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Posted: **Wed Dec 23, 2020 9:19 pm**

So many books, so little time...

Posted: **Wed Dec 23, 2020 9:47 pm**

I've gotten around to re-reading about the military history of Ireland. I first read the book back in the '90s and just thought it would be nice to get back into it. I do confess a bit of bafflement at pronouncing the Gaelic family and place names, but it s a good read nonetheless.

Irish Battles: A Military History of Ireland

Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2020 1:12 am**

ORIGINAL: OldSarge

I've gotten around to re-reading about the military history of Ireland. I first read the book back in the '90s and just thought it would be nice to get back into it. I do confess a bit of bafflement at pronouncing the Gaelic family and place names, but it s a good read nonetheless.

Irish Battles: A Military History of Ireland

Just drink a quart of Irish rye first, that might help . ..

Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:43 am**

ORIGINAL: Zorch

So many books, so little time...

Great!

Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2020 12:39 pm**

I'm always reading some romance novel, but currently, I have decided to reread my Dune series. Currently reading Mentats of Dune. Next is Navigators of Dune. Then the prequel trilogy series Houses of Dune, before landing in the original novel Dune itself.

I'm also re reading my Shannara saga as well.

A LOT of books on the read list between Dune and Shannara. I might be finished before 2030

Posted: **Fri Dec 25, 2020 4:37 pm**

I am currently reading Deadly Cross by James Patterson.

Posted: **Fri Dec 25, 2020 7:57 pm**

"Psychology and the Occult" by C.G. Jung - my daughter's Christmas gift. Quite "technical" and heavy on psycho-parlance, but riveting.

Posted: **Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:36 pm**

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I've just found my Christmas present - out this November - can't wait for this [:)]

warspite1

Just short of 100 pages in and....

... I was more than a little concerned initially as there were a number of sloppy typos and some poor proof reading. Things didn't get any better when one minor episode was recounted with rose coloured spectacles. However, the book has bucked up in the last chapter or so, and the chapter on Taranto was very readable, interesting and the author's thoughts on the raid, very fair and thought provoking.

Let's hope the book continues in the same vein.

Posted: **Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:43 pm**

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I've just found my Christmas present - out this November - can't wait for this [:)]

warspite1

Just short of 100 pages in and....

... I was more than a little concerned initially as there were a number of sloppy typos and some poor proof reading. Things didn't get any better when one minor episode was recounted with rose coloured spectacles. However, the book has bucked up in the last chapter or so, and the chapter on Taranto was very readable, interesting and the author's thoughts on the raid, very fair and thought provoking.

Let's hope the book continues in the same vein.

Please post an honest and concise critique online about this book. Not only about the author but also the fact checking and the proof reading - or the lack thereof.

Posted: **Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:57 pm**

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I've just found my Christmas present - out this November - can't wait for this [:)]

warspite1

Just short of 100 pages in and....

... I was more than a little concerned initially as there were a number of sloppy typos and some poor proof reading. Things didn't get any better when one minor episode was recounted with rose coloured spectacles. However, the book has bucked up in the last chapter or so, and the chapter on Taranto was very readable, interesting and the author's thoughts on the raid, very fair and thought provoking.

Let's hope the book continues in the same vein.

Please post an honest and concise critique online about this book. Not only about the author but also the fact checking and the proof reading - or the lack thereof.

warspite1

I have got out of the habit recently, but I used to quite often post reviews on Amazon. I will do so when I've finished this book.

Posted: **Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:49 pm**

The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 by James D. Hornfischer.

One of the best books I've read on the PacWar, highly recommended.

Cheers

Posted: **Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:06 pm**

Autocourse 2020-2021

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2021 1:45 am**

I've just picked up the latest in the Osprey Campaign Series

North Cape 1943

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2021 1:47 pm**

Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Scahill, Jeremy

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:45 pm**

I've been thumbing through this oldie, a complete set is available there at that archive library.

Posted: **Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:23 pm**

Osprey have brought out a number of good books recently. Just purchased The Balkans 1940-41 (1).

I presume this is the first of two titles - although they may split Yugoslavia and Greece/Crete into two.

Like Norway (and not for entirely different reasons [:(]), Greece is such an interesting campaign of World War II.

Edit: Just seen that Yugoslavia and Greece will be covered in one book.

Posted: **Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:31 pm**

Anna Burns The Milkman. Possibly the best book I have read about life in N Ireland in the late 70s/early 80s, in places really very disturbing about the nasty realities

Posted: **Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:39 pm**

ORIGINAL: loki100

Anna Burns The Milkman. Possibly the best book I have read about life in N Ireland in the late 70s/early 80s, in places really very disturbing about the nasty realities

warspite1

Can't imagine that is much fun [:(] Maybe better watching Derry Girls [;)]

Posted: **Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:53 pm**

Inspired by the new book thread, I think these beauties need another recommendation [:)]

Posted: **Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:03 pm**

Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War by David Glantz. As with all his work incredible research and well written. I'm on the first chapter dealing with a specific action, the winter counter attacks at Moscow. The German intelligence maps and reports of what they thought they were facing vs actual Soviet force dispositions on those dates are surprising.

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