What are we reading?

[Dammit Carl!]

Operation Barbarossa by Alan Clark and War Without Garlands by Robert Kershaw.

[Tripoli]

Quote from: Staggerwing on Yesterday at 05:38:06 PM

    Quote from: Huw the Poo on Yesterday at 02:07:03 PM

        I've started Tau Zero by Poul Anderson.  Not bad so far, very nice prose.


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If you like interstellar spies and space opera, the Dominic Flandry series is very engaging.  (his persona of Captain Ahab Whaling is a hoot.)

The Dominic Flandry series is great.  It is one of the few science fiction book(s) I've kept since my youth.

[nelmsm]

Finally got through the Napoleon book and started on Gettysburg: The Last Invasion by Allen Guelzo   

[Toonces]

The First Team books are awesome; I've read both of them a couple of times.  It's like you're raiding my library, Tripoli!

For my birthday a few days ago my father in law gave me a complete first edition of Churchill's Second World War series.  Stoked!  I just started The Gathering Storm, but I'm only reading bits of it as I finish up Catton.

[JasonPratt]

Yeah, I'll be getting to the Churchy WW2 books, too -- someday. Next year. They're in my collection already, just waiting.

I was not much of a fan of the "Gathering Storm" miniseries adaptation, which I have over in my DVD collection, but I fully expect it to be a lot better than that.  ::)

Trodding steadily now through Vol 3 of his History of the English Speaking Peoples, "The Age of Revolution". Runs from the reign of William III (aka William of Orange) through Napoleon; since I'm not reading multiple books concurrently right now, progress is progressing! Just started the reign of Queen Anne (William's daughter), and the zenith of the Duke of Marlborough (aka John Churchill, iirc. He's a Churchill anyway, as Churchill casually reminds his reader on occasion. ;) )

[Gusington]

Currently reading Brooklyn: The Once and Future City by Thomas J. Campanella.

[besilarius]

Every Grog who reads this thread, there is good news!
It means you read books, and this lowers the chance of developing Alzheimers.

https://www.mic.com/articles/99408/science-has-great-news-for-people-who-read-actual-books

[Gusington]

Nice. I'll live to 100 and enjoy some of it!

[Huw the Poo]

Actually that article was mainly about how e-books are inferior, brain development wise, to real books.  But in my case at least, that's tough shit.  If it weren't for the Kindle app on my phone I'd barely read at all; it's way more convenient than a real book, so although ideally I'd prefer to "keep it real", I'll take using my phone over not reading at all.

[Huw the Poo]

Well I'm struggling with Tau Zero.  I absolutely hate the characters and also the way they're written.  Absolutely not believable in the slightest, and I can only assume the author wasn't getting any when he wrote this book, because it's all the characters seem to think about.

At least it's short; I'm already 42% through it despite barely touching it, so I guess I'll go the distance and see if the second half can change my mind.

[Dammit Carl!]

Every Grog who reads this thread, there is good news!
It means you read books, and this lowers the chance of developing Alzheimers.

https://www.mic.com/articles/99408/science-has-great-news-for-people-who-read-actual-books

Hope this is something that can be banked, as I read like a mofo up until my mid 20s.

[Gusington]

How old are you now?

Currently reading Brooklyn: The Once and Future City by Thomas Campanella. Got it as a Christmas gift - 100 pages in and it is great.

[Dammit Carl!]

How old are you now?

Mid 40s.  Probably have used up all my "savings," by now, I'd guess.  Dang.  :-[

[twitter3]

Currently reading Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Campaign, May 1864 by Charles Knight. I am visiting there in two weeks and like to have an understanding of what I am about see.

https://www.amazon.com/Valley-Thunder-Opening-Shenandoah-Campaign/dp/1932714804

[Tripoli]

The US Army publishes some good guides and walking tours of various USCW battlefields.  Here's the one on New Market:
https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-24/cmhPub_70-24.pdf