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Post by formerlyme on Dec 2, 2017 6:49:07 GMT -5
I'm reading 'Damaged' by Pamela Callow. It's a mystery thriller, the first in a series of 4.
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Post by Kady on Dec 2, 2017 11:20:56 GMT -5
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Post by JustMe on Dec 2, 2017 13:05:56 GMT -5
I just started reading "Death of Innocence," written by Emmett Till's mother.
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Post by Bob on Dec 2, 2017 20:30:56 GMT -5
I'm currently reading "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI". True story that I'd never heard about. Amazon.com Review The Amazon Editors' Pick for the Best Book of 2017: In the 1920s, the Osage found themselves in a unique position among Native Americans tribes. As other tribal lands were parceled out in an effort by the government to encourage dissolution and assimilation of both lands and culture, the Osage negotiated to maintain the mineral rights for their corner of Oklahoma, creating a kind of “underground reservation.” It proved a savvy move; soon countless oil rigs punctured the dusty landscape, making the Osage very rich. And that’s when they started dying. You’d think the Osage Indian Reservation murders would have been a bigger story, one as familiar as the Lindbergh kidnapping or Bonnie and Clyde. It has everything, but at scale: Execution-style shootings, poisonings, and exploding houses drove the body count to over two dozen, while private eyes and undercover operatives scoured the territory for clues. Even as legendary and infamous oil barons vied for the most lucrative leases, J. Edgar Hoover’s investigation – which he would leverage to enhance both the prestige and power of his fledgling FBI - began to overtake even the town’s most respected leaders. Exhuming the massive amount of detail is no mean feat, and it’s even harder to make it entertaining. But journalist David Grann knows what he’s doing. With the same obsessive attention to fact - in service to storytelling - as The Lost City of Z, Killers of the Flower Moon reads like narrative-nonfiction as written by James M. Cain (there are, after all, insurance policies involved): smart, taut, and pacey. Most sobering, though, is how the tale is at once unsurprising and unbelievable, full of the arrogance, audacity, and inhumanity that continues to reverberate through today’s headlines. --Jon Foro, The Amazon Book Review Review "The best book of the year so far." —Entertainment Weekly “A marvel of detective-like research and narrative verve.” —Financial Times “A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?” —USA Today “A master of the detective form…Killers is something rather deep and not easily forgotten.” —Wall St. Journal “Extraordinary” —Time Magazine Killers of the Flower Moon
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Post by Kady on Jan 12, 2018 9:55:20 GMT -5
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Post by highlandannie on Jan 12, 2018 22:13:07 GMT -5
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff
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Post by highlandannie on Jan 12, 2018 22:14:24 GMT -5
Sounds interesting. I've read several books on Eleanor but this sounds good. |
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Post by Kady on Jan 13, 2018 18:51:57 GMT -5
Sounds interesting. I've read several books on Eleanor but this sounds good. Yes, a good read, Annie, a lot revealed about their personal lives. |
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Post by Bob on Jan 18, 2018 7:12:31 GMT -5
I'm starting to read "Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy" by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant.
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Post by formerlyme on Jan 18, 2018 19:03:12 GMT -5
Tonight I'll start reading 'The Quiet American' by Graham Greene. It's a tale of intrigue set mostly in Saigon during the conflict between French colonial forces and Viet Minh communists, which took place several years before the Vietnam War that the Americans got involved in.
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Post by formerlyme on Feb 13, 2018 21:30:16 GMT -5
I'm now reading my second mystery/suspense novel by Pamela Callow called "Indefensible".
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Post by rosa427 on Feb 14, 2018 9:46:16 GMT -5
On the last chapter of "Hillbilly Elegy" by J.D Vance and on the first chapters of "Born A Crime", by Trevor Noah.
Both fascinating books, but, I can't ever fathom Trevor Noah's childhood both abominable childhoods, but the cruelty of human beings for the sake of greed and power never is there a true end.
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Post by Kady on Feb 14, 2018 10:39:03 GMT -5
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Post by JustMe on Feb 18, 2018 18:08:34 GMT -5
Children of Perdition: Melungeons and the Struggle of Mixed America, by Tim Hashaw.
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Post by highlandannie on Feb 19, 2018 22:32:33 GMT -5
I just started The Handmaid's Tale.
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