What are you currently reading ?

Started by goat major, 03 November 2012, 06:40:05 PM

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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

His book on Naval Firepower was cheap on the Kindle a few weeks back.

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getagrip

Just finished "Poison Study" by Maria V. Snyder.

Now this is by a female writer (not normally a fan) in the first person (which normally I HATE) but it works.

Some good characterisation and would be a nice setting for a fantasy campaign (wargame or otherwise).

Picked it up for 99p on Kindle.  Loved it!  Highly recommended.  Had the feel of the Golden Compass trilogy but for adults (please do not judge GC on the film which, quite frankly, was garbage).
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Maenoferren

I am reading 'Go Strong into the Desert'  a really good book. I wanted to buy it but wanted to have a look at it first. My lovely librarians bought it in...I thought it would be a little used book so I could keep getting it reissued... Sadly not there is now a queue. At least I know if it is worth buying  :)
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Quote from: getagrip on 28 January 2015, 11:41:48 AM
Just finished "Poison Study" by Maria V. Snyder.

Now this is by a female writer (not normally a fan)....

I shall burn my copies of Jane Austen at once.
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getagrip

Quote from: FierceKitty on 28 January 2015, 11:55:25 AM
I shall burn my copies of Jane Austen at once.

;D ;D ;D

Personal preference and massive generalisation.   ;)

For example, I prefer Elizabeth Gaskell to Dickens and the list is endless but, on the whole (and certainly in terms of fantasy), I prefer male authors.  :)
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fsn

Jane Austen is a frightful bore. Add in the Bronte sisters, Dickens and Hardy. Tedious reads, all of them.  (Yes, I have tried them all.)

The only Austen I liked was the one on "Old Harry's Game" whose catchphrase was (in a heavy cockney accent) "back off, or I cut yer!"

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getagrip

Quote from: fsn on 28 January 2015, 12:32:36 PM
Jane Austen is a frightful bore.

She's a bloody snob!   Bit harsh given when she lived but...meh  :-<
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I have Friedman's book on Naval Firepower, hard copy.  I don't like the electronic books.  My daughter gave me a Nook at one point and I gave it to my wife.

My military collection is upwards of 7,000 books with about that many more on diverse subjects in the house (no TV).

fsn

Kindles have their uses, but I don't like them for "proper" books with maps and pictures and so forth.

Just started reading "Inside Wellington's Peninsula Army". More a collection of essays than a single topic. Just got into the essay on Observing Officers.

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Subedai

I have a kindle and use it all the time for what I call pot boiler books ie novels. For reference material you can't beat a good solid hardcopy book.

As I have just started painting FPW chaps I thought it would be a good idea to find out a bit about the war. Von Moltke's Franco-German War seemed a s good a book as any.
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I would also go for Howard's Franco-Prussian War and Ascoli's 'A Day of Battle'.
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I find the tablet or phone good for "entertainment books" I'm not very bothered about sinking in permanently but can't beat actual hard copy for reference or rules etc.

Jut restarted the Wheel of Time series. Can't find my copy of book one so jumped straight to book 2. Also reading the Basic D&D Rules Compendium for old school flavour and Megablitz as we're running a game at WMMS in March :D
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I have the kindle app on my tablet and like to buy, read and store lots of books and rules on there (as my other half can't trace them so easily). Also, when on holiday I can take a whole library with me. However for a really important book or set of rules an actual book is always best.
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