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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #500 on: March 04, 2013, 05:24:30 PM »
Quote from: dixierose on February 28, 2013, 02:46:47 PM
Reading SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper. The book covers what happened in Mogadishu; including the "Black Hawk Down" incident.

Interesting aside about the author (Howard E. Wasdin)....he lives in Jesup,GA and is my mom's chiropractor. The book I'm reading is autographed to my step-dad. Cool, eh?

Yeah, it is really cool!  Now, you need your mom to get YOU an autographed copy of your own! :cheersmate:
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #501 on: March 04, 2013, 05:26:48 PM »
Quote from: mamacags on March 04, 2013, 05:08:28 PM
So many of you guys have talked about Brad Thor that I ended up reading his books.  I am 3/4 of the way through the series.  Man, he realllllly doesn't mince words about his Obama like president in the series does he!?  Love it!  Scot Harvath is my new fictional go to guy for the zombie apocalypse!

Alas, our real life Scot Harvaths get taken out by murderous Islamists while Obumbles and his shambles of a cabinet sit on their collective asses and rotate. 
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #502 on: March 20, 2013, 02:33:25 PM »
Just read the last trilogy of the Cyntha Wright Novels. The Western Trilogy.  Ireally enjoyed it, because she writes alot about American History, that is not covered in most history/romance fiction. She wrote about the Lakota Indians, Bear Butte, Deadwood, The California Gold Rush,  things I didn't really know alot about...
The more I read about this area, the more I want to go and see it...Add to the Bucket List...sigh...
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #503 on: April 18, 2013, 07:43:14 PM »
After re-reading The Hobbit-Return of the King I read Fight Club for the first time.

And now I am reading the third book in Joel C. Rosenberg's Twelfth Iman series. Sometimes the witnessing is a bit over the top but it is some of the best action/spy stuff I've read.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #504 on: May 01, 2013, 11:15:11 AM »
I'm reading 'Forrest Gump'.  Let's just say the movie is a very rosy, sanitized PG-version of an R-rated novel.

I'm surprised nobody's complained about it, but then the easily-offended (or the offended-on-your-behalf) probably don't read much.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #505 on: May 01, 2013, 12:09:44 PM »
I'm reading Charlie LeDuff's Detroit: An American Autopsy

Oh. My. God.

I knew Detroit was a stinking, fetid shithole.

But I had NO IDEA of the level of depravity to which this once-proud city has sunk.

If you want to understand how a city -- ANY city -- dies, just get yourself a copy of this book.

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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #506 on: May 01, 2013, 09:06:36 PM »
So I'm reading 'Forrest Gump' and this book gets dumber by the page.  Groom's caricature of Richard Nixon is bad enough but he sends Gump into space with an orangutan who crash their capsule in some African village with a chess-playing tribe chief that graduated from Yale but supposedly the rest of the tribe still cook and eat random people.

I don't know if I can finish this.  It's just too stupid.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #507 on: May 02, 2013, 05:18:53 AM »
Quote from: Chris_ on May 01, 2013, 09:06:36 PM
So I'm reading 'Forrest Gump' and this book gets dumber by the page.  Groom's caricature of Richard Nixon is bad enough but he sends Gump into space with an orangutan who crash their capsule in some African village with a chess-playing tribe chief that graduated from Yale but supposedly the rest of the tribe still cook and eat random people.

I don't know if I can finish this.  It's just too stupid.

Now you know why that stuff wasn't in the movie. :-)
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #508 on: May 02, 2013, 07:39:00 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on May 01, 2013, 12:09:44 PM
I'm reading Charlie LeDuff's Detroit: An American Autopsy

Oh. My. God.

I knew Detroit was a stinking, fetid shithole.

But I had NO IDEA of the level of depravity to which this once-proud city has sunk.

If you want to understand how a city -- ANY city -- dies, just get yourself a copy of this book.

Added to my Amazon wish list. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #509 on: May 02, 2013, 08:37:11 PM »
Reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Julie Rose translator.

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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #510 on: May 03, 2013, 08:05:13 AM »
Quote from: Duke Nukum on May 02, 2013, 08:37:11 PM
Reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Julie Rose translator.



I remember enjoying that book. I'm going to have to read it again. I just finished a couple of classics.."Lady Chatterley's Lover" and "The Good Soldier". I just started Ethan Frome. I'm on a classic kick now.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #511 on: May 03, 2013, 08:24:18 AM »
Erasing Hell by Francis Chan
Very good read on today's reinterpretation of scripture when faced with elements that don't coincide with the prevailing post modern world view.

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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #512 on: May 03, 2013, 04:08:40 PM »
Reading Linda Fairstein's "Night Watch" ... French head of "world economic" organization rapes a hotel maid....

