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

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I recently finished an obscure book called "Nothing to Say", that I bought from a funky oddball bookstore some years ago. The given author is just initials, "RRCKC". It was written in 2006 by a 17 year old autistic boy. It's written strangely, but is brilliantly thoughtful.

Now I'm reading "Charlotte Sometimes". It's a kid's book, but not bad at all. The Cure even wrote a song about it:
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There are plenty of good "kids" books aren't there, I likes the Harry potter ones, and lord of the flies was read when I was a child, sparrowhawk, the earthsea books by Ursala le Quinn also for a young audience, loved them.
 
Didn’t see this mentioned. Easily in my top five for best books written in the last decade. Amazingly deep in so many ways. Truly a layered and nuanced book about the natural world and those living in it. Seems about right for this crowd. Enjoy!
 

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The York patrol : the real story of Alvin York and the unsung heroes who made him World War I's most famous soldier / James Carl Nelson.

Renew Flight of the diamond smugglers : a tale of pigeons, obsession, and greed along coastal South Africa / Matthew Gavin Frank.
 
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Bourbon : the rise, fall, and rebirth of an American whiskey / Fred Minnick

Come fly the world : the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am / Julia Cooke.
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The Nazi hunters / Andrew Nagorski.

The Nazi hunters : How a team of spies and survivors captured the world's most notorious Nazi / Neal Bascomb

Three ordinary girls : the remarkable story of three Dutch teenagers who became spies, saboteurs, Nazi assassins--and WWII heroes / Tim Brady.

The avengers, by Michael Bar-Zohar.

Hunting evil : the Nazi war criminals who escaped and the quest to bring them to justice / Guy Walters.

The Nazi hunters / Charles Ashman, Robert J. Wagman

Operation Damocles : Israel's secret war against Hitler's scientists, 1951-1967 / Roger Howard.

Psychic Nazi hunter : death to the nazi / [a biography by Michael Wallace]

The secret executioners : the amazing true story of the death squad who tracked down and killed Nazi war criminals / Danny Baz
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Spies against Armageddon : inside Israel's secret wars / by Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman.

Mossad : the greatest missions of the Israeli Secret Service / Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal.

Gideon's spies : the secret history of the Mossad / Gordon Thomas.
 
I heard this sad news last night. LM is on my short list of the best American writers. He will be missed.

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(CNN)Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry has died of heart failure, according to his publicist, Amanda Lundberg.
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"Larry McMurtry passed away last night, on March 25 of heart failure at 84 years old surrounded by his loved ones who he lived with including long time writing partner Diana Ossana, his wife Norma Faye and their 3 dogs," according to a statement from Lundberg. "His son James, his grandson Curtis, and his goddaughter Sara Ossana were also at his bedside."
McMurtry wrote many other novels, including "Terms of Endearment" and "The Last Picture Show," three memoirs, a short biography of Crazy Horse and a collection of essays, according to the National Endowment for the Humanities, which awarded him a National Humanities Medal in 2014.
His books were often set in Texas and focused on the mythical values of Texas and the American West, often trying to dispel those values. Lundberg said he would be buried "in his cherished home state of Texas."
 
If you like Fantasy David Gemmell, every book is brilliant he is a must, Stephen Donaldson is good for fantasy and sci fi, Anne McCaffrey is fantastic as is Ursula Le Guin, I don't think I've read any new stuff, Clive Barker is a brilliant author but a little disturbing for me, Louise D' Amour escapism but loved them, same with EE Doc Smith, oh really too many books and too many authors to mention, it's a great world being alone with a book.
 
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If you enjoy that you may wish to read Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars.
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I will add it to my list thanks, just looking at a book on Amazon the fall and decline of practically everyone, someone mentioned in a review that the book said Hannibal never won a battle without elephants, I'm pretty sure there were no elephants at Cannae as all his elephants died by 216 BC, if that's in the book I think I don't need to read it.
 
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insomnia65 said:
I will add it to my list thanks, just looking at a book on Amazon the fall and decline of practically everyone, someone mentioned in a review that Hannibal never won a battle without elephants, I'm pretty sure there were no elephants at Cannae as all his elephants died by 216 BC, if that's in the book I think I don't need to read it.
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Isn't historical knowledge a bitch. I hate when I'm reading an other wise good book, and they are so far off base on something so easily researched.
 
I finally finished my last waiting room book, Squeeze Me, by Carl Hiaasen. (the wife had cataract's removed and with no in office waiting, I read in the car for a couple of early Monday mornings. Then a Tuesday morning in the Toyota waiting room after I jumped a median due to early morning fog and me not used to driving in Tally) The Captain didn't make an appearance until pretty late in the book. But as usual his actions were the driving force throughout.

I would not recommend to fans of the 45th President. All others should enjoy the read. I have one more Hiaasen that I have not read, so I need to put it in the car before we have to go back for the one month checkup.
 
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