Read any good books lately?

[Danny]

Because of my job location I have plenty time to read on the bus, so I get through quite a few books. I've been reading any David Gemmell books I have yet to buy, I recommend any of his books to those unfamiliar with him but I personally recommend Legend. Also been reading Warhammer novels, the Horus Hersey books have been great and Heldenhammer was really good. Nagash was a bit crap though. One book that has stuck in my mind recently is Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. It's a fictional telling of the Greeks at Thermopylae against the Persians. Nothing like Frank Millars 300 if your thinking that, it's is more in depth and historically sound. Very moving and hilarious in places. A small taste of the book; a non Greek merchant sets up his stall with the Greeks defending the hot gates. He sets up a sign which he was hoping said: "Only the best service for you, my friend" but he mistranslated 'friend' so it said: "Only the best service for you, my foreskin." Just finished David Gemmell, Stone of Power. Got Morningstar in the house and just ordered Gotrek and Felix, the First Omnibus. kim newman ,movie critic famous for looking like an undead deadwood extra, wrote a series in the old warhammer universe, i think its in a collection under the pen name jack yeovil titled ,surprise, surprise "the vampire genevieve", though its actually more about murder mysteries, chaos demons and stuff, only its small scale, not grand wars and epic battles like most warhammer novels, its not bad and worth a red.

[Craig]

I've recently finished reading: The Red Army of the Great Patriotic War, 1941-45 The Stalin and Molotov Lines - Soviet western defences 1928-41 I'm currently reading: The German Army, 1939-45 - Eastern Front 1941-43 With these I plan to read afterwards: The German Army, 1939-45 - Eastern Front 1943-45 Leningrad: State of Siege Finland at War, 1939-45 Who knows, maybe I'll get around to reading some good ol' fiction sometime soon... but my appetite for knowledge on the Eastern Front is insatiable

[DawnGirl27]

Just finished reading Raven, an in-depth study of Jonestown and Jim Jones, and A Terrible Glory, a new book about Custer's Last Stand which has a lot of before unknown material and pictures included. Read Inside Hitler's Bunker last month, about the last months of the war.

[LoSTBoY]

As always, I'm also jumping around HP Lovecraft books reading shorts as well as skimming through the "Necronomicon". Ah yeah, I have that too. Read most of it but not all the way through the stories yet (Read most of them anyway) Also got the The Complete Chronicles of Conan (Same folks who released the Necronomicon with the same gold writing on black cover), I read all of it a few months ago... read it too quickly I think.

[Chic Freak]

Just finished reading Raven, an in-depth study of Jonestown and Jim Jones What was it like? Sounds very interesting!

[Mike70]

The Complete Chronicles of Conan (Same folks who released the Necronomicon with the same gold writing on black cover), I read all of it a few months ago... read it too quickly I think. i loved the howard conan stories when i was younger. i still get mine out every so often and re-read my fav stories. i've also got the entire conan comics run. As always, I'm also jumping around HP Lovecraft books reading shorts as well as skimming through the "Necronomicon". do you have the annotated lovecraft by joshii? if not, they are a must have for any serious fan of lovecraft's work.

[zombie04]

I'm currently through David McCullough's 1776 and after that I'm moving onto Richard Nixon's memoirs. After I should be done with the semester for school so I'll be looking to read the new book of King's short stories and finish up the Dark Tower series, hopefully all by the new year.

