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I've been on vacation last week and this week. One of the things my wife and I like to do is go to our favorite used book stores and see what's been traded in.
Well I found quite a few different books I'd been looking for, some of which were the original Ian Fleming 007 novels.
I'd read all of them back in the late 70's and 80's, except the first novel, "Casino Royale" so while I've been on vacation, I started re-reading Fleming's classics. I finished Casino Royale and really liked it, it's not high art, just good solid pulp spy fiction. I then read the Bond short stories; "Octopussy", "The Living Daylights" and "Property of a Lady".
For a change of pace, last night, I started another I'd just found, "The Butcher's Boy" by Thomas Perry. I'd read his excellent, "Sleeping Dogs" (a sequel to The Butcher's Boy) back in the early 90's, but had never read the original. So as luck would have it, I found it the other day and am finding it an excellent read.....

So, what are you currently reading?
 
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I just finished The Operator by Robert O'Neill (the SEAL who killed Bin Laden) and The Killing School by Brandon Webb detailing the creation and modernization of the US Navy SEAL Sniper program. Both were very good reads.

I'm trying to read Hands Off My Gun by the very hot NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch. Sadly I just can't get into it.

Next up is Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken. Looking forward to it as I have heard good reviews from friends that have read it.
 
JustKeepSwimming said:
I just finished The Operator by Robert O'Neill (the SEAL who killed Bin Laden) and The Killing School by Brandon Webb detailing the creation and modernization of the US Navy SEAL Sniper program. Both were very good reads.

I'm trying to read Hands Off My Gun by the very hot NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch. Sadly I just can't get into it.

Next up is Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken. Looking forward to it as I have heard good reviews from friends that have read it.
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Those worth buying?
 
I also just read Codename: Copperhead by Sgt. Major Joe R. Garner. Good read.

I stumbled across it as a young teen in the public library back when I did community service for a scholarship there. So at least 15 years ago most likely more.

He was one of the first soldiers in SF and outlines many of the things that led them to what we know them as now. REALLY good read. Much of the training was right here in the mountains of NC.
 
Have not read a book in a long time and I have 2 going right now.

The Doughboys- America and the First World War by Gary Mead. Kindle says 10% in. A bit academic but seems to be a through and even handed look at how we tried to stay out of WWI and finally ended up in it. It was free on Prime. Reading it in the tree stand when I hunt.

Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose. Getting ready to drop in for Market Garden.
 
Passenger 19. Book 3 in the Jammer Davis series. My wife didn't realise it was the third when she got it on our kindle account.
After I'm done ill go back to 1 and 2.

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I'm almost done with it. Its a good story my brother was with them. The hardest hit platoon since nam. They won over 90 awards one man (Ross McGinnis) earned the MOH. Another received three purple hearts on three different occasions.
 
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Getting ready to start the politically incorrect series (think idiots guide to) the American revolution, American Constitution, founding fathers, etc...

I have one year after with me today, just haven't opened it up yet. I sure hope it is compatible with one second after
 
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress because it was suggested by a member because I just didn't get it.

Gotta say so far I'm not getting the same takeaways as some of you.
 
The old Heinleins were great when I was a kid....40 years ago... Not sure how well they've aged.
 
Currently reading Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury." My first foray into his works. It's enjoyable but it does require a lot of attention. Not an easy one to just read short sections out of. I'll probably read it again after finishing it just so I can understand what's going on.
 
"Finding Edward Ruess" about a desert wanderer lost in the 4 corners area in the 30's.

Man I miss the high desert...
 
I wish I were reading more.
But Ive been working on The Jungle for a while now.
 
Just finished Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken last weekend. I know it's fiction, but I could see it happening, especially in light of all the questions about the Las Vegas shooting.

Just started the next one, Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista, earlier this evening. It looks like another one that could be uncomfortably close to a future reality.
 
Rereading WEB Griffen "Victory and Honor". Got reassigned last week to the same barracks I lived in for 6 months in 2015 here in Kuwait. Found the book with couple other Griffen books that I had left here.


CD
 
Stout said:
The old Heinleins were great when I was a kid....40 years ago... Not sure how well they've aged.
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I'm reading 2 books right now, depending on mood. One is Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein. I think it holds up, I'm enjoying it.

The other is Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. Dr. Frankl was a young (20-something) pysciatrist, doctor and and Jew who had a visa to leave Germany for the US in the early stages of WWII, but decided his duty was to stay and take care of his parents. He ended up in Auschwitz and other camps. The book has 2 parts 1) a matter of fact description of life in the camps and 2) his philosophy/theory on why some survived when others could not. It is disgusting, fascinating, inspiring and awful all at once.
 
DEADLY BUSINESS - a book written in the 80s about Sam Cummings and Interarms. Fascinating look into the milsurp market as we know it and lots of other stuff I never knew Cummings was into.
 
Currently re-reading The North and The South trilogy by John Jakes.
Good books...
 
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.
 
JustKeepSwimming said:
Next up is Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken. Looking forward to it as I have heard good reviews from friends that have read it.
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Recommend you follow it up with book 2 of the EFAD series. Bracken said his writing "craft" stepped up a notch in the 2nd, and I concur.

I just started Forstchen's One Second After.

SPM said:
Farming Dissenters: The Regulator Movement in Piedmont North Carolina
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Always wanted to learn more about the Regulators. Gonna put this on my ordering list.
 
J R Green said:
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress because it was suggested by a member because I just didn't get it.

Gotta say so far I'm not getting the same takeaways as some of you.
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Just finished it. Didn't like it as good as Starship Troopers...I just never got used to the "broken English" first person style.
 
OverMountainMan said:
I just started Forstchen's One Second After.
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One of my favorite books ever. Hope you enjoy it. I followed it up with One Year After and then The Final Day. Absolutely great series.

And don't forget his book Day of Wrath if you haven't read it. Eye opening book to say the least.
 
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One of my favorite books ever. Hope you enjoy it. I followed it up with One Year After and then The Final Day. Absolutely great series.

And don't forget his book Day of Wrath if you haven't read it. Eye opening book to say the least.
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I've got all of those on the wish list, if this one lives up to the billing ...as expected.
 
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Day of Wrath will f+#k you up a little bit... especially if you have kids. It's that hard hitting.
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100% agree. I read it daily sitting in the car line last year waiting for my son to get out of kindergarten. It really struck a deep nerve.
 
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JustKeepSwimming said:
100% agree. I read it daily sitting in the car line last year waiting for my son to get out of kindergarten. It really struck a deep nerve.
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My little girl is a first grader this year too. It still bothers me.

I haven't let my wife read it yet.
 
JustKeepSwimming said:
One of my favorite books ever. Hope you enjoy it. I followed it up with One Year After and then The Final Day. Absolutely great series.

And don't forget his book Day of Wrath if you haven't read it. Eye opening book to say the least.
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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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