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03-17-2010, 07:48 AM
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Re: What Are You Reading?
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03-16-2010, 03:07 PM
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Re: What Are You Reading?
I just picked up With The Old Breed but I haven't started reading it yet. It's memoir of Eugene Sledge and is one of the books that The Pacific on HBO is based on. For those who watched the premier on Sunday, Sledge is the kid in AL who's father wouldn't let him join the USMC because of his heart. From what I've heard this is supposed to be one of the best books written about WWII from a soldier's POV.
I'm in the middle of reading another book now and I want to watch all of The Pacific before I start reading but I am really looking forward to this one.
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03-16-2010, 08:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Virginia Beach
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Re: What Are You Reading?
I finished reading "Next" by Michael Crichton. He was probably my favorite writer -- his books kept me hooked from beginning to end.
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03-16-2010, 09:57 PM
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Re: What Are You Reading?
I finally started reading The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I used to play the Nintendo game for days on end when I was in high school. Just saw the movie Red Cliff a month or so ago, which depicts the final battle of the book.
If anyone is interested in some easy-reading historical fiction, I recommend Conn Iggulden's Emperor series. He tells the story of Julius Caesar (with some acknowledges embellishment.) He also has a series about Genghis Khan which is pretty good.
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03-16-2010, 10:52 PM
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Re: What Are You Reading?
I just picked up "Superman: Red Son" graphic novel. I think that I am the only one on here that admits to reading graphic novels, but anyhow this seems interesting in that it tells the story of Superman for the perspective that what would happen if he landed in the USSR rather than in the USA...
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03-17-2010, 07:46 AM
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Gamebreaker
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I've never been a superhero type guy though |
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03-16-2010, 11:40 PM
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Re: What Are You Reading?
Just started reading "Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible" by Arthur C. Clarke.
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03-17-2010, 12:07 AM
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Re: What Are You Reading?
Thomas Paine - Common Sense. its not a book,rather a pamphlet.
its for all americans, for all time.
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03-17-2010, 07:50 AM
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Gamebreaker
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society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness |
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03-17-2010, 09:15 AM
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Re: What Are You Reading?
Not a huge reader, but did read The Road recently. I haven't seen the movie but plan to. It's a good book.
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03-23-2010, 02:55 PM
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I recently read Nudge. Pretty freaking cool book. Makes a lot of sense.
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07-20-2010, 08:58 AM
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Re: What Are You Reading?
It is summer time so nothing like picking up some "junk food" books to fill up the hot and haze summer afternoons.
I have been reading a lot of Vince Flynn this summer, great author. Also I read this book 1 of 3 to come, excellent read. Amazon.com: The Strain (The Strain Trilogy) (9780061558245): Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan: Books Anybody else have any recommendations for "junk food" books?
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07-20-2010, 09:07 AM
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07-20-2010, 09:20 AM
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Re: What Are You Reading?
I'm reading "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" by EB Sledge. Started reading it when The Pacific was on but I've gotten away from it. The show kinda wore me out.
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07-20-2010, 10:35 AM
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