What are we reading?

Started by Martok, March 05, 2012, 01:13:59 PM

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Longdan

I got "World War Z" as an audio book.  I drive a lot.
I had to quit listening when the Israelis offered to
rescue all the Palestinians.  I believe in zombies but
that was too much.
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Bison

I listened to World War Z driving through the Yukon.

Windigo

Quote from: Bison on December 28, 2012, 02:52:55 PM
I listened to World War Z driving through the Yukon.

the enemy of my Z-enemy is my friend
My doctor wrote me a prescription for daily sex.

My wife insists that it says dyslexia but what does she know.

eyebiter

Triumph by Ben Bova. Alternate history novel starting April 1, 1945.  What if Churchill plotted to take out Stalin during spring 1945?  What if the Allies pressed the attack on Berlin instead of letting the Soviets take eastern Germany and Austria? 

TheCommandTent

Quote from: Longdan on December 28, 2012, 02:49:50 PM
I got "World War Z" as an audio book.  I drive a lot.
I had to quit listening when the Israelis offered to
rescue all the Palestinians.  I believe in zombies but
that was too much.

Thats to bad you are missing out on a good book.
"No wants, no needs, we weren't meant for that, none of us.  Man stagnates if he has no ambition, no desire to be more than he is."

Toonces

I'm still working my way through The Deluge, Vol. 2.  Very good book, free, and I highly recommend the trilogy.
"If you had a chance, right now, to go back in time and stop Hitler, wouldn't you do it?  I mean, I personally wouldn't stop him because I think he's awesome." - Eric Cartman

"Does a watch list mean you are being watched or is it a come on to Toonces?" - Biggs

Silent Disapproval Robot

I just ordered Starshine by John Wilcox for my Kindle. 

The blurb:

Quote1914. Outnumbered British forces are desperately trying to hold off the oncoming German soldiers in France. Star shells fly high into the night, illuminating the chaos, violence and death taking place in the French trenches below.

Like so many other men, Jim Hickman and Bertie Murphy are plunged into this nightmare. As the war progresses, Jim receives honour after honour, whilst Bertie sinks deep into depression.

Wilcox perfectly captures the horror and tragedy of the First World War in this vivid and moving novel.

Longdan

Try Covenant With Death by John Harris.
If you want a dose of WWI.  It is a story of one
of the "Pals battalions" from August 1914 until
July 1st, 1916.
-> Warning to Gus: I cannot be responsible for
your emotional condition if you read this book.
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Gusington

^I just won't play Toy Soldiers while reading it.


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We can't live under the threat of a c*nt because he's threatening nuclear Armageddon.

-JudgeDredd

Longdan

It puts a grim light on Toy Soldiers much more so than Gins of August.
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Gusington

I was actually disappointed in the second half of Guns of August...it dragged.


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We can't live under the threat of a c*nt because he's threatening nuclear Armageddon.

-JudgeDredd

Longdan

Well you knew how it was gonna turn out so I guess
that little element of surprise wasn't there.  No tension.
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Steelgrave

#432
This week's reading menu included "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Steig Larsson (excellent) and "Hater" by David Moody (interesting). Next up is either "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Larsson or "Creole Belle" by James Lee Burke. The sequel to "Hater" is in the mail but I will likely read it after I finish these two.

Greybriar

Sherlock Holmes: 24 Classic Short Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Regardless of how good a PC game may be it will always have its detractors and no matter how bad a PC game may be it will always have its fans.

Bison

Quote from: Greybriar on December 30, 2012, 07:43:24 AM
Sherlock Holmes: 24 Classic Short Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

My favorite read of all time.  Sherlock Holmes.  I think I've read the complete collection 5 or 6 times.