What Books Have You Read Recently

[JWFilips]

Every time I log on here and see "fiver"'s name it makes me want to read "A Watership Down" again. Think I read it twice in my life.

 

[Mitty38]

Getting into reading a book called the 8 kingdoms. It's a bible study. Mike Pearl.
Not going to get into a religious conversation. I don't even know how the fellow believes. But nice to look at different perspectives and why. I have always kinda been into apologetics.
Should keep me busy for a while.

 

[todd]

read Antarctica Station by AG Riddles

 

[PGPKY2014]

read Antarctica Station by AG Riddles

just finished.

 

[todd]

The Root Witch by Debra Castaneda.

 

[462]

Couldn't' stomach McNamara and Johnson's deliberate lies, half-truths, ineptness, and overall deceit they used to create a war in Viet Nam, so only read half the book and put it in the lending library kiosk across the street. I've read a great many books about the war, and was there voluntarily in '68-'69*, but "Dereliction of Duty" was the only one that detailed the almost daily shenanigans (in '64 and '65) the two conceived to keep the truth from the American people. I wasn't ignorant, not by a long shot, but it was much worse than I knew. Or could ever imagine.

*My love of country trumped crooked politicians and their arrogant and condescending advisors. I've no regrets.

 

[RicinYakima]

In my old age, I have come to the conclusion that all politicians only look at themselves. McNamara/Johnson or Bush/Cheney are all the same. In the next war, poor country boys will again do the bleeding and dying.

 

[Missionary]

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe (un-abridged) is next on my list. Received my copy (printed in 1900) down in Chatanooga in 1978 cleaning out an old rental house near Red Bank, Ga. Looks like it was stolen from the "Negro Library" in Chatanooga about 1967 and never returned.
Have read it over 30 times since my finding it.

 

[RicinYakima]

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe (un-abridged) is next on my list. Received my copy (printed in 1900) down in Chatanooga in 1978 cleaning out an old rental house near Red Bank, Ga. Looks like it was stolen from the "Negro Library" in Chatanooga about 1967 and never returned.
Have read it over 30 times since my finding it.

I like Moll Flanders better.

 

[todd]

i've read several since the last time...

Witch and Ghosts by Iain Rob Wright (2 different books)
They Take Your Skin by JR Curtis
The Belial Rebirth by RD Brady
The Aurora Project by Paul McGowan (i didn't like it, too much global warming)

i am reading The Fifth Kind: Arrival (book 1) by James D Prescott j

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn are better yet!!!

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[Rick]

Couldn't' stomach McNamara and Johnson's deliberate lies, half-truths, ineptness, and overall deceit they used to create a war in Viet Nam, so only read half the book and put it in the lending library kiosk across the street. I've read a great many books about the war, and was there voluntarily in '68-'69*, but "Dereliction of Duty" was the only one that detailed the almost daily shenanigans (in '64 and '65) the two conceived to keep the truth from the American people. I wasn't ignorant, not by a long shot, but it was much worse than I knew. Or could ever imagine.

*My love of country trumped crooked politicians and their arrogant and condescending advisors. I've no regrets.

I can't help but think you know better. Please go no further with this.

 

[JWinAZ]

Strike of the Sailfish by Stephen L. Moore. Documents the service of two WW2 submarines, USS Sailfish and USS Sculpin, and their crews. Iron men and steel boats.

On a lighter note: Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box. The most recent in the Game Warden Joe Pickett series. Who would guess that a Wyoming game warden could find so much trouble!

 

[Winelover]

We've been streaming Joe Pickett on Paramount+

 

[todd]

i've read....
The Fifth Kind: Awakening by James D Prescott
Flesh Bargain by Iain Wright
Zombie by Iain Wright

and now i'm reading...
Hell Train by Iain Wright

 

[Rick H]

American Buffalo: In search of a Lost Icon ~ Steven Rinnella

 

[462]

Finished the long slog through "1493", by Charles Mann. Historically, I found it to be educational and informative, but think he dwelt on the various topics for longer than necessary. He's piqued my interest enough that I'm thinking about maybe buying "1491".

Another long slog, "Burr", by Gore Vidal, is on a bookshelf awaiting its turn.

 

[RicinYakima]

He's piqued my interest enough that I'm thinking about maybe buying "1491".

Another long slog, "Burr", by Gore Vidal, is on a bookshelf awaiting its turn.

"1491" is better but not realistic, the new world wasn't that perfect.

"Burr" is more than you want to know.

 

[todd]

i've read.......

Hell Train by Iain Wright
Bad Luck by Iain Wright

and i'm about done Book 1: Empire Rising of The Void War.

 

[oscarflytyer]

Have a new one to peruse - and use as research ID manual: Rifles of the US Army 1861-1906!

 

[JWinAZ]

In the process of reading and applying Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons: a Step-by-step Guide to Computer Security and Privacy for Non-techies by Carey Parker.