Books... What are you reading? And what do you recommend?

Twilight of the Gods : War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 / Ian W. Toll. (This is the final book in the trilogy by Toll. One of the best series on WW2 in the Pacific, right up there with Samuel Eliot Morison's epic work. bb)
His previous:
The conquering tide : war in the Pacific Islands, 1942/1944 / Ian W. Toll.
Pacific crucible : war at sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 / Ian W. Toll.

Bourbon : what the educated drinker should know / by Tim M. Berra

The Bourbon bible : the complete low-down on the spirit of America--140 bourbons tried and tested / Eric Zandona ; with contributions by Sara L. Smith

Hitler : downfall, 1939-1945 / Volker Ullrich ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.

The spymasters : how the CIA directors shape history and the future / Chris Whipple.

The nicotine chronicles / edited by Lee Child.

Night Probe from Clive Cussler

LondonSeedCentre said:

Night Probe from Clive Cussler

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Have you read Cussler from the beginning? I always preferred the stories where Dirk was the protagonist.

BarnBuster said:

Have you read Cussler from the beginning? I always preferred the stories where Dirk was the protagonist.

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I think I only read about 15-20 of his books over the years, but yeah definitely prefer the ones with Dirk Pitt.

Jacob

RIP, John

BarnBuster said:

RIP, John

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Saw that on the news today. RIP

I read everything he wrote. Although I got introduced to George Smiley through the PBS mini series, then read the books. Listening to the remembrance this morning on NPR, they were saying he changed the way spies talked. Mole and coming in from the cold are examples. But I guess the biggest thing he did to the spy novel was to show that the good guys were not always good.

This is an interesting documentary about the NYPL, kinda long so one must have patience and fortitude

de hip hop bible

Our local library is opening up to walk in on Monday, thank God. It was about my only (and jussssst enough) dose of IRL humanity.

Just about to start on this soon.

Inside The Strahov Library

In his book, Richard discusses the ins and outs and dos and don'ts of buying lottery tickets to increase your chances of winning.






Other light reading for added confidence. lol

I'm currently in book for of the stormlight archive by Brandon Sanderson. I shouldn't say I read it I listen to it mostly at night or when I drive. Book for us not the best in the series, but the series as a whole has been awesome.

Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges