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[Swagger7]

Just finished War Maid's Choice. It was good; if you like the rest of the series you should enjoy it. There was one really cheesy plot twist, but overall it was good dumb fun. I should be starting Incomparable: Napoleon's Ninth Light Infantry Regiment next. It looks interesting.

[mousestalker]

Lieutenant Hornblower by C S Forester

[Dominus]

Nearing the End of A Storm of Swords.

Modifié par DominusVita, 17 février 2013 - 11:55 .

[BP93]

10/10

[Mr. Tuxedo]

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Modifié par Mr. Tuxedo, 18 février 2013 - 01:08 .

[The Teyrn of Whatever]

Trying to read Sapkowki's Blood of Elves. Author's first full-length novel + lousy English translation= not very compelling read. It's rare that an author's first book is stellar. It might be very enjoyable in Polish, which I speak passably, although my vocabulary is somewhat limited. Reading in Polish is a chore for me, plus I don't have a copy in the original language anyway.

Also reading Lord of the Rings again. It's been many years. Taking a crack at Michael Moorcock's first Eric novel. Considering picking up Swanwick's The Iron Dragon's Daughter from where I left off many months ago.

[mousestalker]

Hornblower and the Hotspur by C S Forester

[The Teyrn of Whatever]

simfamSP wrote...

DominusVita wrote...

Nearing the End of A Storm of Swords.

Brace yourself... a Feast is coming

If you're able to read through A Feast for Crows w/o waiting for it the way fans did when these books were first published, it's tolerable enough. Sure some characters are completely absent, but it's not a terrible read; honestly Mr. Martin should have just mixed content from Feast and A Dance with Dragons and then split them up, not divided them geographically the way he did.

I'm not liking the current wait very much, though. Call me cynical, but long waits for fictional material, especially in an ongoing series, tend to set us fans up for disappointment.  <_<

Modifié par The Teryn of Whatever, 18 février 2013 - 05:29 .

[Nerevar-as]

A Memory of Light delivered, IMHO. Sometimes things go right.

[The Uncanny]

Short stories by Katherine Mansfield.

[Swagger7]

I started Incomparable: Napoleon's Ninth Light Infantry Regiment. It looks promising so far, but the author unfortunately translated a number of French military terms into English. I have to translate them back into French as I go along, since I'm used to thinking that way about the Napoleonic French Army.....

[mousestalker]

Hornblower and the Atropos by C S Forester.

[Sinapus]

Shadow of Freedom - David Weber

[Tommyspa]

Started Heretic, the 3rd book in the Grail Quest by Bernard Cornwell, he consistently writes the best battles I've ever come across in books.

[Swagger7]

Sinapus wrote...

Shadow of Freedom - David Weber

That was decent, although it still hasn't quite hit the faster pacing of some of the previous Honor Harrington novels.  Shadow definitely sets you up for a good bit of conflict in the next book.

Modifié par Swagger7, 20 février 2013 - 07:16 .

[The Teyrn of Whatever]

Just started reading this nonfiction book. Borrowed it off an friend of my family's who is a retired professor of history. I'm Polish on my mother's side, so the question of Poland during the war (invasion and **** occupation, the resistance, persecution of the Poles as a class of subhumans according to Hitler's ideology, etc.). It's an often overlooked part of World War II history and I'm always looking to broaden my knowledge on the subject.

[mousestalker]

C S Forester - Ship of the Line

[Swagger7]

mousestalker wrote...

C S Forester - Ship of the Line

Wow, you're just blowing through those CS Forester books.  Whenever you finish I'd recommend the Richard Bolitho books by Alexander Kent if you want something similar.  The first one is Richard Bolitho, Midshipman.

[Sir George Parr]

A Vertical Empire - C.N.Hill
COLD WAR Building for Nuclear Confrontation - Wayne Cocroft and Roger Thomas

[Swagger7]

I felt like taking a break from nonfiction and reading Red Country by Joe Abercrombie. it's really good so far. I'd never read one of his works before, and now I see why they get such high praise.

Modifié par Swagger7, 03 mars 2013 - 01:17 .

[Volus Warlord]

I need to pick up another good book.. haven't read one in months.. the last novel was



Which wasn't bad, but was nothing spectacular IMHO.

Modifié par Volus Warlord, 03 mars 2013 - 03:19 .

[Ramillete]

This one: