Posted on 01/23/2024 5:03:13 AM PST by Tanniker Smith
A long time ago, there was a Free Republic Book Club ... mostly because I opened my mouth and a bunch of people told me to organize one. I haven't pinged it in a long time. (Actually, another book club started, so I stopped.)
Any way, has anyone read any good books lately. Fiction, non-fiction, genre, mainstream. Anything you want to share?
Has anyone WRITTEN any good books that the rest of us should check out?
“Warrior Mindset - Mental Toughness Skills for a Nations Peacekeepers” Michael J. Asken, Ph.D and Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
Donald Westlake’s Dortmunder series. Humorous crime caper novels.
I will add that to my reading list. I read “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” in high school and found it riveting and chilling. I have revisited it a couple of times since then.
Well, you have to admit that Clovis is a bit, shall we say, ethereal. I really like Saki, and read a few stories from time to time on the Kindle when I’m in the mood. Another Brit with a very nasty sense of humor was Evelyn Waugh. John Collier also wrote some really good short stories.
Yes The Final Day.
John D. McDonald was one of the greats. He wrote a lot of books other than the Travis McGee series, and I think I have them all. It’s good to read the Travis McGee books in order, but not essential.
If you like Florida fiction, Tim Dorsey’s series about Serge Storms are hilarious. Probably not for kids, though. Carl Hiassen has written a lot of Florida fiction, too, including young-adult stuff.
All of these are written by Free Republic’s Travis McGee (Mathew Bracken)
Finished Reading this one:
Enemies
False flag terror attack. Government corruption and secret black ops.
Finished reading this one.
Domestic Enemies
Five years after Enemies America is unrecognizable having been “fundamentally transformed”.
Halfway through reading this one:
Foreign Enemies
A fractured nation, foreign “pacification” troops, the instigators must pay.
Then I’ll be ordering the next in the collection from Matt.
All of His Books are available from:
https://www.enemiesforeignanddomestic.com/
OR
On Amazon.
Bravo!
since his collaboration with Clinton I won't touch any of his work
“The Richard Sharpe peninsular war series, by Bernard Cornwell”
Cornwell’s Nathaniel Starbuck series is excellent, especially his takes on McClellan and Stonewall Jackson. His descriptions of combat are also well done. Too bad he didn’t finish the series.
If you like historical fiction, Freeper Antoninus runs Arx Publishing: http://arxpub.com/.
Great stuff...I particularly recommend Angels in Iron, which is one of the best books I have ever read.
You may find a couple of my books on there as well. :D
required reading for all transplants
Here are a few of the 109 books I read last year.
63. My Three Years with Eisenhower, CAPT Harry C. Butcher.
64. Amerika Bomber, by James Philip
65. The Sovereign States, 1638 – RoF, Eric Flint, Gorg Huff & Paula Goodlett
66. The War Diaries of C.D. Wood: The Big Little War -Northwest Frontier, India, & Iraq 1939-41, Vol, 1, by James Dunford Wood
67. The War Diaries of C.D. Wood: India, Egypt, China & Burma 1941-1944; Vol, 2, by James Dunford Wood
68. The War Diaries of C.D. Wood: War to Peace - UK, Germany & Holland, 1944-46 Vol, 3, by James Dunford Wood
69. Night Intruder: Radar War Between the RAF and the Luftwaffe, by Jeremy Howard-Williams
70. Alternate History of the TBO Verse by Calder & et.al
71, Beetle: Life of GEN W. B. Smith by D. K. R. Crosswell
72. Lady of the Army: The Life of Mrs. G. S. [Beatrice] Patton, by Stefanie Van Steelandt
73. B-17’s, Fighters and Flak, by T/SGT James Lee Hutchinson
74. Blitzkrieg from the Ground Up, by Niklas Zetterling
75. The Letters of Private Wheeler, 1809-1828, edited by B. H. Liddell-Hart
76. Operation Mincemeat, by Ben MacIntyre (the man who never was)
77. Richard Eager: A Pilot’s Story, by COL Richard E. Evans [Barlow’s son]
78. King’s Mountain and Cowpens: Our Victory Was Complete, by Robert W. Brown, Jr.
79. Battle of Guilford Court House, by John A. Maass
80. Daniel Morgan: Forgotten Hero, by Ronald W. Hamilton
81. The Road to Yorktown, by John A. Maass
82. Brandywine, by Michael C. Harris [Revolutionary War]
83. Germantown, by Michael C. Harris [Revolutionary War]
84. The Autumn of Empire, Oct 61, Countdown to War, #1, by James Philip
85. Task Force Hogan – Col Sam Hogan, 3/33 AR, 3d AD, WWII by William R. Hogan (his son)
86. Racing the Sunrise: Reinforcing U.S. Outposts, 1941-42, by Glen Wilford
87. Special Operation in the American Revolution, by Robert Tonsetic
88. John Stark: Maverick General, by Ben Z. Rose
89. The First South Pacific Campaign, by John B. Lundstrom
“Centennial” by James Michener was a fantastic book and also great miniseries on TV....
Nice — I don’t read anywhere near that amount, but I do try to track them. Otherwise, I’d forgot a lot of them (of course, some of the books are forgettable)
Free is always nice. Thanks to the pandemic, I’m now a member of three NYC library systems (already had been in 2).
A title like that sounds like a winner!
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