Books Read (click on titles for review):
Future On Ice by Orson Scott Cared, ed.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Nothing Can Rescue Me by Elizabeth Daly
A Spark of Death by Bernadette Pajer
Currently Reading:
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens: With dramatic eloquence, this story of the French Revolution brings to life a time of terror and treason, and a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime.
Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, & New York's Trial of the Century by Mike Dash: They called it Satan’s Circus—a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the 20th century, it was a place where everyone from the chorus girls to the beat cops was on the take and where bad boys became wicked men; a place where an upstanding young policeman such as Charley Becker could become the crookedest cop who ever stood behind a shield. The handsome lieutenant was a decorated hero, the renowned leader of New York’s vice-busting Special Squad. Was he a bad cop leading a double life, or a pawn felled by the sinister rogues who ran Manhattan’s underworld?
Books that spark my interest:
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom
From Sawdust to Stardust: The Biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy by Terry Lee Rioux
The Fire Engine that Disappeared by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
6 comments:
Both of your current reads sound so good. I've actually never read Dickens before! & Satan's Circus reminds me of The Devil in the White City!
Here's what I'm reading!
I have never read a Dickens. I think he is kind of intimidating. Here is my Monday post.
I've never read A Tale of Two Cities, but, of course, it is on a million lists of Books-You-Must-Read. Do tell if you agree (when you complete it!)
Great reading list!
I just finished David Copperfield. I hope you enjoy your Dickens!
I love Dickens! And SATAN'S CIRCUS sounds quite interesting to me.. Thank you for leaving a comment on my post, Bev!
I hope you'll have a wonderful week!
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