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Post by ironclad on May 7, 2020 20:17:47 GMT -5
Toll the Hounds by Erikson.
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Post by dingobob on May 8, 2020 7:07:13 GMT -5
I just finished the first three books of the "Old Man's War" series by John Scalzi. They were very good. I wanted something different so I grabbed a western with supernatural overtones and it's much better than I expected. "Make me no Grave". Soapbox time: if you ever feel up for a dark read, give Cormac McCarthy a try. I recommend Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, or The Road. If you've never read him, he takes a bit of getting used to, but he really is one kd the best modern authors. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 8, 2020 8:11:26 GMT -5
 Read Settee and damn that book haunted me and I’m not easily haunted. I agree he’s something else
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Post by just ol ed on May 8, 2020 9:20:57 GMT -5
as usual, finish the papers after feeding the Ed. No real books in use at present....too much time doing little things for wife's various ills.
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Post by bishop on May 8, 2020 20:45:43 GMT -5
Meditations on Violence by Sgt. Rory Miller; a good explanation of the differences between real-world violence and martial arts or the "violence" portrayed in entertainment (e.x. movies, video games, comics etc).
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Post by ironclad on May 8, 2020 21:15:56 GMT -5
Dust of Dreams by Erikson
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Post by jeffd on May 10, 2020 20:49:31 GMT -5
I kind of like graphic novels. Especially the ones with Batman in them. .. Just sayin...
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Post by Ronv69 on May 10, 2020 22:44:57 GMT -5
"The Light of the Western Stars" by Zane Grey. Set in the 1900s in New Mexico.
Edited to correct the time period. Not his best book, but a very good last 2 chapters.
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Post by instymp on May 11, 2020 7:37:54 GMT -5
The Terminal List, Jack Carr
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Post by bigwoolie on May 15, 2020 21:41:47 GMT -5
"The Frontier World of Doc Holliday" by Pat Jahns.
Just got a fresh cup of coffee, and am sitting down to start this book. I just now found it on my bookshelf, and I dont even know where it came from.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 15, 2020 22:08:52 GMT -5
"The Frontier World of Doc Holliday" by Pat Jahns. Just got a fresh cup of coffee, and am sitting down to start this book. I just now found it on my bookshelf, and I dont even know where it came from. If you get a chance you should read "Doc" by Mary Doria Russell. It is meticulously researched and will give you a new appreciation for a man who developed dental procedures still used today before the OK Corral. |
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Post by ironclad on May 16, 2020 9:53:48 GMT -5
The Western Star by Johnson
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Post by toshtego on May 16, 2020 11:49:29 GMT -5
The Holy Bible, KJV.
Book of Proverbs.... always starts me thinking.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 16, 2020 14:41:55 GMT -5
I just picked up "Hell, I Was There" by Elmer Keith. I had stopped a third of the way through for some reason.
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Post by toshtego on May 17, 2020 1:24:43 GMT -5
I just picked up "Hell, I Was There" by Elmer Keith. I had stopped a third of the way through for some reason. Have you read that novel by Stephen Hunter wherein Elmer Keith, Audy Murphy, Ed McGivern and some other fellow join forces to liberate people at a prison farm in the deep south? Kind of a fun speculation and instructive of their personalities. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 17, 2020 9:30:39 GMT -5
I just picked up "Hell, I Was There" by Elmer Keith. I had stopped a third of the way through for some reason. Have you read that novel by Stephen Hunter wherein Elmer Keith, Audy Murphy, Ed McGivern and some other fellow join forces to liberate people at a prison farm in the deep south? Kind of a fun speculation and instructive of their personalities. This is the first I've heard of it. I'll look for it. Edit : I found it. I already had it on the Kindle, so I got the audio book for half price. I need to read the first book in the series first. |
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Post by trailboss on May 17, 2020 10:25:27 GMT -5
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Post by addamsruspipe on May 17, 2020 11:04:44 GMT -5
I love to read, have for pretty much all my life. Well just recently found that when I listened to an audio book of one that I had read multi times. I actually got things out of it that I had not the several times I had read it before. Who'd of thunk.  |
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Post by ironclad on May 17, 2020 12:21:39 GMT -5
Depth of Winter by Johnson
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Post by trailboss on May 17, 2020 15:08:08 GMT -5
I love to read, have for pretty much all my life. Well just recently found that when I listened to an audio book of one that I had read multi times. I actually got things out of it that I had not the several times I had read it before. Who'd of thunk. Audiobooks are awesome for the long drives that I incur. I have such limited time for the written word, but yesterday looking around my office, I surveyed how many unread books I have bought that I intend to read, it is staggering. To your point though, you certainly retain more by reading and listening to the spoken word. |
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Post by dingobob on May 17, 2020 22:37:34 GMT -5
I love to read, have for pretty much all my life. Well just recently found that when I listened to an audio book of one that I had read multi times. I actually got things out of it that I had not the several times I had read it before. Who'd of thunk. I always had a hard time focusing on audiobooks until someone suggested that I try them at 1.5x speed. That really helped. |
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Post by Gandalf on May 18, 2020 22:27:09 GMT -5
"On Basilisk Station" by David Weber. First book in a 14 book series - a "space opera".
