What are you reading.......

[belugawhaleman]

Just purchase this E-book today.....been wanting to read this for some

time..finally found this for a decent price.

BTW....not  just posting someone else's  browsing history .

[Martinnfb]

[Bomber_County]

11 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

 

What would I do with a brain if I had one……..to quote…….

[Martinnfb]

Just finished S.King's Fairy Tale. What a good book!

 

 

[BlrwestSiR]

I just finished Starter Villian by John Scalzi. It's a fun book in the spy/sci-fi/comedy genre. 

[Spitfire]

14 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

I just finished Starter Villian by John Scalzi. It's a fun book in the spy/sci-fi/comedy genre. 

Now that's a name I have not heard in a long time, I remember the Ghost Brigade and Sagan Diary.

Cheers

Dennis

[Count0]

On 12/14/2020 at 10:25 AM, harv said:

Just got this from my son for Christmas....harv

 

I used to live in a fairly nice part of Torrence, CA. Right off PCH at the base of the Palos Verdes hills. I wouldn't have needed this book. I used to see cars like this nearly every weekend. Of course in some cases they could have been replicas, as this Daytona coupe may be,  but the Alpine Renault, R5's, F1 cars on trailers, etc.  were all real. Practically a car show if you knew where to park and watch.

 

[Martinnfb]

Soon after after I finish watching the first season of the Netflix adaptation, people started to lead me towards this book.  And I have to admit, it is so much better than the movie. Wholesome, exciting and genuinely daring. I am actually quite surprised that commies allowed it to be published.

[belugawhaleman]

Oh, I forgot to use my VPN. Gosh!😂 Sorry Martin, even if he appears in my Browsing history and I once was a fan of

his I now feel the Stephen king is a Hack....he became political and politically correct and as far as I'm concerned he

has become unreadable. The last book I read of his was Mr Mercedes... It was bad. It was hard to believe that it was written

by the author of the Dark Tower series or The Stand. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Much lighter fiction fare, but I just finished Starter Villain by John Scalzi. A fun book that upends the usual super spy tropes.

Carl

[Martinnfb]

On 3/27/2025 at 5:45 PM, belugawhaleman said:

Oh, I forgot to use my VPN. Gosh!😂 Sorry Martin, even if he appears in my Browsing history and I once was a fan of

his I now feel the Stephen king is a Hack....he became political and politically correct and as far as I'm concerned he

has become unreadable. The last book I read of his was Mr Mercedes... It was bad. It was hard to believe that it was written

by the author of the Dark Tower series or The Stand. 

Interestingly I was never a big fan of King's, and approached this book with a bit of hesitance. However , ended up being pleasantly surprised.

[BlrwestSiR]

3 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Much lighter fiction fare, but I just finished Starter Villain by John Scalzi. A fun book that upends the usual super spy tropes.

Carl

And I see I've read it twice somehow. Guess I need to find a newer book to read. 

[Count0]

Just finished this. Very good. A bit hard to slog through in places, but very interesting overall. 

[biggtim]

Just finished this. I picked it up because I served at the same place the author did during the 2010 Haiti quake relief in the Dominican Republic border town of Jimani, and I worked with him a little bit during the events in the book. I was with a different organization than he was, but we hit town about the same time, and saw many of the same patients. Not the best written book ever, and maybe not super interesting to someone who wasn't there, but I liked it.

[KevinM]

On 10/30/2024 at 5:12 AM, Spitfire said:

Now that's a name I have not heard in a long time, I remember the Ghost Brigade and Sagan Diary.

Cheers

Dennis

Jogged that memory "The Devil's Brigade" true or not has been up to much debate but a good read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/286491.Devil_s_Guard

[Martinnfb]

Out of curiosity I picked up these two.

 

[Spitfire]

1 hour ago, Martinnfb said:

Out of curiosity I picked up these two.

 

Read them years ago and enjoyed them, I think that there was more in the series.

Cheers

Dennis

[ScottsGT]

I picked this one up last month.  The author was a well known RC model designer and produced many kit designs for companies.  He personally met and sat down with the Granville family and got the real scoop on these early air racers and why they gained a bad reputation.  Here’s a hint:  Owners were replacing engines with much bigger and powerful ones the airframes weren’t designed for along with modifications without consulting with the brothers.