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NFT: Book suggestion - summer reading

GiantsUA : 7/1/2018 10:41 am
Lucky 666- WW2/history people

Pick up this book, great read.

Lucky 666 - Bob Drury & Tom Clavin
If you’re a Steven King fan...  
Giant John : 7/1/2018 11:00 am : link
Insiders. Wow.
Just finished  
BillT : 7/1/2018 11:42 am : link
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Very interesting read about Native Americans, oil, murder and the FBI.
Mrs Fletcher  
Les in TO : 7/1/2018 2:29 pm : link
If you enjoy Tom Perrotta
RE: Just finished  
BestFeature : 7/1/2018 2:34 pm : link
In comment 14003441 BillT said:
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Very interesting read about Native Americans, oil, murder and the FBI.


I bought the book but was kind of on the fence on how much I want to read it. Glad you gave it a thumbs up, I'll read it then for sure at some point.

BTW, the book that I'll recommend till I'm blue in the face is "Shoe Dog". Bio of Phil Knight and Nike.

I also just finished "Chasing Phil", pretty good though it got repetitive at times. It was about one of the FBI's first undercover operations infiltrating a major con artist.
RE: If you’re a Steven King fan...  
ShocknAwe80 : 7/1/2018 4:39 pm : link
In comment 14003428 Giant John said:
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Insiders. Wow.


you mean outsiders?
Sorry I guess I messed that up.  
Giant John : 7/1/2018 5:10 pm : link
The thing with SK is he starts off slow but then is amazing at reeling the reader in. I’m really enjoying the book. Well worth the spend and I will probably,read it a nimbler of times like I do with many books.
Spell check😡  
Giant John : 7/1/2018 5:11 pm : link
Nimbler = number
RE: Sorry I guess I messed that up.  
ShocknAwe80 : 7/1/2018 9:01 pm : link
In comment 14003711 Giant John said:
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The thing with SK is he starts off slow but then is amazing at reeling the reader in. I’m really enjoying the book. Well worth the spend and I will probably,read it a nimbler of times like I do with many books.


I am a high school English teacher... 14 years going strong. King is one of my favorite authors of all time. His character development is on point. 11/22/63 was a masterpiece. Mr. Mercedes was incredible... 2 novels that go completely against the grain of what you expect from him. I will certainly be reading this book.
RE: RE: Sorry I guess I messed that up.  
BestFeature : 7/2/2018 12:23 am : link
In comment 14003884 ShocknAwe80 said:
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In comment 14003711 Giant John said:


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The thing with SK is he starts off slow but then is amazing at reeling the reader in. I’m really enjoying the book. Well worth the spend and I will probably,read it a nimbler of times like I do with many books.



I am a high school English teacher... 14 years going strong. King is one of my favorite authors of all time. His character development is on point. 11/22/63 was a masterpiece. Mr. Mercedes was incredible... 2 novels that go completely against the grain of what you expect from him. I will certainly be reading this book.


I find his ideas for books fascinating pretty much whenever I hear about them but for some reason I'm never moved to actually read them. I'm not much into horror. I'm a non-fiction kind of guy.
I also read Killers of the Flower Moon  
Nitro : 7/2/2018 2:43 am : link
it's a well-done, compelling read.
Speaking of Stephen King  
Mike in NJ : 7/2/2018 8:08 am : link
I’m making my way through the Dark Tower series now and am really enjoying it. I am on the 6th book of 7, The Song of Susannah, so I am looking forward to seeing how everything wraps up. So far I’d highly recommend the series for those who haven’t read it.
Anything by Alan Furst  
Russ in Queens, NYC : 7/3/2018 9:46 am : link
Can't recommend him highly enough.
RE: Anything by Alan Furst  
BestFeature : 7/4/2018 2:50 am : link
In comment 14005421 Russ in Queens, NYC said:
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Can't recommend him highly enough.


Who's on Furst? Russ...
Currently reading  
Jay in Toronto : 7/4/2018 4:53 am : link
Chabon's Moonglow and enjoying it immensely.
BTW, I just started reading "The Upstarts"  
BestFeature : 7/4/2018 12:38 pm : link
It's about Uber and Airbnb. It's by Brad Stone the same person that wrote about Amazon in "The Everything Store". So far it's pretty damn amazing.

Yes there is a theme in the books I read. I love business biographies.
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