I've just started reading a book called 'Horrie, the War Dog' by Roland Perry. It's about a little dog found found starving in the Lybian sand dunes. He was adopted by Jim Moody who was serving with an Australian battalion. He served duty by warning the platoon of incoming enemy planes. He heard them 2 minutes before a human could. When Horrie ran for cover, so did all the gunners. This is not a spoiler as this is printed on the back cover. It's after the war that the real fight begins for Horrie ...
oh, I think I remember that case from the news Spoiler: spoiler His owner wanted to take him home and wasn't allowed to export the dog. IIRC it took him about a year of pulling strings, pestering officials and finally getting the media to help him make the case public till he finally got his dog out of the warzone. Right?
I got excited for a second, thinking that maybe you were reading Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman. I tried the Malazan books, but only made it through two of them. I'm currently reading Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits
I don't remember it on the news but I'll do a search later to find out a bit more. His real problems started because they didn't get permission but they smuggled him home anyway. I won't tell you how it finished, although you probably know... It's worth reading I think.
I think I'll finish Write It When I'm Gone tonight. I'm not sure what I'll read next. So many books, so little time...
today's read: some 20 GB of software. I'll move my domain to a new server with different specifications on Tuesday and had to check whether all the heavily modified boards I am hosting for my friends are fully compatible. (YAY! Looks like they are) To prevent nightmares (or at least restrict them to heffalumps and woozles) my bedtime-book tonight will be The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh =)
Just finished All the Shah's Men, a teriffic account of the Anglo-American coup that derailed Iranian democracy to make the world safe for British petroleum. Next up is...Earthquakes in Human History, or The Turban for the Crown: the Iranian Revolution.
I'm reading The Passage by Justin Cronin. I received the third book in the trilogy, The City of Mirrors, this week and am rereading the first two.
The Trek novel Elusive Salvation by Dayton Ward. This is a sequel to the previous novel, From History's Shadow.
Finished Dust and just started on The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons. Didn't want to read another Lawrence Block when I read one of his just two weeks ago but I fancied something fun and something I knew I could finish before I go away on holiday (with more books) in a week or so.
After finishing The Geneva Strategy (A novel in Ludlum's Cover-One series), I'm moving on to Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden, the followup to Three Day Road.
The Last Mile, by David Baldacci. Just started Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence, by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
I am downloading the Audible version of End of Watch by Stephen King, narrated by Will Patton. I hope I enjoy it as much as Mr Mercedes and Finders Keepers.
I'm about to start a book by John M Myers called, The Man Who Returned From The Dead. The teaser at the back describes it as a true story about a guy who is badly mauled by a bear. Two people in his group were paid to stay with him until he died. They become impatient and leave him, along with his supplies, his knife and his gun. The storyline starts from there...this book has been made into a movie titled, Revenant. I wondered whether anyone has seen this movie?
I haven't seen Revenant but I have seen the 1971 movie Man in the Wilderness which is based on the same story. It stars Richard Harris though his character's name is Bass not Glass. I enjoyed End of Watch and now I am listening to Ordeal by Jorn Lier Horst., narrated by Saul Reichlin. It is a Norwegian murder mystery and is the fifth book I have read by this author.
Thanks for info Miss Chicken. Now that you mention Richard Harris I remember seeing that movie - confused by the name, I usually like to read the book first. It seems I'll be seeing the old movie first, reading the book, then seeing the new movie. You seem to be a prolific reader Miss Chicken.