What Are You Reading Now?

[Boxingfan998]

In the summer I read "With the Old Breed," and it was quite good. 4/5.
Now, I am reading "Carthage Must be Destroyed", and it gives a very comprehensive history of the Carthaginian Empire, which, if anyone is interested, was often more a maritime and trade network monopoly than it was an empire.

If you want to read WW2 infantry books from the other side, I recommend.
- The Forgotten Soldier (Guy Sajer)
- Black Edelweiss (J Voss)
- Campaign in Russia (Degrelle)
All pretty gritty books but I mention them because you liked the Pacific Campaign infantry books.
Eastern Front of WW2 is not known by Americans but was probably most brutal fighting in modern history. Makes all fields of WW2 look like roses in comparison.

 

[Tireur889]

I'm not reading any novels right now but I just got my new issues of popular mechanics and wired in the mail

 

[Harmonica]

"Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims" by François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marsillac.

 

[deucesarewild]

If you want to read WW2 infantry books from the other side, I recommend.
- The Forgotten Soldier (Guy Sajer)
- Black Edelweiss (J Voss)
- Campaign in Russia (Degrelle)
All pretty gritty books but I mention them because you liked the Pacific Campaign infantry books.
Eastern Front of WW2 is not known by Americans but was probably most brutal fighting in modern history. Makes all fields of WW2 look like roses in comparison.

One book I have on my wish list is a German soldier's account on the eastern Front: When the Eyes Shut

 

[Bathwater]

Just started reading ‘The Catcher in the Rye’.. I used to have a weird reading tradition where I’d read it every year around this time. It’s been a few years, so I’m just getting back at it.

Lol I used to do that, too, back in college and for a couple years after. Definitely a good winter book.

 

[WhiskyJack]

Rereading Malazan Book of the Fallen, I highly suggest yall pick it up

 

[Tentacle Grape]

Just started reading ‘The Catcher in the Rye’.. I used to have a weird reading tradition where I’d read it every year around this time. It’s been a few years, so I’m just getting back at it.

Some people get it and some people don't. I think if you feel a bit like the narrator does you get it and like it. If not then not.

It used to be one of my favorite books. Then the last time I was reading it and I felt nothing and didn't even really like it. I guess I grew out of it. Almost broke my crazy damn neck.

 

[mixmastermo]

I'll admit I haven't been able to read it that fast though. Taking some time to digest.

 

[mb23100]

I'm on book three. I decided to try this author because he has a lot of stuff on Prime reading. This series is ok. I wouldn't really recommend it though.

This is the last good book I read



I highly recommend this if you find North Korea as interesting as I do.

 

[websurfer]

I finished Stephen King's From a Buick 8. All in all a great small town tale.

Spoiler

It's about a kid losing his father to a drunk. It gets weird. The kid thinks and believes the Buick was responsible for his father's death. The kid finds a new family, the police division.

The way the cops analyze the Buick is very scientific. Monitoring the temperature, pressure, and filming the Buick. That all adds a nice verisimilitude to the story.

There are some that connect the Buick to the dark tower books. Only the gas station scene was relevant and maybe the stuff that came out of the Buick.

 

[dije1]

 

[Screwtape]

Just finished Shogun by James Clavell.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

Some people get it and some people don't. I think if you feel a bit like the narrator does you get it and like it. If not then not.

It used to be one of my favorite books. Then the last time I was reading it and I felt nothing and didn't even really like it. I guess I grew out of it. Almost broke my crazy damn neck.

Holdens sour view on the world cracks me up. The depressing stuff in the book I’ve never been a fan of, but I get that it’s part of the character. I think the other theme of trying to retain ones youthful nature is interesting too. I think oddly enough, it’s something the older you get the more you long for.

 

[gnyg]

Reading for my hunters exam. In Norway we have to pass this text to be allowed to hunt animals.

 

[Henry Swanson]

In the summer I read "With the Old Breed," and it was quite good. 4/5.

Now, I am reading "Carthage Must be Destroyed", and it gives a very comprehensive history of the Carthaginian Empire, which, if anyone is interested, was often more a maritime and trade network monopoly than it was an empire.

I remember watching engineering an empire and they did an episode on Carthage. Really awesome.

 

[Nada.]

Bruno Schulz, Cinnamon Shops.

 

[Nada.]

the philosopher? Fuck I hate him no offense. I read existentialism is a humanism and it turned me off existentialism for 15 years or more....then I found some good existentialists....or just one .

but right now I am reading

Either Or had such an impact on me as a young man i got a tattoo dedicated to it. Also Camus the state of siege.
Great stuff!

 

[odog]

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson.

 

[deucesarewild]

I remember watching engineering an empire and they did an episode on Carthage. Really awesome.

A super interesting culture. I mean, the child sacrifice was a bit hard-core for my liking, but just plain fascinating overall. Some of their Sicilian settlements had cultural blurring with their Greek rivals and this led to Heracles surfacing in Carthaginian art.

 

[Tentacle Grape]

Holdens sour view on the world cracks me up. The depressing stuff in the book I’ve never been a fan of, but I get that it’s part of the character. I think the other theme of trying to retain ones youthful nature is interesting too. I think oddly enough, it’s something the older you get the more you long for.

to me what stuck is kind of the fear from going from a kid to an adult. Like taxes how the fuck do they work and etc.... well get an accountant.