JabbaTheMutt wrote:

Glen369 wrote: Getting ready to start I Am Legend. Looking forward to it.

Me too, oddly enough.

fascinating! 

olecowboy wrote:

JabbaTheMutt wrote:

Glen369 wrote: Getting ready to start I Am Legend. Looking forward to it.

Me too, oddly enough.

fascinating! 

So fascinating that you felt a need to comment on it.

UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbran the story of Louie Zamparini. She wrote SEA BISCUIT made into movie.
FLY BOYS by James Bradley, the son of John "Doc" Bradley one of the six flag raisers at Iwo Jima, James also wrote FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS which I also read recently.
JOLLY ROGERS by Tom Blackburn the story of VF 17 a Naval Corsair Squadron in the Solomons during WW II
THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO & THEY WERE EXPNEDNABLE both found at flea markets and First Editions.

Glen369 wrote:

olecowboy wrote:

JabbaTheMutt wrote:

Glen369 wrote: Getting ready to start I Am Legend. Looking forward to it.

Me too, oddly enough.

fascinating! 

So fascinating that you felt a need to comment on it.

Don't mind him...he's a bit of a troll.

"Bit of a droll (fellow)."

Pretty sure that's what he meant, OC.

harsh words, lumpy. . .

mighty harsh words. . .

olecowboy wrote:


harsh words, lumpy. . .

mighty harsh words. . .

Harsh but alas so true.

(sigh)

kicking a man when he's down↑

FestivusRules wrote: My favorite author is Ken Follett.  Incredible fiction based on historical events.  Pillars of the Earth was awesome.  Also read Jackdaws, Hornet Flight, and some others.  Never a disappointment.  Lots of books about WWII Germany.

As with books on the American Civil War, books about World War II have become a genre of their own. Volumes and volumes of them.

Although it's nonfiction, you might want to take a look at Engineers of Victory, The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide in the Second World War, a new book by Paul Kennedy. About cipher cracking, intelligence and deception operations by forgotten scientists, technicians, and logisticians who gave the tactical edge to the Allies.

knottcobred wrote: The Holy Bible.

Those who mentioned the Bible...out of curiosity what translation are you reading? My preference is The King James.

RebelNC wrote:
Although it's nonfiction, you might want to take a look at Engineers of Victory, The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide in the Second World War, a new book by Paul Kennedy. About cipher cracking, intelligence and deception operations by forgotten scientists, technicians, and logisticians who gave the tactical edge to the Allies.

That's on my list. 

September Hope, which chronicles the US part of Market Garden, is pretty good if you're into stuff like that.

JabbaTheMutt wrote:

RebelNC wrote:
Although it's nonfiction, you might want to take a look at Engineers of Victory, The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide in the Second World War, a new book by Paul Kennedy. About cipher cracking, intelligence and deception operations by forgotten scientists, technicians, and logisticians who gave the tactical edge to the Allies.

That's on my list. 

September Hope, which chronicles the US part of Market Garden, is pretty good if you're into stuff like that.

fascinating. . .


kidding!!!! 


"Blood of Heroes" by James Donovan - a must read for all of you lads!

RebelNC wrote:

knottcobred wrote: The Holy Bible.

Those who mentioned the Bible...out of curiosity what translation are you reading? My preference is The King James.

I really enjoy the New Living Translation.

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Lumpy wrote:

The other book I read in about a day was The Last Man by Vince Flynn.  All the Mitch Rapp books are good.

You might have already read them however I thought I  share a few good choices if you like the Mitch Rapp series by Flynn.

Andrew Britton has a series out with a character Ryan Kealey that I really like a lot. I prefer his style over Flynn's to be honest. Along the same lines however.

Another one is Alex Berenson and his series with a character named John Wells. Again, along the same lines of Flynn. Both authors are very good.

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Huge Rapp fan here too. i'll check out your recommendations. Thanks.

5 Strides on the Banked Track by Frank Deford

Republicdawg wrote:

RebelNC wrote:

knottcobred wrote: The Holy Bible.

Those who mentioned the Bible...out of curiosity what translation are you reading? My preference is The King James.

I really enjoy the New Living Translation.

I'm reading the Latin American Translation.

RebelNC wrote:

knottcobred wrote: The Holy Bible.

Those who mentioned the Bible...out of curiosity what translation are you reading? My preference is The King James.

Straight up KJV, yo. Represent.

The beauty of the language is surpassed only by the content.

I'm not much of a reader, but I am trying to read more. This is the book that I started a week ago:

max4196 wrote:

DawgEDue wrote:

 

actually, it wasn't a joke as much as a direct attack on his faith, thus why he was offended. The line between humor and mean-spirited attack is often blurred by the very nature of the vehicle, and where each person draws the line is often subjective. Eliminating all that, you used the mask of humor as an avenue to insult the man's religion, that's pretty clear. As such, the response shouldn't surprise you.

Just my .02

As humor is subjective... no one made you the judge and jury ...

Hey, max, I lol'd. Thought it was pretty good.

Big fan of McCullough, reading The Greater Journey right now.  You might want to try 'The Johnstown Flood' as well.  Crazy story.

