What are you reading right now?

Subnuts · 08-23-06, 06:22 PM

I just finished reading Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. However, I'm not gonna post my review of it yet, or Neal's gonna think I have a compulsive reading disorder and I don't want him calling any psychologists.

SubConscious · 08-29-06, 06:29 PM

I just finished Operation Drumbeat by Michael Gannon, which I thought was excellent, and U-Boats under the Swastika by Jak P. Mallmann Showell, which is a good reference book.

I'm starting my re-read of U-Boat Ace: The story of Wolfgang Luth by Jordan Vause.

I don't know what it is, but something has me interested in reading about U-boats...

AirborneTD · 10-16-06, 05:18 PM

About halfway through "Hitler's U-Boats" the Hunters 39-42 by Clay Blair. Very good, but I think I liked his "Silent Victory" better. I've got part II (the Hunted 43-45) on deck and just received Norm Friedman's "US Subs through 1945".

Tchocky · 10-16-06, 09:10 PM

The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien

Dan D · 10-17-06, 02:41 PM

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The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien

Very funny book :-)

I am reading all Inspector Rebus novels by Ian Rankin right now. Scotland.

Sailor Steve · 10-17-06, 03:42 PM

Been reading at the library while homeless.

Read all five of Dumas' 'Musketeer' novels: The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Valliere and The Man In The Iron Mask.

Read Casey Tefertiller's Wyatt Earp: The Man Behind The Legend, the only real biography I've found, hundreds of footnotes and all.

Have been having a lot of fun with Walter Mosely's Easy Rawlins mysteries: Devil in a Blue Dress, The Red Heat, White Butterfly, Black Betty and A Little Yellow Dog. Gone Fishin' is next.

Read several resource books: John Roberts' British Battlecruisers among them. Also the Time-Life Seafarers series book The U-Boats. Good stories from both wars, plus some of Bucheim's photos.

Also picked up cheap used copies ($.25) of Ludlum's Jason Bourne books. Read The Bourne Identity and currently reading The Bourne Supremacy. Boy, the movies changed a lot!

Tchocky · 10-18-06, 12:29 PM

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The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien

Very funny book :-)

Aye, the wordplay is ingenious. I'd recommend Cruiskeen Lawn, it's a collection of his columns in The Irish Times, and the funniest, most intelligent book I have in my possession

Detritus · 10-31-06, 05:18 AM

Arctic Convoys by 1941-45 by Richard Woodman. A very thorough and detailed book about the lesser known but absolutely crucial part of WW2 history, without which the Russians probably would've lost some important battles, if not the whole war. The perspective is heavily on the Allied side and a little opinionated at times but nevertheless the book is still a very sound source of the topic.

Heibges · 04-25-07, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien

Are you a "Lost" fan?

My Old Lady wanted it because it appears in the show.

AirborneTD · 04-25-07, 08:14 PM

Recently finished "Wake of the Wahoo" and am just finishing up "Wolf Pack " (US Ops in the Pacific).

"Thunder Below" is on the way. Starting that next.

Captain Nemo · 10-31-06, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by AirborneTD

About halfway through "Hitler's U-Boats" the Hunters 39-42 by Clay Blair. Very good, but I think I liked his "Silent Victory" better. I've got part II (the Hunted 43-45) on deck.

Same here. Haven't read "Silent Victory" though, I'll have to look that one up.

Nemo

jumpy · 10-31-06, 11:46 AM

Currently, Lord of the Rings (yet again) and the usmc sniper manual

Sailor Steve · 10-31-06, 06:22 PM

I finished Ludlum's Bourne trilogy, then dug into a trio of American classics: Shane, by Jack Schaefer and Zane Grey's Riders Of The Purple Sage and it's sequel, The Desert Crucible (originally published as The Rainbow Trail).

Now I'm back at sea: I stumbled across a copy of Nicholas Montserrat's The Cruel Sea. I'm loving the feel of the book; very few novels have made me feel like I'm really there. Interestingly, I've complained many times of Montserrat's attitude in his introduction to U-boat 977, which is of the "Don't believe a word they say, they were all die-hard Nazis" variety. In The Cruel Sea he goes out of his way to justify the attitude that they were all warriors doing their jobs. His descriptions of riding out gales in a little Flower-class corvette is truly amazing. Picture Das Boot's storm sequences, the major difference being you can't dive to get away from it.

His descriptions of the early convoy efforts are also quite dramatic. They suffer from a constant feeling of helplessness; they very rarely pick up a u-boat with the asdic or see one, mainly they spend their time picking up survivors. I'm currently in the middle of 1941, and so far the book is fantastic.

