What are we reading?

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

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WallysWorld

After watching one of my favorite movies ("Gorky Park") again, I started reading the fourth book in the Arkady Renko series by Martin Cruz Smith: Havana Bay.
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Gusington

Just started Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the Voyage That Redrew the Map of the New World by Douglas Hunter.


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BanzaiCat

Been reading Four Days in September, about the battle in the Teutoburg Forest between the German barbarians and three of Rome's legions, but just bought The Pegasus and Orne Bridges: Their Capture, Defences and Relief on D-Day and German Northern Theater of Operations 1940-1945. It's hard to resist highly-rated 4.5+ star military history books on Amazon when they cost about a buck.

bob48

Thank you, BC. I just picked that up for my Kindle for £0.99
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BanzaiCat

Quote from: bob48 on December 12, 2017, 04:38:23 PM
Thank you, BC. I just picked that up for my Kindle for £0.99

Which one, Bob?

I'm fairly excited over the Northern Operations book. I always wanted to learn something more in-depth about German operations there beyond the Norway campaign and especially surrounding the Murmansk offensives.

Staggerwing

Thanks for the reminder on Four Days in September. I forgot I had gotten the kindle version a while back and not yet read it.
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BanzaiCat

Quote from: Staggerwing on December 12, 2017, 08:06:46 PM
Thanks for the reminder on Four Days in September. I forgot I had gotten the kindle version a while back and not yet read it.

It's a pretty decent read so far. Be forewarned, the author goes into a lot of background building up to the battle; it's not just a discussion of the battle itself. He goes into quite a bit of exposition on the German tribes but he's a good enough author that he doesn't get too bogged down into details. It's quite a build-up. I'm not to the battle yet myself - maybe 30% into the book so far. The author is a good writer so it's not dry and boring as I feared it might be. He also likes to say things like, "...this is what most historians think, but let me say what I think, and why..." which is good for me.

bob48

Quote from: BanzaiCat on December 12, 2017, 06:35:15 PM
Quote from: bob48 on December 12, 2017, 04:38:23 PM
Thank you, BC. I just picked that up for my Kindle for £0.99

Which one, Bob?

I'm fairly excited over the Northern Operations book. I always wanted to learn something more in-depth about German operations there beyond the Norway campaign and especially surrounding the Murmansk offensives.

The one about the Orne and Pegasus bridges.
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

BanzaiCat

I figured that's what you were referring to.

I've been fascinated by that battle since it was portrayed in both the first Call of Duty game and in Memoir '44, but I haven't read a proper tome on it.

bob48

No, I have only read about it as part of other D-Day books, so I'll be interested to read about it in detail. Yeah, played it in CoD 1 it was very atmospheric.
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Gusington

Just started Six Frigates by Ian Toll. Only 25 pages in but I can tell this is a special book.


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mirth

Quote from: Gusington on December 18, 2017, 10:46:18 AM
Just started Six Frigates by Ian Toll. Only 25 pages in but I can tell this is a special book.

It is outstanding. I need to give it another read.
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Gusington

Just in th first 25 pages I found 3 or 4 passages that just made me stop to admire their beauty.


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bbmike

Finished Ready Player One. A bit predictable and formulaic but it was a great read.  O0
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BanzaiCat

Quote from: bbmike on December 18, 2017, 11:53:05 AM
Finished Ready Player One. A bit predictable and formulaic but it was a great read.  O0

Now gird your loins for the movie... ;)