Read any good books lately?

Finished Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand not too long ago. Very good book.

I've got a couple books I have yet to read:

Untold Valor: Forgotten Stories of American Bomber Crews over Europe in World War II

The Wrong Stuff: The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Airforce Aviator

Conversations with Major D*** Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers

Copy on the frustration factor Stik. That being said, I'm almost finished with "First Man" a biography of Neil Armstrong. Next up is a book on George A. Custer called "A terrible Glory".

Keeping with my recent Afghanistan subject theme, last night I started "Return of a King", which is about the early 1800s there and the early British activities in that land.

'D-Day Through German Eyes' is pretty interesting. There's two volumes. It really gives a sense of what it was like to be on the other side and the shock it must have been to see all that coming at you!

Read that one too. You will soon learn how Wallace really died. Not how the movie Braveheart did it.

I've started reading a biography of William Wallace.

In order to keep my mind off the frustration of the new format here, I got back to reading in the past week. Two books that I had received as Christmas gifts: "No Easy Days" by Mark Owens, and "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrel. Both are SEAL memoirs  of different types in Afghanistan during the current war, and good reads for those who like that sort of thing.

Just finished "The Rodale Book of Composting" and am now reading "Vermiculture Technology: Earthworms, Organic Wastes, and Environmental Management"

Currently reading "Spitfire Women of World War 2" by Giles Whittell

Hell from the Heavens--USS Laffey survives attacks by twenty-two kamikaze's on 16 April, 1945.

Started re-reading The Washing of the Spears:  the Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation.  

I saw The Wright Brothers book in Barnes & Nobles the other night and told my wife that looks like it would be an interesting read. I may take a grab at it soon.

Tojo72

Looking forward to the new Antony Beevor book on the Ardennes due out in November

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He didn't play for the Pirates ;)

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

He is one the best MLB hitters in baseball of the 20th Century and my generation. You wait and see, Pete Rose WILL BE reinstated and inducted into the Hall soon enough.

I finished up "The Guns at Last Light" very early yesterday. A dang good book. Enlightening, sobering and entertaining at various points. A familiar tale told in a slightly different manner, with a few more nuances added than  I normally have read on this subject. From the personal to the grand. I will have to read all three books in the trilogy back to back in a few years. I still have plenty more unread books in my library to read before I can do that sort of thing. Now back to my Sherlock Holmes collection...

Looking forward to the new Antony Beevor book on the Ardennes due out in November

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I am in 500% disagreement on Baron's opinion regarding Pete Rose banned from baseball. Not for nothing, but Pete Rose DESERVES to be in the HoF... as a PLAYER - not manager. He is one the best MLB hitters in baseball of the 20th Century and my generation. You wait and see, Pete Rose WILL BE reinstated and inducted into the Hall soon enough.

I'm reading through William Forstchen's "Lost Regiment" series right now.  I like military sci-fi, and it's a pretty good series.

In between the second and third installments, I also read Eliot Asinof's "Eight Men Out", about the Black Sox scandal.  I have two conclusions from reading the book.  John Sayles twisted the details a little, in making his movie based on the book, and if you read about the early days of baseball and how prevalent gambling and its attendant corruption was, you understand why Pete Rose must stay banned for life.

Just finished "The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism from al Qaida to ISIS." While I enjoyed it and would recommend it, I'll only elect to explain why only in PMs to whomever is interested so as not to possibly steer this thread into something else.

Has anybody read "Matterhorn" by Kevin Marlantes? If so is it worth the read? The only other fiction book I've read on Vietnam was "Fields of Fire" by Webb, which I loved.

Ms. had her weekly jewelry class this morning, so I was in Berkeley with a couple of hours free to knock around.

Went to Target for kitchen stuff, then to my (not so) LHS for brass wire, paint and a magazine.

While i was there, I was looking at the ship kits and reminded myself that I would like to read Shattered Sword.

So I drove over to "Moes" Book Store, probably one of the best new and used stores I have ever been to.

To make a tedious story short, no, they didn't have it.

But they had this, which I picked up for $ 36,00 plus tax.

I have never read this and am already 100 pages in.

Yes, those are both good reads. The type that I really enjoy.

I will have to check out Coldest Winter soon, in addition to your recommendation, it was one of the books that Carlos started this thread with. 

I ran across BMB doing research for a paper on submarines this past spring. One of the submariners I interviewed said pretty much the same thing as the one you know so it was first on my list of books to read for pleasure this summer. 

Blind Man's Bluff is a fascinating book.  I happen to work with a submariner, who cannot confirm or deny the events described in the book, but recommended it as a good read.  :)  I am working my way through The Coldest Winter, by David Halberstam covering the Korean War. He goes into depth on the politics that got us into the war the personalities of the principle players in getting us into the war and how it was prosecuted  So far a very interesting read, with history back into WWII and going forward to Viet Nam.  

John

Agreed with "With the Old Breed"

I just finished "Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage." Good book. Sure is nice to be able to read whatever I want now.

I'm reading "Mengele: The Complete Story."  Just amazing.  

Finished reading Fire & Fury over the weekend. Worth a read.

Yes, that was a good book. Sledge's description of the daily ordeals of combat on Peleliu and Okinawa really put our daily mundane "troubles" into perspective.

I finally got ahold of Rick Atkinson's final book of his WWII trilogy, "The Guns at Last Light" and started reading it. Fantastic stuff! My model building now has a serious rival for my spare time (besides the infernal internet) until I am done with this book.

Just finished up Eugene Sledge's "With the Old Breed".  Exceptionally good read and it was difficult for me to put it down.

Yesterday I was mowing my lawn for the first time this season and the cable that controls the "self-propelled" mechanism on my push mower broke.  I was grunting and sweating and feeling the pain in my hands from having to shove the mower.  I was going to take a break but then I thought of the pure hell that folks like Sledge had to deal with day in and day out.  Suddenly my life didn't seem so bad.

Eric