Oberon · 11-01-06, 09:58 AM

Now that's a co-incidence Steve, I'm also reading The Cruel Sea...I find it a very good book, the atmosphere of the crew during the war both at sea and on land is well captured.

ikalugin · 10-23-14, 12:06 AM

Yes, that is another work of theirs that I enjoy.

08-23-06, 06:22 PM	#1
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I just finished reading Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. However, I'm not gonna post my review of it yet, or Neal's gonna think I have a compulsive reading disorder and I don't want him calling any psychologists. __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

08-29-06, 06:29 PM	#2
SubConscious Frogman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 309 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	I just finished Operation Drumbeat by Michael Gannon, which I thought was excellent, and U-Boats under the Swastika by Jak P. Mallmann Showell, which is a good reference book. I'm starting my re-read of U-Boat Ace: The story of Wolfgang Luth by Jordan Vause. I don't know what it is, but something has me interested in reading about U-boats... Last edited by SubConscious; 08-29-06 at 07:58 PM.

10-16-06, 05:18 PM	#3
AirborneTD Engineer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 204 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	About halfway through "Hitler's U-Boats" the Hunters 39-42 by Clay Blair. Very good, but I think I liked his "Silent Victory" better. I've got part II (the Hunted 43-45) on deck and just received Norm Friedman's "US Subs through 1945". __________________ "You know, you might get surrounded." "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded." --Band of Brothers

10-16-06, 09:10 PM	#4
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

10-17-06, 03:42 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Been reading at the library while homeless. Read all five of Dumas' 'Musketeer' novels: The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Valliere and The Man In The Iron Mask. Read Casey Tefertiller's Wyatt Earp: The Man Behind The Legend, the only real biography I've found, hundreds of footnotes and all. Have been having a lot of fun with Walter Mosely's Easy Rawlins mysteries: Devil in a Blue Dress, The Red Heat, White Butterfly, Black Betty and A Little Yellow Dog. Gone Fishin' is next. Read several resource books: John Roberts' British Battlecruisers among them. Also the Time-Life Seafarers series book The U-Boats. Good stories from both wars, plus some of Bucheim's photos. Also picked up cheap used copies ($.25) of Ludlum's Jason Bourne books. Read The Bourne Identity and currently reading The Bourne Supremacy. Boy, the movies changed a lot! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-31-06, 05:18 AM	#8
Detritus Navy Dude Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 177 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Arctic Convoys by 1941-45 by Richard Woodman. A very thorough and detailed book about the lesser known but absolutely crucial part of WW2 history, without which the Russians probably would've lost some important battles, if not the whole war. The perspective is heavily on the Allied side and a little opinionated at times but nevertheless the book is still a very sound source of the topic.

04-25-07, 08:14 PM	#10
AirborneTD Engineer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 204 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Recently finished "Wake of the Wahoo" and am just finishing up "Wolf Pack " (US Ops in the Pacific). "Thunder Below" is on the way. Starting that next. __________________ "You know, you might get surrounded." "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded." --Band of Brothers

10-31-06, 11:46 AM	#12
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Currently, Lord of the Rings (yet again) and the usmc sniper manual __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

10-31-06, 06:22 PM	#13
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I finished Ludlum's Bourne trilogy, then dug into a trio of American classics: Shane, by Jack Schaefer and Zane Grey's Riders Of The Purple Sage and it's sequel, The Desert Crucible (originally published as The Rainbow Trail). Now I'm back at sea: I stumbled across a copy of Nicholas Montserrat's The Cruel Sea. I'm loving the feel of the book; very few novels have made me feel like I'm really there. Interestingly, I've complained many times of Montserrat's attitude in his introduction to U-boat 977, which is of the "Don't believe a word they say, they were all die-hard Nazis" variety. In The Cruel Sea he goes out of his way to justify the attitude that they were all warriors doing their jobs. His descriptions of riding out gales in a little Flower-class corvette is truly amazing. Picture Das Boot's storm sequences, the major difference being you can't dive to get away from it. His descriptions of the early convoy efforts are also quite dramatic. They suffer from a constant feeling of helplessness; they very rarely pick up a u-boat with the asdic or see one, mainly they spend their time picking up survivors. I'm currently in the middle of 1941, and so far the book is fantastic. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-01-06, 09:58 AM	#14
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Now that's a co-incidence Steve, I'm also reading The Cruel Sea...I find it a very good book, the atmosphere of the crew during the war both at sea and on land is well captured.

10-23-14, 12:06 AM	#15
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Yes, that is another work of theirs that I enjoy.