Grand unified books thread

[Admiral Yi]

First chapter of The Jungle Book worked.  Choked me up a bit reading it. 

Library doesn't have any Roald Dahl of any kind.

[jimmy olsen]

First chapter of The Jungle Book worked.  Choked me up a bit reading it. 

Library doesn't have any Roald Dahl of any kind.

Not even the kid books? What kind of library is this?

[Admiral Yi]

Ah, didn't check the kids section.

[Gups]

I read some short stories by Chekhov recently (The School Mistress collection). I enjoyed them but assuming Kipling is mama Yi's taste, wouldn't recommend them to her.

Yi - maybe Somerset Maugham, Road Dahl, Conan Doyle?

Someone else recommended Dahl.  Do you have a title?

Not sure if Kipling is her taste or not.  So far she has enjoyed Garrison Keiler, disliked Hemingway, liked Twain.

There's a bunch of collections. Most famous are Tales of the Unexpected. It's decades since I read them.

If she liked Garrison Keilor, try Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Similar set of interlinked small town short stories and very good

How about PG Wodehouse?

[Admiral Yi]

There's a bunch of collections. Most famous are Tales of the Unexpected. It's decades since I read them.

If she liked Garrison Keilor, try Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Similar set of interlinked small town short stories and very good

How about PG Wodehouse?

You'll have to sell me a little on Wodehouse.  Cheeves, right? 

Will put Strout on the short list.

[Gups]

There's a bunch of collections. Most famous are Tales of the Unexpected. It's decades since I read them.

If she liked Garrison Keilor, try Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Similar set of interlinked small town short stories and very good

How about PG Wodehouse?

You'll have to sell me a little on Wodehouse.  Cheeves, right? 

Will put Strout on the short list.

Wouldn't necessarily read him myself (though I have done) but his stories have a similar kind of gentle humour as Twain

Jeeves.

[Pishtaco]

G K Chesterton's Father Brown stories?

[Neil]

Finally got around to reading Andrew Gordon's Rules of the Game.  As an avid Jellicoeite, it really provided a good case for some criticisms not only of Jellicoe, but of the culture of the Royal Navy.  At the same time, it was realistic about Beatty and Evan-Thomas, both their bad points and their strengths.  It really established the background to the tactics of Jutland, with particular attention to the split around George Tryon's tactical ideas.

[Sophie Scholl]

Just about finished with American Gods.  I'm thoroughly enjoying it.  I nabbed the 10th anniversary edition with the expanded text.  Has anyone read the original and the expanded to compare?

[The Brain]

I just started to read The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi, by Wilson. I got to page 5 of the prologue, where the author claims that the battleship Musashi was named after Miyamoto Musashi. I hate it when this happens! Now I probably won't be able to bring myself to read the book since I can't trust the author. I'm not an expert on Miyamoto Musashi, I need a book I can trust. Goddammit.

[Eddie Teach]

Just about finished with American Gods.  I'm thoroughly enjoying it.  I nabbed the 10th anniversary edition with the expanded text.  Has anyone read the original and the expanded to compare?

You mean it's not just a larger font?

[barkdreg]

G K Chesterton's Father Brown stories?

Quite boring. Always the same: the atheist did it because without belief in God it is impossible to have morals.

[Barrister]

G K Chesterton's Father Brown stories?

Quite boring. Always the same: the atheist did it because without belief in God it is impossible to have morals.

Hey there stranger.

[Gups]

G K Chesterton's Father Brown stories?

Quite boring. Always the same: the atheist did it because without belief in God it is impossible to have morals.

That's unfair. Sometimes it was the Jew

[Syt]

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