Can we say fiction  "ripped from the headlines?"  :whistling:
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #513 on: May 06, 2013, 10:16:03 AM »
I just finished up James Rollins "Altar of Eden". Good read, typical Rollins fare.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #514 on: May 06, 2013, 10:41:04 AM »
Quote from: Wineslob on May 06, 2013, 10:16:03 AM
I just finished up James Rollins "Altar of Eden". Good read, typical Rollins fare.

I like his books, too.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #515 on: May 06, 2013, 02:01:37 PM »
Quote from: debk on May 06, 2013, 10:41:04 AM
I like his books, too.


I got to see him at a meet and greet (Roseville Ca. B&N). There were hardly any people there so there was allot of face time. I got to talk to him about caving (I used to do quite a bit).

 He's a really nice guy.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #516 on: June 09, 2013, 04:51:11 AM »
Over the last 9 to 10 months...
Books in print read while on 1st Tuna Boat Pilot contract Sep '12 to Sep '13


"Being Better Than Your Best" -Danny and Marie Lena- 1st helo standby book
Publisher…Possibility Press
ISBN…0-938716-46-8

"Joseph" A Man of Integrity and Forgiveness -Charles R. Swindoll- hardcover to be left behind or given away.  I let Vanji have it because the captain didn't want it.
Publisher…Word publishing Nashville Tn
ISBN... 0-8499-1342-X.

"Your Own Worst Enemy" -Kenneth W. Christian- hardcover
Regan Books publishing N.Y., N.Y.
ISBN 0-06-039392-0

"The Purpose Driven Life" -Rick Warren- hardcover
Publisher…Zondervan www.zondervan.com
ISBN…0-310-20571-9

"Monday Morning Leadership" -David Cottrell- 2nd helo standby book
Publisher…Cornerstone Leadership Institute Dallas Texas
ISBN…0-9719424-3-9

"Press On"… Author -Michael Kerrigan-… 3rd helo standby book
Publisher… Possibility Press: address…PossibilityPress.com
ISBN…9780-0-938716-48-8


"A Kick in the Attitude" -Sam Glenn-
Publisher…EverythingAttitude.com: Address…N/A
ISBN…N/A


"Get In The Game" Author…-Billy Cox- 4th helo standby book
Publisher…Cornerstone Leadership Institute Dallas Texas
ISBN…0-9746403-3-6

And, most recently "I Dare You" by William J. Danforth
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #517 on: June 09, 2013, 06:26:55 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on June 09, 2013, 04:51:11 AM
Over the last 9 to 10 months...


"Joseph" A Man of Integrity and Forgiveness -Charles R. Swindoll- hardcover to be left behind or given away.  I let Vanji have it because the captain didn't want it.
Publisher…Word publishing Nashville Tn
ISBN... 0-8499-1342-X.

I have read most of Charles Swindoll's Profiles in Character books and loved them.

Elijah: A Man Of Heroism and Humility
David: A Man of Passion and Destiny
Esther: A Woman of Strength and Dignity
Moses: A Man of Selfless Dedication
and Joseph

Seems like there are a couple more; but I can't recall them right now.

They are great character studies; and I highly recommend them.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #518 on: June 10, 2013, 10:02:13 PM »
Nearly half-way through John Dies at the End by David Wong. One of the funniest novels I have ever read, especially recently.

It's been in my wish list for a while and suddenly I noticed there was a movie adaptation available on Netflix so I pulled the trigger.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #519 on: June 11, 2013, 08:55:41 AM »
I'm currently in the middle of John Sanford's "Stolen Prey". M loved it...so far I'm bored, especially since there's a Brad Thor waiting for me!
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #520 on: June 11, 2013, 12:45:33 PM »
Currently reading Rick Wakemans "Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rockstar."
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #521 on: June 15, 2013, 01:08:17 PM »
After finishing and thoroughly enjoying John Dies At the End, I've returned to history with the second volume in Richard Evans' Third Reich trilogy, The Third Reich in Power. Ripped from today's headlines?

I found a PDF version of the book online so I can somewhat easily cut and paste:

Fear of being denounced, overheard or arrested extended even to private conversations, letters and telephone calls. As early as March and April 1933, Victor Klemperer was complaining in his diary: ‘Nobody dares to say anything any more, everyone’s afraid.’ The Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February 1933 allowed the Gestapo to open people’s letters and tap their telephones, so, reported Klemperer: ‘People don’t dare write letters, people don’t dare to phone each other, they visit each other and calculate their chances.’ (Evans, The Third Reich in Power)
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #522 on: June 16, 2013, 10:29:08 PM »
Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny.

I got it for a buck on Amazon.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #523 on: June 16, 2013, 10:37:06 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on June 16, 2013, 10:29:08 PM
Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny.

I got it for a buck on Amazon.

Where is it now ?
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #524 on: June 16, 2013, 10:51:30 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on June 16, 2013, 10:37:06 PM
Where is it now ?

The book? It's on my bookshelf.
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