Grand unified books thread

[Josephus]

Finished new Khaled Hosseini book, And The Mountains Echoed. Brilliant work.

[Syt]

Reading "By Fire and Sword - Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare". In the chapter "The King as Judge and Executioner" it says:

Edward I - the Leopard, the Hammer of Scots - considered even mockery is a form of lèse-majesté. One medieval chronicle implies that the sack of Berwick was in response to the insults that he suffered from the town's ramparts: jibes, gestures and buttocks-baring.

Who knew that Quest for the Holy Grail had its basis in reality?

[Josephus]

Didn't know that....but now that I think about it not surprising. Those Python guys were pretty well educated and smart and probably knew that.

[fhdz]

Buttocks-baring? The horror!

[garbon]

Buttocks-baring? The horror!

Right? I'd consider it an invitation!

[CountDeMoney]

   Open, Sez Me!

[Sheilbh]

Despite all the good recommendations in the sci-fi/fantasy thread there's a few books I've got to go through first.

I've just finished Lords of Finance about the central bankers of the inter-war and the depression. It's very interesting for a layman and well written enough that you can follow the issues and personalities without needing to know too much about economic intricacies.

After years of people here mentioning it (especially Malthus) I'm finally reading I Am Red. Not too far in but so far I love it. It's one of those books I've mentioned to several people and wished I had more than one copy to give out.

I've also got All the King's Men and a book on Nazism to get to when it's done.

[CountDeMoney]

I've also got All the King's Men

First time reading it?

[Admiral Yi]

Goddamn cock tease.

Just like C4 with his giant thread about Real American Superbowl Food(tm).

[Sheilbh]

I've also got All the King's Men

First time reading it?

Yep.

What, Yi?

[Brazen]

Just finished The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. Highly recommended light-hearted Swedish crime romp that time-travels through 100 years of personal and world history in flashback.

[Admiral Yi]

What, Yi?

My bad.  I thought we were in your syfy and  phantacy thread. 

[The Brain]

Just finished The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. Highly recommended light-hearted Swedish crime romp that time-travels through 100 years of personal and world history in flashback.

Soon to be a minor movie!

[Malthus]

Reading The Iron King by Maurice Druon. Historical fiction translated from the French, start of a series, about Philip the Fair. So far, very good.

Comes with a foreword by George RR Martin, who claims this series (and its setting) was, in part, his inspiration for the Song of Ice and Fire. 

[The Minsky Moment]

Taught myself to read French by reading those books plus le monde online.

To this day I don't know a lot of contemporary idioms but I know what a nourrice is.