What are you reading right now?

[wireman]

Civil War Guns: The complete story of Federal and Confederate small arms

by William B. Edwards

[sharkbit]

"D-Day"
by Stephen Ambrose

[wireman]

Peter Charlie : the cruise of the PC 477
by Art Bell

[Sockeye]

I've been in a bit of a crime novel mood lately, and after starting on a third reading of "L.A. Confidential", I felt bland, so went to a local bookstore that specializes in crime novels to expand the library a bit.

Currently on "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler, starring private d!ck Phillip Marlowe. A bit of a slow go up to the point I'm at now (100 or so pages), but I really only have time to read a chapter at a time, being interrupted by the crap of the day; overall, it's keeping my interest. It's been years since I've read Chandler, so it's great to be back chasing down leads.

And just finished "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay, starring the beloved Miami blood splatter analyst/serial killer Dexter Morgan. As a fan of the show "Dexter", this was an extremely fast read for me; before I knew it, I had already read more than half of the book, and so finished it off before I left for the next day's business. A very brisk read that sated the whims of my dark passenger, albiet briefly.

Next on the list will probably be a couple Agatha Christie whodunits: "4:50 from Paddington" and "A Murder is Announced". Might even re-read "A Carribean Mystery", which I've been borrowing from my hometown library since I was nine-years old (or fifteen years if you prefer).

By the way, "L.A. Confidential" is a damn good jaunt if you're looking for something from the depraved (and I do mean "depraved", hepcats) mind of Jimmy Elroy; amazingly, it's a hair under 500 pages using a massively clipped writing style (i.e., he won't be describing every pebble on the street along with the leaves on the trees like some authors). If you've ever wondered how to use semicolons, this one'll show ya. An excerpt from page numero uno to whet your whistle:

"An abandoned auto court in the San Berdoo foothills; Buzz Meeks checked in with ninety-four thousand dollars, eighteen pounds of high-grade heroin, a 10-gauge pump, a .38 special, a .45 automatic and a switchblade he'd bought off a pachuco at the border--right before he spotted the car parked across the line: Mickey Cohen goons in an LAPD unmarked, Tijuana cops standing by to bookjack a piece of his goodies, dump his body in the San Ysidro River.

"He'd been running a week; he'd spent fifty-six grand staying alive: cars, hideouts at four and five thousand a night--risk rates--the innkeepers knew Mickey C. was after him for heisting his dope summit and his woman, the L.A. Police wanted him for killing one of their own...."

Happy reading, all, whatever you desire

[wireman]

http://www.amazon.com/Saga-Cnac-Flet...8592881&sr=1-1

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Sockeye

I've been in a bit of a crime novel mood lately, and after starting on a third reading of "L.A. Confidential", I felt bland, so went to a local bookstore that specializes in crime novels to expand the library a bit.

Currently on "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler, starring private d!ck Phillip Marlowe. A bit of a slow go up to the point I'm at now (100 or so pages), but I really only have time to read a chapter at a time, being interrupted by the crap of the day; overall, it's keeping my interest. It's been years since I've read Chandler, so it's great to be back chasing down leads.

And just finished "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay, starring the beloved Miami blood splatter analyst/serial killer Dexter Morgan. As a fan of the show "Dexter", this was an extremely fast read for me; before I knew it, I had already read more than half of the book, and so finished it off before I left for the next day's business. A very brisk read that sated the whims of my dark passenger, albiet briefly.

Next on the list will probably be a couple Agatha Christie whodunits: "4:50 from Paddington" and "A Murder is Announced". Might even re-read "A Carribean Mystery", which I've been borrowing from my hometown library since I was nine-years old (or fifteen years if you prefer).

By the way, "L.A. Confidential" is a damn good jaunt if you're looking for something from the depraved (and I do mean "depraved", hepcats) mind of Jimmy Elroy; amazingly, it's a hair under 500 pages using a massively clipped writing style (i.e., he won't be describing every pebble on the street along with the leaves on the trees like some authors). If you've ever wondered how to use semicolons, this one'll show ya. An excerpt from page numero uno to whet your whistle:

"An abandoned auto court in the San Berdoo foothills; Buzz Meeks checked in with ninety-four thousand dollars, eighteen pounds of high-grade heroin, a 10-gauge pump, a .38 special, a .45 automatic and a switchblade he'd bought off a pachuco at the border--right before he spotted the car parked across the line: Mickey Cohen goons in an LAPD unmarked, Tijuana cops standing by to bookjack a piece of his goodies, dump his body in the San Ysidro River.

"He'd been running a week; he'd spent fifty-six grand staying alive: cars, hideouts at four and five thousand a night--risk rates--the innkeepers knew Mickey C. was after him for heisting his dope summit and his woman, the L.A. Police wanted him for killing one of their own...."

Happy reading, all, whatever you desire

You've also read The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere and White Jazz, right?

[Task Force]

Tf has 2 new books...

1 German battleships

2 The two ocean war.
http://books.google.com/books?id=io9...+two+ocean+war

[Sailor Steve]

I reported some months ago that I was reading Morison's The European Discovery Of America. I got all my stuff out of storage last week, and discovered that I actually own a copy!:rotfl:

Purchased it at a library sale several years ago, and forgot I even had it.

@ TF: The Two-Ocean War is a (very) condensed version of Morison's History Of United States Naval Operations In World War Two. If you ever have the money, and the inclination, I highly recommend it.

[Captain Vlad]

Originally Posted by Sockeye

Currently on "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler, starring private d!ck Phillip Marlowe. A bit of a slow go up to the point I'm at now (100 or so pages), but I really only have time to read a chapter at a time, being interrupted by the crap of the day; overall, it's keeping my interest. It's been years since I've read Chandler, so it's great to be back chasing down leads.

I remember reading 'Farewell, My Lovely' and coming to the realization that the reason most first person grizzled detective novels fall flat is that they're trying to sound like Chandler...and no one can.

[She-Wolf]

Ha! I am reading long, large and untidy and oft repeated sections of text written on CP/M on 5.25 floppies from a TRS 80, which I have scanned with Anadisk and then dumped on to my hard drive, so I can tidy them up into coherent reading material and present them in Word format to the wife of the author, who wrote them in his early years.

He died and she doesn't want to lose his work (a number of books and loads of other stuff...). I have been doing it on and off for the last two years... only a hundred flops left to work on....(sigh)

no time to read proper books...

does that count?

[Sailor Steve]

I'd say that very much counts. Reading unpublished books that no one else has, or can, and doing good work at the same time.

Good for you!

[Sockeye]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

You've also read The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere and White Jazz, right?

No, not yet, but I figure I'll be getting "The Big Nowhere" and "White Jazz" at some point. Might as well have the trio, right?

"The Black Dahlia" I'm not so sure if I'm really interested; saw the crappy (IMHO) movie, and have seen a few documentaries including an especially creepy Elroy one, and think I have the gist. So I dunno, a maybe/maybe not thing for me.

[LtAirForce]

"Red Storm Rising" By Tom Clancy

I love Clancy books.....Red October is one of my favorites

LTAF

[SandyCaesar]

Best Clancy ones: Hunt, Storm, Danger, Remorse. And Debt to some extent, too.

[LtAirForce]

Originally Posted by SandyCaesar

Best Clancy ones: Hunt, Storm, Danger, Remorse. And Debt to some extent, too.

I've read Hunt, Danger, Patriot Games, and Teeth of the Tiger. My first First person shooter was Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon. The origonal, not the new "advanced warfighter". First played it when I was 6 . Gave me nightmares:rotfl: . Still play it today (minus said nightmares).