“The Path Between the Seas” by David McCullough. The history of the Panama Canal, a fascinating story well researched and told.
A Million Drops, by Spanish writer Victor del Arbol is excellent. The Washington Post selected it as last year’s book of the year. From the Amazon blurb: An intense literary thriller that tears through the interlocked histories of fascism and communism in Europe without pausing for breath.
Excellent book. McCullough is one of my favorite authors. I thought "The Path Between the Seas" was one of his best; on the other hand, I was pretty disappointed by his penultimate "The Wright Brothers".“The Path Between the Seas” by David McCullough. The history of the Panama Canal, a fascinating story well researched and told.
what actually happens in the story feels secondary, or at best equal, to the language itself. In the hands of a lesser writer, this can create problems: the prose begins to feel self-indulgent, written not to illuminate any truths but to please the writer, and in the process, story itself is lost and the reader is left behind. But “Canada” is blessed with two essential strengths in equal measure — a mesmerizing story driven by authentic and fully realized characters, and a prose style so accomplished it is tempting to read each sentence two or three times before being pulled to the next.
I just finished "Eleanor Oliphant is completley fine ". This is basically a women's book . You will laugh and you will cry but you will be unable to put this book down.
Was it any good? I just read "Work Optional" by Tanja Hester who has a FIRE blog, and I didn't love it.Just finished reading a book 'Playing with FIRE' by Scott Rieckens. True story about a millennial couple living in California, who wanted to spend more family time together, and decided to make life style changes to save more money and retire early. Book is also a promoting a new documentary film on FIRE to be released in 2019.
The third book in the Numa series featuring Kurt Austin. I’ve read the entire Dirk Pitt series, so I decided to try this series as well. Not as good as the Dirk Pitt series but it’s classic Cussler...
Coincidentally, just finished second volume of Mueller Report this morning.
Perhaps I had best not make comment here.