My other favorite Historical/Biographical writer is Ron Chernow.  Try his book on Alexander Hamilton, one the more under appreciated founding fathers imo.  Maybe because he could never be president (with his temprement he might not have been able to even if he was born here).

After that I might have to work my way through some of the Dark Tower books again...

Started reading the first Wheel of Time Book (The Eye of the World) about 20 years ago.  The 14th and final volume is now in the house and ready to be read as soon as I go back through book 13 one more time.

You history buffs really need to read Allan Eckert's complete works, from The Frontiersman on, if you're in Ohio and interested in Ohio history. It's historical fiction, but as well researched as you could ever ask. I have a series of weekend trips based around his footnotes. I make everybody read The Frontiersmen to have some idea of what life was really like around these parts 200 years ago. He was a great writer. His wife's a piece of work, but that's another story.

On WW2 I get hooked on reading the German diaries from the Eastern Front. Rare and fascinating stuff. I never knew they existed until about two years ago. I've got a couple good ones if anyone's interested.

Really, if you want interesting stuff - pull down the .pdf catalog from Kent State University Press. They have some awesome books. Just bought the one on Cleveland radio in the 50's (the one that's all color photos), Shadows of Antietam and the collection of Revolutionary War daguerrotypes. Really cool and unusual books.

schafrath wrote: You history buffs really need to read Allan Eckert's complete works, from The Frontiersman on, if you're in Ohio and interested in Ohio history. It's historical fiction, but as well researched as you could ever ask. I have a series of weekend trips based around his footnotes. I make everybody read The Frontiersmen to have some idea of what life was really like around these parts 200 years ago. He was a great writer. His wife's a piece of work, but that's another story.

Thanks for the tip. 

Lumpy wrote:

LOWDOWNDIRTYDAWG wrote: I'm on the first book of Game of Thrones.

Enjoyable but freaking long  (5 books, almost a thousand pages each).

I've read them all, and it can be confusing with all the characters and who is who.
Waiting for the last book, which I can fathom how he's gonna wrap it all up in one novel.

I've read them too, I'm on a re-read now, about 2/3 done with the series (as it stands now).

It's definitely hard to keep some of the characters straight the first time through.  Watching the show helps keep them straight a little bit (although the series veers away from the books OFTEN).  I'm pretty straight on who is who at this point though.  And I decided to read ADWD and AFFC at the same time instead of "as released" because of the simultaneous timing of the two books. another help is just reading the awoiaf "wiki" page on the characters whenever I have a question... but this will give away a spoiler here and there if you aren't careful.

As to the wrapping it up in one book issue, I'm pretty sure he's planning on more than one book... and he's notorious for saying "who gives a damn about the publishers, I've gotta write the story as it comes to me." Meaning that it keep growing, he keeps turning in these huge manuscripts that become two books (or 1000 page books).  I'm not worried how it will wind up... but I AM worried about getting the next book released in the next couple years.

Non-fiction: The New Jim Crow - A damning indictment of the causes and effects of the Drug War on the African-American community.

Fiction: 1Q84 - Long and at times overly descriptive, but a weird and interesting tale.

Humor - The Psychopath Test - Hilarious

Lumpy wrote:

Glen369 wrote:

olecowboy wrote:

JabbaTheMutt wrote:

Glen369 wrote: Getting ready to start I Am Legend. Looking forward to it.

Me too, oddly enough.

fascinating! 

So fascinating that you felt a need to comment on it.

Don't mind him...he's a bit of a troll.

tOC?

No, he's just misunderstood.

Currently reading the Greatest Generation.  Do most of my reading in the winter when and for some reason this winter have not found as much time as usual.  After this I am going to reread To Kill a Mockingbird.

Far too many right now.  Here's some:

Grant (biography by Jean Smith - highly recommend)

Antonio Vivaldi, The Red Priest of Venice - Karl Heller

The Music of the Primes, Marcus du Satoy

The Kybalion, Three Initiates  (weird, but interesting)

Reamde, Neal Stephenson

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford

The Koran  (rather eye opening)

The Hydrogen Sonata, Iain M. Banks (I'd recommend any of his "Culture" novels)

Dying Earth, Jack Vance (must read sci-fi)

For everyone interested in WWII, I recommend With the Old Breed, by Eugene sledge, about the Marines exploits in the Pacific.  Amazing what those troops went through.

The HBO mini-series "The Pacific" was based partly on this book.

I'm almost done with Micro, started by Micheal Crichton and finished by Richard Preston after the former's death.  It's entertaining, though I've felt that Crichton's earlier works were superior to the later stuff.  I love Jurassic Park, I've read it several times and remain convinced that DNA cloning experiments will result in the reappearance of dinosaurs... I mean, in addition to YBD and TOC, of course.

Currently reading:

 Roma    Steven Saylor  Novel about ancient Rome.

To The Last Man  Jeff Shaara   about WW1 with emphasis on Pershing,Lufbery,Von Richthofen,
and Ludendorff.

Invisible Prey John Sanders      one of the davenport series.