What are you reading this week of October 8, 2017?
Good morning, my bookish friends.
I started Blackout by Connie Willis but I think I will give this one a miss after all. I discovered it's actually the first half of a story and at just under 500 pages I think I should spend what little reading time I have these days on my bedside pile, before it topples over on me.
What's new, or not, for you?
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that doesn't really appear to be a book, which is what we are all about discussing here. But, if there is something about Strength Finder you would like to add, please do. 
I had Googled the title and it came up with nothing. Which is odd because now I know it was written by Tom Rath, author of six influential bestsellers, who reveals the three keys that matter most for our daily health and well-being, as well as engagement in our work. Sounds like reading that could be very helpful for some so thanks for telling us about it. 
Oh, wait. Never mind. 
I looked up pictures of Destin and it is gorgeous. Sounds like a sweet story.
Curious about Best Day Ever. There are a whole lot of books with that title. Is this one by D B Chambers, which is listed as 'horror'? 
And Afterlife, Wow! "Soon to be a major motion picture from producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. Between life and death lies an epic war, a relentless manhunt through two worlds…and an unforgettable love story." Mr. Sakey has written a great many thrillers, none of which my library has. But I have now put him on my list of books to looks for.
Thanks for all the interesting suggestions.
Mark Sullivan's book, Beneath a Scarlet Sky. Based on the true life adventures of Pino Lela, a young Italian teen.
The book begins in the summer of 1943, as the allies started bombing Milan. As in England, Italian families sent their children to the countryside to save them from possible death. But Pino was not content to lead a normal teenage life. Instead, he joined the underground railroad of the Catholic Church and the Italian resistance to save Jewish lives.
http://www.militarypress.com/the-17-year-old-wwii-hero/
EXCLUSIVE: Spider-Man: Homecoming producer Amy Pascal and star Tom Holland have found another film on which to collaborate. Pascal Pictures’ Pascal and Rachel O’Connor have acquired film rights to the Mark Sullivan novel Beneath A Scarlet Sky, with Holland attached to play the lead role. This comes on a week when the book emerged as a top seller on the Amazon lists. It is the story of a forgotten WWII hero. Pino Lella is a normal Italian teenager living an idyllic life in Italy, until bombs begin falling on Milan and word of Nazi atrocities begin to circulate. While waiting to join the fight, Lello joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, guiding hundreds of Jews to safety in a year. On his 18th birthday, Lello is forced to enlist with the German Army, and is immediately assigned as a personal driver to Adolf Hitler’s left hand, General Hans Leyers. This fly on the wall in the upper echelons of the Third Reich positions him to be recruited by the Allies as a spy. Known to Allied Intelligence only as “Observer,” Lella endures the horrors of WWII and the Nazi occupation by secretly feeding intel to the Allies that was strategically important enough to turn the tides of the war. When Lella’s courage falters, he is bolstered by his love for a young woman named Anna, and for the life he dreams they will one day share.
http://deadline.com/2017/08/tom-holland-amy-pascal-pino-lello-beneath-a-scarlet-sky-spiderman-homecoming-1202148294/
Been a bit of a busy week, chez moi. Not pleasant overall, you know, what with all the bs going on. But, I was still thinking about you and wanting to reply.
That is so cool, about the story and the movie. Obviously a real "must read." 