What are you reading or what have you read lately?

Just acquired "When I Was King", the biography of Eddie Fiola AKA The Flying Banana

 

Started the second book in the series.

 

So many seem to be into the books I was forced to read in school

Because a teacher thought it would make us better people.

I read for fun and something to do.

 

That’s how I feel about lord of the files.

 

I've been trying to find a fiction bookI read 20 years ago.

I don't know title or author.

Items I can remember:

Main character is named Herman.
Lots of reference to shooting as the character grewup.
Herman was a crack shit with a rifle.
His uncle took him to a dove shooting compatition and bet his buddy that Herman could pic off doves with a rifle. He wins with 20/1 odds. His uncle bet $500(I think).
As the character ages he takes up flying.
In his adult years he meets up with a buddy who has been guiding in Africa for 20 years.
On the way back from the airport, they get pulled over. He asks his buddy how much money he has on him? He answers $250,000. He instructs his buddy to put the money in his truck safe because search and seizure laws have become vague in the last 2 decades . Police can't confiscate money without a warrant if it's locked away, or something similar .

As the story progresses, the FBI gets wind that he owns some odd sniper rifle that is classified as illegal. They attempt to confiscate, apprehend or both the main character.

Somehow the main character is able to shoot the rotor shaft of the helicopter that was used to gain access to the main characters compound. The chopper sinks in a pond or lake making it difficult for the FBI to find out what brought the bird down.

The FBI was able to find outafter some time that the chopper was downed by this odd sniper rifle(that I can not remember for the life of me).

At this point the main character knows he is being persued, so he fakes his own death. He buried the gun then gets in his (Cessna?) Plane and crashes it over the ocean after he parachutes out 1st.

There were many references to Americans tiring of politicians promising things to get elected then never fallowing thru.

This is not a political topic. This book is fiction. I want read it again to see if it is as good as I remember

For some reason I think the book had the word "Promise" in the title. Ive searched 7 days to Sunday and can not find this book.

Thanks in advanced.
Kirk

 

Good Luck Kirk!!

 

What happened to the book you read??

Yes I still have books from 40 years ago in the book cases.

 

I tried. I couldn't find that book. I'd imagine it's some kind of sniper novel which there's a few authors who specialize in those.

 

I just finished The Diamond Eye, author is Kate Quinn. It’s about a female Russian sniper in WWII.

 

Same, still have a few from high school etc. Some, like my Henry Rollins and Ken Uston stuff, I'll never part with or lend out even.

 

I have two from left from high school (1963 grad). The Razor's Edge and Catcher in the Rye.

 

How many read several books at the same time?

 

My current read

 

Have you had any luck or remembered anything more??

 

No luck yet ...

 

I'm pretty sure I'm on some watch lists after trying to search that up.

 

New ones or the same old?

 

Is you avatar googlie eyes on Smaug the Golden?