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Read Cussler’s Celtic Empire. Working on this one now...

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Finished that one and the next two. Started Gone, Baby, Gone last night. 4th book in a series of 6.

never seen the movie adaptation of GBG, but might watch it after I finish the book
 
I read Thunder Below by Adm Eugene Fluckey, based on a recommendation from someone here - outstanding! Highly recommended, you won’t regret spending the time to read it. Real life WW II attack submarine adventure and leadership.

I am a Winston Churchill fan, and have read several books on the period of his life leading up to and including WW II. Among the best is William Manchester’s The Last Lion, and of course Churchill’s own The Gathering Storm; not only for historical and personal information but also for the pleasure of reading the English language wielded by a master of it.

I’m currently enjoying another book on that period of Churchill’s life, called The Splendid and the Vile, by Erik Larson. It is written more in the style of a novel, but it is exceedingly well-researched and filled with detail. By reading books on the same subject by multiple authors, one is able to triangulate and develop a pretty good picture of those events. This one is going to be another favorite. A compelling read with lots of short chapters.
 
I'm re-reading Hew Strachan's "The First World War." Might have to hook up the old DVD player when I'm done; somewhere around here I've got the TV series based on his book.
 
About to read a book written by our very own @Atla!

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Recently read Chuck Palahniuk's

Adjustment Day.

As I'm sure you're aware, he's an acquired taste. This book is no exception.

One interesting note: it came out in 2018, but you'd swear he wrote it late this summer. So props for that.
 
Currently re-reading Southport's own -- "the poor man's Hemingway".

Starting with The Lost Classics ...

Next comes The Old Man and the Boy and The Old Man's Boy Grows Older.
 
Ken Follet's "The Evening and the Morning" is my latest print book.. I'm listening to the series by Adrian McKinty about an Northern Ireland RUC police inspector during the troubles. I'm on book 4 now. The books are unrelentingly grim but amazingly entertaining. I think I'm getting PTSD from listening to them though and I may have to take a break for a while. Being part Irish from Northern Ireland (back in the 19th century) the stories are even more interesting. The reader is great and they make the daily commute speed by.
 
I'm re-reading / rewriting / making audiobooks for my own series of books. It's fantasy stuff like LOTR with monsters and magic and swords. Now that I write my own books I don't get to read anyone else much, always afraid it'll influence what I write and I'll look like I'm plagiarizing.
 
Mark Twain - The Innocents Abroad (The New Pilgrims’ Progress)
 
The Trump Rules, by Wayne Allyn Root
 
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Reading the latest Jack Reacher novel. It just came out and I laughed out loud when I found out what the premise was.

He runs across a plot to rig elections by computer programs.

What does Lee Child know and when did he know it?
 
J R Green said:
Reading the latest Jack Reacher novel. It just came out and I laughed out loud when I found out what the premise was.

He runs across a plot to rig elections by computer programs.

What does Lee Child know and when did he know it?
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Send it to me when you’re done. I’m about to start the one right before it. 😁😎
 
Red Marley said:
I’m currently enjoying another book on that period of Churchill’s life, called The Splendid and the Vile, by Erik Larson. It is written more in the style of a novel, but it is exceedingly well-researched and filled with detail. By reading books on the same subject by multiple authors, one is able to triangulate and develop a pretty good picture of those events. This one is going to be another favorite. A compelling read with lots of short chapters.
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Further to this subject, I’m now about two-thirds through The Unnecessary War by Patrick Buchanan. It’s about how the punitive Treaty of Versailles ended WWI but did not settle it, and in fact led to WWII. That is a gross oversimplification, but if you are interested in this period, you might want to read this. It also suggests that, while he was a great leader in WWII once war had broken out, Winston Churchill (among others, for sure) may have contributed to the conditions that led up to it, and the downfall of his beloved empire. The book offers a comprehensive analysis from a slightly different point of view.
 
I just read the entire six book series, "I am not a serial killer' by Dan Wells in 12 days.

Superb.

Kind of like Dexter meets Supernatural. A 13 year old sociopathic kid who lives above his mom's mortuary that realizes he has numerous common traits with serial killers and decides to put in place a series of rules to keep him from hurting anyone else. Such as every time he thinks about disemboweling someone, he compliments them instead. Then he discovers there's a serial killer in his town and decides to go after him. Except it turns out to be a demon.

Great series. I devoured them.
 
Just finished another good one: The Flying Tigers by Sam Kleiner. Having read a number of books about military operations, and despite the massive armies and navies, I am amazed at how often the course of world history is determined by the personal actions of a small number of individuals.
 
DaveTNC said:
I really liked the One Second After trilogy. This is the first I've heard about Day of Wrath. I'll have to look into it after I get through the Enemies series.
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It’s a disturbing read.
 
Out-freaking-standing read. Like a real-life Clancy novel. I mean, before Clancy sold out his name and they produced crap with the same characters. This is like Red Storm Rising material.

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Currently most of the way through "The Town That Died" by Michael J. Bird (1995 reprint of a '67 original).

It's about the Halifax, NS disaster in Dec, 1917. Supposedly the biggest man-made explosion prior to the atom bomb.
 
Just finished Dark Matter and Recursion by Blake Crouch. I had trouble putting them down...
 
Just finished the first Odd Thomas book by Dean Koontz. Saw the movie with Anton Yelchin(RIP) and enjoyed it, so I decided to give the books a try.

Starting the second one now.
 
Wrapping up the latest (6th) book in this series. Really enjoying them.

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The Pencil by Henry Petroski.

My uncle is being forced by his immediate family to purge some of his books; they seem obsessed with having room to walk through the house! Weirdos. Also blood relatives, so acorns... trees... He sent me a box o' books recently & I grabbed this one after finishing The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara.

It's pretty interesting so far. Petrosky traces the development of Engineering as a field and the rise of technologywhile postulating on the practical creative side of human nature (as opposed to artistic/literary creativity). He's a little pompous here and there (Prof at Duke, or was then), but engaging for the most part.
 
The original version of Frankenstein - The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelly. Watched the Frankenstein Chronicles on Netflix and I remembered how good the book was -the show was great too.
 
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