[Tricky]

I've recently finished reading: The Red Army of the Great Patriotic War, 1941-45 The Stalin and Molotov Lines - Soviet western defences 1928-41 I'm currently reading: The German Army, 1939-45 - Eastern Front 1941-43 With these I plan to read afterwards: The German Army, 1939-45 - Eastern Front 1943-45 Leningrad: State of Siege Finland at War, 1939-45 Who knows, maybe I'll get around to reading some good ol' fiction sometime soon... but my appetite for knowledge on the Eastern Front is insatiable have you read Antony Beevors "stalingrad"? very good book & i recommend it if you havent!its easy to see the germans as the bad guys (which they were) but also to feel a lot of sympathy for the individual german soldiers who were cut off & starved/frozen to death there purely because Hitler refused to let them withdraw. This one is worth reading as well and this yep,i have a big interest in WW2 too As for myself,im currently reading stephen kings latest book "duma key" which is building up quite well,im about a third into it

[DawnGirl27]

What was it like? Sounds very interesting! Very interesting, and unlike anything I've read on it before. It goes in-depth into Jones' childhood, and has snippets from childhood friends about what he was like (very cold and manipulating), and follows his life through the end. It shows the lengths he went to with manipulating people, and the downward spiral of his psyche in Guyana. A lot of "new" material and worth the read (it's very comprehensive) if you like that sort of thing.

[tkane18]

A few months ago, we bought a dog. The kids decided to name him Cujo. That pretty much decided my next book to read (half way through it).

[Craig]

have you read Antony Beevors "stalingrad"? very good book & i recommend it if you havent!its easy to see the germans as the bad guys (which they were) but also to feel a lot of sympathy for the individual german soldiers who were cut off & starved/frozen to death there purely because Hitler refused to let them withdraw. Yes it's quite a good book... but while I couldn't be called die-hard historian, a common opinion I've seen among those who are is that Beevor, while giving an interesting read, is not exactly the most fair or trustworthy history writer. I'm pretty sure I've noticed a seemingly slight either anti-Soviet or pro-German leaning more than once while reading both this Stalingrad and Berlin. There's another Stalingrad book I really enjoyed which is from purely the Soviet perspective called Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed by Michael Jones, it offers a very thrilling account of key events in the battle and of course gives lesser known Soviet veterans accounts. Since my primary interest is in the Eastern Front does that Armageddon book cover the Eastern Front at all? I can certainly see a smoldering Soviet T-34 in the corner but the info on Amazon isn't really specific... Anyway, great to hear there's another WWII enthusiast on the board, your signature's always made me giggle

[Tricky]

Ah you may not find armageddon very interesting then as it focuses on the allied advance after D.Day through the breakout in france,operation market garden,the ardennes offensive & the push to the rhine.Good book though! As an enthusiast,what do you think of my dads project?a radio controlled 1/6 scale late production tiger 1

[MissJacksonCA]

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer and Godfather of the Kremlin: The Decline of Russia in the Age of Gangster Capitalism by Paul Klebnikov

[Mike70]

I've recently finished reading: The Red Army of the Great Patriotic War, 1941-45 The Stalin and Molotov Lines - Soviet western defences 1928-41 I'm currently reading: The German Army, 1939-45 - Eastern Front 1941-43 With these I plan to read afterwards: The German Army, 1939-45 - Eastern Front 1943-45 Leningrad: State of Siege Finland at War, 1939-45 this question goes out to tricky as well (and any other folks interested in WWII): have you ever read "lost victories" by von manstein, "panzer leader" by guderian, "the rommel papers" by rommel or "panzer battles" by von mellenthin? if not, you should check them out. great books all. i much prefer reading stuff written by the people who actually had a hand in what went on and were involved in the big decisions. von manstein's book is a throughly gripping read, esp. the parts about his attempts to relieve the army trapped at stalingrad. he has a very forthright, direct style. "the rommel papers" are, in a large part, made up of journal/diary entries and letters of rommel's that he never had a chance to edit. it is pretty raw and you get rommel's unabridged thoughts on everything from the german high command to supply problems to how he felt and interacted with other german commanders. there are some gaps in the timeline of the book because many of the papers that make up the book were hidden by his family after his death and some of those papers remain lost to this day. von mellenthin was a staff officer who worked under both von manstein and rommel. his book can in many ways be used as a companion to theirs.

[clanglee]

I recently reread one of my favorite books of all time, the Talisman, and it's good-but-not-as-wonderful sequel the Black House. If anyone here has not read the Talisman (King and Straub) you must.