What are you reading this week of April 9, 2017?

[hermetic]

Well, your poor old host here still hasn't had hardly any time to read, except for the daily discussion of WAR AND PEACE which some of us here embarked on at Medium.com back in the beginning of January. On the up side, though, my lack of time is because I've been so busy getting ready for a new phase of my life to begin. I think it's going to be most extraordinary. But, I don't want to jinx it, so....

What's new in your life, and on your reading list?

(OK, who stole the formatting tools?) Oh, I see what they did here. Never mind.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. "Bettyville" a charming look at family dynamics, Alzheimers, being gay, and more...

Highly recommend!

[hermetic]

2. Thanks!

That really does sound good:
“The idea of a cultured gay man leaving New York City to care for his aging mother in Paris, Missouri, is already funny, and George Hodgman reaps that humor with great charm. But then he plunges deep, examining the warm yet fraught relationship between mother and son with profound insight and understanding.”

[TexasProgresive]

3. "Resurrection Men" by Ian Rankin

Life is good. The love of my life is recovering well from her open heart surgery and we are getting some sort of garden in. That might be a good idea for all of us even if it means patio hybrid tomatoes in plastic buckets. A lot of our produce is tended and picked my migrant laborers and imported from south of the Rio Grande. There are a lot of scared people who may be fleeing back across the border or being detained and deported.

I finished They'll Never Catch You Now by Ralph Hurne. it is not a fabulous novel but it worked for me. I wish there had been more cycling race scenes as Hurne can make me feel like I am actually in the pelaton.

And may our host have a great new turning in her life.

[hermetic]

4. Pleased to hear

that your lady is recovering well.

My garden last year was horrid so I'm going to have to try something different this year. More pots, for sure.

Thanks for the nice wish.

[TexasProgresive]

9. More POT! Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[hermetic]

12. I said POTS!

No pot here, no sir, no way, no sirree!

[TEB]

5. 13 th valley by john del vechio

It follows a new guy on operation In rifle company. It slowly shows his evolution into realizing this is my reality. But it also goes into great details how infantry soldiers suffer constantly with daily living of fear lack of sleep thirst. But the deprevation brings you all closer as brothers because there is no color in rifle platoon. And I enjoyed the 1st LT brooks how they would have cp meetings and pass around a canteen cup of coffee , because they are all brothers. And the LT brooks asking each man his opinions at cp meeting just shows what a fine man he is because they all want to make it thru.

[hermetic]

6. Hi, good to see you

That sounds like an amazing story and so true and sad. War is hell yet it sure makes you appreciate your friends.

[TEB]

7. Great to hear from you

[shenmue]

8. Splinter the Silence, by Val McDermid

[hermetic]

11. That's a good one

[japple]

10. Hi everyone! Thanks, hermetic, for the weekly thread. Can't wait to hear about your new

ventures/adventures!

I'm still reading Sebastian Barry's book, Days Without End, which is about to take an interesting turn as the young men have just re-enlisted with their former indian-fighting unit to serve in the Union Army.

A reviewer in The Guardian called Days Without End a "fever dream of a novel," and I must say that is how I feel when I read--it's more like plunging into the story or being pulled into it.

Happy reading folks!

[Number9Dream]

13. Finished "Black Wind" by Clive Cussler.

In the waning days of World War II, unbeknownst to all but a handful of people, the Japanese tried a last, desperate measure. Two submarines were sent to the West Coast of the United States, their cargo a revolutionary new strain of biological virus, their mission to unleash it. Neither sub made it to the designated target. But that does not mean they were lost. Someone knows about the subs and what they carried, knows too where they might be, and has an extraordinary plan in mind for the prize inside. All that stands in the way are three people: a marine biologist named Summer, a marine engineer named Dirk ... and their father, Dirk Pitt, the new head of NUMA. (From library summary).

Another good page-turner from Clive Cussler.

[hermetic]

14. That certainly does

sound like a good page-turner. Thanks for providing the summary.

Hope you have a nice weekend.