What are you reading?

Slacker said:
What's going on with so many folks BANNED?
Is there a run A muk section that folks do crazy stuff in?
I don't subscribe to the off topic romp a rooms .. Maybe that's where all the tequila shots are getting served?

REF: OP Bann-anna split.
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I think a lot of them are reincarnations of people who got banned earlier and tried to sneak back in. The TB3K spots their IP address or other identifying info and they get blasted with an ICBM.
 
Red Marley said:
Have you read On The Beach by Nevil Shute? I haven't but I've read about it. I have read two other books by Nevil Shute and really enjoy his writing. Not sure if I would enjoy this one due to the subject matter, but it's on my list
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Yes I did, very sad especially the ending. I binged on his books several years ago and read all that were in the L.A. county library which was most of them if not all. Wonderful writer.
 
https://www.amazon.com/Arc-Light-Er...keywords=arc+light+book&qid=1643729699&sr=8-1

This techno-thriller from 1994 might suddenly be relevant again. The description of March AFB getting nuked was pretty chilling. Not perfect and certainly not the possible scenario playing out now but still worth reading.

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From Kirkus Reviews​

Harry's first novel is all gloom and doom, an appropriate tone for his World War III scenario. When US President Livingston receives a tip that Russia will bomb China, he informs the Chinese, who then bomb Moscow, where General Zorin, a zealous patriot, has temporarily overthrown the government. Believing the attack to be a US initiative, Zorin launches a counterstrike against US military bases. In the tense moments before the missiles strike, Livingston gives in to military pressure and retaliates, fueling a war featuring biological, chemical, and possibly nuclear weapons. Zorin's coup is ended by the Russians, but his firing plan remains in effect: If provoked, nuclear submarines will fire upon 304 American cities. Livingston, whose decency and common sense have become political liabilities, is impeached and succeeded by his ``California Enviroweenie'' veep, who has become an opportunistic warmonger. Livingston's last supporter among the White House staff is Greg Lambert, the bright young national security advisor who may be able to negotiate with the few peace-seeking Russian statesmen. The bloody, conventional land battles feature David Chandler, the weekend reservist who leads an armored battalion in an invasion of Moscow in his first combat experience; and Marine Lance Corporal Terrence Monk, whose squadron faces an opposed landing on the eastern Russian shore. Descriptions of the physiological responses to nuclear and chemical warfare are jarring, but the secondary effects are surprising, too. After nuclear devastation in some US locations, the government contends with an economic depression caused by fearful workers who have fled the cities and sit glued to CNN and the Weather Channel. A grim tale which so successfully evokes the bleakness and terror of an impending world war that it could depress contemplative readers while titillating those just out for techno- thrills
 
On the Beach...Alas, Babylon...A Canticle for Leibowitz...etc.
read them all. there are obviously many, many more, however
these are the Top Three. there are some actual funny ones, too.

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Finishing up Custer and Crazy Horse by Stephen Ambrose. Not a quick read but lots of interesting stuff. Worked in Jack Carr’s first 3 novels in between.
 
-fires up Kindle-

I'm currently reading, Breaking Gods by D.J. Molle. (Who BTW lives in North Carolina) He wrote this awesome zombie/but not zombie series called Extinction that blew my mind. So I decided to try out this new series of his. It is good.

I just finished The Terminal List by Jack Carr. I had to see what the fuss was all about, because he's getting a movie deal with Chris Pratt. It was good. If you lean towards the left of the political spectrum, you'll hate it because it's very conservative in nature. To the point that I'm really surprised they gave him a movie. I don't know if I'd recommend it to be honest... it's just ok in my opinion. I wouldn't read it again.

Trying to read Gun Runners by Larry Correia/John Brown. I love Larry Correia's stuff, but this book... ugh. I've tried three times now to get into it and it just doesn't do it for me. I'm gonna keep slogging through, but so far, it's pretty meh. Which sucks, because I've an autographed copy. :/
 
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This week I finished a book which I cant remember the title to, and Im ashamed to say that.
It was by a woman, Yeonmi Park, and I hope I spelled that right.
It's about her life in North Korea and journey to escape it.

GREAT READ, eye opening to see how these people are treated, the struggles they went through in their home country. And then, of course, the struggles to get OUT and to safety. Just getting out doesnt make you free and sure as heck doesnt make you safe.

God bless the various Christian missionaries from all around the world who help these folks.
 
The last book I wrote about was an unexpected gift from a member and great friend of mine (@gravehunterzero )
I finished it Thursday evening and Friday while at work and the kids were quizzing I started another gifted book, this one from my fiance this year at Christmas.
Grateful American by Gary Sinise
Im only 6 pages in and feeling great, inspired

We need more folks like him in 'higher' positions to speak up for our veterans, and do it purely for love of the country, no financial motive at all
 
Atla said:
Trying to read Gun Runners by Larry Correia/John Brown. I love Larry Correia's stuff, but this book... ugh. I've tried three times now to get into it and it just doesn't do it for me. I'm gonna keep slogging through, but so far, it's pretty meh. Which sucks, because I've an autographed copy. :/
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I managed to finish Gun Runner.

Not bad once I got into it. Probably make a good movie. Certainly not something I'd read again, but intringuing enough that I'd buy the next book from the series.

