What are we reading?

Gusington · January 31, 2017, 08:09:42 AM

Semicolons are for pussies. Just write separate sentences!

BanzaiCat · January 31, 2017, 09:35:42 AM

Quote from: Gusington on January 31, 2017, 08:09:42 AM
Semicolons are for pussies. Just write separate sentences!

So says the semicolon hater. :P

airboy · January 31, 2017, 09:56:54 AM

I completed Lord's Pearl Harbor book, "Day of Infamy."

It read like a Turtledove book with real people. Very light on any planning/strategy and very heavy on random US people who were impacted. It did capture the chaos and confusion of the response and aftermath.

It was a $1.99 Kindle deal. This was not as strong as Incredible Victory (Midway).

Greybriar · January 31, 2017, 11:46:12 AM

Quote from: Gusington on January 31, 2017, 08:09:42 AM
Semicolons are for pussies; just write separate sentences!

Fixed that for you. ;)

OJsDad · January 31, 2017, 11:47:00 AM

Quote from: Greybriar on January 31, 2017, 11:46:12 AM
Quote from: Gusington on January 31, 2017, 08:09:42 AM
Semicolons are for pussies; just write separate sentences!

Fixed that for you. ;)

:DD

JasonPratt · January 31, 2017, 11:51:48 AM

Quote from: Gusington on January 31, 2017, 08:09:42 AM
Semicolons are for pussies; just write separate sentences!

FtfCRAP, NINJA'D BY GB!

Gusington · January 31, 2017, 06:55:14 PM

For realz, semicolons are like celery as well as like underwear on Star.

mirth · February 01, 2017, 04:11:37 PM

Knights of the Sea - The True Story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812

MetalDog · February 01, 2017, 09:35:39 PM

The Dark Side of the Enlightenment: Wizards, Alchemists, and Spiritual Seekers in the Age of Reason by John V. Fleming

Gusington · February 01, 2017, 10:00:53 PM

^Wow.

MetalDog · February 01, 2017, 10:23:03 PM

Knew you'd be the first to reply ;) Jumped out at me in the library when I returned a book on wars of liberation.

Gusington · February 02, 2017, 10:20:02 AM

How is it so far?

MetalDog · February 02, 2017, 07:18:52 PM

Only about 20 pages in. You can definitely tell he was an English professor at an Ivy League school. He liberally sprinkles 50 cent words in all he writes. He's giving some background on the Enlightenment and what it was. There are chapters on three individuals, Valentine Greatrakes, a.k.a. the Stroker, Count Cagliostro and Julie de Krudener. I have to admit, I've heard of none of them. There are also chapters on the Convulisionists, the Rosicrusians, the Freemasons, and the Three Occult Arts.

Staggerwing · February 02, 2017, 07:50:07 PM

Wow indeed. I'll have to add that to the pile on the virtual night table. I've been meaning to get back into a DaVinci Code escapist frame of mind.

Gusington · February 02, 2017, 08:46:56 PM

Seems very high brow for me...have you read The Magic Circle of Rudolf II by Peter Marshall, MD? If you like the above, you'll certainly like this one.