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#3692943 - 12/04/12 09:16 PM What are we reading in December?  
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I guess it's my turn to start one. biggrin

I'm almost finished with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7). I thoroughly enjoyed these books and will read them again some time. Now to watch the movies over the Holiday vacation days.


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#3693240 - 12/05/12 08:00 AM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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"The Hobbit", J.R.R: Tolkien. To prepare for the movie reading

#3693504 - 12/05/12 06:37 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: WhoCares]  
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Originally Posted By: WhoCares
"The Hobbit", J.R.R: Tolkien. To prepare for the movie reading


Heh heh, I did that, too.


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#3693528 - 12/05/12 07:17 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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I am Reading A Pound of Flesh just released by Shawn Chesser 4th book in the Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_...rch-alias=books

Link to his Author Page on Amazon.


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#3694216 - 12/06/12 09:41 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Just picked up Clancy's Threat Vector.


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#3694638 - 12/07/12 03:02 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Just started Steven Pinker's "The Better Angels of our Natures".
I haven't had a chance to read anything much for the last couple of months and so this is great.
It argues that violence (crime, war, domestic)has been on the decrease for hundreds of years, and ties it to the development if civilization, in particular the growth of a strong state (the Leviathan) and other trends, including economic and social ones.
It's full of interesting figures and stories, and is really well written. The same material could be deathly dull or overly preachy but Pinker makes it fun to read.

#3695018 - 12/08/12 12:08 AM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Just started America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't by Stephen Colbert. I mostly like Colbert's approach to humor, so I hope to enjoy this book.


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#3695345 - 12/08/12 05:33 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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#3695799 - 12/09/12 06:53 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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I went back in time to Red Phoenix by Larry Bond. Saw it for Kindle and one clicked it. I forgot what a good storyteller Bond used to be.


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#3695831 - 12/09/12 08:15 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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#3696004 - 12/10/12 02:46 AM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Rereading Derek Robinson's RFC and RAF collections.


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#3696112 - 12/10/12 10:24 AM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Blood and Bone - A novel of the Malazan Empire, by Ian Cameron Esslemont
ISBN-13: 978-0593064467

#3696170 - 12/10/12 02:00 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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#3696711 - 12/11/12 06:18 AM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Finishing off "With the Old Breed" by Eugene B. Sledge.


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#3699656 - 12/15/12 08:30 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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"Castles of Steel" by Robert K. Massie. I just started reading this today.

It's essentially a history of the naval arms race between Britain and Germany leading up to WW I and the subsequent naval engagements.

Last edited by PanzerMeyer; 12/15/12 08:33 PM.

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#3699776 - 12/16/12 12:42 AM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Don't have it yet, but maybe for Christmas. And if not, then for myself right after.

Just read the Economist rebiew on this book and it looks great. I must be half-weasel, 'cause I've got a total boner for this book.

http://www.amazon.ca/Politics-Alan-Ryan/...7991&sr=8-1



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#3699954 - 12/16/12 09:18 AM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: letterboy1]  
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"When Penguins Flew and Water Burned" by Jim Clonts. A memoir by a B-52 Navigator.

After that either:

"Outlaw Platoon" by Sean Parnell, John Bruning

or

"The Ravens: The True Story of a Secret War" by Christopher Robbins

or

"The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots" by Jon E. Lewis

Have all the books on my phone, just haven't decided the order in which to read them.


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#3699998 - 12/16/12 01:22 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
"Castles of Steel" by Robert K. Massie. I just started reading this today.

It's essentially a history of the naval arms race between Britain and Germany leading up to WW I and the subsequent naval engagements.


How are you enjoying it?

I have a respectable WWI library but I still haven't jumped into that one yet. And is Castles of Steel the book that follows or precedes his book Dreadnought?

I have Massie's book about Peter the Great and it is astoundingly good.


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#3700641 - 12/17/12 01:31 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: Cold_Flying]  
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Originally Posted By: Cold_Flying
Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
"Castles of Steel" by Robert K. Massie. I just started reading this today.

It's essentially a history of the naval arms race between Britain and Germany leading up to WW I and the subsequent naval engagements.


How are you enjoying it?

I have a respectable WWI library but I still haven't jumped into that one yet. And is Castles of Steel the book that follows or precedes his book Dreadnought?

I have Massie's book about Peter the Great and it is astoundingly good.


Castles of Steel is the book that comes after Dreadnought, and IMO it is a wonderful book.

I'm currently reading:

The First Air War, 1914-1918 by Lee Kennett

and

Command and Control on the Western Front; The British Army's Experience 1914-18. Edited by Gary Sheffield and Dan Todman.

Both seem very interesting so far. The First Air War (I'm only up to chapter 3) is going into great detail about things not usually discussed much - the current chapter is all about observation balloons.

#3700772 - 12/17/12 04:46 PM Re: What are we reading in December? [Re: Cold_Flying]  
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Originally Posted By: Cold_Flying

How are you enjoying it?

Really enjoying it so far. Massie is really an excellent writer.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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