Not sure what's next. I'll probably skim through this thread looking for something.
 
Just finished this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Confidence-Men-Prisoners-Engineered-Remarkable-ebook/dp/B08HLCGSMF

"Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around, and one day an Ottoman official approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board—and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception—to build a trap for their captors that will ultimately lead them to freedom."


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A thoroughly entertaining true story! Someone should make this into a movie.
 
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With all of the talk of Russian nuclear forces on 'high alert', here is a fictional account of life in the U.S. after a limited nuclear strike. From the 80s but still very readable:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/985060.Warday

"The unthinkable happened five years ago and now two writers have set out to find what's left of America.

New York, Washington D.C., San Antonio, and parts of the Central and Western states are gone, and famine, epidemics, border wars, and radiation diseases have devastated the countryside in between.

It was a "limited" nuclear war, just a 36-minute exchange of missiles that abruptly ended when the superpowers' communication systems broke down. But Warday destroyed much of civilization.

Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka, old friends and writers, take a dangerous odyssey across the former United States, sometimes hopeful that a new, peaceful world can be built over the old, sometimes despairing over the immense losses and embittered people they meet.

In an eerie blend of fact and imagination, Strieber (author of "The Wolfen" and "The Hunger") and Kunetka (author of "City of Fire: Los Alamos and The Atomic Age", "1943-1945" and "Oppenheimer: The Years of Risk") cut through the doublespeak of military bureaucracy and the rhetoric of the 1980's peace movement to portray America after Warday."
 
Servants of War - Larry Correia/Steve Diamond.

Excellent. It started off a bit slow, but once I got into it - I was in. Book came out March 1st and I had it finished by March 2nd.
 
I don't read! LOL

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SPM said:
Farming Dissenters: The Regulator Movement in Piedmont North Carolina

Essentially a look at the unrest occurring in North Carolina 2 decades before the Revolution, culminating in the clash between farmers on the frontier and the Royal Governor and his Eastern/urban militia at the Battle of Alamance in 1771.
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An excellent book. I also enjoyed "Breaking Loose Together - The Regulator Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina" by Marjoleine Kars. She gives a good account of how the thinking of Presbyterian and Anabaptist settlers about decentralized church leadership influenced political ideas of decentralized government. It's still in print by the UNC Press. Kars is a professor of history at U. Maryland.

Full disclosure - my ancestor was married to Dolly Hunter, the sister of Regulator leader John Hunter. They hid out on our farm after the Battle of Alamance until the punitive reaction was over. My ancestor's rifle is still in our possession.
 
I always have three books going at any one time; one on my phone for when I’m waiting at the DR’s office, or waiting for the wife, one in the bathroom because I like to be busy while I’m busy, & one on the night stand. Right now they are
The Undertaker by William F Brown
Instant NCO by Arthur Cornwall
Unintended Consequences by John Ross ( I believe this book should be read by EVERY American )
 
alright.
three at a time....

1. Pocket Ref, Thomas Glover.
2. Comparative New Testament, William Smith (really old book).
3. Roughing It Easy, Dian Thomas.
 
Good heavens, Amazon has a hardcover of Unintended Consequences for $250.

-hugs his Like New copy-

This is going into the vault.
 
I finished Grateful American a few weeks ago, made a thread about it.
Then I started RAW by one of the guys In WuTang
Im not a fan of the group, but at 4 bucks, I thought I'd try it
It's hard to read, it's a very different world than I know. I am not amused by his crack selling. It doesnt entertain me to ramble on about some street fighters from the 80s in Staten Island.

Im 120ish pages in and not sure that I'll finish. One hundred and twenty pages and we dont even have WuTang Clan making music yet.

Ive got so many books to read, and just got five more yesterday, all WW2 themed, all non-fiction.
Maybe I cut ties and move on to something I know that I will like.
 
If you want to explain to someone what conservatism means, hand them a copy of this. I get it out and re-read it every few years.
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Today I started the book SPEARHEAD.
One reason I picked it up is because it's by the same author of A Higher Call (which, I think, @DCGallim recommended to me and I really dug it)
Looking at the back cover, it seems like a similar, true, story - Nazi v American fight, then, later, they reunite.

The American tanker was part of the 3rd Division, under Patton
I read 2 chapters (they're short) today, looking forward to more tomorrow


I still havent finished the WuTang book, just not a ton of interest, honestly
 
The adventure continues…

Just finished the one on the left, and starting the one on the right.

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Outstanding biography. Sam was many things but ‘role model’ was not among them. He got it done though, in the right place and right time. 902BBB64-7E8C-42F8-BF06-4CCA81E4853B.jpeg
 
Level Zero Heroes, written by a JTAC on a MARSOC team in Afghanistan in 2009. MARSOC started up after I transitioned away from recon and got my commission, so although I know some recon guys who went to MARSOC, I don't know a lot about them. This is a great book and in 2009 the guys on the ground already knew we were in a no-win situation in AStan.

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Picked up Ryan Cleckners LRS handbook. About halfway through and it’s been kind’ve basic tbh so far but I haven’t got to what I hope is the good stuff.

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Finished The Green Ripper on Sunday, starting this one today:

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