Books: What have you been reading?

[The Darknight Detective]

I tried to read a book called Love and Marriage written by Bill Cosby. It was neither entertaining nor interesting. But what kind of advice on love and marriage did you expect from Bill Cosby?

I bought a very used copy for a couple of dollars. most Pages are brown. The book's corners are worn out.

Your view probably has been shaped by recent revelations about Cosby. You might have had a different opinion about the book when he was still America's dad. Of course, as someone who became a big fan of his back in the early '70s, I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much today myself.

[Zauriel]

Your view probably has been shaped by recent revelations about Cosby. You might have had a different opinion about the book when he was still America's dad. Of course, as someone who became a big fan of his back in the early '70s, I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much today myself.

You are correct. I used to enjoy the Bill Cosby show before the news broke out that he is not who we thought he was. Now he is the last person I would ask for advice on love and marriage.

[The Darknight Detective]

You are correct. I used to enjoy the Bill Cosby show before the news broke out that he is not who we thought he was. Now he is the last person I would ask for advice on love and marriage.

Yeah, not really ideal husband material there. Even before his fall, I had my suspicions about him when I heard he used to frequent the Playboy mansion back in the '70s. I mean, I doubt he was playing lawn croquet there.

[MajorHoy]

I tried to read a book called Love and Marriage written by Bill Cosby. It was neither entertaining nor interesting. But what kind of advice on love and marriage did you expect from Bill Cosby?

I bought a very used copy for a couple of dollars. most Pages are brown. The book's corners are worn out.

For the record, it looks like that book came out in 1989?

(I think that was before some of the people who post on this site were born . . . )

[FluffySheep]

I've recently read Foundation by Isaac Asimov and I've just started reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson.

[Malvolio]

I've recently read Foundation by Isaac Asimov and I've just started reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson.

Will you read the sequel, Foundation and Empire?

[FluffySheep]

Will you read the sequel, Foundation and Empire?

I will. Foundation wasn't exactly what I thought it was going to be but I liked it. I tend to rotate genres when I'm reading, so once I've finished Elantris, I'll go back to sci-fi and read Foundation and Empire.

[The Darknight Detective]

Will you read the sequel, Foundation and Empire?

All of the Foundation books are worth reading, IMO, as well as his Robot series. Come to think of it, I'm not sure any of Asimov's works are not worth reading.

[JackDaw]

All of the Foundation books are worth reading, IMO, as well as his Robot series. Come to think of it, I'm not sure any of Asimov's works are not worth reading.

Agree completely. (Never read any of his “straight” science books…but would be sort of amazed if they weren’t similarly enjoyable.)

Got Tarquin Hall’s “The case of the reincarnated client” out of the library today…latest book in Tarquin Hall’s crime fiction series featuring the Indian detective Vish Puri. Really looking forward to this, think the earlier books in the series are terrific reads.

[Deathstroke]

I finished reading the Archer Mayor police procedural mystery Marked Man today.

[MajorHoy]

Started

The Case of the Terrified Typist
by Erle Stanley Gardner
<A Perry Mason Mystery>
original © 1956

[The Darknight Detective]

New books: The Isles: A History (1999) by Norman Davies.



For my Kindle, there's The Sundering Flood (1897) by William Morris.

[Deathstroke]

I finished reading the Carlene O'Connor mystery Murder At An Irish Christmas today.

[Chubistian]

I'm currently reading Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I just read two books about a case that transpired in my country more than one century ago:

-Entre el Dolor y la Ira: La Venganza de Antonio Ramón Ramón, by Igor Goicovic Donoso
-El Invasor, by Sergio Missana

[Deathstroke]

I read the John Gilstrap thriller Crimson Phoenix. Here's my Goodreads.com review.