What is Everybody Reading?

[Meerkat]

Reading "True Faith and Allegiance, An American Paratrooper and the 1972 Battle for An Loc" by Mike McDermott. It is mostly about Mike's time in Vietnam, but also talks a little about his life outside of Vietnam. Mike is a retired infantry colonel and one of the most highly decorated soldiers of the Vietnam War--two Distinguished Service Crosses, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars for Valor, the Purple Heart, and some thirty other awards and decorations. He served four years in combat with U.S. and Vietnamese paratrooper units.

I am normally not someone who would read about war, but Mike is from South Dakota, and given that this book is about someone I knew, and that it was recently recommended on a history site from my home county, I decided to get a copy of the book.

Sounds interesting Weedy. I like fact not much fiction. With my neck pain and dr.caused stroke that caused partial blindness don't read books anymore.Online I can see better useing TV hdmi cable.

 

[WVDragonlady]

Just finished KathyinFla's story Starting over and over and over

Have to decide whats next

 

[joel]

Nancy A. Collins, Right Hand Magic.

 

[Morgan101]

Just finished Brad Thor's Lions of Lucerne. If you like spy novels these are top notch.

 

[snappy1]

Going to the library today to see if I can get a copy of "Wanderlust : A History of Walking" by Rebecca Solnit.

 

[randyt]

I've been reading a couple books. One is called Fry the Brain, it is about sniping. The other is To Ride, Shoot and Speak the Truth by Jeff Cooper. It's about, well it was written by Jeff Cooper.

 

[Meerkat]

Reading Bible and listening to study realizing what I forgot about basic navigation. Hope its just stress.

 

[Morgan101]

I've been reading a couple books. One is called Fry the Brain, it is about sniping. The other is To Ride, Shoot and Speak the Truth by Jeff Cooper. It's about, well it was written by Jeff Cooper.

If you are a shooter anything by Jeff Cooper has to be good. Where did you find it?

 

[MoBookworm1957]

The Flying Tigers by John Toland

 

[randyt]

If you are a shooter anything by Jeff Cooper has to be good. Where did you find it?

found it on ebay

 

[Haertig]

I'm reading "Dust" now. It's the third book in the "Silo Trilogy" by Hugh Howey. The first two books were "Wool" and "Shift". The genre is "Future Dystopia" with a bit of "Post-Apocalypse". If you haven't read it, grab "Wool" now and get started! Note: "Wool" was initially a series of shorter installments, and they were bundled together into the "Wool Omnibus" - be sure and get the omnibus. I have rated very few books I've read as 5 stars. "Wool" is one of them.

 

[randyt]

just picked up Burning Daylight by Jack London

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Baker Seed catalog

 

[Bacpacker]

Baker Seed catalog

Best catalog there is for seeds IMO

 

[Patchouli]

A bread book, a cook book, and stuff.

 

[randyt]

because of this forum my book pile has grown substantially.............Will have to build another shelf soon

 

[Weedygarden]

because of this forum my book pile has grown substantially.............Will have to build another shelf soon

Mine, too!

 

[Bacpacker]

My kindle is the same thickness as last year. Lol

But my stack of herbal med books is much taller. Thanks Peanut.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Shooter's Bible

 

[Amish Heart]

Old cookbooks. Before my time.

 

[Caribou]

Shooter's Bible

One can find such comfort in one's religion.

 

[randyt]

I have American Rifleman magazines going back to the 1920s. On a rainy day I'll grab a few and read them. Been doing that with old poplar mechanics, mother earth news, fur fish game, hunter trapper trader, lots of interesting reading. I've been wanting to read Uncle Tom's Cabin. Have a copy but haven't got around to it yet.

I was thinking about authors earlier, folks like Skeeter Skelton, Jeff Cooper, Julius Hatcher, Townsend Whelen, Ragnar Benson, Bill Jordan, Peter Capstick Hathaway, Elmer Kreps, Paul Provencher, Maurice Decker, gosh there are so many.

 

[joel]

Jung Seed catalog
Baker Creek Seed Catalog
Seed Savers Catalog

 

[LadyLocust]

The Country Kitchen by Della Lutes. Copyright 1936 about the meals of her youth in the 1870’s 1880’s ish. It is hilarious. If you want info on old time cooking methods and meals it’s great. But even if you don’t cook at all I’d say so far it’s still worth the read. I’m just in chapter 3 or 4? She has a great vocabulary and way of setting the scene. When you laugh while reading, you know it’s funny. I’m enjoying it. (I haven’t been up for reading anything too heavy this year for some reason ).

 

[Amish Heart]

Gee, I wonder why, LL? I've been interested in reading old timey stuff lately, too. Nothing too serious.

 

[SheepDog]

I've started re-reading "The Art of War".

 

[LadyLocust]

I've started re-reading "The Art of War".

That sounds entirely too appropriate!

 

[Bacpacker]

Just started rereading Tom Clancy's "Without Remorse"

 

[Amish Heart]

"The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser" written in 1917. The chapter on electro mechanical message looks pretty scary.

 

[Bacpacker]

Finished reading "Without Remorse" by Tom Clancy.
Wife bought "Hidden History of Civil War Tennessee" for me for Christmas.
Not sure what to read after that. I've loaded a bunch of stuff on my Kindle. Thinking about trying "The Illiad", never read that before.