What Are You Reading

[Wally_Hood]

Finished last Harry Potter book; it took since the middle of summer to read through the septology, and then view each movie.

 

[C44Antelope]

Listening to audio books. Complete Sherlock Holmes (this will continue for a long time I think). Also, Some Buried Ceasar by Rex Stout. Copywritten in 1939.

 

[Tango Yankee]

Listening to "What Ho, Jeeves" audiobook by P.G. Wodehouse. After seeing the TV show I can't help but picture Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry in the roles while listening to it.

For school it's "Murach's SQL Server 2008 for developers" and "Modern Database Management." Not quite as enjoyable as Wodehouse!

Cheers,
Tom

 

[CopperNY]

a compilation of the first five issues of "CREEPY",the horror comic/magazine.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Under the Guns of the Red Baron: The Complete Record of Von Richthofen's Victories and Victims Fully Illustrated
by Norm Franks, Hal Giblin, and Nigel McCrery
(New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1999)

...Here for the first time, the most complete backgrounds of the men he (Von Richthofen) fought and accounted for in air battle are documented. In most cases this includes place and dates of birth, where they lived, were educated and worked, and then when they joined the colours. Many served in army regiments or other military units prior to joining the Royal Flying Corps or Royal Naval Air Service and their full service records, where known, are included. The later lives of those who survived the encounter with the Red Baron are also recorded.

 

[Derek Cavin]

The Steel Wave - by Jeff Shaara (A Novel of World War II)

 

[AmateisGal]

Snow Day by Billy Coffey. Very introspective. I like it.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Some weekend finds at a model kit collectors show...

[TBF/TBM] Avenger at War
by Barrett Tillman
(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980)

The Tiger Tanks (Osprey Vanguard 20)
by Bryan Perrett
illustrated by David E. Smith
(London: Osprey Publishing, 1981)

Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat (OspreyCombat Aircraft 49)
by Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop
(Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2004)

 

[JakeHolman]

Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Burton, Harris, O'Toole and Reed by Robert Sellers

Where are today's hellraisers?? Crowe, Farrel, et al just don't cut the mustard!

 

[davidraphael]

Backstory 1: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age by Patrick McGilligan.

I already read part 2, interviews with screenwriters of the 1940s and 50s and it was great too.

 

[Mr Vim]

The Monuments Men by Robert Edsel.

It's a true story of a US / British Army unit comprised of men and women who were Art Museum curators and the like who were in charge of tracking down art that had been plundered by the Nazi's during their invasion of Europe. Wonderful read and well researched.

 

[Feraud]

Chaplin - The Tramp's Odyssey by Louvish.
My first Chaplin bio. A good read so far. It is fascinating to read how the early (teens to twenties) Hollywood publicity machine aggressively marketed Chaplin. From the many newspaper and magazine articles to the boom of merchandizing and lookalike contests. The public then as now loves celebrities.

 

[Corto]

The Monuments Men by Robert Edsel.

It's a true story of a US / British Army unit comprised of men and women who were Art Museum curators and the like who were in charge of tracking down art that had been plundered by the Nazi's during their invasion of Europe. Wonderful read and well researched.

Huh! Sounds fascinating! Thanks for the tip.

 

[Diamondback]

An advance draft on some of Larry Correia and Mike Kupari's forthcoming novel series, Dead Six--I was one of their proofers over at THR, and was apparently part of the chorus that urged then to go to Baen with it once Monster Hunter International went mass-market.

 

[Talbot]

Carrying the Fire - an Astronaut's Journeys by Michael Collins.

Not exactly golden era, but as a space nut I'm enjoying it.

T

 

[Marlin Fan]

The Killer Angels

Right now I 'm listening to an audiobook, The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Listening to audio books. Complete Sherlock Holmes (this will continue for a long time I think). Also, Some Buried Ceasar by Rex Stout. Copywritten in 1939.

Ahhh, Nero and Archie.. I got hooked on Rex Stout's gargantuan gourmand about thirty years ago, and read everything I could get my hands on. Just about two weeks ago during a move I discovered all my Stout books. I may read through them again.

 

[scotrace]

I spotted this new novel by Laura Hillenbrand, author of Sea Biscuit. Waiting for my library to pick it up.

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

 

[LocktownDog]

Doc Savage - The Squeaking Goblin

 

[Wally_Hood]

The Marauders, by Charlton Ogburn, Jr. (1959 edition)