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Re: What books are you reading?
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01/28/20 02:45 AM
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To kill a mockingbird is one of the greats.
Will pick up where the crawdads sing. I promise that you can start your new bride reading with Crawdeads if she doesn't already read..
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Re: What books are you reading?
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01/28/20 02:51 AM
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To kill a mockingbird is one of the greats.
Will pick up where the crawdads sing. I promise that you can start your new bride reading with Crawdeads if she doesn't already read.. You just put a big smile on my face.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: What books are you reading?
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01/28/20 04:34 PM
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Robert Crais, Wilbur Smith, with some Randy Wayne White mixed in. Get Suspect by Robert Crais. Already read now on the following "Promise" which has the dog, Elvis, and Pike.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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01/28/20 04:38 PM
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Just finished House to House by SSG David Bellavia. He won the Medal of Honor in Iraq. Good book.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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About to start re-reading some Michener again. In particular, I really enjoyed The Source, Alaska, Carribean, Chesapeake, and Texas.
I am about to start The Source first because it has been 45+ years since I read it and the historical elements are relevant in many ways today. Next will be Centennial because I have not read it.
Marc
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Re: What books are you reading?
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01/28/20 06:21 PM
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I'm not making this up. I posted this a few years ago and Cast kept trying to figure out who the real killer was. Can you?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: What books are you reading?
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01/28/20 06:39 PM
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Funny thing about getting older: Your eyesight starts getting weaker but your ability to see through people's BS gets much better.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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I don't like reading much, but I do like John Erickson's writings.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: What books are you reading?
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01/28/20 06:42 PM
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I don't like reading much, but I do like John Erickson's writings. Did you read the short story I just posted?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: What books are you reading?
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01/30/20 11:42 PM
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Dang whoever posted about the newest Jack Reacher book. Reading it now. You never told us about Hanna.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: What books are you reading?
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01/31/20 12:50 AM
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On the third green mile now.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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01/31/20 12:53 AM
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Currently reading Midnight in Chernobyl:The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham. Really enjoying it so far and they dumb down/explain the physics components enough for me to understand.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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I just got through reading The Day of Battle, by Rick Atkinson. It reports on the WWII Italian campaign, and was a real eye-opener for me. I'm a bit of a student of WWII, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts but I had never read any in-depth accounts of the battles in Italy. I knew about the nasty weather and the Casino battles, but didn't understand what a costly, brutal, and poorly managed the whole conflict was, from Sicily, all the up the country during those deadly 608 days. There were 23,501 Americans killed in action; a truly sad number to consider. And the conditions under which they fought were horrible. Rain, sleet and snow for weeks on end. Malaria outbreaks along the coast near Anzio. I know that war is hell, but the war in Italy was about as hellish as I've ever read about.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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"How to get rich" by I.P. Nickles., "Antlers in the treetops" by Who goosed the moose.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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I'm currently reading "13 Hours," by Michael Zuckoff, "Gettysburg" by Stephen Sears and "Endless October: Short Stories from a Traveling Bird Hunter" by Randy Schultz.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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I just got through reading The Day of Battle, by Rick Atkinson. It reports on the WWII Italian campaign, and was a real eye-opener for me. I'm a bit of a student of WWII, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts but I had never read any in-depth accounts of the battles in Italy. I knew about the nasty weather and the Casino battles, but didn't understand what a costly, brutal, and poorly managed the whole conflict was, from Sicily, all the up the country during those deadly 608 days. There were 23,501 Americans killed in action; a truly sad number to consider. And the conditions under which they fought were horrible. Rain, sleet and snow for weeks on end. Malaria outbreaks along the coast near Anzio. I know that war is hell, but the war in Italy was about as hellish as I've ever read about. That entire trilogy ( An Army at Dawn, The Day of Battle, and The Guns at Last Light) by Rick Atkinson is great. The most comprehensive WW2 (at least from the American side) history books I have ever read.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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02/01/20 07:24 PM
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I got a free western called Killer Miller to spread out my cost on the Jack Reacher. I'm reading one for awhile then switching to the other. Looks as if I hit the jackpot. I really like Killer Miller.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: What books are you reading?
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02/01/20 10:57 PM
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Hey Bill I’m in a Reacher book right now. Prolly my 12th Reacher. So I was wondering who had the higher body count Jack Reacher or Mitch Rapp? Unfortunately we won’t see anymore Vince Flynn books so Reacher probably wins with more missions.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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I’ve read them all and Reachers body count is impressive in the last one. Gotta look and see who Mitch Rapp is now.
Bill if you like that type western read William Johnstone. He also has a series called ashes that starts out good but fizzles into redundancy by books 4 or 5. There’s almost 30 in that series. The first book was really good.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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02/01/20 11:53 PM
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Hey Bill I’m in a Reacher book right now. Prolly my 12th Reacher. So I was wondering who had the higher body count Jack Reacher or Mitch Rapp? Unfortunately we won’t see anymore Vince Flynn books so Reacher probably wins with more missions. You guys are way off base. What did you think of Abby?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: What books are you reading?
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I just got through reading The Day of Battle, by Rick Atkinson. It reports on the WWII Italian campaign, and was a real eye-opener for me. I'm a bit of a student of WWII, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts but I had never read any in-depth accounts of the battles in Italy. I knew about the nasty weather and the Casino battles, but didn't understand what a costly, brutal, and poorly managed the whole conflict was, from Sicily, all the up the country during those deadly 608 days. There were 23,501 Americans killed in action; a truly sad number to consider. And the conditions under which they fought were horrible. Rain, sleet and snow for weeks on end. Malaria outbreaks along the coast near Anzio. I know that war is hell, but the war in Italy was about as hellish as I've ever read about. That entire trilogy ( An Army at Dawn, The Day of Battle, and The Guns at Last Light) by Rick Atkinson is great. The most comprehensive WW2 (at least from the American side) history books I have ever read. Bought an army at dawn tonight. Thanks!
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Re: What books are you reading?
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Reading Poison Flower by Thomas Perry (Again). Next up is the latest from James Lee Burke. He’s always a walk on the dark side, but he sure can write.
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Re: What books are you reading?
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This one might have fallen through the cracks for me. Don't remember reading it. Like the price, plus yesterday was payday.
The Forgotten Man By Robert Crais A “well-written, fast-paced” New York Times bestseller (The Boston Globe): When his long-lost father is found dying in an alley, private investigator Elvis Cole stumbles upon a web of mysteries that sends him deep into his own past. “Robert Crais is a crime writer of incredible talent” (Dan Brown). Bestsellers, Crime Fiction, Thrillers $1.99 $9.99
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: What books are you reading?
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Just recently finished Five Stars: Communication Secrets from Good to Great.
Now reading Crucial Conversations: tools for talking when stakes are high
"If you want to catch beasts you don't see every day, you have to go places quite out of the way. You have to go places no others can get to. You have to get cold, and you have to get wet, too." --Dr. Seuss
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