenage girls have a pact to kill themselves by midnight, so the main character is running around trying to find them and stop them in time. I really enjoyed this one, I would never have predicted the outcome. Definitely worth a read.

Then I read The Curious Case Of Faith And Grace. This is about two 9 year old girls on trial for the murder of their parents. Seemed like an interesting premise, but I just couldn't buy in to it. Too many unbelievable leaps and stretches. Also too many false flags and red herrings. Very unsatisfying.

I'm now on Midday, it's about a tiger kidnapping where a bank manager has four hours to rob €8 million from his banks to save his partner. So far, so good!! I'm not far into it though.