What are you reading right now (II)?

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A History of Thailand by Chris Baker

 

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Clive Cussler's Desolation Code by Graham Brown

A novel from The NUMA Files

 

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

 

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Edge of Honor by Brad Thor

 

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Tom Clancy's Line of Demarcation by M.P. Woodward

 

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Nero by Conn Iggulden

Book 1 of the Nero series

 

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Just finished, “When Winter Came,” by Mary Beth Sartor Obermeyer. It’s about the author’s grandfather. He was a country doctor in rural Iowa during the flu pandemic of 1918-19.

It gets good reviews, and I expected to be impressed. I was underwhelmed.

The doctor’s personal story is impressive, going back to a frail childhood in Luxembourg, to family support through medical school in Chicago to a long and respected career as a rural GP in Iowa. Well done, Dr. Sartor.

But the book was beyond a tribute to the author’s grandfather. It was a paean, getting on toward sanctification.

Out of a 300-page book, only about 65 pages are devoted to what the title would lead you to expect. There are way too many imagined conversations, way too much energy devoted to establishing a scantily-documented connection with the Mayo Clinic, and way too much dewey-eyed devotion to a man who I’m sure was an inspirational grandfather.

So I liked about 65 out of 300 pages — a bit over 20%. The rest was genealogical research and a sentimental tribute to a grandfather.

And yes, I’m the minority of one that thought Field of Dreams was stupid.

 

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An Inside Job by Daniel Silva

 

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Tyrant by Conn Iggulden

Book 2 of the Nero series

 

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A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

 

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Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen

 

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Lies my Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America's School Curricula by Wilfred Reilly

 

[dayhiker]

Beyond the Call of Duty: The Life of Colonel Robert Howard, America's Most Decorated Green Beret by Stephen Moore.

 

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Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

Book 4 of The Stormlight Archive

 

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Stream of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of the Byzantium, 955 A.D to the First Crusade by Anthony Kaldellis

 

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Nagasaki, by Sheftall ? Good read,, dense, on how the Japanese survivors experienced this cataclysmic and catastrophic event. Very interesting....

 

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The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of the U.S. Marines in Combat by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin

 

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Clive Cussler's The Iron Storm by Jack Du Brul

An Isaac Bell Adventure

 

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Without Remorse by Tom Clancy

 

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Without Remorse by Tom Clancy

Ah, John Clark's back story. That was a very enjoyable read.