Finished Saint Odd on wednesday. A satisfying - but not geat - ending to a promissing - not quite fulfilled - series of books
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I have never read any of the Odd books, the film they made was better than I expected.
I will have to add them to my "to read" pile
First time i read this it was'nt one of my favourites but this time round i'm enjoying it more.
I finished up Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas last night. Had a good time reading it, what a ride.....heading into Skeleton Crew for the umpteenth time, still a great book of stories, no matter how many times I've read them.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Still reading snippets of Hearts in Atlantis and just got to the part where Ted goes into a trance and all of a sudden there were references to the DT books! (I did not pick it up the first time as I only found out about the DT books after coming here).
Revival, Bryant and May, I will fear no Evil - Robert a. Heinlein and Night Raid by Taylor Downing - this is a story about the British Paras night rad in wwii. If they were caught under Hitler's directive, they were shot. The interesting thing about the para's is 1. The Wehermacht(according to my grandfather) were the best trained solders in the world, they were scared of the paras' 2. The Special Air Force (22nd Reg - SAS) and the paras are both claiming their training course is harder. to get your wings for the para's you undergo 3 month training, for the sas(not 100% sure) it's 6 months and this is called being 'badged' apparently it is harder to keep SAS - Who dares wings badge then it is to get it. oh boy
I just finished my second read of Skeleton Crew this morning (I'd read it 25+ years ago). Lots of scary stuff in that book. Great fun.
Now I'm starting Dr. Sleep.
Kelly
I did airborne school here in the US at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1987; in August, it was hot. Our basic course is only three weeks and you jump 5 times (five jump chump, as the more serious para guys call it). But I got to wear silver wings on my chest. Blood wings in my case as Colonel Tex Turner drove them into my collar-bone at the ceremony. That hurt a bit.
Anyway, my point in replying is check out a book called "When The Odds Were Even" by Keith Bonn. He was one of my best history professors at West Point and he was writing that book when I was a Cadet in his classes (I had him for several: Imperial and Nazi Germany, Diplomatic History of Europe, etc.). It covers an event during WWII in the Vosges Mountain Campaign where the touted man-for-man quality of the Wermacht was pitted against a simple American Infantry Division. Great book.
Kelly
Kelly,
Have you seen the TV series Band of Brothers? If so, what did you think of it?
Still reading Blaze... oh boy. I'm 110 pages in. (and he is...
Stephen, sometimes I just want to kick you in the butt for making me care so damned much.
(of course I wouldn't actually kick you in the butt: 1) you are too tall and 2) you might write me to death)
kidnapping the baby as we speak.
Stephen, sometimes I just want to kick you in the butt for making me care so damned much.
(of course I wouldn't actually kick you in the butt: 1) you are too tall and 2) you might write me to death)
I was about 50 pages or so further than that when I quit reading.
I'll get back to you when I'm 50 pages on then... and now I'mI was about 50 pages or so further than that when I quit reading.
I thought of you when I got to the...I was about 50 pages or so further than that when I quit reading.
death of Randy--the dog.
This was a hard book to digest on many levels. Of all the authors I have read, and they are excellent authors, only Steve can bring about every emotion possible as I read his books.
I am struggling with it for sure...
((((Flake)))I am struggling with it for sure...
I think as parents and critters lovers it hits home. Dang Steve for dredging up such emotions.
I have seen it and I own it. My wife bought it for me for Christmas some years ago. I think it's excellent. I especially like the development of the relationship between the men and the officers, and the advancement in responsibility of the NCOs and Officers. I thought the officer interactions were very true to life, based on my own experiences.
Kelly
I have it also and have watched twice. I think I will try to watch this yearly, it's awe-inspiring and heart-breaking and so... human.
My Grandee was in the RNZAF during WWII, he was based in Canada mostly.
Going to start This Perfect Day by Ira Levin tonight. I don't believe I ever read this book even though I had it in my collection until I moved and had to get rid of some books (or the U-Haul truck would've broken an axle!!!). Flipping through the pages and nothing was ringing a bell, so we'll give it a go.
War movies are tough to qualify as great or good or poor, etc. My Army friends and I argue about this all the time. I view Band of Brothers as the best film presentation of soldiers that I've seen (your description is on the money). However, there are many others I think are, if not as good, very close. Gettysburg, Gardens of Stone (The best Vietnam movie in my opinion), Hamburger Hill, A Midnight Clear, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Lost Battalion, and, I think the new movie, Fury, is exceptional (I was in tanks for over a year before shifting over to Cavalry scouts and the interior workings of a tank crew were very faithful). And then there's M*A*S*H (the movie I mean), which is great fun (to be fair, Army doctors are different than the rest of the Army and a couple of my friends from West Point went on to become doctors: one of them did my bachelor party), and which has great moments of human poignancy.
Kelly
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