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Originally Posted by Tarana
I get that. My goal this year is to get through Moby Dick. I've been putting it off forever.
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I really enjoyed Moby Dick. I recommend the version narrated by Frank Muller.
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Like Charles Dickens, even though the background is a bit depressing, he can really write a story that sucks you in.
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Speaking of Dickens, A Christmas Carol is the only thing of his I've actually read. I have several books on tap, but haven't been able to motivate myself.
I also have the movies "David Copperfield" and "Oliver Twist" (BBC thing, not the musical) sitting on my DVR for the last two years and never seem to press play.....
I've been having a hard time picking a new book these last few weeks. I've started and stopped half a dozen mysteries and SF novels.
I think I'm finally settled on "
Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force," a non-fiction book about Air Force Combat Controllers.
I had started and stopped another special forces memoir a few months ago because the author was NOT a particularly good writer, and his first-person account was rather dull and pompous at the same time. I think he needed a better ghost.
But this one is not a first-person memoir, and the writer(s) so far seem like very engaging story teller(s).