What are you currently reading?

This section is for recommendations, reviews & questions.

Moderators: carlson1, Charles L. Cotton

User avatar

joe817
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 9315
Joined: Fri May 22, 2009 7:13 pm
Location: Arlington

Re: What are you currently reading?

#106

Post by joe817 »

Just started reading Preston & Child's Blue Labyrinth. It's an A.X.L. Pendergast novel, and so far VERY interesting.
Diplomacy is the Art of Letting Someone Have Your Way
TSRA
Colt Gov't Model .380

tyree
Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 67
Joined: Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:32 pm

Re: What are you currently reading?

#107

Post by tyree »

I like to read multiple books in play and work back and forth between them. Each one of a different category. Here are some I currently have in play (a little heavy on the history category this year):

Christian Bible (various books)
Jurgens. Faith of the early fathers.
Carroll. The history of Christendom.
Kilmeade. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates.
Kengor. Dupes...
And some engineering stuff you probably wouldn't find very interesting.

BigGuy
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 3
Posts: 1038
Joined: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:36 am
Contact:

Re: What are you currently reading?

#108

Post by BigGuy »

I’m presently working on the third and last novel based in this universe with this set of characters. (I’m on Chapter 9) For the sake of continuity I’m re-reading “The Name I’m Given,” the second book in the set.
Image
User avatar

SA_Steve
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 357
Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2014 9:59 pm
Location: San Antonio, north central hills

Re: What are you currently reading?

#109

Post by SA_Steve »

2030

Albert Brooks
You may have the last word.
User avatar

Oldgringo
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 3
Posts: 11203
Joined: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:15 pm
Location: Pineywoods of east Texas

Re: What are you currently reading?

#110

Post by Oldgringo »

"First Family" by David Baldacci. It's a good read fiction.
User avatar

Dadtodabone
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 2
Posts: 1339
Joined: Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:46 pm

Re: What are you currently reading?

#111

Post by Dadtodabone »

Picked up "The Soul of Battle" by Victor Hanson from my nephew's library for something to read while hanging out in the waiting room during my wife's carpal tunnel surgery. Now I'm going to have to dig around and find the rest of his stuff for a re-read.
"Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris!"
User avatar

KC5AV
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 2115
Joined: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:24 pm
Location: Marshall

Re: What are you currently reading?

#112

Post by KC5AV »

I just finished One Second After, and One Year After is on order.
I'm currently reading "On Combat" by LTC Dave Grossman.

Also on order:
Day of Wrath - Forstchen
Shadow of the Giant - Card
On Killing - Grossman
NRA lifetime member
User avatar

JALLEN
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 4
Posts: 3081
Joined: Mon May 30, 2011 4:11 pm
Location: Comal County

Re: What are you currently reading?

#113

Post by JALLEN »

J.R.@A&M wrote:Caro's "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power". The early chapters are a very interesting history of the settlement of the Hill Country.
That entire series is fascinating, a great read. I have all 4, read them several times. Some of it may be true, too!
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
User avatar

WildBill
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 6
Posts: 17350
Joined: Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:53 pm
Location: Houston

Re: What are you currently reading?

#114

Post by WildBill »

fickman wrote:
WildBill wrote: :thumbs2: That should be an interesting read.
I'll tell you this: our country could use about 200 million more people with the work ethic of Thomas' grandfather. It's inspiring.
I am several chapters into the book. It is inspiring.
It is also scary that, under his circumstances, he could have easily gone the other way. :tiphat:
NRA Endowment Member
User avatar

Pariah3j
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 865
Joined: Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:03 pm
Location: Webster

Re: What are you currently reading?

#115

Post by Pariah3j »

I'm currently in the middle of a series I stumbled across at Barnes&Nobles called The Remaining by D.J. Molles. Its a newish take on the Zombie apocalypse. The government sets up a group of operators to be put in bunkers during any potential high threat situations, and they operate after X number of days of no contact. Zombie apoc sets in as a Flu type epidemic, operators are sequestered, which of course are never relieved. The main character is activated and sets out to try to re-establish civilization.
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny" - Thomas Jefferson
User avatar

Bitter Clinger
Banned
Posts in topic: 5
Posts: 2593
Joined: Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:16 pm
Location: North Dallas

Re: What are you currently reading?

#116

Post by Bitter Clinger »

The Book of Frank: ISIS and the Archangel Platoon




“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

ISIS captured a town in Iraq, trapping Catholic children and their caregiving nuns. Western governments were unable or unwilling to help. The children’s enslavement or death was certain unless Frank and a band of ex-military warriors could bring them back.

Frank Martel, an ex-Marine, had finished his first year as a Jesuit novitiate. His path to the church was littered with doubt, anger and a failed relationship. Maggie and Frank were inseparable at first, but his loss of passion caused her to leave. Now, Maggie and Frank are once again thrown together as they attempt to rescue the helpless children that had been left behind.

Frank’s bloodline traced back 1300 years. Charles Martel had successfully stopped the Islamic Caliphate at the battle of Tours in 732. Would Frank be able to follow in Charles’ footsteps and stop the Caliphate once again?

Hired by a private Catholic organization, Frank, Maggie and the Archangel Platoon take on the task of saving the innocent while struggling with their own past.

The future isn’t always clear, even if the cause is just.
"You may all go to H3ll, and I will go to Texas." - Davy Crockett
"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." - Wyatt Earp
NRA Life Member
לעולם לא תשכח

K.Mooneyham
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 3
Posts: 2574
Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:27 pm
Location: Vernon, Texas

Re: What are you currently reading?

#117

Post by K.Mooneyham »

Just finished "The Texas Rangers, Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900" by Mike Cox. Good read. Currently working on "Danger Close" about USAF TACPs (Tactical Air Control Party members who serve in Army units and coordinate close air support).
User avatar

oohrah
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 1
Posts: 1366
Joined: Mon May 27, 2013 5:54 pm
Location: McLennan County

Re: What are you currently reading?

#118

Post by oohrah »

If you like naval warfare and sea power, i just acquired "The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution", by Sam Willis. The author posits some interesting conclusions, and I am intrigued by this statement from the dust jacket, that I haven't gotten to yet:

" In no other war were so many large-scale fleet battles fought, one of which was the most strategically significant naval battle in all of British, French, and American history."

That's a pretty bold statement.
USMC, Retired
Treating one variety of person as better or worse than others by accident of birth is morally indefensible.
User avatar

Oldgringo
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 3
Posts: 11203
Joined: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:15 pm
Location: Pineywoods of east Texas

Re: What are you currently reading?

#119

Post by Oldgringo »

"BADLANDS" by CJ Box. It's a sequel to his "HIGHWAY".

It must get awful cold in Grimstad, ND?
User avatar

WildBill
Senior Member
Posts in topic: 6
Posts: 17350
Joined: Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:53 pm
Location: Houston

Re: What are you currently reading?

#120

Post by WildBill »

WildBill wrote:
fickman wrote:
WildBill wrote: :thumbs2: That should be an interesting read.
I'll tell you this: our country could use about 200 million more people with the work ethic of Thomas' grandfather. It's inspiring.
I am several chapters into the book. It is inspiring.
It is also scary that, under his circumstances, he could have easily gone the other way. :tiphat:
I finished the book and highly recommend it. It is really quite an interesting story.

It was amazing how Clarence Thomas was attacked by the liberals because he didn't think the same way as they expected all black people to think. :banghead:

My favorite line from the book is a quote from Clarence Thomas' grandfather:

"Hard times make monkey eat cayenne pepper" :mrgreen:
NRA Endowment Member
Post Reply

Return to “Books & Videos”