What are you reading at the moment?

Started by Leon, 07 July 2010, 04:03:58 AM

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Leon

Exactly what it says on the tin!  What book can't you put down right now?
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nikharwood

Currently:
- Fusiliers: Mark Urban
- The Battle for Spain: Mark Beevor
- Death or Victory: Dan Snow

Steve J

I'm reading Berlin by Antony Beevor at present. A very good book that goes into more detail than Armageddon by Max Hastings or 1945 by Cornelius Ryan, both of which are excellent books, especially Hastings book.

Next on the list is Fusilier by Mark Urban as recommended by Nik Harwood followed by ACW Tactics by Paddy Griffith.

At some point I will post a list of books I think that are worth reading with regards to WWII.

Nosher

Start the Car - The World According to Bumble, by David Lloyd
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Thomas Trolljaeger

I just finished "Le fabuleux Maurice et ses rongeurs savants" - Terry Pratchett.

Sandinista

Scottish Renaissance Armies - Osprey
Europe in the Sixteenth Century - Koenigsberger, Mosse & Bowler
Kismet - my mate Wayne Sharrocks 3rd novel

sixsideddice

Currently, I`m reading:

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (can`t remember who did that one).

The English Civil War, by Brigadier Peter Young

Gettysburg, by Stephen W. Sears

and Shanghai, the Rise and Fall of a Decadent City, by Stella Dong.

... and my "to read next" pile is a foot high, hehe.

YORSTONS

The History of the French Foreign Legion by Douglas Porch - big book,lots of pages to get through but very good.

count_zero99uk

Osprey - Poland 1939: The Birth of Blitzkrieg

Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K Hammilton

The Reality Dysfunction - Peter Hammilton

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ronan

Quote from: nikharwood on 07 July 2010, 06:53:24 AM
- The Battle for Spain: Mark Beevor
I really liked this one !

I'm reading
- "Comme des Lions" (D.Lormier)  about French Army in France 1940
- "A people's History of The United States" (H. Zinn)
- "le vicomte de Bragelonne" by A. Dumas (the men who wrote "the three musketeers")

sultanbev


Luddite

Oooh...i've got a few on the go right now.

Bedtime read - re-reading the Hobbit (ahead of the coming movie).  Nearly done, when i'll be picking up The Unfinished Tales.

Smallest room read - re-reading the Durham Red 'Scarlet Cantos' trilogy by Dan Abnett, having recently finished 'Wearside Battallion' by my good friend John Sheen.  Next up will likely be 'this Sceptred Isle 55BC-1901AD'.

Work read- currently trawling through Steve Bailey's new book, 'Managing the Crowd, rethinking records management for the web 2.0 world'.

'Pick up' read - Hordes of the Things...i'm trying to commit the rules to memory

:)

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