What are you currently reading ?

[Leman]

Invasion 1914. Concentrates on the French and Germans in the early war, so a useful adjunct to Collision of Empires re. the Eastern Front; and it was only 99p on Kindle.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Yes that is a good one...read a few months back.

IanS

[Techno]

Mrs Figgis of Colosseum Close, Pevensey, was watching a very interesting sailing regatta.

Must have missed that bit.....(Was using the Dremmel a lot last week.)
All I managed to glean from "The Last Conquest" was that there was some b**tard called Norman along with a load of his chums, using Scouts to find stuff out.
The scouts never tied a single knot, so they weren't much cop.
As far as I could tell......Norman's mob were supposed to be French.....But the accents seemed to come from Scotland, Ireland and Birmingham....Most confusing !

Going to start "Arena" by Simon Scarrow & T.J. Andrews next week.

Cheers - Phil

[Leman]

With all the LOA doing the rounds at the mo I'm surprised we haven't heard more about Williamandmary who was very fond of a nice juicy clementine and painted his navy orange.

[SerialLoser]

With all the LOA doing the rounds at the mo I'm surprised we haven't heard more about Williamandmary who was very fond of a nice juicy clementine and painted his navy orange.

....and all that?

[cbr3d.com]

Just yesterday picked up my old copy of 'Herodotus The Histories' off the shelf.  Been a few years since I read this first time round at Uni.  OK, well make that quite a few years.  

Amazing backdrop to the history of the ancient world and different peoples, habits, and indeed armies.  It is also a bloody good read.  

[fsn]

I have two versions. An old Penguin version that has fallen to bits, and a Kindle version.

Ought to be compulsory reading for everyone.   

[Techno]

Crowbarred in "The Three Musketeers", Radio 4's full cast dramatisation, before I start on "Arena".
Nobby would like it.....It's got Milady in it.
Cheers - Phil.

[Hertsblue]

I have two versions. An old Penguin version that has fallen to bits, and a Kindle version.

Ought to be compulsory reading for everyone.   

In Latin - or Greek. Just because it's there.... 

[kipt]

Finished Norman Friedman's "US Cruisers: An Illustrated design History".  Large book (oversize with 496 pages) with facts, number, anecdotes and many pictures.  Very technical but interesting to see the necessary tradeoffs in size, speed, armaments and armor to get to a certain spec.  Also what happened because of the London Treaty before WWII.

Now I want his books on destroyers, battleships and carriers.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

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

IanS

[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).

[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 

[FierceKitty]

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.

[getagrip]

I shall burn my copies of Jane Austen at once.

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. 

[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!"

[getagrip]

Jane Austen is a frightful bore.

She's a bloody snob!   Bit harsh given when she lived but...meh 

[nikharwood]

Just finished - Into the Valley of Death - Berridge

D-Day - Ambrose
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold - Le Carre

[Roy]

Just finished Bundori by Laura Joh Rowland

[kipt]

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).