What Are You Reading?

Currently reading the "Peaky Blinders the Real Story". Cracking insight to the Birmingham gangs in the early 1900's and an alignment to the TV series.

 

Late to the book - but reading Long Way Down - Ewan McGregor and Charlie Borman.

 

Good read that one.....

 

I think she will enjoy the read DD. I was seeing a girl from south birmingham in the early seventies when I was in the army and travelled there often. I went back a few years ago and could not believe how much it had changed, nice city...

 

Been to the Imperial War Museum (north) today in Manchester. A brilliant story board from the first world war through to today's many conflicts around the world. My three grandsons were captivated by the many story's and exhibits on display. This included the death camps in the second world war. A great day out if you have the time to spare.

 

Currently reading Sir Elton John's autobiography "Me" - pretty good up to now.

 

The Bible. Best book I've ever read and I've read a few.

 

When I started it I thought "I will read this like a novel" and "See where it takes me"
Good Book.

 

Dr. Sleep by Stephen King

 

Recently finished Christopher Hitchens, God is not Great, before that The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey after seeing her at a festival, also recently read Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynmans several books and many second world war biographies mostly SOE and Holocaust survivors stories.
The result of this reading and discussions with other non-theists is that there is no god, afterlife, or eternal damnation.
This is the only life we have so lets get out there and live it to the full, RIDE ON.

 

I needed some light relief (steady!) “Tall tales & wee stories”. Sir William Connolly CBE

 

Blue planet 2. I nit pic areas of books then do a full read from the start but reference magazines is more my thing.

 

Don't think I have ever finished a book. I am a very slow reader and an average book takes me about three weeks so I get bored.
Regards
Joe.

 

Wings on my sleeve, Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown

This bloke had a very interesting life and flew more Aircraft types than anyone

 

Another Fine Mess - Across Trumpland in a Ford Model T by Tim Moore

Travel, history (of USA/Henry Ford/Model T), and why folks who voted for Trump did so. He is driving across America, but his route is chosen to go only through Trump-supporting states. The Model T attracts lots of attention, so he's getting to talk to lots of people. I'm finding it very interesting.

The Model T sounds a pig to drive after a conventional layout. It has 3 pedals: the right hand one is the brake, the left hand one is the clutch and gear selector combined, and the middle pedal is reverse. The handbrake lever also doubles up as a gear selector. The throttle and the ignition advance are on the steering column.

 

Reading Joe Country by Mick Herron. Latest in the series about the misfit spies of Slough House. Very funny, clever and thought provoking.

 

I've just finished the second of James Ellroy's Underworld USA Trilogy, which is the collective name given to three novels by the American crime author. They are American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand and Blood's a Rover.

The trilogy blends fiction and history to tell a story of political and legal corruption in the United States between 1958 and 1973. American Tabloid covers the years 1958 to 1963, beginning exactly five years before the assassination of John F. Kennedy, with the assassination as the book's outcome.

The Cold Six Thousand begins concurrently with American Tabloid's end. It covers a slightly longer period, including the war in Vietnam, culminating in the twin assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. Specifically, it follows three rogue American law-enforcement officials and their involvement in the assassination.

Blood's a Rover spans the years 1968 to 1973, encompassing again the Vietnam War, the death of J. Edgar Hoover, the Black Power movement, the Mob's attempt to build casinos in the Dominican Republic, and the Nixon administration. Each novel is written from the viewpoint of three separate characters.

Some of the characters run from one book to the other - but some don't quite make it! It is written in the language appropriate for the time - so not easy reading for snowflakes!