I've read it once before several years ago. It was very good so I thought I'd read it again - but like so many second reads, it's not gripping me the way it did the first time.
But the first time I read it, there were only 10 or 11 books - so maybe I'll jump to the latest/unread books after this one.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 18, 2020 22:38:26 GMT -5
"On Basilisk Station" by David Weber. First book in a 14 book series - a "space opera". I've read it once before several years ago. It was very good so I thought I'd read it again - but like so many second reads, it's not gripping me the way it did the first time. But the first time I read it, there were only 10 or 11 books - so maybe I'll jump to the latest/unread books after this one. I read that and the next one years ago. That's the beginning of the Honor Harrington series I believe. I thought there were about a hundred HH stories. Have you read Off Armageddon Reef, the Safehold series. Great stuff. |
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Post by Gandalf on May 18, 2020 23:01:18 GMT -5
"On Basilisk Station" by David Weber. First book in a 14 book series - a "space opera". I've read it once before several years ago. It was very good so I thought I'd read it again - but like so many second reads, it's not gripping me the way it did the first time. But the first time I read it, there were only 10 or 11 books - so maybe I'll jump to the latest/unread books after this one. I read that and the next one years ago. That's the beginning of the Honor Harrington series I believe. I thought there were about a hundred HH stories. Have you read Off Armageddon Reef, the Safehold series. Great stuff.I've been wondering if I've read that or not (the Safehold series). I'm not sure. I've read so many. I read all the Honor Harrington series at the time, but I now see there are at least 2 more recent books I know I haven't read. Haven't read anything past that series like the "Honorverse" books. Have you read The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell? Very good. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 19, 2020 9:28:54 GMT -5
I read that and the next one years ago. That's the beginning of the Honor Harrington series I believe. I thought there were about a hundred HH stories. Have you read Off Armageddon Reef, the Safehold series. Great stuff.I've been wondering if I've read that or not (the Safehold series). I'm not sure. I've read so many. I read all the Honor Harrington series at the time, but I now see there are at least 2 more recent books I know I haven't read. Haven't read anything past that series like the "Honorverse" books. Have you read The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell? Very good. Yep, read that. |
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Post by sperrytops on May 19, 2020 11:42:22 GMT -5
Welcome to Nightvale. A popular podcast put into book form.
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Post by bishop on May 19, 2020 22:09:07 GMT -5
A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 20, 2020 8:08:21 GMT -5
A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft. Well, that's the most politically correct of her works. 😏🤓🤠 |
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Post by ironclad on May 20, 2020 11:15:10 GMT -5
The Death of Dulgath by Sullivan
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Post by Ronv69 on May 20, 2020 11:35:03 GMT -5
The Death of Dulgath by Sullivan I read the Theft of Swords and I dropped the series for a while. Just too dark and violent for me at the time. |
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Read Settee and damn that book haunted me and I’m not easily haunted. I agree he’s something else
