Topic: Books (Read 88541 times)

Normandie · « **Reply #360 on:** September 04, 2016, 06:49:43 PM »

Just finished Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, which focused on the first-class passengers of the Titanic. It was interesting, a quick and easy read, but didn't reveal much new information, and it had the same photographs that 90% of all the other Titanic books include. Books by the smaller publishers done by true researchers are definitely the way to go.

I was surprised at how many survivors later committed suicide.

Next up is Appointment in Samarra. Elin Hilderbrand has mentioned it in so many of her novels, I couldn't resist getting it.

nimrod · « **Reply #361 on:** September 04, 2016, 09:52:16 PM »

Quote from: Normandie on September 04, 2016, 06:49:43 PM

Just finished Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, which focused on the first-class passengers of the Titanic. It was interesting, a quick and easy read, but didn't reveal much new information, and it had the same photographs that 90% of all the other Titanic books include. Books by the smaller publishers done by true researchers are definitely the way to go.

I was surprised at how many survivors later committed suicide.

Next up is Appointment in Samarra. Elin Hilderbrand has mentioned it in so many of her novels, I couldn't resist getting it.
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We just booked another cruise Kathy so I definitely will give that a miss $:-\$

Normandie · « **Reply #362 on:** September 05, 2016, 05:53:24 PM »

Quote from: nimrod on September 04, 2016, 09:52:16 PM

We just booked another cruise Kathy so I definitely will give that a miss $:-\$

Things are much safer now, though.

I'm envious again of you and your wife and your travels. Please do share photos again when you return. Hope you have a fantastic time.

Moogmodule · « **Reply #363 on:** September 05, 2016, 10:44:29 PM »

Quote from: nimrod on September 04, 2016, 09:52:16 PM

We just booked another cruise Kathy so I definitely will give that a miss $:-\$

Where are you off to this time Nim?

nimrod · « **Reply #364 on:** September 06, 2016, 10:24:45 PM »

Quote from: Moogmodule on September 05, 2016, 10:44:29 PM

Where are you off to this time Nim?

A biggie this time moog

Brisbane to Barcelona, leaving in feb

KelMar · « **Reply #365 on:** September 07, 2016, 12:39:22 AM »

Quote from: nimrod on September 06, 2016, 10:24:45 PM

A biggie this time moog

Brisbane to Barcelona, leaving in feb

Is this the same cruise line you've been using? Sounds fab, Kev!

Moogmodule · « **Reply #366 on:** September 07, 2016, 02:25:24 AM »

Quote from: nimrod on September 06, 2016, 10:24:45 PM

A biggie this time moog

Brisbane to Barcelona, leaving in feb

Fantastic.

nimrod · « **Reply #367 on:** September 07, 2016, 10:08:28 AM »

Quote from: In My Life on September 07, 2016, 12:39:22 AM

Is this the same cruise line you've been using? Sounds fab, Kev!

No weve been with princess 3 times and royal caribbean once

This is with Royal Caribbean

Normandie · « **Reply #368 on:** November 05, 2016, 02:33:35 AM »

Just finished Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt. Highly recommended; I couldn't put it down.

Klang · « **Reply #369 on:** November 05, 2016, 12:25:11 PM »

Could. Not. Put. This. One. Down...

Normandie · « **Reply #370 on:** December 17, 2016, 02:19:19 AM »

Just finished When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age (still obsessed with the Gilded Age). Meh. Not as good as the Vanderbilt book.

nimrod · « **Reply #371 on:** December 17, 2016, 08:15:01 AM »

I'm reading the Detective Bosch books

Normandie · « **Reply #372 on:** December 29, 2016, 02:03:41 AM »

Just finished Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball.

...and now I'm rereading In Cold Blood.

But this weekend I won't be reading at all.

Normandie · « **Reply #373 on:** December 29, 2016, 02:05:06 AM »

Quote from: nimrod on September 06, 2016, 10:24:45 PM

Brisbane to Barcelona, leaving in feb

That's getting close, Kevin; you and your wife must be getting excited.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #374 on:** December 29, 2016, 02:41:30 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on December 29, 2016, 02:03:41 AM

But this weekend I won't be reading at all.

Nor will Henry Bemis.

KelMar · « **Reply #375 on:** January 30, 2017, 12:21:11 AM »

nimrod · « **Reply #376 on:** January 30, 2017, 12:31:13 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on December 29, 2016, 02:05:06 AM

That's getting close, Kevin; you and your wife must be getting excited.

Its getting closer now kathy

nimrod · « **Reply #377 on:** January 30, 2017, 12:38:15 AM »

I've decided in my retirement to read some classic novels

I've started with Crime & Punishment by Dostoyevsky..

Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash.

Dmitry would be proud of me

KelMar · « **Reply #378 on:** January 30, 2017, 01:11:00 AM »

Quote from: nimrod on January 30, 2017, 12:38:15 AM

Dmitry would be proud of me

And as a library worker, I'm proud of you! But I have to admit, that's something I need to do too. I think that on Tuesday mornings when I'm doing routine maintenance on the public computers. Sometimes I wind up waiting around for a scan to finish and I stare at the classics shelves and think about how many I haven't read. LOL

nimrod · « **Reply #379 on:** January 30, 2017, 01:15:44 AM »

Quote from: In My Life on January 30, 2017, 01:11:00 AM

And as a library worker, I'm proud of you! But I have to admit, that's something I need to do too. I think that on Tuesday mornings when I'm doing routine maintenance on the public computers. Sometimes I wind up waiting around for a scan to finish and I stare at the classics shelves and think about how many I haven't read. LOL

I downloaded a collection Kelley
The 100 best novels, a BBC collection
They're all in the public domain and all classics
I already read The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist

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