Some more great reads

[GeorgeO]

Finished the second one called Connecting the Dots. Enjoyed Take Me Home more than the second.

 

[GeorgeO]

Have taken some time off from reading and am now heavily into catching up on a bunch of HD TV shows, movies and documentaries(Nova and Nature) in my HT. Need to get back into binge reading.

 

[jbgude]

Would like to mention a few great reads I enjoyed over the past many years, in no particular order:

Ray Kurzweil -Age of Spiritual Machines ( Amazing the number of his predictions that became reality so much before the time line he set when writing)

Peter Guralnick - Last Train to Memphis ( More than Elvis, it is a fascinating view into the American South from the 30's to 50's. Great writing, Elvis & others almost come to life in these pages)

Michael Hiltzick - Dealers of Lightning ( Before Jobs & Gates took advantage of Xerox Parc)

Anthony Harris - The Sacred Virgin and the Holy Whore( has a fascinating para on the actual PHYSICAL description of the man sentenced to Crucifixion)

John Hewitt- Jungle Trails in North India ( Gives you glimpses of India from around 1860 and earlier - amazing that there are Tigers surviving, after these senseless Englishmen shooting anything that came their way including Cubs)

 

[mukum]

Just completed SAPIENS - A brief history of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari - Excellent read, a complex subject but the author is coherent and made it easy

The author is hugely influenced by Jared Diamond author of Guns, Germs & Steel ( which is also a great book on this subject )


Must read !!

 

[moktan]

Been reading Up In The Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell. Mitchell has an insane gift for sketching the characters of the idiosyncratic individuals that populate this book. He is also famous for a writers block that reportedly lasted more than 25 years.
This tops my list of the 'most readable books'.

 

[Naturelover]

Read a mountaineering book. Excellent read.
"The Shining Mountain" by Peter Boardman.

 

[GeorgeO]

Got hold of a book that was on my list for a long time and completed it over the long weekend-Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden I thoroughly enjoyed it.. Has anyone seen the movie, and how is it?

 

[ajeshkumarts]

Got hold of a book that was on my list for a long time and completed it over the long weekend-Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden I thoroughly enjoyed it.. Has anyone seen the movie, and how is it?

Movie is good... But liked the book better

 

[sash]

Movie is good... But liked the book better

Is there any example of a movie being better than the book? I would want to know. Though The Godfather came close, maybe The Girl with the dragon tattoo. But none have been able to beat the books for me.

 

[GeorgeO]

Day of the Jackal, Kramer Vs Kramer are a couple that come to mind, I'm sure there are others.

 

[randhir_s]

If anybody is interested in Metaphysical / Spiritual stuff then you can contact me for recommendations. You can also see some recommendations on my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/randhir123/books?cref=4

 

[Naturelover]

"Going Solo" by Roald Dahl
Account of his life in East Africa in the 1930's as a Shell employee and later as a fighter pilot during the war.
Makes for very interesting reading.