What are you reading?

[Sapper28]

http://www.bigdgaming.net/showthread...117 79&page=4

^^^ This is rapidly becoming a novel in itself! Alliances, flashbacks, intrigue, good vs. evil (Aux), just not enough sex IMO.

[Saltbush]

Seems I stirred up a hornets' nest Sapper!

[Saltbush]

"What Doesn't Kill You" Iris Johansen.

Pathetic. If I had a dollar for the number of times the main character said something "jerkily", I'd be rich.

Credibility - nil. Can anyone imagine convoluted dialogue when you're trying to carry out a hot rescue with a helicopter?

On a better (perhaps not brighter) note, thanks to this thread, I read "Matterhorn" - Carl Marlantez which is a gritty, painful, stressful, sad, black must-read. Credibility - 100%. Thanks Aus-Lorrie.

Juggernaut - Adam Baker - I'm just finishing this. A handful of mercenarys chasing gold end up dealing with an unworldly biologic"""al weapon and its "zombielike" victims. It's a fast sweaty read that's a bit scary - good "boys fodder" book.

Next is "Pirate" Duncan Falconer. So far, so good - about 14 pages in...

[dogface49]

anyone reading fifty shades of grey? supose to be mommy porn? have all three books e version. wife has read them all.

[Sisyphus1985]

I last read: 'War' Sebastian Junger (I would highly recommend this) & "Thin Red Line' James Jones

Am reading now: 'Touching the void' Joe Simpson & "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' Tom Wolfe

Will be reading next: "God Is Not Great' Christopher Hitchens & 'On Killing: The Psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society' Lt Col Dave Grossman

[Saltbush]

Aus-Lorrie's recommendation of Matterhorn led me to go looking for anything else by this courageous, excruciatingly honest author.

I found "What it's Like to go to War". It's an important book I reckon, with advice for non-warriors as well as warriors - about the ways character is built, and about how we can and should strive to be better people.

[Xavo]

Picked up a book yesterday for $5.

The Ballad of Trench Mouth Taggart, by M Glenn Taylor.

Looks like it'll be a bit of fun. Haven't started reading it, but it's a sort of western billy the kid kinda thing I'm pretty sure.
Might try and get into the city and visit that really big 2nd hand bookshop tomorrow. There's a couple of good reference books I want to pick up for next year.

[big_ears2501]

For the Sci-Fi fans out there, I'm reading Larry Nivan's fourth novel in the "Ringworld" series, It's a nice blend of adventure and Sci-Fi. For those of you that play Halo, Ringworld might seem a little familiar n some places but considering that it was written in 1970, Halo clearly borrowed more than a few ideas.

[sabre19]

Almost finished Bear Grylls: Mud, Sweat and Tears.

Good read, the dude has lived one amazing and interesting life.

[Xavo]

Have to say, I've only read a couple of books at best that have been as emotionally stimulating as 'The Ballard of Trench Mouth Taggart'.

A wee bit of a confusing ending, but one the whole a very well written book. Hard to believe it's fiction, it's written with such detail. M Glenn Taylor has published a second novel, and I'm keen to give it a read.

4.5/5 would recommend this book.

(I'm also looking for a story about crocodiles and the NT from earlier this year, it should be somewhere in this house...)

[Saltbush]

"On the Road" - Jack Kerouac

[ToonS]

Angels of Vengance - John Birmingham. Book 3 of The Disappearance series

[Sandy_Beret]

I've had this copy of the book for almost 30 years... as indicated
by the gaffer tape book binding. I skim it from time to time.

[Xavo]

Chanced on it in a small bookshop in Milton, reviews looked good and guy at the counter admit was a good read also.
None of them were wrong...

[NZ_Ranger]

Black Hawk Down -

[NZ_Ranger]

Black Hawk Down - it reads a bit like a fictional story. I was surprised at how much the the rangers and d-boys got shot up. Anbody that hasn't read it should. I got it off amazon for about 7 bucks

[Saltbush]

"On the Road" - Jack Kerouac.

Supposed to be a classic - defining the Beat era, etc.

Clever writing style that drew me into the frantic (bi-polar) world they lived in - drugged up and speeding.

By the end of the book I was relieved to be over the repetition of new places, shallow relationships, raving, blah blah.

Considering these guys were supposed to be having a ball - doing exactly what they wanted - travelling, drinking, stoning, the word SAD was repeated too often.

Only read it if you want to get into the heads of tearaways of the era - a taste of where jazz really took off.

[Buzzard]

Not So Much A Novel, More A Comic / Picture Book, But I Still Get Some Laughs Out Of It

Andy Riley - Return Of The Bunny Suicides
http://www.slideshare.net/KristinaWe...s-presentation

Link Is The Book For 'Reading' ?

Hehe

[Xavo]

Have since finished 'Dead Men Risen'. If you fancy yourself a bit of a historian, want to know what it's actually like out in Afghanistan or a just generally interested in the Military/Welsh Guards then this book is for you.

Parts that are actually down right emotional, after reading the likes of Ed Macy and other books from Afghanistan, this paints a completely different picture.

Well worth a read - 10/10 for me.

[AntarticTheFox]

"The Art Of War", by Sun Tzu.

Quite frankly, a lot of the things he talks about are still relevant if you apply them to modern warfare, like his theory on attacking and defending ratios. I actually use his advice a lot when I squad lead in PR.