What are you currently reading?

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

I had promised someone that I would read this book after a discussion that I had with them as to why I had decided to stop reading Dan Brown. I am about twenty per cent of the way into this book and I am struggling with it and it has already confirmed why I originally made my decision. My thesis is that he has a template, changes the concept involved, changes the name of the protagonists and the City involved and then makes a ton of money. Good luck to him.
[Disclaimer: I did not buy this book - it was given to me to read.]

The Da Vinci code was immensely entertaining. I was not tempted to read further, for the reasons you cite.

[aligreto]

The Da Vinci code was immensely entertaining. I was not tempted to read further, for the reasons you cite.

You have, essentially, covered it all there.

[André]

I'm still in the Introduction (80 pages long). I read practically all of Maupassant's novels and contes (tales) when I was a teen. Now I'm going back to the Contes normands, or Tales from Normandy. That's another 800 pages, and is but a fraction of his output. The rest will wait some more, I think.

[Ken B]

I'm still in the Introduction (80 pages long). I read practically all of Maupassant's novels and contes (tales) when I was a teen. Now I'm going back to the Contes normands, or Tales from Normandy. That's another 800 pages, and is but a fraction of his output. The rest will wait some more, I think.

Probably my favorite writer.

[aligreto]

I'm still in the Introduction (80 pages long). I read practically all of Maupassant's novels and contes (tales) when I was a teen. Now I'm going back to the Contes normands, or Tales from Normandy. That's another 800 pages, and is but a fraction of his output. The rest will wait some more, I think.

Probably my favorite writer.

An author definitely worth reading.

[Ken B]

STEM is bad! Bad STEM! Bad!

https://pjmedia.com/trending/canadian-profs-claim-stem-promotes-eurocentrism-and-white-supremacy/

[bwv 1080]

STEM is bad! Bad STEM! Bad!

https://pjmedia.com/trending/canadian-profs-claim-stem-promotes-eurocentrism-and-white-supremacy/

Funny, I always thought it promoted Asiacentrism and Indo-Sino-supremacy

[SimonNZ]

Finished:



Jack Reacher #6.

I'm enjoying this series more than I thought I would, especially as the quality of the writing has been improving as they progress after the quite clunky #1 and the okayish #2. I hope though that at some point he learns to create an endind that is something other than a mano-a-mano showdown with a damsel in distress, and villains that are other than sociopaths, A large amount of detail of secret service bodyguard duty in this one, which seemed very well researched.

Started:

[NikF]

Started:

I'm not usually one for indulging in (what appears to be) mere trivia, but this looks cool.

[SimonNZ]

I'm not usually one for indulging in (what appears to be) mere trivia, but this looks cool.

Yeah, even only a small way in I can immediately tell its a more carefully and intelligently edited collection than others with a similar idea.

[NikF]

Yeah, even only a small way in I can immediately tell its a more carefully and intelligently edited collection than others with a similar idea.

If you find it continues in that manner, do update? It does sound to have the potential to be cool.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Probably my favorite writer.

I am a huge fan of French literature but haven't read Maupassant yet. My favorite French writers are Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas pére.

[Ken B]

I am a huge fan of French literature but haven't read Maupassant yet. My favorite French writers are Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas pére.

His best stuff are the stories rather than the novels.
I once flipped through several different anthologies of "best stories". There was almost no overlap, because there are so many to choose from.

[aligreto]

I am a huge fan of French literature but haven't read Maupassant yet. My favorite French writers are Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas pére.

His best stuff are the stories rather than the novels.
I once flipped through several different anthologies of "best stories". There was almost no overlap, because there are so many to choose from.

I would agree with Ken B; focus on the short stories.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Sherlock Holmes once again: The Adventure Of The Golden Pince Nez.

[ritter]

Françoise Gilot's book on her years with Picasso:

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Very entertaining.

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

I would agree with Ken B; focus on the short stories.

For what it's worth, I found "The Complete Short Stories" of Guy de Maupassant on Amazon.com in a Kindle edition by Centaur Classics for the princely sum of $0.99.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F873EH0/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o00_?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I can't comment on the quality of the edition yet, have not really looked at it, but it does have a live table of contents. I don't know of it's availability on other amazon sites. (Amazon only lets you buy kindle content on the site that matches the locale of your account.)

[André]

Looks like a fantastic deal, Baron. You can pick and choose from the various stories (norman, parisian, others) by Maupassant. Hope you enjoy them !

[JBS]

You don't need Amazon when you can get it from Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Maupassant

[Ken B]

As always folks, translations matter. Pick a modern translation.