What book are you reading atm?? CHAPTER TWO

Hobsonbulmer wrote: »

I presume you are referring to Battle Cry of Freedom. Readers differ - I couldn't recommend it highly enough.

Yes. Absolutely. My fault. I had been watching interview with Shelby Foote about his life and his great book. And looking at Ken Burns' documentary. Thus the confusion. Have on my shelf also Team of Rivals and just wish Doris Kearns had written a book soley about Lincoln. She is a wonder writer.

Danger781 wrote: »

Currently listening to:
The Mayor of Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel
After dying and being reborn into a world that's built like a video game, Jim has found himself stuck in a very old world style new player zone for low level adventurers. Unfortunately, the zone fell out of use centuries ago, and no one told the monsters they were supposed to take it easy on the Noobs. Even worse, the only new player around is Jim.

This is my first time listening to an audiobook, and honestly it may not have been the best choice to start with. My inner nerd caved after stumbling across it from the title and description. It feels so long at a little over 9 hours of audio, and I'm not really enjoying it all that much, not for lack of trying.. I'm 7 hours in at this point so I guess LitRPG adventures just aren't for me.

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Currently reading:
Nemesis Games (The Expanse #5) - James S.A. Corey
A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the the old solar system begin to buckle.

Finished both of these.. Expanse did not disappoint. Stayed up well past my bed time to finish it last night.

Think I'm going to take a break from the series for a book or two before moving on.. Not sure what's up next!

About 60% through Wolf Hall, I love it. Anyone read it?

appledrop wrote: »

Yep have read the 3 books in this series. I loved Wolf Hall + Bringing up the Bodies but disappointed with the Mirror & the Light which was released recently.

are they all as long as the first one? feels like I've been reading it forever.

Stopped reading books a year ago, takes up too much time and you cant do anything else while reading a book.
I switched to Audio books, fantastic stuff, should have done it years earlier, im getting through many more books now that i can consume the content while doing other things.
Some have multiple cast members and really bring the book to life, try out audio books before you dismiss them, i know i did for years and now regret i did not listen to them years ago.
The last few i have listened to
Kolymsky heights -Lionel Davidson, top notch thriller,
Arisen-Zombie apocalypse series, non stop action
Check out some of the original Alien audiobooks, and the audio book version of Alien Covenant and a prequel are both very good.
The Lost Fleet- jack campbell, good space opera, plenty of action
Frontlines - Marko Kloos, another space action series, Love death and robots on Netflix done Lucky 13, a Frontlines story.

For years i thought whats the point of audio books? Sure i can read them myself, and then around last January i gave them a go, only wish i did it sooner. When you are reading a book you have to put time aside to do so as it requires your full attention, now with Audio books i'm multi tasking, listen to books when exercising, driving, out shopping, cleaning the house and so on, i have easily increased my consumption of books fourfold in the past year and have plenty of time left to catch up on other forms of entertainment.
Sounds like a advert for Audible! its well worth the price and with the sales they regularly have you can easily pick up audio books for under a fiver and you will in no time be consuming way more than you would otherwise.

gogo wrote: »

Just on the last chapter of the fifth book in Conn Iggulden’s Ghengis Khan series.

It’s pretty much a history of the Mongolian empire from Ghengis himself right down to his grandson Kublai Khan and the path they took when they very nearly conquered half the world on what were essentially ponies with bow and arrows (and some cannons in Kublai’s time), brilliant read and an area of history I wouldn’t have looked at before.
Nice fact from the books. .5% of the male
Population today are direct decedents of Ghengis, that’s about 16 million people..

If you listen to podcasts Dan Carlin does a fantastic series on the Khan.

I finished reading Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris last night and just like The Tattooist of Auschwitz, this is fiction based on fact.

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding.
I'll try to finish this beast before the end of the year! Language and writing style are tricky.

‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ by Maya Angelou.

Not my usual “read” but found it to be a tough, powerful and, exceptionally, well written book.