What book(s) are you reading currently? - Page 11

**DTravel** · August 1st, 2009, 09:05 PM

Fox On The Rhine, Douglas Niles and Michael Dobson (2000). Alt-hist WWII based on the von Stauffenberg Jul 20 1944 bomb plot succeeding.

vanadium · August 1st, 2009, 09:15 PM

Moore/Galloway - We Were Soldiers Once.........And Young

Glenn Beck - Common Sense

Berferd · August 1st, 2009, 10:16 PM

Okay, this is a little mediocre on my part, but I just finished book seven of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. Wow. . . I don't know (because I didn't look at the other posts lol) if it was mentioned, but I liked it and felt that it did the series--and SK himself--justice.
--Berferd

**scoundrel** · August 1st, 2009, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Berferd

Okay, this is a little mediocre on my part, but I just finished book seven of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. Wow. . . I don't know (because I didn't look at the other posts lol) if it was mentioned, but I liked it and felt that it did the series--and SK himself--justice.
--Berferd

Don't think it has been mentioned. If I want to check and haven't got enough life to read every post in a really long thread, I use the search engine ''Search this thread''; its far from infallible but does pick up obvious key words.

I'm not a big Stephen King fan in general, but The Stand is one of my favourite books.

**otokonomidori** · August 1st, 2009, 11:12 PM

"Norwegian Wood" Haruki Murakami - the saddest thing I ever read.

**eelcat** · August 2nd, 2009, 09:01 AM

Just finished reading Confessions of a Milkman. These books are good fodder to take to the "reading room", so it took a fair few weeks to finish as I only get to read probably no more than 2 or 3 pages at a time (I'm a slow reader). Started buying these books in the early 80's when I was travelling from Newcastle to Sydney via train to visit my girlfriend at the time. I think there's just over 30 books in the series and I'm maybe about 6 short of having the lot.
My mate pointed out in an old Club International or Mayfair or something like that in an interview with Robin Askwith, he claimed that Columbia Pictures had bought the rights to all of the Confessions books. Being a mid 70's issue mag, I would hazard a guess that probably equates to around 15 - 20 books. I love the books and love the movies

"Meadow Fresh is a small London dairy eager to expand its customers - and what better man to expand them than Timothy Lea? Yes, the hardened survivor of a score of taxing professions is not slow to adapt himself to the demands of his new job. If the ladies seem to be interested in more than a new flavour of strawberry yoghurt, Timmy is prepared to lend them a sympathetic ear - or any other part of the body that appeals. After all, the firm must come first - provided Timmy doesn't beat them to it."

**Tmee2020** · August 2nd, 2009, 12:54 PM

Read recently, The year 1000. A social history of Anglo-Saxon England:

No need to explain this:

David Howarth is biased, like any historian. No bad thing. He holds Harold II in very high regard, and so he should.

Berferd · August 2nd, 2009, 01:51 PM

What I'm reading now I'm good send to a friend of mine overseas who's never been exposed to material like this. It's They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? by Pat McManus. I got a real charge out of reading this kind of fishing/hunting/camping humor and I recommend it to anyone interested. Mr. McManus has a dry sense of humor that works very well.

gapedhok · August 2nd, 2009, 02:28 PM

Having lived in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, I had the pleasure of meeting briefly with Stephen King years ago while attending the College World Series (King is somewhat of a baseball junkie). Note the mention of towns like Lavista in his books, which is a suburb of Omaha. Currently I am revisiting "It" by King, rekindling my childhood fear of clowns.

**DTravel** · August 2nd, 2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DTravel

Fox On The Rhine, Douglas Niles and Michael Dobson (2000). Alt-hist WWII based on the von Stauffenberg Jul 20 1944 bomb plot succeeding.

And now I'm reading the 2003 sequel, Fox At The Front.

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Berferd Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hartford City, Indiana Posts: 133 Thanks: 851 Thanked 950 Times in 133 Posts	Good reading? The Dark Tower calls! Okay, this is a little mediocre on my part, but I just finished book seven of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. Wow. . . I don't know (because I didn't look at the other posts lol) if it was mentioned, but I liked it and felt that it did the series--and SK himself--justice. --Berferd

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Berferd Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hartford City, Indiana Posts: 133 Thanks: 851 Thanked 950 Times in 133 Posts	at the moment? What I'm reading now I'm good send to a friend of mine overseas who's never been exposed to material like this. It's They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? by Pat McManus. I got a real charge out of reading this kind of fishing/hunting/camping humor and I recommend it to anyone interested. Mr. McManus has a dry sense of humor that works very well. Last edited by Berferd; August 13th, 2009 at 02:17 PM..

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August 1st, 2009, 09:15 PM	#102
vanadium Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: EUROPA Posts: 29 Thanks: 254 Thanked 1,230 Times in 29 Posts	Moore/Galloway - We Were Soldiers Once.........And Young Glenn Beck - Common Sense

August 1st, 2009, 11:12 PM	#105
otokonomidori 緑の男 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Jockistan, UK. Posts: 8,316 Thanks: 39,023 Thanked 122,410 Times in 8,316 Posts	"Norwegian Wood" Haruki Murakami - the saddest thing I ever read.

August 2nd, 2009, 09:01 AM	#106
eelcat Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 660 Thanks: 2,389 Thanked 6,300 Times in 648 Posts	Just finished reading Confessions of a Milkman. These books are good fodder to take to the "reading room", so it took a fair few weeks to finish as I only get to read probably no more than 2 or 3 pages at a time (I'm a slow reader). Started buying these books in the early 80's when I was travelling from Newcastle to Sydney via train to visit my girlfriend at the time. I think there's just over 30 books in the series and I'm maybe about 6 short of having the lot. My mate pointed out in an old Club International or Mayfair or something like that in an interview with Robin Askwith, he claimed that Columbia Pictures had bought the rights to all of the Confessions books. Being a mid 70's issue mag, I would hazard a guess that probably equates to around 15 - 20 books. I love the books and love the movies "Meadow Fresh is a small London dairy eager to expand its customers - and what better man to expand them than Timothy Lea? Yes, the hardened survivor of a score of taxing professions is not slow to adapt himself to the demands of his new job. If the ladies seem to be interested in more than a new flavour of strawberry yoghurt, Timmy is prepared to lend them a sympathetic ear - or any other part of the body that appeals. After all, the firm must come first - provided Timmy doesn't beat them to it."

August 2nd, 2009, 12:54 PM	#107
Tmee2020 Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Aust Posts: 4,195 Thanks: 209,842 Thanked 71,436 Times in 4,151 Posts	Read recently, The year 1000. A social history of Anglo-Saxon England: No need to explain this: David Howarth is biased, like any historian. No bad thing. He holds Harold II in very high regard, and so he should.

August 2nd, 2009, 02:28 PM	#109
gapedhok Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: united states Posts: 51 Thanks: 3,934 Thanked 450 Times in 43 Posts	Having lived in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, I had the pleasure of meeting briefly with Stephen King years ago while attending the College World Series (King is somewhat of a baseball junkie). Note the mention of towns like Lavista in his books, which is a suburb of Omaha. Currently I am revisiting "It" by King, rekindling my childhood fear of clowns.