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Post by mgtarheel on Jun 8, 2024 18:54:41 GMT -5
"A Wanted Man" by Lee Child
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 8, 2024 20:43:09 GMT -5
Just finished The Narrow Road Between Desires by that SOB Patrick Rothfuss. Still reading The Raven:A Biography of Sam Houston, by Marquis James
Won a Pulitzer when they still meant something.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 9, 2024 20:20:51 GMT -5
Oh, I started the Towles book. Not at all what I expected, so far. How so? |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 9, 2024 20:22:01 GMT -5
"Tokyo Noir" by Jake Adelstein Took a break from Lee Child! 😁 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 9, 2024 20:23:42 GMT -5
Douglas Preston "Extinction" I just started this one. I'm 6 chapters in and I can't put it down. This guy can write! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2024 20:32:38 GMT -5
Reading You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense by Charles Bukowski.
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Post by urbino on Jun 9, 2024 20:46:41 GMT -5
Oh, I started the Towles book. Not at all what I expected, so far. How so? Just wasn't the plot I expected. I like it. It just surprised me. |
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Post by mgtarheel on Jun 9, 2024 21:59:17 GMT -5
Douglas Preston "Extinction" I just started this one. I'm 6 chapters in and I can't put it down. This guy can write! Yes, he can. I really liked this book. |
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Post by mgtarheel on Jun 10, 2024 9:29:17 GMT -5
"Never Go Back" by Lee Child
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 10, 2024 11:05:21 GMT -5
 Battleground the Corps book 4 Web Griffin.
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Post by bill1994eopd on Jun 11, 2024 18:52:25 GMT -5
South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 (Ernest Shackleton)
I read this book (first edition 1919) over a decade ago.
This is a new printing of the same text, with the addition of many photos taken by Frank Hurley.
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Post by urbino on Jun 11, 2024 18:55:57 GMT -5
South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 (Ernest Shackleton) I read this book (first edition 1919) over a decade ago. This is a new printing of the same text, with the addition of many photos taken by Frank Hurley. The stones on those early polar explorers were something. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 11, 2024 19:57:24 GMT -5
South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 (Ernest Shackleton) I read this book (first edition 1919) over a decade ago. This is a new printing of the same text, with the addition of many photos taken by Frank Hurley. I read this sometime before I was 15. It definitely put a damper on my dreams of exploration. I'll read about the Artic and Antarctic, and Africa, but I don't want to explore anywhere outside of North America. |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 12, 2024 0:47:55 GMT -5
At least Shackleton and his party faired better than poor Scott. Both stories are worth reading. Yes, those were some tough men.
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Post by mgtarheel on Jun 12, 2024 15:13:02 GMT -5
"Personal" by Lee Child
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Post by bill1994eopd on Jun 13, 2024 21:54:03 GMT -5
Somewhat related to my previous post:
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Post by mgtarheel on Jun 16, 2024 14:41:58 GMT -5
"Make Me" by Lee Child
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Post by toshtego on Jun 20, 2024 17:52:47 GMT -5
Finally finished Bone Rattler, a Mystery of Colonial America, written by a Scot and featuring a Scottish Pathologist of sorts turned detective. He was sentenced to serve in the Colonies as an indentured servant. Using his wits and education he rises. Really well done. Interestingly, it seems that Highlander refugees from Culloden actually came to the New World and became part of the Iroquois Federation. Sort of the seventh tribe. Interesting fact I knew not of. The Highland character of warrior spirit, spiritual connection with nature, hatred of the English made them acceptable to the Mohawks. I have a Mohawk neighbor and have learned much from her about their history. Highly civilized people even then.
On to the sequel, Eye of the Raven.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 20, 2024 18:22:56 GMT -5
Finally finished Bone Rattler, a Mystery of Colonial America, written by a Scot and featuring a Scottish Pathologist of sorts turned detective. He was sentenced to serve in the Colonies as an indentured servant. Using his wits and education he rises. Really well done. Interestingly, it seems that Highlander refugees from Culloden actually came to the New World and became part of the Iroquois Federation. Sort of the seventh tribe. Interesting fact I knew not of. The Highland character of warrior spirit, spiritual connection with nature, hatred of the English made them acceptable to the Mohawks. I have a Mohawk neighbor and have learned much from her about their history. Highly civilized people even then. On to the sequel, Eye of the Raven.You'll get a different opinion from the tribes that lived around them. 😁 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 20, 2024 18:25:26 GMT -5
Nolyn by Michael J. Sullivan. Very entertaining.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 20, 2024 19:28:50 GMT -5
Finally finished Bone Rattler, a Mystery of Colonial America, written by a Scot and featuring a Scottish Pathologist of sorts turned detective. He was sentenced to serve in the Colonies as an indentured servant. Using his wits and education he rises. Really well done. Interestingly, it seems that Highlander refugees from Culloden actually came to the New World and became part of the Iroquois Federation. Sort of the seventh tribe. Interesting fact I knew not of. The Highland character of warrior spirit, spiritual connection with nature, hatred of the English made them acceptable to the Mohawks. I have a Mohawk neighbor and have learned much from her about their history. Highly civilized people even then. On to the sequel, Eye of the Raven.You'll get a different opinion from the tribes that lived around them. 😁 The Scots were hard on the Hurons. |
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Post by instymp on Jun 21, 2024 17:26:02 GMT -5
Jack Carr series #6
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Post by cerealpiper on Jun 22, 2024 7:57:13 GMT -5
"White Pine Whispers"
by Larry B. Massie
I enjoy reading first hand accounts of pioneer life and days of old.
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Post by relight on Jun 23, 2024 14:54:32 GMT -5
I've been on a Jo Nesbo bender. Just finishing The Headhunters.
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Post by urbino on Jun 23, 2024 19:25:55 GMT -5
I've been on a Jo Nesbo bender. Just finishing The Headhunters. I read The Son (or maybe The Boy?) several years ago and enjoyed it. Haven’t read any of the detective series. |
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Post by don on Jun 24, 2024 5:55:35 GMT -5
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 24, 2024 7:00:58 GMT -5
GLADIUS: the World of the Roman Soldier, Guy De La Bédoyére. THE DIVINITY OF DOGS, Jennifer Skiff. SELECTED LETTERS OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV 1940-1977, ed. Dmitri Nabokov. THE FAMILY ROMANOV, Candace Fleming.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 24, 2024 9:19:20 GMT -5
Got hooked on The Corps by Web Griffin.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 24, 2024 10:35:02 GMT -5
"White Pine Whispers" by Larry B. Massie I enjoy reading first hand accounts of pioneer life and days of old. That could be interesting to me. I will look it up on Alibris. Thanks for the tip. Also, welcome to the Patch. I am sure you will enjoy your stay. |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 24, 2024 10:38:03 GMT -5
Got hooked on The Corps by Web Griffin. Is this a history of the USMC? I would like to read that one. I have had respect for the Corps since my boyhood days. I was not Corps material when I was of the age but those who were earned my respect. In mt old age, I realize the purpose of the Corps training was meant to transform young people into those who overcome all obstacles in battle and in life. That is good training or a young person. Something they use all their life. It is not just about killing the enemy. |
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Battleground the Corps book 4 Web Griffin.
