Thursday, May 21, 2009

Fiction Compared to Bare Bones Truth


Just finished reading "the Lion's Game"' by Nelson DeMille. Really. Enjoyed it even though it dealt with a rather relentless Libyan assassin who was nasty throughout. Rex, my cute baby brother, gave me a bunch of books to listen to and all are good so far. Also finished "The Keeper's Son" by Homer Hickam, which was about an actually rumored attack on the Eastern Seaboard during the Second World War by German U-boats. For those of you who are purists and enjoy your history without embellishments, I've learned much about International relations, history, geography and our own government to satisfy most and the fictionalization that goes along with it is just fine with me.

4 comments:

Wendy said...

I LOVE Nelson DeMille books - have listed to and read a bunch of his. Have you read any Clive Cussler? How's your eye? Did you throw your phone into Lake Oquirrh?

Wendy said...

that should actually say 'listened'

Linda Aukschun said...

I actually understood. This was my inaugural one. My eye still looks yucky and my phone just sits and looks at me like a beast.

Rex Cannon said...

Clive Cussler writes good books, in my cute opinion. However, they kind of follow the same path. My wife love them or maybe he loves the actor that played his lead character in his latest movie. "The Lions Game" will get you hooked.